Hazel's take on spiders

So I am just sitting here at the computer checking out blogs and Hazel walks into the office and this is the conversation.

Hazel: I wind it up and flushed it. Are you proud of me?

Me: Yes, I am proud of you. What did you wind up and flush?

Hazel: The spider it was walking up the wall and I get a Kleenex and wind it up and flushed it down the toilet. I don't like spiders they are very very dumb.

(I might add that Hazel is more likely to get a Kleenex and flush the spider than her older brother. He either yells at me to take care of it or coaxes Hazel to get rid of it.)

Peanut Butter Playdough

Here is one of our favorite things to make. It is so much fun, and the kids love to help.

Ingredients: creamy peanut butter, honey, powdered sugar, powdered milk.

Variations:

*cocoa can be added for chocolate-peanut butter playdough

* add oatmeal, coconut, chocolate chips, etc.

Step 1: Put 1 cup creamy peanut butter in a bowl.

Step 2: Add 1 cup of honey.

Step 3: Add 1 cup powdered sugar.

Step 4: Add 1 cup powdered milk. (Note: powderd milk can make the playdough grainy so more powdered sugar can be used instead. However, I use the powdered milk because I fingure it is better for them than the sugar.)

Step 5: Mix, Mix, and Mix

Step 6: Knead until it is smooth. (This is messy so it is probably best for Mom to knead.)

Step 7: Eat and Play!!! Have fun making some great creations, and enjoy a taste every now and then. We also added animal crackers and graham crackers to make it more fun.

Doggy for a Day

Isn't this a cute face? This is Jake!

We have been talking about getting a dog for awhile, but finally made the leap on Saturday. We went to see Jake on Saturday afternoon and fell in love with him. He is a Labradoodle (Lab/Poodle mix). Labradoodles are supposed to be hypoallergenic dogs because they are part poodle. We played with him on Saturday to test out my reaction to him because of my many animal allergies. Well I wasn't allergic to him so we made arrangements to pick him up on Sunday after church. We were all really excited to have a dog. We would like him to be an outdoor dog most of the time, but to get used to us we decided that he should be an indoor dog for awhile. The kids loved playing with him and he was really getting used to having more room than the little apartment that he used to live. . .

. . . . but Sunday night my eyes started to swell up. I thought that if I didn't touch my eyes again that I would be fine and everything would work out. I was in denial. By Sunday night my breathing was somewhat difficult. I am very allergic to Jake! So on Monday morning we loaded Jake back up and took him back to his previous owner. The kids were really upset, but we figured that getting rid of him was better to do sooner than later. We had all kind of adjusted to the idea of having a dog around so even Andrew and I were a little disappointed. (However, I was not so much after cleaning up dog poop twice from off the floor.) Oh well that experiment was a disaster!

She's going to kill me when she sees this!

While I was out taking pictures of the kids playing in the yard and painting the fence today, I was noticing what a nice butt my wife has.

Now that is worth blogging about.

GROSS!!!

Yesterday afternoon I finally got Hazel to sleep after a morning of being a very grumpy girl. I put her in her bed for a short 30 minute nap. I was cleaning the kitchen and talking on the phone when I heard her come upstairs. I thought that maybe she’d had an potty accident and woke up. Come to find out that she had actually thrown up. I’m not really sure where this came from as she wasn’t sick and hasn’t been coughing hard enough to throw up for days. Well I quickly put her in the bath tub to get her cleaned up. As I put her in the tub she just kept telling me, “It was like mud, Mommy. It was like macaroni and cheese. It was like mud.” I have to admit that her description made me laugh. It made the clean up a little bit more bearable.

Catching Up!

Last week we went to Idaho for the week, so here is a quick synopsis of our trip.

HOLBROOK, ID

We stayed two days last week with Aunt Heather and Uncle Blaine. They live in Holbrook, a little dwelling just west of Malad. (Notice that I called it a dwelling because it is a small farming community. They don't even have a store.) However, we loved being at Heather's house and spending time with her and Blaine. The kids enjoyed seeing the deer jump across the road as we were leaving to go to Rexburg.

SICK

Hazel was sick before we left for Idaho. I thought that she would get over it, but she didn't, she got worse. Heather and I took the kids to Community Care in Rexburg on Thursday morning after a rough night. Hazel kept crying during the night "ouchie" and rubbing her ears. The diagnosis was. . . double ear infection, RSV, and croup.

I'm not really sure that all of that was correct, but after pneumonia was ruled out with chest x-rays I felt much better.

Both Kimball and Hazel were put on antibiotics and had to have breathing treatments twice a day. Luckily Grandpa Black was able to finally convince Hazel that she looked like and astronaut and could sit on his lap for the breathing treatment. (There was no way that she would have been convinced without his persuasion.)

FISHING

Did I mention that my sexy doctor husband was off fishing in Northern Idaho for Steel head all week? It was a bit stressful to have him gone while the kids were so sick and needed so much attention, but he had a great time. He hooked like very beautiful fish, not that we would know because he is some kind of fish philanthropist and lets them all swim free. Go figure. . . (I would have posted a picture or two of his fish, but he has them stored on his jump drive that is conveniently hung around his neck at work for easy access to show off, and I can't find them anywhere on the computer.)

Addedndum: He got home from work and made me post a couple of pictures of the big fish he caught. More pictures of more fish are available upon request (he made me say that!)

My Little Mobster

Alright I have to admit that I am at it again. I waited about one day after finishing to start the Twilight series again. I don't know what is wrong with me. I finished Twilight for the second time and am currently reading New Moon again. Andrew cannot believe that he has me lost again to these books. However, I am not as obsessed this time around. . . I mean I can actually put them down to have a conversation with him now and then. Now that I know how everything turns out the suspense is not killing me. Oh well I'm sure that I will have them all finished again in the next month. I think by then I will have enough Edward to tide me over for a few months. Although I will have to make a stop by the beauty supply store soon because I tend to use A LOT of hairspray. (I just really like my hair to stay in place. wink wink)

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So on Sunday Andrew had this idea that Kimball needed his hair buzzed right then, about 15 minutes before church. Well he cannot complain about my armature haircutting jobs from the past because his turned out much worse. I told him that he didn't have time to cut his hair before church because Kimball needed to eat before leaving. Next thing I hear is. . . "Are we missing one of the guards to this razor." I was running around trying to get everything ready for my primary lesson as fast as I could, so I didn't pay any attention to him. Well a few minutes later I hear a conversation about how he wants Kimball to not move the towel because he doesn't want hair all over his church clothes. About 5 minutes later the two of them emerge from the bathroom as Andrew says, "It's a little short, but it will grow." As we walk into church Kimball is parading up the isle with his newly shaved head and a pair of tennis shoes on because his black church shoes were not to be found. I am stomping in with steam coming out my ears rather embarrassed that my son now looks like a mobster. (This of course is all in addition to his Spiderman tattoo right on his face from a birthday party the day before.) I'm sure it won't look so bad in a few weeks when it grows out, but he looks rather intimidating right now.

Here are a few pictures of Kimball practicing fish fly fishing cast out on the front lawn with Andrew's new fly rod. I'm not sure why the bottom of this one is kind of blurry. I am still learning how to work my camera and need to learn some more about photography in general.

(Notice Kimball's beautiful thick dark hair.)

Andrew taught Kimball how to climb out huge cherry tree in the back yard. Everyday now he just wants to go out and climb. I was able to get a few good shots of him the other day.

(Here is his mobster hair cut.) See what I mean about intimidating! Tomorrow is Kindergarten registration, I think I'm going to have him wear his hat.