day one hundred fifty nine

Guess what today is? It is (according to the kids) the dreaded jam making day. I for one, have no problem with this day but apparently the kids think they have better things to do. But because the future of their peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are at stake they pitched in and helped.

It is a yearly tradition to make a strawberry person and this year was no exception. They never get tired of making these creepy strawberry people and I never get tired of taking their pictures.

Pace appears to be pretty excited to hull the berries! He is actually crying.

Taylor demonstrating her true feelings about jam day...

Bailey loves this day too!!

Heaven forbid he set the phone down to stir!!!

After we were all done the kids had the audacity to want something to eat. Ain't nobody got time for that. Because I am mother of the year, I handed them some matches and a package of hot dogs and told them to go outside and build a fire. They managed to roast up some lovely hotdogs for dinner.

Good times warming up by the fire in 110 degree heat!

And just like that Dreaded Jam Day is over. See you next year creepy strawberry people!

day one hundred thirty three

Today is another cake making day! Kylie is getting married tomorrow and wants a naked cake. What is a naked cake you ask? Stay tuned for tomorrow's picture-a-day post and you shall find out!

Some people like to bake in a clean kitchen... me, not so much. 

I was trying to decide if I made this cake too tall so I made Jade put his big ole melon next to it for a better perspective. I decided it was too tall.

So on to the counter the top of the cake goes. No worries, I have 4 urchins who like to come around and clean up after my "mistakes".

day twenty seven

Today is cake making day. I've got a wedding cake  and a baby shower cake both due on Saturday. One thing is for sure... I am not a clean baker. Anytime I bake it looks like a hurricane blew through my kitchen.

I never realized how pretty carrots were. Nature produces the best colors ever.

one hundred sixty one

Guess what today is?? It's strawberry jam making day!  

They needed a little warm up prior to making jam so they did an exercise video. Well, Bailey and Jacki did the video. We're not sure what Pace was doing. Taylor got to opt out of jam making due to her strep throat. This is definitely the silver lining to being sick. She's currently upstairs lying on my bed watching T.V. 

Some people enjoy making jam. My kids... not so much.

Every year we make the customary strawberry people. It never gets old. This creepy looking strawberry alien is in one of our jam bottles even as we speak!

day seventy eight

If I don't get the dishes completely done from the night before, and then wake up and start the morning routine, THIS is what happens. I swear my kitchen can go from clean... to this... in less than 1.3 seconds.