Tuesday, June 30, 2009

More pheasants



We've eaten pheasant three times now. And BearHunter shot two in one day, today. He cooked the first in a peanut sauce with peas and rice for dinner. And the second he shot after dinner and I'll be giving the meat and a beautiful tailfeather to a friend I'm visiting tonight. There's not much meat on the birds but it's fresh, wild, free, and fun to catch. Even squeakums gets involved. He likes holding the heart!

Sunday, June 14, 2009








Birthday pictures: went to McD's for the big dinner with grandparents and home to a football cake afterwards. He ate pretty pretty much all the icing off the top before digging into the cake and sharing with us. S'mores at the campfire. His new haircut can be seen in the photo of him in the high chair with yellow pants.

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Two year old changes

So much happens in a toddler's life every day. He had his first scratched knee today...and pretty much had a meltdown when he finally saw it. He was fine walking to the kitchen and up the stairs...until he could see his knee. It wasn't even a deep cut.

And Squeakums had his first haircut ever last week and looks so much like a boy now. Amazing what a difference that makes.

BearHunter leaves on Sunday for a way too long camping trip...mama's not looking forward to the hundreds of times that Squeakums will no doubt ask "Where's daddy?" all week.

New YWAM school started yesterday with 7 students originating from New Zealand to Alaska. Said goodbye on Monday to our last graduate from the winter school. Always saying hello and goodbye to new people...it's a lifestyle in YWAM.

We enjoyed grammy and grampa's visit for Squeakums 2 year old birthday last month. Everyone had a good time I think. Grandparents checked off our TO-DO list, THANK YOU, and treated us and a friend to a lovely glacier cruise in Seward. We also were able to visit briefly with some family friends here on vacation as well.

I think potty training is close to being done. He hasn't wet his pants in a couple of days and is starting to indicate needing to go potty by attempting to take his pants off. We were asked to quit using the split pants for awhile, so we've put him diaperless in normal pants. However, he also has started taking his bedtime diaper and pajamas off at night....hmmm. Growing independence.