Today Daniel Turns 5!

Today is Daniel's birthday. He got a coupon for a free Happy Meal in the mail, so even though we had a huge snowstorm today, we braved the roads and drove in. Daddy even got off work early because the weather was so yucky! We all met up at McDonald's, and had a couple of hours of just playtime and eating. Then Daddy took Daniel to his birthday surprise - a hockey game for just the two of them. Daniel was pretty excited! He got to open one present today - a gift from Aunt Melissa, Uncle Tim and Aimee since they can't make it to his party. He got "How to Train Your Dragon" toys, and even though he hasn't seen the movie yet, he really liked the toys.

Grinding your own Grains

Now that we have moved out to the country, I am very eager to start growing my own garden and raising animals. And as we drive through miles of wheat fields to get to our house, it strikes an urge in me to start making more of my own breads. The kids call the wheat fields "cake and cookie fields" because I explained to them once that the wheat that is grown is ground into flour and turned into cakes and cookies and breads. Of course, all the heard was "cakes and cookies". So now, we drive past miles of cakes and cookies to get to our new home!

Making our own cakes, cookies and breads would taste double nice if done using our own grain grinder. I'm entered to win one, and I'd like to invite you to enter to win one as well - or at least check out the one they are reviewing. It's pretty awesome, and I'm crossing my fingers and toes that I might get one!

Go to Happily Domestic to read her review and see what it takes to enter to win one of your own. And check out some of her other blog posts as well - I'm having fun reading all her reviews and getting great ideas from her site.

Timmmmmberrrrr!

This is what I woke up to today. Heavy, heavy snow and down she went! Thankfully it didn't hit our house.