Dear Sis,
Today we found out the William was right all along. He is going to have a sister!
After the sonogram, we stopped at an aviation shop with Daddy. They had a small park outside, which William was eager to try out:)
Love,
b
Hi Sis,
This weekend we met up with Nate’s mom and went to an international kite festival, located in Mentor on the beach of Lake Erie. It was Nate’s mom who discovered the event… who would have even thought there were international kite flying events!
They actually hired a man from China to come fly kites! Some of his kites were up to 40lbs! It was cold and rainy, so we went for breakfast and came back again later in the afternoon.
I don’t think we will be yearly attendees, but it was a fun time to spend with family. Poor Evelyn was coming down with a cold (I later discovered that night) and slept most of the day.
When we got back from kites, mom and Brian soon arrived to spend the rest of the weekend with us. We made Chili Mac, Cream of Potato Soup and Apple pie for dinner, and had fun cooking a few other tasty meals!
It was so nice to have mom around to help me take care of Evelyn while she was sick. Evelyn kept me up most of Saturday night, so her and Brian played with Evelyn and let me get some much needed sleep Sunday.
Mom and Brian left Monday after we walked to the covered bridge park together! The weather was perfect! We also saw some fish spawning and learned a bit about fish from a kind fisherman!
Love,
Jamiegoof
Dear Sis,
Today we got up bright and early and drove 3.5 hours to the homeschool expo is Ft. Wayne, IN. It comes highly recommended by our IN relations. It wasn’t as large of an event as I imagined and it only took me an hour to make my way through all the things that interested me. I’m glad I went. I won’t wonder in future years, if I’m missing something by not attending.
Josh decided we would go on another outing before the drive home, so he took us to the Ft. Wayne Conservatory. William enjoyed the butterfly room very much! One landed on him:)
He walked around the exhibit saying, “Ou-y, No Touch!” as he went.
It was a good day!
Love,
b
Dear Sis,
Today has been a fun day at our house. There are cupcakes everywhere! …which is okay with William and Josh:)
The colors are flipped in cupcakes 1 and 2, because the component that contains the watermelon flavoring, is the component that has to be pink.
Gelatin in cake creates a very moist, but slightly denser cake. Baking the chocolate chips into the cake makes the chocolate flavor much richer. In my opinion, I taste chocolate first with a hint of watermelon flavor. If my panel of taste testers picks this cupcake, I will add fondant toppers to complete the look.
I will post the results in the comment section:)
Love,
b
Dear Sis,
I am super excited to be working on recipes for Evelyn’s First Birthday Picnic! We tried one of our watermelon theme desserts and a sandwich option.
We went to a library program, while the wraps were chilling, and ate them for lunch. William has an amazing tolerance for spicy considering he is only 2.5!
Love,
b