More Randomness and Schoolwork

I couldn't get the picture to come out in the dark, but I believe Colin had crawled into bed with us.  So cute!

Colin's preschool work.  

I LOVE the hand print art!

Inside of card.

I LOVE ladybugs!

Made my friend's recipe for "sweet and sour" chicken.  Texted her the pic.  She told me she can't make it anymore since her husband doesn't like it!

Jenga fun!  Look how high the tower got!

Beautiful sunset picture a friend took while just after we got out of the gym.  

Gavin drew these faces...

One Friday Night

My mom, aka Yellow Haired Grandma, took Gavin for a sleepover the for the first time! My baby's growing up!

Colin and I made pizza for dinner after Gavin left.

Watch the video to see what he said he was making at first!

Making Cupcakes!

We baked cupcakes and made lemonade with Matthew and Dori and their house!

The boys wanted to juice.  Did you know that if you are hand juicing and you want to make it a little easier that you can microwave the lemons for a little bit?  It's true!  I never would have known!

Decorating the cupcakes!

Colin helped me frost one cupcake, then he started to eat it!  I guess he thought, "Why would I want to frost that if I can't eat it?" He thought eating was a part of the job!  He then ate off all of the frosting and asked for more "butter"!!!  LOL!

Dori was very prepared with green frosting, Mickey Mouse sprinkles, candy canes, nice white boxes and ribbon.  Thanks!

We gave away a couple of boxes to friends and neighbors.  It was a good time.  Thanks for having organizing and having us, Dori!  

Making Gingerbread Cookies!

I decided it would be fun to make gingerbread cookies again!  I cheated and bought a mix, but I think it was worth it to save time and get to the fun part of using the cookie cutters.

"Ginger Man"

I decided to try to make gingerbread men this year. I did it after Christmas, but they are still just as tasty.



Philip had Gavin decorate his own cookie.

Making Pancakes

Gavin really loves helping to cook/bake these days! He wants to add ingredients to the mixing bowls for us, which he did, but then he wanted to pour the batter and turn the pancakes! He did a really good job with the one on the right, but got a bit carried away with the other one. I am still loving how he wants to imitate us and do exactly what we do! (Although I have to admit it can be a pain at times.) :-D

Springtime Cookies!

For a late Christmas present, a friend of ours gave me a cute springtime cookie pan that included ladybugs, of course! So, I thought that I would try them out for Easter! The instructions that came on the pan just said to use your favorite cookie recipe and bake as directed, so it was kind of an experiment on guessing the correct amount to put in. I'm sure it will take a while to get it right, but I just wasn't patient enough to do a lot that night, so I only did one batch which overflowed a little bit. They still tasted great, though!



We used a snickerdoodle recipe.