The reason that I have been so behind on posting is twofold. Firstly, it is summer so it is the time to pick berries and freeze and can and garden and do all the things that need to be done in the summer to prepare for the winter. Since I am obsessive about picking all the berries possible and canning every bit of produce as many ways as possible, I basically spend all summer enjoying my kids and putting my food preservation skills to the test.

The other reason is that Cyprus is now walking and my life is changed forever. I have gone from being able to let him sit and play in a room to having to follow him and chase him around to keep him out of danger. His current favorite perches are 1.) on top of the dining room table and 2.) in the window sill that overlooks the chicken run. Both are not very safe places that he manages to climb up to despite my very best efforts.

Don’t get me wrong, I love running around with him watching him discover everything in this world that he finds amazing, it just leaves me with little other time or energy at the end of the day.

The good news is that it generally wears him out pretty good and so I get a soundly sleeping baby to enjoy while I spend the evening wrapping up the day’s activities.