Cubes, Cakes and Worms

3/26/2018

My oldest daughter has a myriad of interests. 


She's been into the Rubik's cube for a year or more now. She can solve that easy-peasy. Then she moved on to the 5x5 cube and the Megamix. I wrote about those cubes here. Now when I see the cubes laying around the house, they are "solved" into awesome patterns, like this one. 
So fun.


She's taking a cake decorating class at our homeschool co-op this semester. So over the weekend she made and decorated this beautiful cake. Way to go!


Here is a cookie she decorated a few weeks ago for class.


Some of the frosting flowers she's created.



And now this daughter of mine is taking Biology as part of her freshman year. We recently had to dissect a worm. Ewww! 


But she did great - had a good attitude about it and ended up enjoying it at least a little bit. She did intestine surgery on the little worm in the end. :-)

She's a fun girl to be around these days! 
So dynamic and witty, so interesting and unique!
I'm so glad she's my daughter!

Little Guy turns 8 Months

3/6/2018


This little guy turned 8 months old last week!


This month was HUGE for his appetite. He started the month with just small bites of baby food. He ends the month eating 2 full jars of baby food each day, in addition to dozens of cheerios as a snack.


He still has just two bottom teeth, but the top ones are close to poking through.


He isn't crawling but is very close. He scoots backwards a lot and rolls around to get where he wants to go. He sleeps from about 6pm until 7:30 am, getting up just once for a 2am feeding. He doesn't nap well during the day, though - just two short cat naps and then back into the action that fills our home.


Now that we've had some hints of spring weather, we've enjoyed a few walks outside. He, of course, loves that! It's a whole new world to him.


And he remains such a joy in our home. Here he is being loved on by one of his big sisters. She is a little mama to him.

We love you, big guy! 

Friend Sarah turns 20

3/5/2018



Our neighbor/friend Sarah turned 20 last week. So I gave her a pie in the face! :-)  She asked for it, literally!


We don't see as much of Sarah as we used to, as she moved across town last fall. But she still stops by every now and then. And her birthday was one such occasion. 


She brought us cupcakes to enjoy. We sang Happy Birthday to her. And we tried to surprise her with a pie in the face, even though she'd been expecting it.

Happy 20th, Sarah! You are loved!