Category: Learning new things!

Luke

FeedingLuke is a baby alpaca. He is five days old. The first day, we thought he was eating but he wasn’t.

On Saturday he looked sick, so the neighbors took him to the vets. They said it looked funny because everyone brought in their dogs and their cats, and put them on their laps. The neighbors came in, holding an alpaca and put him on their lap!

The vet said that Luke wasn’t eating and might have something called “dumb foal”. I don’t understand what that means, but we plan to research it and learn what it is.

So right now, we are bottle feeding him.  We are trying to have him nurse from his momma too.  He is not exactly acting like other newborn alpacas, but he is acting a lot better than he did.

 

 

 

 

 

P.S  Luke started to have more seizures and got really sick.  He went to the vets but did not come home.

 

Easter Dresses

Easter dressesThis pattern is from my Great Grandma.  It was a dress she had made in the 1950’s!

I liked this dress so I made it for Easter.  I found the material off the sale rack and Daddy we said we could buy it.  It is the first time I ever picked out everything myself.

The hardest part was doing the hem, because it was like ten million yards!  It felt like that because it is a circle skirt plus an insert because it is a wrap around.  The original dress pattern is just below the knees, but I wanted it longer, so we added some length to it.

Instead of buttons on the front, we put grommets and a tie.  It fits me perfectly right now, but we wanted it to fit longer. Momma said, “a lot longer!”

Megan wanted to match me.  So we found a pattern and it was the wrong way around. So we reversed it and altered it some.

I want to make another dress like this one.

Megan at Work

Megan helpingToday’s guest speaker is Megan.  She helped me at work.

I went to work with Anya. I feed first the puppies then the kittys and then the goats. I try to feed the ‘pacas, but they big.  They not big big big, but they are big. Someone has to be in their cage with me.

I like Obykanopee! Because he is big little friend. He don’t like me petting him. He my friend. He like me hugging him with Mark.

I like to help. I can’t  help today, maybe tomorrow.Megan with Oby

Biscuits and Gravy

Biscuits and GravyYesterday while shopping, I saw some gravy mix and I asked Mommy if we could make biscuits and gravy.  She said, “sure, they are easy.” We bought some sausage.

Momma taught me how to make them for lunch today. They were easy! Momma told me what I should do, and I went and did it while Momma was busy. I did not need her help at all.

Here is what I did.

  • Make a batch of your favorite biscuits

Then get

  • 1 pound bulk Italian sausage
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 2 tsp oil or butter
  • garlic powder to taste
  • Pepper to taste (about 1 tsp)
  • Nutmeg to taste (about a pinch)
  • 2 Tbl flour
  • Milk to cover it all, you can use more if you like a lot of gravy.

Saute onion in oil until cooked. Put in the sausage and crumble it so it is little and cook till done. Drain grease if needed.

Add flour and mix well. Turn heat to low, otherwise milk might curdle.  Then slowly pour milk over mixture while mixing.  The milk will thicken up as it cooks some more.

Season to taste.

Put gravy over the cooked biscuits and eat warm. Make sure to hide from Mark and me, because we will try to eat them all.

 

 

Frozen Bubbles

Blowing bubblesThis morning it was COLD out; Momma said about 10 degrees plus some cold wind. We were freezing some bubbles! We were trying to get a picture of a shattered bubble 🙂

You try to let the bubble freeze on a sled or a pan. They look different and they don’t blow as well because they get frozen. When they are frozen, sometimes they get frost. Then you put your finger in middle and it will shatter. It is fun to try.

Here is a shattered bubble.Broken

 

Making Yogurt

I made yogurt with Mommy. I had lots of fun. It was easy.

First we warmed up the milk with powdered milk. Then we cooled it down in cold, iced water. Then we stirred in yogurt. We put it in clean cans and kept it warm in a cooler all day.  Then we put it in the refrigerator.

Then we get to enjoy and eat! I like it with fruit and honey and nuts!

Here is the link to the recipe if you want to make it yourself.

 

 

Experiments in Chocolate

Momma bought some cacao nibs to try.  They taste interesting, kind of like concentrated dark chocolate chips. They taste bitter like coffee beans.

We decided to try making chocolate candy.  We mixed equal parts of coconut oil with the ground raw cacoa beans (Momma said raw is much better for us).  Then we added ground Demerara (unrefined) sugar.  We wanted it to blend well and not be a grainy candy. Then we added some ground almonds.  The recipe Momma used suggested ground coconut, but we did not have any.  Mix it well and put it in candy molds then put in the refrigerator and wait.  We pulled the candy to soon and it melted when we took it out of the mold, so be patient. It was good when we tasted it but melted very easily.

We had some extra and put it on top of vanilla ice cream and it was GOOD.  It was hard when we tasted it. 

We should try it again, but try it with the coconut. We are also looking for a different recipe to try.  Momma wants to see about one with cocoa butter too. Maybe it won’t melt as easily.

Let me know if you try it!