Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Redneck Clubhouse
We recently got a "recycle" can for our boxes and items that can be recycled from the city. Needless to say, with so many people living here, we fill our recycle can up quickly! We have been putting the big boxes in the garage and cutting them up as we have room in the can. Well Daddy, being as inventive as he is, decided to pull one of the boxes out for the boys to play in and well, it "grew" from there.
And it goes without saying if you know my kids, wherever Daddy is, they will not be far behind.
He gets lots of help when they are around. Notice anything funny about "E's" choice in footwear?
The "upstairs" window.
The cheeser in the upstairs window. Ok, here is a better view of the footwear in question. Notice that both shoes are for the same foot too. Hehe
Now you can see the lovely hand accessory on "I's" hand as well. See, my kids are little weirdos!
Welcome to the redneck clubhouse, the finished product, complete with a second story look out and a north and south wing, one for each little boy! Before it was all said and done, they had toys, a blanket and who knows what else drug in there to play with. It lasted for a few days until the morning dew had the best of it.
Sadly, the boys had to say goodbye to their very first redneck clubhouse.
And it goes without saying if you know my kids, wherever Daddy is, they will not be far behind.
He gets lots of help when they are around. Notice anything funny about "E's" choice in footwear?
The "upstairs" window.
The cheeser in the upstairs window. Ok, here is a better view of the footwear in question. Notice that both shoes are for the same foot too. Hehe
Now you can see the lovely hand accessory on "I's" hand as well. See, my kids are little weirdos!
Welcome to the redneck clubhouse, the finished product, complete with a second story look out and a north and south wing, one for each little boy! Before it was all said and done, they had toys, a blanket and who knows what else drug in there to play with. It lasted for a few days until the morning dew had the best of it.
Sadly, the boys had to say goodbye to their very first redneck clubhouse.
Monday, March 28, 2011
Recipes
I am going to share some tasty recipes with you today. I would advise you to NOT try any of these at home! Hehe. "I's" kindergarten class wrote a book recently. The book they wrote is called The Kinder Cookbook.
I am going to just type them out EXACTLY as they are written but I will add in parenthesis whether it was written by a girl or a boy.
Chocolate Chip Cookies (girl)
Ingredients: Sugar, flour, chocolate chips
1) Get 1 scoop of sugar, 2 scoops of flour and a few chocolate chips so we can eat it easily.
2) Put it on a couple of rectangle pans in little round circles.
3) Put it in the microwave and cook it for 10 hours.
4) Take them out and serve them.
Make sure they are not too hot.
Chocolate Cake (boy)
Ingredients: Stuff
1) First you need to grab a bowl and put some stuff in and stir it up with a spoon.
2) Put it in the oven and bake it at 40* for 20 minutes.
3) Take it out and sit it on the glass thing with the tall thing and the thing over it.
4) Whenever you want some, you lift up the thing and have some.
Brownies (girl)
Ingredients: Brownie stuff, water, eggs
1) Get 1 cup of water, 1 cracked egg (throw away the shell) and put it in a bowl.
2) Mix it with a spoon.
3) Put the brownie stuff from the box into a bowl.
4) Put it in a pan and put it in the oven for how long the box says at about medium temperature.
5) Take it out and share it with everybody.
6) Check the directions on the back of the box to make sure these directions are right.
Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich (girl)
Ingredients: Bread, peanut butter, jelly
1) Get 2 pieces of bread.
2) Get a lot of peanut butter.
3) Get a lot of jelly.
4) Get a knife and put the peanut butter on the bread.
5) Put the jelly on it.
6) Use your hands to make it.
7) It's done!
Chicken Nuggets (boy, MY BOY!!)
Ingredients: Chicken nuggets
1) Get chicken nuggets from the chicken factory.
2) Put them on a napkin.
3) Put the napkin in the oven for 10 seconds until they're a little hot.
4) Serve them.
5) I like the ones from Chick-Fil-A.
Snow Ice Cream
Ingredients: Snow, Ice Cream
1) Get about 10 cups of snow.
2) Then get 10 cups of ice cream.
3) Mix it together.
4) Put it in a bowl.
5) Get it a little hot.
6) Serves 1.
Scrambled Eggs (girl)
Ingredients: Eggs
1) Get 3 eggs and 5 inches of water.
2) Put it in a bowl.
3) Heat it for 12 minutes.
4) Get ketchup and forks and eat it.
Dove (boy)
Ingredients: Dove, spices
1) Shoot a dove.
