And the Kittens go back

On the first day of Spring Break we washed the kittens and took them back to the shelter so that they could find permanent homes. You can't see the one Olivia is holding because it is climbing up her neck. Maggie told her kitten all about the sights during the drive and kept it snuggly wrapped in the washcloth. We are now taking a break from animal foster care!!

Motherless Kittens!!

The Cache Humane Society called and offered to let us syringe feed 4 motherless kittens every few hours until they are old enough to eat on their own. How can you say no to that when your 8 year old son is jumping up and down with joy? The kids have done a great job of feeding and bathing those tiny meowing critters and they are ever so cute. The great thing is that when they are old enough, off they go to real homes and we go back to our old dog and two cats who only need food plopped in a bowl twice a day!!

Bread Crumbs

Wanted to make whole wheat breadcrumbs for breaded chicken. Had Olivia put the dried up bread into the food processor, she didn't get the lid on straight the first time and bread crumbs went all over the place. So I patiently explained how to fit the lid on tightly and showed her how the plastic safety tab fits into place. Olivia turned put more bread into the machine and turned it on. The lid broke off and the safety tab stayed in place, so the crumbs were flying all over the kitchen, she finally had to pull the plug out of the socket to shut the thing off. We had bread crumbs covering the kitchen floor and all the way into the family room couch and the living room carpet. Then the school called to say that Sophie had missed the bus....aaaahhhhhh!! We had plain old chicken and rice for dinner!

Dinner Time!!

We put tinfoil dinners in the oven and went off swimming with friends with the oven to come on 1 hour before we should be home. We ended up driving to the other end of town to swim at a different pool, showered forever in the hot showers, stopped for frozen yogurt, they ran out of chocolate, waited for them to make more..... couldn't really tell what those black little sticks were in the pan (used to be a carrot that she is holding up to Olivia's chin!) The burger patties were tiny little black hard discs!! So much for my great time saving ideas. We just put on lots of ketchup and called it dinner.

Just a Day in the Life!

We told the kids to go brush their teeth - we do this every night - they had to come out and have us open the fluoride pills and they looked too cute to go away without a picture.

We have started sending them in to brush one at a time, found that Jaxson cannot be in there with anyone else or toothpaste will end up on the floor and in the hair. So he goes to put on his pj's while someone else is brushing!

Ice Skating for Spring Break

I know this is way out of order and late, but I was slipping down on Danelle's blog friend list and wanted a way to get back up to the top!!!!

My friend and I took the kids Ice Skating over spring break and it was so much fun to see all the kids skaing so well together and having fun.

Jaxson wanted to practice so he would be prepared for his field trip later in April.

Sand Dune

We also hit Blanding for two nights during spring break.

Sophie ended up with more sand in her pants than she wanted! There was much rolling, jumping and burying of cousins. It was such a gorgeous day, not too hot and just a bit of wind.

Manette, Jody and Olivia did some serious relaxing at the sand dune. There is something so therapeutic about playing in the sand for hours. We did have several of the treats dropped in the sand, you just cannot get sand off rice crispy treats.