Green Belt-ers

After another round of

Belt Testing...

where we did this,

and this,

and this,

It's

So Long, Yellow Dragon!

Hello,

Green Dragon

HI-YA!

General Conference Weekend- DAY 2

Sunday morning I went downstairs and opened the blinds throughout the house,

then I went upstairs to get J up.

When I came back downstairs, I found this:

{looking for those sparkles}

Apparently, when they came downstairs and saw the beautiful sunshine streaming through the blinds and looking so "sparkling", they just HAD to clean the living room so it would sparkle, too.

When they were done, they stepped back to admire their fine dusting job,

and the room, indeed

sparkled

Then we scarfed down these:

GOOEY BUNS

{another Conference Tradition}

Place 20 frozen Rhodes Rolls

in a well greased bundt pan
Mix together:

1 small pkg. cook 'n serve vanilla pudding

1 cup brown sugar

and sprinkle it over the rolls

Then mix together:

1/2 cup melted butter

1 tsp. cinnamon

dash of nutmeg

and pour it over the rolls

I like to sprinkle with chopped pecans

Cover with a warm, wet dish towel and

let rise over night

Bake 350 for 30 min

If they start to get too brown while cooking

cover with foil during last 5-10 min

invert onto large platter

General Conference Weekend- DAY 1

Our traditional General Conference Donut Run,

Saturday Morning.

In the March Ensign,

I found some good ideas for

young kids that I put to good use

and the kids were actually

excited and listening!

I even heard,

"Can we do this every General Conference?"

Meanwhile, we went to work on our planned project for the day:

72 Hour Kits

My husband found some great things at

http://www.foodstoragemadeeasy.net/

{I knew he was a good catch}

where he found this

How to a make 72 Hour Kit

in a milk jug!

[How'd We Do?]

We actually had to use a larger

cook stove than she used in the video, and it still fit,

AND

we had lots of room left over,

so we added things we thought the kids would enjoy more of:

Candy, G-Bars, Suckers, Crackers and Fruit Roll-Ups.

Surprise?

They are so light!

PS This is for the FOOD portion of the 72 Hour Kits

BOYS Night OUT

This year we've started a few new family traditions.

One of them is Boys Night Out

Ryan and the boys plan

a fun night out

and they

LOVE

it!

I LOVE it, too!

I LOVE how they all come home with excitement leaping off their faces and how they just love to look at their DAD and want to snuggle into him as he puts them to bed.

In the morning they are still miles high and wanting to gobble Daddy up.

The day of

BOYS NIGHT OUT

seems to go so slowly.

I've even heard excited squeals escape that sound something like,

"It's Boys Night Out and I'm so EXCITED!"

They will REMEMBER these times

forever!

No More Tears

J has a soft spot in his heart for the tears of C

{Drying the TEARS and trying to get a SMILE}

Going in for the KISS

Mmm-Wah

Tears from no one else will bring J over for kisses and snuggling.

Only for C

*

J also loves his

DAD

Who's That Kid...

Licking out the Creamy Middle?

Its a good thing he's so little!

Reason's why his mother would let him get away with eating the cream off a pile of cookies:

Reason #1

He is on a diet high in fat

True:

This is my second child, who has been strongly encouraged to get some fat. Apparently, fat is very important for the developing mind and organs of the body.

Butter, french fries, ice cream.

Unfortunately, J does not always appreciate his fatty laden meals.

He will hand the peanut butter and butter sandwiches and cheetos back to me and would rather have yogurt or applesauce.

So, I figured if the kid was happy eating the cream out of the cookies,

let him.

Wish it were me.

Reason #2

If he doesn't eat them,

I will.

True.

Family Fun

We had a Family Get Away.

We didn't go far,

Just Got Away.

Itinerary:

Eat dinner with a big red bird

See a movie

Get Ice Cream

Stay overnight in Hotel

Spend hours at the park

Eat at favorite place for lunch

Get MORE ice cream

Make sure you get tons of Sugar

And Snuggles!

For best results

Repeat

often.

Look Down There --->

I just published a post about our March Enrichment, but you'll have to scroll down to see it!

I started it Sunday night, and just finished it, but it was posted in order,

right where it should be,

under my Sunday posts.

(sigh)

So look

down

down

down

Up and At 'Em

{At Last!}

B walked at about 13 months.

C walked at 12 months.

J, 17 months!

[Mercy! Its about time!]

Just decided to start truckin' it yesterday.

I was having visions of him crawling to Kindergarten!

How I spent My Weekend

[primed and trimmed]

Painting

and

a Play

This was the last major area in my home that I've needed to paint. It's been on my to-do list for 2 years now! It's my upstairs hallway and stair well.

It was a beast.

It took two rolls of tape,

with all the trimming (which also got a new coat of paint!) and more hours than any other area I've done in this joint! I thought since it was such a small area, it would go relatively fast. Dreams.

Done at Last.