2) Put spice on it.
3) Put it in a pan and put it in the oven for 30 minutes at 50*.
4) Take it out and put a toothpick in it.
5) Eat it.
Waffles (boy)
Ingredients: Waffles, syrup, bacon
1) Get waffles out of the refrigerator.
2) Put it in the toaster for 30 seconds.
3) Put the waffles on a plate.
4) Put about 10 squirts of syrup on it.
5) Eat it with bacon.
Grilled Cheese Sandwich (boy)
Ingredients: Bread, cheese
1) Get 2 breads and 1 or 2 slices of cheese.
2) Put butter on the bread.
3) Put it in the microwave for 12 minutes.
4) Take out the bread and put the cheese on.
5) Put it back in the microwave for however long.
6) Take off the crust.
7) Eat it!
Hot Dogs (boy)
Ingredients: Hot dogs, buns, mustard, ketchup, chili
1) Get 1 hot dog.
2) Heat it up in the microwave for 1 minute.
3) When it beeps, take it out and cut it or put it in a bun.
4) You can put mustard, ketchup or chili on it.
Iced Sugar Cookies (girl)
Ingredients: Sugar, powdered stuff, milk, cookie stuff
1) First get 1/2 cup of sugar.
2) Get some powdered stuff and pour it in a bowl with a little cup of milk (about how much my little brother drinks) and stir it.
3) Buy cookie stuff at the store.
4) Put the squares on a tray.
5) Set the timer on the oven for 20 or 30 minutes.
6) Put the tray in the oven. Not too hot; not too cold.
7) Take them out when the timer goes off.
8) Put the icing on.
Spaghetti (girl)
Ingredients: Sauce, noodles
1) Get sauce and noodles.
2) Put the noodles in a bowl and put them on the stove to bake for about 14 seconds.
3) Rinse them under the sink to make them cool.
4) Put the sauce on them and eat them.
Ravioli (boy)
Ingredients: Ravioli, sugar
1) Get cheese and ham raviolis at Kroger or HEB.
2) Put them in a pan with 10 teaspoons of boiling water.
3) Cook them for 10 minutes.
4) Put them in the freezer for 1 minute.
5) Put on a little teaspoon of sugar and eat them.
Charlie Soup (boy)
Ingredients: Jalapenos, cabbage, carrots, cheese, juice soup
1) Get jalapenos, cabbage, carrots, the cheese and juice soup.
2) Put it in a pot.
3) Cook it on the stove for 31 minutes on the last number.
4) Put it in bowls.
5) Makes 60 servings.
Now, if you did not laugh at least 85.6 times, you need to go get your sense of humor checked out. These are the cutest recipes I've ever heard. They also got to draw a picture of their "dish" on the page opposite the recipe. I think they did a fantastic job! I wish I would have ordered a handful of these books because I would have given them as gifts!
I am going to just type them out EXACTLY as they are written but I will add in parenthesis whether it was written by a girl or a boy.
Chocolate Chip Cookies (girl)
Ingredients: Sugar, flour, chocolate chips
1) Get 1 scoop of sugar, 2 scoops of flour and a few chocolate chips so we can eat it easily.
2) Put it on a couple of rectangle pans in little round circles.
3) Put it in the microwave and cook it for 10 hours.
4) Take them out and serve them.
Make sure they are not too hot.
Chocolate Cake (boy)
Ingredients: Stuff
1) First you need to grab a bowl and put some stuff in and stir it up with a spoon.
2) Put it in the oven and bake it at 40* for 20 minutes.
3) Take it out and sit it on the glass thing with the tall thing and the thing over it.
4) Whenever you want some, you lift up the thing and have some.
Brownies (girl)
Ingredients: Brownie stuff, water, eggs
1) Get 1 cup of water, 1 cracked egg (throw away the shell) and put it in a bowl.
2) Mix it with a spoon.
3) Put the brownie stuff from the box into a bowl.
4) Put it in a pan and put it in the oven for how long the box says at about medium temperature.
5) Take it out and share it with everybody.
6) Check the directions on the back of the box to make sure these directions are right.
Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich (girl)
Ingredients: Bread, peanut butter, jelly
1) Get 2 pieces of bread.
2) Get a lot of peanut butter.
3) Get a lot of jelly.
4) Get a knife and put the peanut butter on the bread.
5) Put the jelly on it.
6) Use your hands to make it.
7) It's done!
Chicken Nuggets (boy, MY BOY!!)
Ingredients: Chicken nuggets
1) Get chicken nuggets from the chicken factory.
