Room Changes

Tonight we split the two older kids up into separate rooms.  Gideon now has his own room and the girls have their own place.  This afternoon Gideon wasn't too excited about the reality of this change.  By bedtime his attitude seems to have changed!  

He's absolutely giddy.

Nap Time

How is she able to sleep like this?  She does this all the time.

Pickle Update

Nope, that's not Mountain Dew or anything else a doctor may study, that's the leftover of the pickles I made on Saturday.  They were delicious!  Carry on.

That's All For Now

Homemade Pickles

I saw pickling cucumbers at the market a few weeks ago, and thought it'd be fun to make some sometime.  So today, I bought 2 pounds of pickling cucumbers from an Amish gentleman at the market and whipped these babies up.  Using the recipe I found on one of my iPad apps, I went to town and made them today.  

I don't believe they will make it through the week.  

Playing at the Playground

Kathee loves swinging on the swings... and I'm not sure the kids who play at the playground know what to do.  They tentatively think it's cool she swings with them, but they aren't sure as I'm not sure other parents do!  

Here Kathee is on the swings with Hannah, a girl from South India.  

Along with Moses, her brother, the moved from Chennai, India, about two months ago.  Her father, Prekash, helped us move in.  They are great kids!

Soulard Market Pictures from Today

I took this picture of the Arch right outside of the market.  

Free face painting (air brushing) again.

Gideon became Spider Man

I love the colors and how the produce is laid out.  

Pig snouts, anyone?

Or rabbit?  

I don't even know what one does with pork skins?

Chicken Feet, that sounds...yummy?

I've eaten (and gagged) on tripe.  

And I've eaten goat (in the Somali section of Minneapolis when we lived there).  So there are weird stuff for sale at the Soulard Market, too.  I love that place!