My new pet, child, ?

I am not sure if I adopted this little guy or if I was babysitting or what. The neighbor boy brought it over one day and asked if I had a bowl to grow it in. I filled a small bowl with warm water and we proceeded to grow this little guy. One day that same neighbor boy came to my door and asked the kids to speak to me. He said, "You haven't changed his water so his water is cold and he isn't growing. And I think he needs a bigger bowl now." Gee what kind of a slacker parent am I? So I did what he said and he came over and saw it and told me that I had "Did good." I fully intended to change his water tonight and take him over to the neighbor boy, after he was in bed, with a little note. I was too late though. Today he saw him and said that the water and gotten dirty which made him "too light" and he is supposed to be dark so he threw him away. Is that me failing as a parent? Yikes. :)

Butterball sleeping habits

You may remember this...or this.....or this.....We have gave up "cave sleeping" and now sleep like this.
or like this...Yep, there is more.That is his glow stick in that Lone Ranger mask.And yes, since we gave up "cave sleeping" we end up in Mom and Dad's bed.

Wordless Wednesday -- singing

Cauliflower side dish

I know a terribly boring name. I didn't come up with it. I made this with my orange cauliflower from my Bountiful Basket one week. It was very good. I do love onions though. My son, Butterball, loved it. And my daughter acted like it would kill her. She usually does.1 head cauliflower, quartered
1 tablespoon butter
1 cup minced onion
3 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup Italian-seasoned dry bread crumbs
salt and black pepper to taste
Directions
1.Place the cauliflower into a large pot and cover with water. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until fork-tender, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain and allow to steam dry for a minute or two; chop into bite-size pieces.
2.Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a skillet over medium-high heat. Cook the onion in the butter until the onion is browned, about 5 minutes. Add 3 tablespoons of butter and cook until the butter is melted. Stir in the bread crumbs and cook until the mixture bubbles. Mix the cauliflower into the skillet and cook until the cauliflower is warm, 3 to 5 minutes. Season with salt and black pepper; serve hot.

Enjoy.

Baby Animal Days

We went to Baby Animal Days. I love going there. My kids had no desire to go but we ended up having a blast. We didn't go last year so I didn't even remember what it was which is why I think they didn't want to go.

Our in case we get lost photo. Have I said how bad I hate these but continue to take them because I have actually needed them. Ugh!One of the first things was a massively long wait to ride the ponies. By the time we got up there Appleseed was not having any of it. He was so mad he wouldn't stop screaming and the pony kept wiggling his head and stamping his feet so I gave up and took him off. I swear I heard that pony sign with relief as we walked away.It actually made me nervous having Butterball ride by himself without me pacing by him. I don't know why. He did awesome. Butterbean on hers. Yeah the helmet is TOTALLY going to protect her in a fall.My cute cow and sheep. Aren't they precious. Wait till you see my duck.My duck!We got to watch this man shear a sheep the old fashioned way. That was interesting and took a really long time.I felt bad for the poor thing.Appleseed was sure that the bag of popcorn was his. If anyone dipped their hand in the bag he would pull theirs out and yell at them. He is so bossy. :)We ran into my sister, her friend, and the kids there. We always love being with them. My kids were super excited. And I loved that until they found us my nephew kept texting me asking me where I was now.Appleseed was super unhappy when I put him back in the stroller. He had not slept at all today and was exhausted. And yet he didn't sleep the whole way home either.I loved that we were there for hours and just took our time doing things. It is was fun. There were about 5 different farm equipment machines that my kids loved climbing on and pretending they were using them.We can't wait to go back next year.

Happy Easter

My kids actually slept in and I was so worried I would miss their morning as I had to go get my Bountiful Basket. But they woke up just in time. Butterball, of course, threw a fit as he had one of Butterbean's eggs in his basket and we had taken it away. He dumped his eggs and scattered them all over. Lovely.Appleseed was so excited to have snuck into Butterbean's basket. I was glad I grabbed a picture before she found out.

His first whole mini chocolate bar. Boy was that a mistake. That is all he asks for now is chocolate. I can not wait for it to be out of the house.My sweet niece and nephew had been to an Easter Egg hunt earlier and decided to share their eggs with my kids. My sister made sure they were red dye free as we are newly-discovered dye sensitive. They came over and hid the eggs in our backyard. So nice! Here is Appleseed with his find.And all the kids together. Thank you so much kids! You are the best and we love you! Thanks Sis!Because of our dye sensitivity I didn't want to take a chance and so we decided to naturally dye our eggs this year. I am so glad we did. The instructions say to boil them in the juice or small cut up pieces but I juiced most of them and then added vinegar and then had the kids just dip them in that. My daughter at first was very mad and was not interested in doing it. She came around though. Here we are juicing our produce to make our dyes.I wrapped some in yellow and purple onion skins and boiled them. Most of the skins ended up falling off during the boiling process. Here is what they ended up looking like. I don't think I would boil the yellow and purple onion together next time. I think the yellow overpowered it all.Dying the eggs.Eating eggs as this one ended up dropping 3 on the floor so we had to eat them.And our final result. The beet and blueberry ones turned out good. I think next year we will boil them in the colors like we should have. :)

Butterbean's Flowers

Butterbean was brought flowers by a boy in our ward. It was so cute. When her Dad called to tell his parents he had said to them that it was her boyfriend. She said, "He is not my boyfriend. I just love him so much though. Even though he is smaller than me." I told her that he would grow and someday would be taller than her maybe. She said, "I don't think so. He is only like 3 or 2 years old." I told her he was 4. She got so excited that he was almost her age. It is cute. When they sit near each other in church they pass "love notes". Once after a session of note passing she said, "He gave me so many notes that said 'I love you so much' all over them." I told her that I had seen the notes and that they had a picture with her name on them. She said, "Clearly you had not seen them as they said 'I love you' all over them." So funny. She has given him a gift of dried fruit wrapped in a picture she colored once. Then he gave her a hair flower that his Mom had made. Now she is trying to guess what he would like next. So precious.