Insert elevator music here.

...sip......sip. What is that? Silence...well the sound of me sipping some hot tea out of my favorite Yellowstone mug. Much of today has been exactly like this... I can be honest most days our house I'm sure is louder than an Elephant Sanctuary during peak mating, so this type of day is worth noting. Today was nothing special activity wise, but everything seemed to just gel. Lachlan's in the 5 month sweet spot right now, perfectly content to just have someone near him. He's SO happy to be on the floor next to the kids, which gives me a few minutes to get things done here/there throughout the day. No teeth yet, and no hair.... he reminds me SO much of Habbs at this age, but she had a mouthful of teeth at this point.

The kids made out with some really great toys for Christmas - and this week has been full of new fun and imagination. We don't have a television on our main level *gasp, I know...* and with the temps dipping in the -30C's sometimes the kids go a bit stir crazy and fight like cats and dogs brother and sister, so it's always fun when we get new toys to spark the old neurons in new ways.

The remains of an epic battle between Pirates, the Evil Clown and a few "neighing horses" (that I never caught the names of). 

Lord, I love him with his popped collar and dimples.

This is what a typical lunch looks like around here. The kids aren't super into "meal type" lunches, so we do a lot of deconstructed plates. Today was all organic, which in the middle of winter is a tough feat sometimes! Carrot and red pepper sticks, peas, slice of cheese, leftover roasted sweet potato coins, cucumber coins, assorted raw nuts, homemade bone broth, water with frozen raspberries, and greek yogurt with some nut butter and maple syrup for a yummy dip. SHOCKING news: Mr Picky (aka: Bennett) ate the dip. He did not however even entertain for one moment the idea of drinking water with a berry in it.

There are so.many.battles in our house on a daily battle that I try to never fight over food with them. This way, I can put out a selection, they eat what appeals to them, and over the course of a day they've eaten a wide variety of nutritionally dense food. Win.Win.Win. That being said this method of serving food does nothing to encourage them to sit still and just eat. Today I dined with a "Professor" and "A guy with binoculars".....