Cookies!!!

We make cookies probably more than we should in our house. So much so, that Annabelle is becoming a master at making them. And Scott, a master at tasting them! Many of our family and friends ask me often, what's the secret to your cookies? I reply Toll-House and they never believe me. Annabelle now knows the secret to making great chocolate chip cookies.

Sorry, if you thought these cookies were for you! This batch was made for my cousin Theresa and Bill for the birth of their newest addition, Mya and for the tech guy at work who cleaned up all the clitches on my computer for me! Maybe the next batch will be for you!!!

MATH?

Math these days is a little different from when I was in school. Scott drew this Fred Flinstone in Math class! Yep, MATH not Art ? It was a graph assignment (?). Whatever, it is still a cool piece of art.

Annabelle and Mojo are best buds these days. They are usually together all the time!

Sheltered

My kids are very bright, but at times I realize that I've sheltered them too much. Take today for instance. My kids were taking the ISAT's at school and the school waived the "No gum" policy for these tests. The theory is, that kids concentrate better when taking a test if they are chewing gum. Why they don't let them chew gum for all their learning then is beyond me. Anyway, my kids asked me to buy them some gum before going to school. I decided I would allow it, even though I'm against gum chewing after seeing my sister suffer with TMJ and the surgeries that went along with it. So I picked up a pack of Extra gum for each of them. Mind you, each pack has 15 pieces in it.

Later in the day, I went and picked the kids up from school and guess what I heard on the way home? "Mom, we need some more gum for tomorrow's testing". I was not really surprised, since I assumed they gave some to friends. Well, the some was three pieces and the rest.... well chewed by them. Since my kids have only chewed gum one other time. Yes, I said one other time. They didn't understand the concept of chewing a piece of gum for a fair amount of time before disgarding it. Thankfully they remembered the disgarding part!!!

I guess they really have been sheltered!

weekend

This weekend included a trip to the Bass Pro Shop. Why the children and I went along with Mark is beyond me but it ended up being entertaining. Of course, life with my children always seems to be entertaining these days.

OH NO- A bear!!! Run!! No just stand there and pose for Mom.

Scott was feeling a little love from the boat seats. You know having a camera on your phone is very fun!