I think this is the last year I can get him to wear an outfit like this!

I have been sewing all day for our party tonight...


We love these precious little people!  

There is a method to this madness I began this morning...

Stay tuned...

Maple Valley Farms with Anderson Cooper October 2011 New York City

Come and take a sneak peak inside and out of the Maple Valley Farmhouse at Christmas...

Come in and smell the winter aromas 

off cookies baking in the wood cookstove 

with a hint of fresh greens 

and wood smoke filling the walls of the farmhouse 

lit by oil lights and candles for a truly old fashioned feel! 

the doors of the shoppe haus are adorned with wreaths... 

the rooms decked with vintage trims and more... 

handmade by our daughter's eye 

the wind blows with snow in the air... 

Its truly an old-fashioned Christmas at Maple Valley Farm!

Morning snuggles...

With chubby little hands

Did I ever tell you...?

That we cook, heat, bathe, bake and wash with wood 24/7 and 365?  Some days you may see five chimmneys going...?


Winter is taunting us from a distance but we are prepared...  For about a month...


We better get back to work :)

He keeps popping up!

We have been gathering at the farm...

Now we just need some snow for our horses, jingle bells and sleigh!