baking is my happy place
tried two recipes from king arthur flour recently and was really pleased with the results!
the crust for their blueberry hand pies was out of this world!
jack is in the GATE program at school (gifted and talented education) and they recently went to the district quiz bowl and had a great time! they won the first round and then placed second in the finals.
ellie had basketball tryouts on the 7th and did really well. she is super happy with the team she is on because there are a couple girls from her class on the team as well and both their dad's are the coaches. looking forward to a fun season cheering for our favorite girl!
the school held an art contest for the k-2nd graders for veterans day. the theme they had to draw from was What Does America Mean To Me?
charlie won 1st place!!!
he's already used his winnings, a $15 walmart gift card, to buy books. he's really into Dogman right now.
sweet owen.
still loving his b-day jammies and rocks them day and night.
owen was playing the handbells the other night. he was ringing them quietly and then out of the corner of his eye he watched me as he gradually got louder and louder and louder. he was ringing his little heart out, and by this time everyone was watching him, when he got a little too pleased and excited and WHACK! he rung his own bell... with a handbell.
his eye lid is green now, but the swelling has gone down finally.
he had some pretty sweet bedhead the other morning. i desperately wanted to nuzzle it, but owen doesn't allow nuzzling.
he does allow hot cocoa on cold mornings when the big kids are at school.
its no secret that owen is stubborn. he recently asked me if he could eat a raw potato. i told him why that wouldn't be a good idea, but he wouldn't listen. after some tears i finally cut a chunk of raw potato for him. after two crisp bites he decided that maybe mom was right about raw potatoes.
there are some nights when we flip through the channels and nothing is on so we resort to... americas funniest videos. i detest that show. but the kids (and chris surprisingly) get a kick out of it. well, while jack was showering we saw this little prank that a guy did to his son where he "tested his son's reflexes". i of course said "chris! do that to jack when he gets out of the shower!"
jack is such a good sport and had a good laugh.
the little boys wanted a turn, so by the end of the night, we had 3 very wet-bottomed boys.
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