Official Toy Testers....and tasters...

Every time I make new puzzle for sale or for fun, Kaitlyn begs me to be able to play with it. (And William is always anxious to taste it). Here they are officially testing and tasting my latest Noah's ark puzzle.

Kaitlyn's song...

As promised in the previous post, here is video of Kaitlyn singing her own composition. She sings some sort of version of this every morning in the van on the way to school. The one line we hear in every version is, "when you know my name..." It's very cute, but I can't figure out why she sings those words all the time.

Child of God..

For those of you who aren't familiar with what she's singing, here are the words:

"I am a child of God, and He has sent me here. Has given me an earthly home with parents kind and dear. Lead me, guide me, walk beside me, help me find the way. Teach me all that I must do to live with Him some day."

She still hasn't gotten some of the words down yet, but she just loves to sing! Soon I'll post the song she makes up every morning while we're driving the "big kids" to school.

Making Playdough

Kaitlyn seemed a little bored without big brother and big sister around yesterday, so we decided to make some playdough. Here she is stirring the ingredients in the pan before we put it on the stove to cook it into dough.

Favorite Play Dough:

1 cup flour

1/2 cup salt

2 tspns cream of tartar

1 cup water

1 Tablespoon salad oil

food coloring

Pour all ingredients except food coloring into a pan. Stir together, then add food coloring. Cook over medium heat stirring constantly until soft, lumpy ball forms. It happens quickly! Knead a few minutes until dough is smooth. Store in airtight container. Dough can be frozen and refrozen several times.

1st Day of School

Alan and Sarah started school this morning. It was a cloudy 80 degrees outside when I took them this morning at 8:30 am.
Here they are in their school uniforms. Notice how tan they are? Especially Sarah. I'm so jealous... anyway...Alan entered the 3rd grade, while Sarah entered the 2nd grade. Alan seemed happy and ready to get back to school, while Sarah was a little apprehensive. When we finally got to Sarah's class she started to cry. Her new teacher, Ms. Owens, talked to her to help her get more comfortable, and I left while they were talking. I'm sure they'll have a great day.
Last night, Tom took each of them into their rooms and had a "Daddy talk" with them about school and anything that they might be worried about. Then we all went in the living room and he gave them each a Father's blessing. I think it made them both feel happy and ready to get back to school.