Monday Musings

Thomas: Can I have some soda?

Mom: No.

Thomas: Please just a little eensy weensy bo beensy?

Not Me Monday

Along with McMama, I rememebered a few things that I have NOT done lately.





I did not take my four year old to Target barefoot because his brother threw out his tennis shoes when the strap broke and we could not find his other clog.





It was also not pouring down rain.





And I didn't also take his two year old brother because I like to make things easy on myself.





I did not mail the vehicle tax check to the student loan company. I am far, far too on-top-of-things to make such a mistake. And, they totally didn't cash it anyway, because I think that would be somewhat illegal.





I did not make brownies in my beloved faux George Foreman grill, because we all know that brownies would be entirely too dense to retrieve.

Update: I have also totally not lost my mind, since this is the waffle maker, NOT the George Foreman. Duh!

And my children









most certainly did not





proceed to eat them anyway.

Wordless Wednesday

Once Upon a Time....

....there was a little girl who loved books. She would fuss and fuss, but get happy if you hand her a book.

And she lived happily

ever

after.

I Can't Believe It's Butter!

The older boys and the younger kids are studying 1800's American History this year. I've been reading Little House on the Prairie to the younger kids and we decided to make butter.

First, take a little cream......

Then, take a jar with a lid. We didn't have a glass jar, but we did have Daddy's hunting thermos.....

After you shake, shake, shake.........

Yummy, creamy, butter!




They like it!

Monday Musings

Two year old sayings are so cute.

Two year old Thomas says as we are driving down the road, "Mom! There's the moon! And, that (a star) is a firework."

Thomas looks out for his baby sister. He was playing dinosaurs while she was lying next to him on the floor. I told him to give her one of the dinosaurs to play with and he said, "Bailey is too young to play with dinosaurs."

Timothy had some balloons for his birthday. (Granny, we were being VERY careful.) Thomas got one and said, "Will you blow this down for me?" He wanted to let the air out!

Queen of the Wild Frontier

Some interesting and unusual characters have shown up at our house recently.

Bailey Crockett, Queen of the Wild Frontier



Master Shifu

The Alligator Wrestler

These are strange, strange times.