I should know by now....

..........that a quiet child is ALWAYS up to no good......

ps I took the picture because the milk carton was empty and there was just no more damage she could do....I thought I would capture her cleverness for posterity.

wiCkEd!

Last night, we went to see Wicked at the Overture Center.  It was incredible! Beans and Otter had a great time and it was so neat to be able to take them to a performance like this.  Our neighbor with her 2 kiddos were there with us to join in the fun; now we have 4 kids running around singing and dancing to the soundtrack (even as I write this they are in the kitchen reenacting their favorite song).  And by 4 kids, I mean 3....because Otter is too cool for that kind of stuff. 

Everyone smiled when they saw her at the Overture Center with her little hat on.

Ok ok, I got a little witched out too.  I even had black nail polish...

The littlest one had to be a part of the witch action too.

Oh my goodness!  She even flies!

Life in Dairy Land

Someone recently asked me how life was going in Wisconsin for us.  Seriously, I cannot complain at all....here's just a look at how much fun we have up here in our own backyard....

The hammock and tire swing in the back corner of the yard.

The chicken coop:)  Hi lovely chicken ladies!

Seriously cute baby who really isn't a baby any more.

The mini-orchard!  Pears, peaches, and plums....oh my!

The garden in the other back corner with the cutest little gardener digging up....

....toPotAtOs!  :)  at least that's what he called them.  There were also some yummy carrots, sweet topotatos and leeks that still needed to be dug up.

The pergola - designed and built from scratch by the big daddy.  He's very talented.  We have grapes growing in there!

The kids treehouses, swings, and mobile home...hee-hee

The mobile home for the bunnies and chickens - we move it around the lawn so they can hang out with us.

I think I would have to say life is good....very good here in Wisconsin.

Madigan and Cricket

The latest creatures to join our menagerie.   ToO cUtE!!  Callie likes to call them her own little pez dispensers....because Callie can talk and she tells me these things.  Huck likes to call them fruit snacks, but we haven't let him try them at all.