Tim and i made a fabric TeePee and a fabric “cabin” out of PVC pipe and clearance fabric for our first two little guys 25 years ago.
That is Captain Hook and Peter Pan…as if you didn’t know. Vintage TeePee in background.
Last fall when we saw the rash of designer TeePees popping up everywhere, we said “We did that 25 years ago!” When we saw the price on those trendy TeePees we said…
“We have to do that again for our Grand-babies!” Continue reading
This post is a disclaimer to yesterday’s post:
All these images of these beautiful unkept children were taken while Nama was in charge. Melissa’s home does not look like this when she is in charge. Melissa keeps her home neater with 3 small children than i keep mine with 1 child + Tim.
This Little Beauty turned 11 months old yesterday and is about the sweetest tiny miracle in all the Land.
The bacon and pancakes were yummy.
Facetime with Wisconsin Friend.
This was our state of affairs two hours into today.
Clothes optional
Es Loves these blocks, they are noisy !!!!!
This is a motivational program i developed to maintain some calm and obedience. If Nama was a soft mama at times, Nama is a complete push over as Nama. They have my number and they know how to play me, i needed a discipline method that was positive and motivating but would “cost” them if they choose to push the limits. Trav and Melissa had some rolls of quarters lying around so that seemed like divine provision and we made a little plan. Fruit snacks seem to be more affective with Raena. That Girl !!
Jammies and cartoons
Blessing and i are caring for Travis and Melissa’s 3 children for 7 days, we are 1.5 days in and i am so grateful for the mothering style Melissa has developed. Continue reading
It is not important whether or not the Fischer house Trick or Treated on Saturday.
What is important is the way we behave ourselves as we live our convictions. Continue reading
“Do you do Halloween?”
“Do you Trick or Treat?”
“Are you letting your kids Trick or Treat this year?”
“Why can’t we Trick or Treat?!?!? It’s just Candy and Fun!!!”
Our German Girl, Asia and Africa
Those are the questions that have swirled through our 30 years of parenting Octobers. Continue reading
It seems to define our culture, we live our lives fighting to control “It All” and fearing the “What ifs” if that control is lost.
i have felt it, my physical body responds to new and uncertain with “anxious” symptoms whether the unknown is a pending happy event or a devastating crisis. Continue reading
God will either give us what we ask or give us what we would have asked if we knew everything he knows. Timothy Keller
We lost our 3 year old puppy this week. When we had to let our last two dogs go on the same day a few years ago our Blessing was heart broken. She often has said “I could not ever lose our Clive, I could not let another dog die mama.” Continue reading
If your Fruit Flies are beating you at their game, there are a few additional tricks you may want to try. The tiny pests will find any source of sugar, vinegar or food waste and lay up to 500 eggs at one time to continue their life cycle in your home. As you put your traps out you will want to give a bit of additional attention to tidying up.
1.Keep the sink clean and free of dirty dishes. You may wish to pour some bleach down your drain to eliminate and eggs resting in the pumbing.
Fruit Flies Love Dirty Dishes
2. All food needs to be sealed for a period of time. Any fly worth its weight in smarts will choose the fresh fruit over the vinegar trap any day, all day long.
Put the Fruit in a Baggie or the refrigerator
Fruit in our Fruit Stand, ziplocked
3. Take trash out often….take food waste straight to an outside can or tie it shut in a small bag before you drop in the kitchen trash.
Fruit Fly Promise Land
4. Be a bit more diligent in keeping you kitchen surfaces wiped off. The pests will be happy with a dribble of honey, jam or fruit juice, you leave it, they will find it.
Additional Fun(ish) Tips
Use cute bottles to make the process less disgusting.
Upcycled fun bottles from Kaydra and Cody’s Wedding
Be silly, it is more fun, you could leave these out continually, dump the old trap with dead flies and replenish weekly.
Permanant Trap
I put these two traps on our counters 24 hours ago, it appeared we had beat the fruit fly problem, obviously they hide and infest even when you are not seeing a lot of them.
24 hours of Capture
Brands and amounts don’t matter much.
Simple Fruit Fly Solution
Simple instructions on trapping the pests are in this post, click on the blue words.
An empty Amber Beverage bottle is perfect to hide the dead flies, plus you could just throw this away not requiring you to see the dead pests.
Amber Beverage Bottle
