Gingerbread Cake Recipe - by Josiah

Get out a bowl. Pour some honey in it. Then get out some vegetable oil. Get out a whisk and mix it around until it looks all swabbley. Put it in the oven. That's all you need to do!


Happy Baking!

monster love of crafting

Meet William, who tonight is going the way of a birthday gift, as many homemade objects should.



This little guy was great fun to make! The inspiration came mostly from a company called cotton monsters, which sells cute (?) little quilted monsters. I had some left over fleecy-furry green fabric from diaper making for this project, but these could be fun in a different-than-furry texture too. Corduroy? Knit?



More soon!

L

This was our dinner the other night. What a treat! The boys thought it was awesome to eat a giant bug.



Jo loves to draw Bible characters and Veggie Tales characters....



....and insists that he was just laying down to draw because it felt nice... but that he never actually went to sleep.

baggins

More pics to share. I'm a bit camera happy right now!

I've been having a grand time sewing some bags, and learning so much about sewing in the process. From the tinyhappy tutorial:



From 2 Craftster tutorials, one for the bag and the other for the lining zip pocket:



And another Craftster tutorial: (what a great resource!)



Here's Myah all bundled up. It's been cold!



And Judah saying "take MY picture, Mommy!"



On to breakfast.... L

whatever floats your boat!

Water currents bring trash and sometimes pumice stones up to our beach, and we have to watch out for broken glass and such when we go out to play. But the kids love the styrofoam that drifts in because it makes great boats!

camera no longer obscura

Praise God! Our camera has been returned. (Matthew 19:26)

Here's the boys at Eddie & Debbie's "dugar dack"...



and beautiful Myah...



boys in Grandpa's garden...



Myah stood independently for the first time today!...she's wearing one of the pocket diapers I made for her. Kind of a boyish color but it works!



Judah loves all manner of water sources...



Josiah shows his favorite plant. I think it's a sago palm...



Signing off now, time for dinner. :) Then marvelous sleep... :)

L

scooters and sand cuisine

Oh how I miss our camera! (It was one of the items stolen from our house a few weeks ago.) I have so many pictoral things to share...and the kids are getting big!

Kris (with some help) just finished pouring the concrete slab under our house. It looks great and the kids have been so enjoying having a place where they can play out of the rain, riding their scooters and drawing with sidewalk chalk. (remember that massive box of it, Ki?) Over the next 6 weeks or so, it will be transformed into a little apartment and a big classroom. Yay!

The boys have been enjoying their new life jackets. (Thanks M & D!) Even though it looks a bit funny, I let them wear them on the beach at high tide. I get nervous having all 3 kids to watch! Plus, I have to spend most of the time pulling coral and shells out of Myah's mouth. She particularly loves sand, and EATS it by the mouthful, like shove-swallow. She actually made a whole diaper full of it once, and since then, I try to pull it out faster than she can put it in!

Well, Kris and I are off to Suva for the day. Myah is our little errand buddy, and J & J will stay at the house with wonderful Aggie! They are very excited to have a day of just playing. I cannot possibly describe to you how bright and colorful this day is here. Our hibiscus in full bloom juxtaposed against the brilliant green and blue that surround us....amazing. And the best is that it is all the creativity of our God, whose ways and thoughts are so high above ours.... Vinaka Jisu..

L