Crunchy

The Privett Household's become a little crunchy. We cloth diaper, starting our own vegetable garden, Janet & I signed up for composting classes, and now we're baby food making!

Yes, I thought I would try it, and it's so easy! Today we went to the store because Jackson needed a nap(the car is a sure-fire bet), and I noticed green beans were on sale. So, I bought a pound for $1.29.

Cooked them,

Pureed them,


And froze them! The 2 containers in the back are little "baby cubes" so you can take the baby food to-go just like the kind they sell. I only filled 2 of 8 of those kinds to freeze, since I'm going to be making more food before we actually start giving him this food at 6 months.

Done!

How easy was that?! And at $1.29 for around a weeks worth of food, compared to around that same amount for a jar of food. I'm allowed to be pretty proud of myself for that!

Pretty Soon!

He's on the move! No, not "crawling" yet, but Jackson can definitely scoot/drag himself around. All of my friends say the nicest period is when they can sit up and play by themselves but can't move around yet. I hope we don't miss that phase!

BTW, Jackson loves to smile, AFTER I take a photo!

Thankful Thursday

1. Easter! Lot's of good candy and fun making up Jackson's Easter basket. Although as a family we may have become "Chreasters". Which apparently is what priests call people who only go to church on Christmas and Easter. We used to be annoyed with those people when we went regularly, whoops not anymore! And, we may not even make it to church on Easter, because we also used to be annoyed with screaming babies!

2. A plan for our vegetable garden. Since I didn't win the HGTV Dream House (sigh), Donnie is making it up to me by building a copy of their vegetable boxes in our yard. 3 of the boxes will be for vegetables and one will be for a sandbox, which we won't fill until next year. So exciting!

3. Donnie being off probation on Tuesday! No, not the bad probation, but the probation period every new employee goes through before becoming permanent permanent. At least one of us is set in their jobs!!

Do you know how hard it is to take pictures of a little one? I can take around 100 pics, and come up with 2 I actually like!

Trying not to be the crazy man on the bus.

I like to think I'll be a pretty good parent. (still weird saying that) But, I do get to practice on 20 other people's kids every day. And my class is pretty well managed. They've started to give me the "problem kids" because they know I can handle them. Sad to say, we kind of refer to them like horses, like, "Yeah, Mrs. Privett can break him and whip him into shape."

The only thing is when you're child is little like Jackson, and you're trying to be a good parent, you want to talk to them all the time. So they hear the language. Rambling here and there about everything you're doing, and everything that's going on. "I'm putting on your sleeper, we need to change your diaper, let's walk to the kitchen."

But, once your kid gets to school, you have to remember to get them to stop. Please! Otherwise you have a class of 20 kids telling you everything they're doing and thinking. "I need to tie my shoe, I'm walking to the drinking fountain, my pencil broke, I wrote my name funny." AHHH! My head hurts by the end of the day.

So, I'm pulling my parenting and breaking them of this. I asked them all if they've ever seen someone walking down the street or riding the bus talking to themselves. And they all laughed. Then I asked if they've ever talked to themselves, and they said no! Paha! This may take longer than I thought.

Thankful Thursday

1. Spring Break. It was just what I needed to get back to work refreshed. Donnie took the week off too, so we got tons of things done!

2. Jackson sleeping through the night. 2 times now! Although getting him to bed is a nightmare, at least once he's asleep, he's asleep.

3. Spring Weather. So nice to not be in pants today. And the weather has even made it nice enough to buy plants and get outside more.

Something Handmade

One of the other mommy blogs I read was offering something handmade to the first 5 people to reply to her post. I was #3!

But there was a catch! I too must join in....SO....the first FIVE people to respond to this post will get something made by ME! (or if they're aren't 5 people, maybe I'll make you 2 things!)

I get to chose what it is, and make it just for YOU.
Here is the deal:


1- I make no guarantees that you will like what I make! (although I'm hoping you do!)
2- What I create will be just for you.
3- It will be done this year. (before December 31, 2009)
4- You have no clue what it's going to be, but just as a hint: I only do crafts, mostly on paper. I don't sew, knit, or really anything fancy like that.

Oh, and dont forget the catch is that you must re-post this on YOUR blog and make the same offer to the first 5 people who respond on your blog entry, thus continuing the fun!

Enter at your own risk....post a comment if you dare!

Happy 5 Months!

Lobster Feed!

Donnie and I were so excited to get to go to the St.Helena Firefighters Lobster Feed this year (last year I was preggo). It really is the best event.

The volunteer firefighters put on the event to pay for engines and station needs.

I think someone counted there were 60 pots!
Waiting for them to pour the pots,



Mitchel & Amanda

Mark & Maureen

They made around $50,000 in the live auction! I was not allowed to bid on this, haha






and last but not least, Jackson playing the next morning in his new hat!

Lazy Tuesday

Spring break time! Lucky me, it was my cousin Blair's spring break from Cal Poly too! She drove up with her dad on Tuesday to hang out with Janet and me! We got to have a fun day around Napa.

First, we went to Artessa Winery! Right behind our house. Beautiful winery and luckily they do Napa Neighbors! If you live in Napa you get a free tasting or glass of Champagne for 4. Janet did the tasting and I got the glass. Freebies are always a great start to the day.

Since it was Tuesday, there really wasn't anybody there and it was such a beautiful day.

Auntie Blair


I only wish I had taken pics of the sheep on the way there, tons of them! And, the cute little Jack-Rabbit we saw on the way out.

After, we walked to downtown Napa and got sandwiches at Mark's favorite, Sweetie Pies. Not finished yet, we got to try out cupcakes at Sift, yum!