Baking with Brinly

Yesterday Brinly and I made pumpkin muffins.

She measured and stirred by herself.

(We took turns.)
She cracked the egg all by herself.
(Just working on those necessary egg skills.)

It was fun.

One more funny

Before church yesterday Jordan told us this:

"I like to talk to my friends in nursery, but I really don't like to listen to them."

He was totally serious.

Halloween 2009

Cinderella, Lion, Lady Bug, Super Why

Costume Making, Class Party treats, Trunk-or-Treat, Trick-or-Treating, handing out candy, Orange and Black dinner, Dad getting home from hunting, time change, one tired mom.

Lunches

Even before Abby started kindergarten, she wanted me to make her lunch. It has been something I like doing. So far she really seems to like what I make her, but some of the things she has noticed or other kids have told her have been funny.

One day she came home and told me that she was the ONLY one who had "brown" bread in her lunch and that EVERYONE else had white. How traumatic!

Since we've moved, I've been baking a lot more. Therefore, Abby gets a lot of homemade snacks. Once, she was describing something one of her friends had brought. It took me awhile, but I finally figured out it was crackers with the cheese spread. Abby wondered if she could bring something like that for snacks instead sometime.

I usually pack a cookie in Abby's lunch. One day Abby came home a little upset because someone had told her that cookies were "unhealthy" and that's why their mom didn't pack them for their lunch. This happened the day after the cheese crackers discussion.

Peer pressure starts early I guess! :o) Plus...isn't it ironic that when you try to do the "good" mom things, it doesn't necessarily matter to the kid.

A Day in the Life

Yesterday, Jordan woke up tired. He asked (demanded) that his mom cover him up with a blanket while he laid on the couch. Later, he was drinking out of a water bottle and ran into the wall. His mom cleaned up his bloody mouth and he was good to go. A little while later he was playing "cats" and hit his mouth on the table while meowing.

Jordan was not happy. His mom cleaned up even more blood. They picked up Abby from school and drove to Cody for shopping and dance. Jordan fell asleep in the car. It took his mom awhile to wake him up for the first store. Jordan whined through the whole store and his mom still let him pick out a candy whistle. He was happy for 10 seconds. When he got to the next store, Jordan had had enough. His mother could do nothing right. She held her list in the wrong hand. He wanted her to hold his hand and push the cart at the same time. When she had to actually put food into the cart, he was livid. The kicker was when they got to the card isle and she wouldn't let him get the birthday card (actually it was a sympathy card) he wanted. He cried over and over "But I NEVER got a birthday card before." The whole store was very sympathetic. One lady even volunteered to do something...anything...watch the kids so Jordan's mom could get the car. Jordan's mom declined since even with the crying he was moving in the right direction.
When they got to the dance studio, he was suddenly very happy. He chatted with his mom and played with his baby brother. He was quite agreeable for the rest of the day...until he was ready for bed and started demanding "quiet time"!

Oh Jordan....

It's Friday!

Bryant wants to check out the new camera too.

I'm a little excited about this day of the week. For one thing, it's been the first day other than a few Sundays that BOTH Trevor and Abby have off. It will be great to have some good family time this weekend and hopefully a break from a few stressers that have popped up. Also, we got a new camera this week. It was suppose to be a Christmas gift for me, but I was getting so frustrated with our old one and all the grainy, blurry, fuzzy pictures, I decided I couldn't wait to open it. I'm excited to learn how to use it.

Difference of Opinion

Can you guess which article of clothing Trevor and I disagreed on?

Basically, one of us didn't think it was necessary and one of us thought it was VERY cute and perfect for church. :o)

We got Jordan some new church clothes for the upcoming holidays. When he opened the shoes he got very excited and said, "Mom! I got some tap shoes too!" He's been tapping around the house in his new "tap" shoes. He is one cute kid.