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...and I took some photos

That's his grampa/my father who is helping our son John. Daddy (Cpl Kendall) and Madison (our daughter) stayed home due to being sick.

I also made two batches of strawberry jam yesterday when we got back

This morning when our son saw that all the jars of strawberry jam were done he said "Mommy, you made strawberry jam, you're the best!" What a sweetheart, eh

/I swear this should be in a disney movie *writes down for future plot refrence* nice pictures Mrs. Kendall.

Why should it be in a Disney movie? cause of my daughter's suit? You're a weirdo

Thanks I thought they were cute enough to share

Ah yes, the naive days when working in the garden with grandpa wasn't a chore!

Yes actually he loves gardening, he'll help my mother and father weed their gardens but when I ask him to help me do mine he has no interest in it at all. I think he just looks for things to do with Grandma and Grampa

He loved it yesterday, and I'm sitting here cursing that I agreed to go when my parents were willing to just bring him alone, because of the extreme pain in my back today. Grrr.. damn back problems.. at least I had fun watching him have fun yesterday. At least I got to take photos of his first time.

My back is a bit better today so I'm gonna tackle another recipe of strawberry jam!! Yay!!
It's the constant stirring of the jam so it doesn't burn in the super high pot (dutch oven) that kills my shoulder and arm muscles... Maybe this time I'll alternate hands for the stirring part

Mrs Kendall wrote:My back is a bit better today so I'm gonna tackle another recipe of strawberry jam!! Yay!!
It's the constant stirring of the jam so it doesn't burn in the super high pot (dutch oven) that kills my shoulder and arm muscles... Maybe this time I'll alternate hands for the stirring part

Have you tried standing on a stool or something to make it so that you can stir at waist level, with your elbow at your side, in stead of cheast level? That puts a lot less strain on the shoulders, I find.

Yeah actually I figured that one out like halfway through the second batch and then when I made the third batch today I did that. I stood on one of our kids chairs as our stool has bumpy steps and is not comfy on my bare feet

It would probably help my foot pain if I wore my indoor shoes as well eh