What do you do when there's nothing but snow and cold weather in the forecast? My answer is often BAKE! I asked the boys on Monday if they'd like to help me bake some cookies for Daddy, and both of them agreed that it sounded like fun. So, I helped them scrub their hands and then we got our chef outfits on. I thought the picture below of the boys was cute - Caleb is looking up to Joshua (who happens to be on his stool already).
Of course, when you have two adorable cookie makers, the first thing you have to do is capture a few pictures of them while you dig out the ingredients. I was only short a half a cup of butter, but I found some shortening and substituted. You'd never know the difference!
The boys enjoy helping and even though we had oats all over the counter and a bit of a mess to clean up afterward, they have fun in the kitchen for the most part. I spent a good part of the rest of my day doing the actual baking then, which is the only part that kind of stinks about making cookies. You're tied to the oven then. But, it was well worth it. The cookies were delicious! So delicious in fact that Daddy polished off a double batch within two days.
Every morning I've been trying to start by telling the boys "This is the day that the Lord has made. We will REJOICE and be glad in it!" The other day I forgot to tell them, but Joshua didn't miss it. He said it to me as we were getting our coats on. They also sing the song. SO precious!
The boys each have picked their own lucky number. When we tuck them in at night, we ask them how many kisses they want. Caleb always says five, and Joshua always replies 'eleven.' When we're handing out grapes for snack, Caleb asks for five grapes (but will eat as many as you give him) and Joshua asks for eleven, counting to make sure that he got at least the eleven he requested. We laugh at their silliness.
On Tuesday, January 25, Joshua was "star helper of the day" again at preschool. We took in goldfish and grapes for snack, and the night before we went on a scavenger hunt to look for 'shapes' which was the the theme for show and tell this month. With his help, we found a SQUARE plastic piece of 'cheese' from the kitchen set, a STARfish magnet, a RECTANGLE domino, an OCTAGON from his Gingerbread Candy Land game, and a CIRCLE magnet from his responsibility chart that also had a HEART on it. I told him that was enough since he only needed three shapes. He had fun picking them out, and he loved doing 'show and tell' and being the star helper of the day. Being the star means that you get to wear a special necklace and lead the line when you go to places like the gym, etc. He was SO excited! And his teacher said he did a great job "as usual." I'm anxious to hear how she thinks he's doing in school in general this coming February.
Here are the boys enjoying the fruit of their labor. Joshua ate a couple cookies while Caleb could eat an entire batch like his Daddy.
At some point we also played "Potatoes" (as the boys call them). We now have five large potato heads and two small ones and lots of accessories. The boys had a blast picking out pieces for them. Joshua's (pictured far left) ALWAYS has the orange feet, green mustache, blue arms, orange ears and red girl-y hat. Caleb made one of the little potatoes and then helped pick accessories for the rest of mine. Joshua liked the "Daddy Pirate" and the potato head on the far right with the green hat, glasses and shoes. We had a great time making this large family, and when I asked them their favorite activity from that day, Joshua said it was playing potato heads. Fun times!
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