2) Put them on a napkin.
3) Put the napkin in the oven for 10 seconds until they're a little hot.
4) Serve them.
5) I like the ones from Chick-Fil-A.
Snow Ice Cream
Ingredients: Snow, Ice Cream
1) Get about 10 cups of snow.
2) Then get 10 cups of ice cream.
3) Mix it together.
4) Put it in a bowl.
5) Get it a little hot.
6) Serves 1.
Scrambled Eggs (girl)
Ingredients: Eggs
1) Get 3 eggs and 5 inches of water.
2) Put it in a bowl.
3) Heat it for 12 minutes.
4) Get ketchup and forks and eat it.
Dove (boy)
Ingredients: Dove, spices
1) Shoot a dove.
2) Put spice on it.
3) Put it in a pan and put it in the oven for 30 minutes at 50*.
4) Take it out and put a toothpick in it.
5) Eat it.
Waffles (boy)
Ingredients: Waffles, syrup, bacon
1) Get waffles out of the refrigerator.
2) Put it in the toaster for 30 seconds.
3) Put the waffles on a plate.
4) Put about 10 squirts of syrup on it.
5) Eat it with bacon.
Grilled Cheese Sandwich (boy)
Ingredients: Bread, cheese
1) Get 2 breads and 1 or 2 slices of cheese.
2) Put butter on the bread.
3) Put it in the microwave for 12 minutes.
4) Take out the bread and put the cheese on.
5) Put it back in the microwave for however long.
6) Take off the crust.
7) Eat it!
Hot Dogs (boy)
Ingredients: Hot dogs, buns, mustard, ketchup, chili
1) Get 1 hot dog.
2) Heat it up in the microwave for 1 minute.
3) When it beeps, take it out and cut it or put it in a bun.
4) You can put mustard, ketchup or chili on it.
Iced Sugar Cookies (girl)
Ingredients: Sugar, powdered stuff, milk, cookie stuff
1) First get 1/2 cup of sugar.
2) Get some powdered stuff and pour it in a bowl with a little cup of milk (about how much my little brother drinks) and stir it.
3) Buy cookie stuff at the store.
4) Put the squares on a tray.
5) Set the timer on the oven for 20 or 30 minutes.
6) Put the tray in the oven. Not too hot; not too cold.
7) Take them out when the timer goes off.
8) Put the icing on.
Spaghetti (girl)
Ingredients: Sauce, noodles
1) Get sauce and noodles.
2) Put the noodles in a bowl and put them on the stove to bake for about 14 seconds.
3) Rinse them under the sink to make them cool.
4) Put the sauce on them and eat them.
Ravioli (boy)
Ingredients: Ravioli, sugar
1) Get cheese and ham raviolis at Kroger or HEB.
2) Put them in a pan with 10 teaspoons of boiling water.
3) Cook them for 10 minutes.
4) Put them in the freezer for 1 minute.
5) Put on a little teaspoon of sugar and eat them.
Charlie Soup (boy)
Ingredients: Jalapenos, cabbage, carrots, cheese, juice soup
1) Get jalapenos, cabbage, carrots, the cheese and juice soup.
2) Put it in a pot.
3) Cook it on the stove for 31 minutes on the last number.
4) Put it in bowls.
5) Makes 60 servings.
Now, if you did not laugh at least 85.6 times, you need to go get your sense of humor checked out. These are the cutest recipes I've ever heard. They also got to draw a picture of their "dish" on the page opposite the recipe. I think they did a fantastic job! I wish I would have ordered a handful of these books because I would have given them as gifts!
Thursday, March 24, 2011
St. Patty's Day & Happy Birthday "K"
Mommy's little lucky charm. I have been making tutus and this was our St. Patty's Day outfit. I made the onsie as well. Go Mommy!
Someone was not impressed with her modeling job! But you have to admit, she is precious even when she fusses! She might even be cuter! I might be a bit biased though.
Biased or not, I am pretty sure that this is the most gorgeous baby girl to ever exist!
Not sure what this face is all about.
She is Mommy's pretty princess. She already likes to be called that too! She just smiles when I tell her that she is Mommy's pretty princess! She has me wrapped around her little finger!
Pretty princess showing her cute little baby "peet" as "E" calls them.
Sisters forever. Mommy's lucky charm and the birthday girl.
She has waited years to get a baby sister.
I think she was looking at Daddy.
A partial smile.
