crafty swapping

I received my crafty swap around from facebook! The lovely scarf and flower clipie was made by my wonderful sister-in-law, Amy, Thank you!! I had lots of fun getting it arranged today before heading out to the store for some birthday shopping.

I wear a scarf all the time and this one is soft and warm AND my favorite color *love*
Now I just have to figure out what I want to send to all the people on my list........

New shoes

Today I had to buy new gym shoes for Rose, he old ones were pinching the back of her ankle.

Very nice new silver and hot pink ones were found after perusing several stores.....please note the size. Yes, that is a WOMENS size 8! This girl might be tall ;)

Chinese New Year

We celebrated Chinese new year with a feast of Asian dishes!

Lo mein salad, shrimp in spicy sauce, general tso chicken, stir fried veggies, and some nibbles: dumplings and barbecued pork and to top it all off tangerines and egg tarts!

And this is what happens when the kids take pictures for you, photo courtesy Abbie Rose:

Science Fair 2.0

We went to the school yesterday to view the science fair, Rose got a red 2nd place ribbon!

She did indeed do experiments on River....and Coco and Allie (Zara's dogs). Rose designed a test for the dogs using plastic cups and dog treats. She lined up 5 cups upside down, placed a treat under the center cup, then timed how long each dog to find the treats. We also looked up online and consulted with Zara (who is a licensed vet tech) Rose concluded that dogs can only remember for 15 seconds and our dog's brain is about the size of 1/2 a stick of butter. She worked really hard and did a great job!

I had to post 2 pics of the kids' current game, they are assassins. Evidently you must have a cape and lots of gear...

Fail

Day 3 and already I forgot to post! An early morning one now and I will post about the science fair with Rose later this evening......

A blast from the past for you, they are just a little bigger now!!

Mad scientist Rose

Can dogs remember things?

Rose is entering the science fair this year! She had lots of fun finding out how dogs brains work and doing experiments on doggies. I will post a better picture of her finished project when we go to the school to see it. In the meantime I want you to know, Rose wanted me to 'blog this' and be sure I said she was a mad scientist! :)

A bowl of nostalgia

I have set myself a challenge, I will post SOMETHING every day for the next two months. We have a lot of celebrating coming up and I feel like this gets pushed to the side all the time so, we will see how well I do!

Today I want to tell you about dinner, I made chicken noodle soup using my Gram's recipe for noodles.

I don't really like them, they are too thick and gummy for my taste, but I sure like to make them. I remember watching my Gramma roll them out on the kitchen counter to put in the soup for my Dad. Liam and Kyle both love them too....maybe it is a guy thing??
Unfortunately the soup doesn't photograph well so I will give you a bowl of River instead:

I made this for her the other day, I think she looks so cute rolled up in it!