Preschool Days

 Today was my last day teaching these preschool clowns. It was fun! I usually put on a clip of Sesame Street for the letter of the day. I thought it was funny that they all wanted to squish together on the same couch. Left to right: Kobi, Kinley, Gabe, Lilah, and Tripp.

Today was the letter E. So I made Edible finger paint. It is just pudding and food coloring. They loved it! I gave them spoons at the end to eat it-which I think was their favorite part.

And Deklan likes to feel like he is part of the group, so he is up there eating with the rest of the hoodlums.

 I didn't want to send these soggy masterpieces home with them. Probably not the best thing to carry in a car. Got to love Deko's in the bottom right corner. He was only interested in eating. I figured I should pull the camera out at least once during preschool. I should have taken pics when I had the letter B -We celebrated the letter B's birthday. They even sang to the letter and blew out a candle. Oh well, there's always next year, right? 

Made me giggle

I was taking pics to post our apartments online and this little stinker literally ran into my shot. His cheesy grin makes me laugh everytime I look at it. What do I do with this little naughty cheeseball?

Experiment

 Awhile back my grandpa sent me an email about cooler corn. Basically you put ears of corn in a cooler and then cover it with boiling water. Close the lid and in 30 minutes you have perfectly cooked corn that stays hot in the cooler. This is great to try unless you have a son named Tripp. He did what he does best-ignore his mama. He got up on top of my cooler and jumped off of it -knocking it over. The boiling water went all over the floor. It came towards me(barefoot), I screamed and jumped out of the water (no burns). I then ran to Deko and threw him on the couch -somehow he was standing in the right spot. The boiling water went around him on both sides. Then I picked up my screaming Trippy who was wearing ankle socks, and ran him to the sink and filled it up with cold water. His socks held the water on his skin -giving him 2nd degree burns around his ankle. And the poor guy has enormous blisters.

I took him to a clinic and the doctor there thought it might be a 3rd degree burn since he hadn't been complaining about pain -the second day after he was burned. She thought there might be nerve damage. She then told me to take him to the emergency room of a big hospital. I took him to the hospital and he got to sit in a bed and watch cartoons until the doctor came to look at him. He told me it was only 1st and 2nd degree burns. Wow, thanks for that waste of time.

Tripp did really well while everyone examined his ankle and I thought he needed an "owie present." We went to the store and this is what he picked out. He's been wearing it nonstop ever since.

Maybe, just maybe this kid will start listening to me when I tell him not to do something. We'll see.

Thoughts

Is it True?
Is it Kind?
Is it Necessary?

We had Ward Conference yesterday and our bishop talked about gossip. His father told him to ask himself these three questions before sharing anything with another person. I loved his talk! He said he was driving around town with his boys and he made a comment about another driver and both of his boys looked at him and said, "Dad, you shouldn't say that." Part of his talk was about judging others. How we shouldn't judge, label, or grade others. -since we probably don't want the same kind of judgement about us. I really tried to listen the whole time, but it was a little difficult because Deko's new joy is crawling underneath the pews and joining new families during sacrament meeting. Anyways, I thought I'd share these thoughts with the blogging world and let you take what you want from it.

Yummy Syrup!

I found this recipe at RecipeShoebox. It is amazing! I've made it several times and my family loves it. It is a Buttermilk Caramel Syrup that Tripp has renamed Yummy Syrup. If you want your kids to eat breakfast, just make this stuff. Randy has made the comment (several times) that if you put it on poop, it would make it taste good. Believe me just try it! Look at those clean plates! My kids always eat more with this deliciousness. It's also really good with fresh fruit and ice cream. Can't help but love Deko's blueberry lips! I made whole wheat blueberry pancakes from allrecipes.com Yummy Syrup

The ingredients:
1/2 cup butter (no substitutions) (I usually use 1/4 cup butter to make it more syrup-like, not quite so runny)
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup buttermilk (today I made my own buttermilk by adding 1/2 TBSP vinegar to 1/2 cup milk and let it sit for 5 minutes)
1 Tbs. light corn syrup
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp. cinnamon (optional) (I like the cinnamon-gives it a pretty color, but Randy says cinnamon ruins everything)

Combine butter, sugar, buttermilk, and corn syrup in a large saucepan and stir over medium heat until bubbling evenly. Let cook for 2-3 minutes. Remove from the heat and add the baking soda and vanilla (and cinnamon if you want). Stir until blended. The baking soda will fizz. Serve warm with waffles or pancakes. Saves in fridge for up to two weeks.

Now go! Make it right now and either love me or hate me -for starting a new addiction for you;)

Batman & Robin

Do I need to write anything else? These kids are such goobers!

Here they are in action:

He's bringing rexy back.........YEAH!

Randy gets to wear these rexy goggles to bed for the next two weeks. Aren't I a lucky girl? He had lasik eye surgery on Tuesday and these beauties are supposed to keep him from touching his eyes at night. Doesn't get much better than this!