Fixer Holly

We had to build a deck and steps to the porch for the freezer inspection coming up. Chad asked, "Anyone want to help?" and Holly was out the door, coat in hand, hopped in her boots. She was so excited! She is five, but from experience, we know that she is actually a helper and is very careful around power tools. Our friend Jessica comes to the farm regularly and has given Holly a lot of one on one instruction about them (though Holly is still not allowed to touch them, ever). Holly can hold a board steady, hold the end of a measuring tape, and mark lines with a pencil. She can also run for help if anyone slices their arm off. See? Very useful.  Chad also teaches her the proper names for tools and what they are each for. Holly is adorable, smart, and capable of building big things.

Eggless Pancakes With Sorghum

Eggless and natural sugar pancakes 
Recipe

2 cups of flour
2 cups of milk
2 T of Sorghum
1 teaspoon of salt
1 T of baking powder
1 T of vanilla extract
1 teaspoon of cinnamon
Coconut oil for frying

Mix all the ingredients together.

Pour into hot pan with coconut oil and flip when one side gets bubbly.
Easy enough for my 9 year old to make. We are not allergic to eggs, we are just in a war with our chickens and they are holding out on us. Ha!

A Little Bit of Fall and A Lot of Laughter

Pumpkin Feast for the Beasts

Every year we like to pick up after season pumpkins for the beasts. If we can get there before the first freeze we can store them and use them longer, but if not (like this year), the animals all get a giant feast. Bonus, pumpkins worm them naturally. Last year I did it by myself while keeping track of the kids (Chad was out of town). It sucked. I did it though. This year, Chad and Grampa both helped and the kids are magically old enough to help too! WIN! Thank you to our local pumpkin farm for this lovely outing.