Too cute not to share!

Couldn't help but upload TWO videos this evening.  Have we mentioned lately that we think our gals are pretty great!  I've had such a fun weekend at home with both of them.  Kali is going to whip me into shape with her new watch - racing to the end of our road and back on her bike (with me often trailing behind with Alida in the jogger).  And as of yesterday when we cleaned/organized Kali's room, she uncovered her knitting and hasn't cracked open a book since then (which is saying a lot!).  We'll see how long it lasts but she has been knitting in all her spare moments and has a great start on a rainbow colored scarf.  Alida has also been "knitting" with Kali's set up for her (yarn tied around a spoon for a knitting needle).  She seems to more enjoy trying to get a hold of one of our needles or ball of yarn.

Here is a video of Alida finding all of Kali's stuffed animals on the floor when we were remaking her bed:



Kali helped me plan out menus for the coming days.  Tonight's menu was chicken breasts, tossed salad and homemade lambs quarter pasta with creamy pesto on top.  You can discern for yourself if our girls were enjoying their dinner:

In other news, Kali's ducks are really making Jason's chickens look bad.  We are getting about 2 eggs/day from 13 hens and 2 eggs/day from Kali's two female ducks.  They haven't missed a day since they started laying mid-October.   Jason hasn't had much time to ponder this deeply as he has been absorbed in many home projects.  When there are two cute and funny girls around to blog about, we don't get around to putting updates here about more mundane things like finally getting around to the siding project.  But that is exciting too.  Here's a few pictures of that coming together...