Our brand new teenager! I can hardly believe it. Our sweet girl is a teenager. Where has the time gone?!?
She is turning into such a young lady. She is helpful, loving and kind. She loves her brothers and little sister. We are very proud of the young lady that she is becoming.
This year she is in symphonic band, she plays the bass clarinet. She is a twirler. She is very social.
For her birthday, she wanted to go to Texas Roadhouse for dinner. We had a nice dinner with family. Then Friday night we took her and a friend bowling. They had a great time. I tried to get pictures of that but bowling is not exactly an easy sport to photograph.
Someone was not impressed with her modeling job! But you have to admit, she is precious even when she fusses! She might even be cuter! I might be a bit biased though.
Biased or not, I am pretty sure that this is the most gorgeous baby girl to ever exist!
Not sure what this face is all about.
She is Mommy's pretty princess. She already likes to be called that too! She just smiles when I tell her that she is Mommy's pretty princess! She has me wrapped around her little finger!
Pretty princess showing her cute little baby "peet" as "E" calls them.
Sisters forever. Mommy's lucky charm and the birthday girl.
She has waited years to get a baby sister.
I think she was looking at Daddy.
A partial smile.
Our brand new teenager! I can hardly believe it. Our sweet girl is a teenager. Where has the time gone?!?
She is turning into such a young lady. She is helpful, loving and kind. She loves her brothers and little sister. We are very proud of the young lady that she is becoming.
This year she is in symphonic band, she plays the bass clarinet. She is a twirler. She is very social.
For her birthday, she wanted to go to Texas Roadhouse for dinner. We had a nice dinner with family. Then Friday night we took her and a friend bowling. They had a great time. I tried to get pictures of that but bowling is not exactly an easy sport to photograph.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Backyard fun
Sunday was a beautiful day, "I" had been begging since he got up to go outside and play in the sprinkler. I knew it was really still too cool. The wind was blowing quite a bit too.
Daddy mowed the grass and turned the sprinkler on to water the grass. I knew what was going to happen. Two little boys and a sprinkler. The rest is history, very cute history I might add.
The look on his face was priceless. I think the water was a lot colder than he thought it was going to be.
That little one sure does look guilty. Oddly enough though, he wasn't. This time anyway.
They had a great time though. "I" started complaining that he was cold. "E" really did not care. He finally started telling us, "I cold Mommy. I cold Daddy."
They played for a few minutes then we dried them off and went inside.
I think they had fun though, what do you think?
Daddy mowed the grass and turned the sprinkler on to water the grass. I knew what was going to happen. Two little boys and a sprinkler. The rest is history, very cute history I might add.
The look on his face was priceless. I think the water was a lot colder than he thought it was going to be.
That little one sure does look guilty. Oddly enough though, he wasn't. This time anyway.
They had a great time though. "I" started complaining that he was cold. "E" really did not care. He finally started telling us, "I cold Mommy. I cold Daddy."
They played for a few minutes then we dried them off and went inside.
I think they had fun though, what do you think?
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Old McDonald's Farm
Last week was our spring break. It was nowhere near long enough. We are still trying to get used to the time change and were not ready to get up Monday morning and go back to school, for that matter we were not ready to get up this morning either!
We met some friends at a little petting zoo on one of our days off. The kids had a great time. While we were getting our things together for the day, "E" decided that he was going to read to the baby. It was the cutest thing. He picked out their children's story bible and "read" to her from that. She was a little wobbly in the bumbo chair so I did not leave her down there long but had to get a picture before I got her out.
"H" spent most of the day being the best big brother ever and carried "E" wherever he wanted to go. I think "E" was not feeling too good that day so he enjoyed getting the attention.
When he was not hitching a ride, they held hands and walked around the place checking things out.
There was a huge sand pile, that made me nervous. My kids do not "usually" like getting dirty at home. They are the plan ahead to play in the dirt kind of guys. BUT, we have been to a few birthday parties where sand was involved and I actually had to bathe them before we were able to head home. For that reason, I was afraid that they were going to go hog wild in the sand. "I" is the only one who played in the sand and he did not wreck himself too terribly bad. He had a great time playing in the sand with his friends from school.
Then he and his BFF "G" played a little tether ball.
We rode the train all together once. Then "H" and "E" rode the train about 826.4 more times. :) They rode so many times that "E" finally fell asleep. It was too cute.
Four silly little chickens!
A "hiccup" as "E" Called it, sitting on the roof of one of the pavilions. Every time it made it's noise, not sure what to say it was doing, "E" wanted to know where the "hiccup" was.
