January

About the middle of January, the whole family caught the stomach flu. One afternoon while I was at parent-teacher conferences, Kristin bundled up the kids and headed outside for afternoon chores. Nora's turn to get sick happened that afternoon. As Kristin was preparing milk bottles, she heard Nora throwing up outside. After cleaning her up (with some help from Mable), Krisitn set her in a sunny spot outside the barn where there are some straw bales for insulation. She returned to her moments later and found Nora sound asleep!

Go Team! Here are the kids getting the eggs cleaned up, packaged, and ready to sell. Ben is responsible for the spot-free checking and for the drying. Nora is in the packaging department. She makes sure that each carton is filled and shipped off to the refrigerator.

Helping in the kitchen is a standard daily activity as well. Here you can see Ben's solution to his onion cutting dilema.

Nora received a "Loving Family House" from Papa and Sue-Sue as a Christmas gift. Ben has been enjoying her present too. When he is not making the "Daddy" fall from the roof of this 4 story Victorian to break his bones, he can be found strategically placing the family in various poses...mostly precarious (note the baby in the high chair on the third story ledge)