It snowed yesterday and I was thrilled. I have been dying for it to snow this year. School was canceled and Joe stayed home to work. We played on sleds, drank Hot cocoa, made snowmen, and then cuddled up in blankets afterwards. The kids and I headed out at around 9am to play, which turned out good since it was all melted by noon. I didn't even get pictures of the snowmen the kids made before they melted. Oh well at least we had one morning of snow. Here is a short video of the kids sledding down our front lawn.
Feb 16th- Joseph has been sick this week and so he stayed home a couple of days, luckily he is able to work from home, he sat on that couch all day but lunchtime, working his little heart out, my poor sick guy- Feb 17th-Joe's dad, has two toy poodles that he recently bread. Here are their puppies. They are all sold and gone now but before they left we went over to play with them. They are so cute and bark a lot. Trenton and Jennedy would not hold them but the rest of us enjoyed their cuteness. Feb 18th-Little tiny body parts amaze me. Maybe it is weird, but I love Trenton's tiny wrists, they seem so fragile to me and remind me how small my children really are. I decided to take a picture, because it is something I think about a lot when I cuddle with him. I think about how small he used to be and how he gets bigger every day. I love those tiny wrists and know that they will get bigger and he will get stronger and he someday he wont be my little boy anymore. I will miss these tiny wrists. Boo Hoo. Feb 19th-Some french bread I made. It was amazingly yummy.Feb 20th-Jennedy and Trenton found some chapstick, put a ton on, then kissed the mirror a bunch. I laughed so hard when I saw it. Funny kids. Feb 21-Trenton's disasters are legendary. Here is a small one, where he put books all down the halls. See below for his explanation of why he did it. Feb 22- I did not take a picture this day so instead I will give you a video of Trenton's explanation of the picture above.
Feb 23-Trenton likes to hide his food when he is done with it, I think he worries I will make him eat it or something. I find food hidden under sinks, behind the furnace and under beds. This day I said "when everyone eats their lunch we can have hot cocoa." I should have waited with that bit of info until later because Trenton snuck out of the room and later came in saying, "I ate all my food, can I have cocoa." I'm not dumb, so I had him show me where he hid his food, Here he is after showing me his macaroni and cheese he hid under the pac and play. Look at those sad eyes.
You may be wondering how we are doing in our NON-SPENDING MONTH of February. Well it is hard, dang hard, but really cool in many ways too. Like how we stay at home with each other more, playing games and enjoying just being together. We cook more together too. Also my picky eater, Trenton is actually trying new foods.
We have had a few problems though.
We ran out of butter the first day I made bread and that was a bummer, you can't eat yummy bread right out of the oven without butter. We were so sad. So Joe and I decided that we had to have butter, so we made an exception. We spent six dollars.
Then we ran out of Ketchup, that was weird. We usually have several bottles always in food storage. Guess we didn't stock up well enough. After discussing the situation Joe and I decided that we could do without Ketchup for a month and we were not gonna buy it.
Then I decided to make my own ketchup and that was awesome.
Then on the 14th we ran out of eggs. Everything you bake uses eggs and we don't have any powdered eggs or anything in our food storage, so after some discussion, Joe and I decided that we would get eggs, we spent 6 dollars and bought a ton to get us through the month.
That is it. We have done so well. We have spent 12 dollars for half a month and feel like we can get through the rest of the month. I will keep you posted.
Feb 13- I made Ketchup. It turned out so yummy too. So today you get 3 pictures of this experiment. Feb 14th-Valentines was fun, the kids made us crafty valentines that were so cute. Joe brought me breakfast in bed, and I decided to make a heart cake for each of my little, and one big Valentine.
Then I made a yummy dinner with Tri-tip beef, rolls, green beans, and stuffing. You get two pictures today too. Feb 15th-I decided I wanted Krispy Kreme doughnuts. So I looked up the recipe online and we made them. Our shaping of them was far from the perfection you get at Krispy Kreme after all I let the kids cut them out too. But the taste was perfection.
Feb 7th-I did not take a picture for this day so I am going to show you a video of the kids showing me their robot persona's instead.
Feb 8th-I have been baking up a storm, here is Jennedy eating scones I made for snacks this day. Since we are not purchasing items we no longer have fruit snacks, fish crackers, graham crackers, chips, or any of that snack food we all take for granted. So we are having fun seeing what I can make to have for after school snacks. The scones were a big hit for the kids.Feb 9th- I have been sprouting wheat to increase the nutritional value even more in my wheat bread. We soak it for 12 hours, let it sprout, then dry it, then grind it. And there you have it, super healthy, full of nutrients bread, and its Yummy too. Feb 10th- There is always some type of bread rising in my kitchen each day. Here are some delicious wheat rolls just rising, waiting to hit the oven. My friend brought her kids over this day and we had rolls for snack time. They loved them, in fact they ate them all and wanted the bread I had cooked too. It made me feel really great that everyone loves my "snacks" so much. Feb 11th-Here is Trenton painting, isn't painting fun? I joined in the painting this day and did some adorable pictures of Dora. Having young Children really keep me feeling like a kid at heart. Feb 12th- Here is another day and batch of delicious wheat rolls cooked and ready for dinner.
Feb 2- I have been doing preschool for my little ones at home. They love it and so do I. I got them these chalk boards at the dollar store to practice writing our letters on and they love them. They make the cutest pictures Here is one of Jennedy and her drawing of a happy sun. Notice it is wearing a coconut top and a grass skirt. You will see Trenton's below. Feb 3- Trenton's picture of a sun. Feb 4- I have started baking a lot now that we are not spending money this month. These are the homemade hamburger buns I made for our veggies burgers. Oh my were they tasty. Why bother buying buns when making them is so easy and way yummier. Feb 5-I caught the kids playing robots, here is their creative robot costumes. They used a letter puzzle we have to make them. It was so funny to hear them talk like robots. I love that I get to laugh so much being a mom. Feb 6-I borrowed my friends wheat grinder so that I could grind my food storage wheat to use in bread making. Here is Joe helping to grind the wheat. Not spending money has really made me bake so much more just so we have food to eat and it has actually been so much fun. I feel like Holly Homemaker. We decided that we need to buy a grinder when we get to spend money again, so I can continue to bake yummy wheat breads. Feb 7- For the treat for Family Home evening Jennedy wanted to roast marshmallows. We have tons of the caramel flavored ones so we roasted them over our stove on skewers. Fun stuff.
Feb 1st Here is Jennedy playing the Kids guitar. We love music in our family. I kinda play the guitar, and the kids love for me to entertain them on my guitar, so we got them this one. Actually it was a gift from Emma, my sister Tammy's, daughter. Jan 30th- We love when Daddy makes Chocolate Chip pancakes. I think we even had the missionaries over this day to eat them with us. Thanks daddy you are the best.
It snowed yesterday and I was thrilled. I have been dying for it to snow this year. School was canceled and Joe stayed home to work. We played on sleds, drank Hot cocoa, made snowmen, and then cuddled up in blankets afterwards.
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