Big brother carrying little brother, again. Or should I say, still?
Petting the goats.
"E" was excited about going inside and petting the goats, until he got in there. He was not real sure about them once he got inside. He was pretty apprehensive about touching them at first. I think it is funny how he is leaning in yet still holding on to big brother's hand to protect himself.
Still not too sure about the little goats.
I guess he decided that he was safe so he let go of his protectors hand.
Waiting in line, trying to decide if he really wanted to ride the pony.
"I" was very excited about riding the pony.
Each time after he rode the pony, he would get off and run back around to get in the line.
I think he ended up riding all of the ponies except for one.
I wonder if the ponies ever get tired of just walking around in a circle, all day long. Ugh, I know I would.
He finally decided that it looked safe so he gave it a try.
AND HE LOVED IT!
I bet he rode the pony 5 or 6 times himself. I know the ponies must get tired of making that trip in the circle because I sure did. I know he was not feeling well because he was having fun but did not hardly smile at all. Poor little guy.
All of the kiddos looking at, petting and feeding the cow after the million combined pony rides!
"E" checking out the bunnies inside their house.
Trying to feed the bunnies. He kept saying he wanted "to hold it, bunny." I love the way he says things. He is growing up way too fast. He tells me all of the time, "I wanna hold it, baby" talking about his baby sister. Or "I love it, baby!" He just melts my heart!
Oh, and if you are wondering where the girl children are in these photos, it was really windy so we tried to keep the little princess in her carrier as much as we could and big sister had gone to spend the night with a friend the night before so they could go skating.
We met some friends at a little petting zoo on one of our days off. The kids had a great time. While we were getting our things together for the day, "E" decided that he was going to read to the baby. It was the cutest thing. He picked out their children's story bible and "read" to her from that. She was a little wobbly in the bumbo chair so I did not leave her down there long but had to get a picture before I got her out.
"H" spent most of the day being the best big brother ever and carried "E" wherever he wanted to go. I think "E" was not feeling too good that day so he enjoyed getting the attention.
When he was not hitching a ride, they held hands and walked around the place checking things out.
There was a huge sand pile, that made me nervous. My kids do not "usually" like getting dirty at home. They are the plan ahead to play in the dirt kind of guys. BUT, we have been to a few birthday parties where sand was involved and I actually had to bathe them before we were able to head home. For that reason, I was afraid that they were going to go hog wild in the sand. "I" is the only one who played in the sand and he did not wreck himself too terribly bad. He had a great time playing in the sand with his friends from school.
Then he and his BFF "G" played a little tether ball.
We rode the train all together once. Then "H" and "E" rode the train about 826.4 more times. :) They rode so many times that "E" finally fell asleep. It was too cute.
Four silly little chickens!
A "hiccup" as "E" Called it, sitting on the roof of one of the pavilions. Every time it made it's noise, not sure what to say it was doing, "E" wanted to know where the "hiccup" was.
Big brother carrying little brother, again. Or should I say, still?
Petting the goats.
"E" was excited about going inside and petting the goats, until he got in there. He was not real sure about them once he got inside. He was pretty apprehensive about touching them at first. I think it is funny how he is leaning in yet still holding on to big brother's hand to protect himself.
Still not too sure about the little goats.
I guess he decided that he was safe so he let go of his protectors hand.
Waiting in line, trying to decide if he really wanted to ride the pony.
"I" was very excited about riding the pony.
Each time after he rode the pony, he would get off and run back around to get in the line.
I think he ended up riding all of the ponies except for one.
I wonder if the ponies ever get tired of just walking around in a circle, all day long. Ugh, I know I would.
He finally decided that it looked safe so he gave it a try.
AND HE LOVED IT!
I bet he rode the pony 5 or 6 times himself. I know the ponies must get tired of making that trip in the circle because I sure did. I know he was not feeling well because he was having fun but did not hardly smile at all. Poor little guy.
All of the kiddos looking at, petting and feeding the cow after the million combined pony rides!
"E" checking out the bunnies inside their house.
Trying to feed the bunnies. He kept saying he wanted "to hold it, bunny." I love the way he says things. He is growing up way too fast. He tells me all of the time, "I wanna hold it, baby" talking about his baby sister. Or "I love it, baby!" He just melts my heart!
Oh, and if you are wondering where the girl children are in these photos, it was really windy so we tried to keep the little princess in her carrier as much as we could and big sister had gone to spend the night with a friend the night before so they could go skating.
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