Our Poster Child for Hive Complex

The Poster Child for Hive Complex! A recent quote to our babysitter who was almost a sucker for the stuff..."Hey Britney, lift me up to the cupboard, I want to show you somthing...now close your eyes!.......Open!...It's Hive Complex...its good for you......want to try some?"Everytime. Licks the spoon till there is not a drop left.
I am thinking the watching and thinking..."Hmmm, if he likes it so much, it must be good" how many times am I going to hear in the next 5-20 years..."here, brother try it..it's good!"

unsure...

but goes for it anyway

After I told him we were all done and I had walked away...I came back to find him scraping the lid! Unbelievable. Usually I put it away, but as I was taking the pics...he kept trying to sneak some more and finally got a hold of the lid! It is as if it was halloween candy!


My hive Complex Boys...check out the lips

I just had to post these pics taken this morning. I can't even believe my boys love this stuff so much! I know it is good for them and I can say that when John is taking it with his dad regularly, he is rarely sick and seems to fight stuff off really quickly...but seriously. When John was about 2, he was fascinated with Alan's ritual of eating Hive Complex every morning. So one morning we allowed him to have a bite, fully expecting him to gag and spit and refuse to have any more at any time. Since then, he is an addict. He LOVES it. So we have various stories of him eating it like it is honey or peanut butter or something. We have had numerous people who have had hive complex comment that there might be something wrong with his taste buds or something! However, this weekend Eli has now decided that he in fact also LOVES the stuff. It is incredible to me. For those of you that do not know what is in Hive Complex, it is a combination of honey, Royal Jelly, Bee Pollen, propolis and Ginseng. (It is definitely good for you....but the taste is awful...I take the capsules which you can't taste at all.) I can confirm from someone who has had this stuff...normal adults including myself usually gag and spit it out(just so you know..Eli has only been given a tiny amount since he is still a bit under two). I had to post the pictures to show proof! I challenge anyone to try it and see if any of you would actually LICK the spoon and scrap the lid for more!

A little at a time

John's friend Kaiser had a Birthday Party right before the Holidays and right in a middle of the snow! Thankfully, we all made it to the party and had a great time playing in the indoor playground...Eli loved the food the best:)

This is John's friend Ronan, they were having a great time burning off all the energy they had built up during the snow days!

My friend Melissa was so brave and had John over during one of the many snow days and they all had a great time builing a snowman and pulling each other around on the sled...it looks like John is getting the better end of the deal I think:)

Just a note...I made this snowball for Eli the first morning we had snow. He carried it around with him everytime he went outside and then left it by the back porch when he came inside...it didn't melt for at least 3 days and then one day he went to get it and it was gone...he was mystified.

So it has been a few day since I set this whole thing up and I am already wondering if I will ever really figure out how to do it. The posting part is easy, but of course I want to do all the fun stuff like posting pictures and such. I am in the process of organizing all my pictures from for ever ago and that is a challenge. I am thinking if I just put a few recent pics...that would at least be a start....so here you go...if there are pics anywhere..that means it worked...if not..then it is still a work in progress:)

my first sprout!

So my husband whom I have known for exactly 10 years has discovered somthing about me! He decided that I needed a creative outlet! Sooooo I have been loving many of my friends blogs and have loved following a part of their lives through their blog. So now, I get to have my own! My title came when I was trying to think of a name that would encompase all that I hoped this blog might be. "Sprouts of Life" to me meant anything that was new and growing. For me that first included this blog and then, some other examples included my family, kids, relationships, our garden, photography and the new chicks and bees we are going to get this spring. Mostly, it included all things in life that are new and growing and symbolize hope and learning.
I hope that my friends and family that live far away can also get a chance to see our life even though we live so far away. I hope it will be fun!