P hiking

Adam took this video when he and P went out for a little hike a few weeks ago. That kid is so cute.

le nose

back to canning and cake for a moment...

Tigress in a Jam posted a fantastic, comprehensive list of stone fruit canning recipes I wanted to pass along. She has another blog, too. Tigress in a Pickle. For - you guessed it - savoury canning recipes. Love it.

I did get my nose pierced again the other day. It was totally fine, aside from the almost-passing-out reaction from my body (certainly not the pain; it wasn't bad at all), and I like it. So there. *Twinkle*

Thomas is 6 months old today, and this morning he figured out how to get his chubby little arms to crawl along with the rest of him. It's a wee bit early in my estimation, but he is trying to keep up with Phillip.

I think that my mother-in-law and I are going to make this cake soon. Yum. (She just delivered me a little dish of walnuts cooked in maple syrup. Ummm... I'm super lucky. And getting chubbier every day we're here.)

I chatted it up with a perfect stranger (oooh, do you remember that show? I loved it when I was a kid) in the natural cleaning products aisle at the grocery store today. I might be a wee bit obsessive.

Hope that you're having a good weekend!

nana

Adam's Nana passed away on Friday. She turned 95 on Wednesday. I am so happy that she got to meet both of our beautiful boys, and that they got to meet her. She is the Nana of the delicious biscuits, the quilt, and hugs, kisses, and cheek-squeezes like you wouldn't believe. The funeral was really a celebration of her long and full life, and a testament to all of the friends and family who loved her so much.

So we're with family for a little bit, which is why I was going to be away from the blog. But I obviously can't handle not posting for more than a few days. So please give someone a hug today and mean it - Nana's life reminds me how much that can really make a difference.