Monday, May 2, 2011

Exploring...

Elly and I were out exploring the other day.

What do we see?

Ooh... an old empty mine shaft.
Elly wanted to explore inside, but then...

We saw this tiger!
He was quite tame so we rested for a bit with him.

Sometimes Elly just pokes people or animals in their eyes.

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Baby Brother update

Just a little over two months before baby brother gets here.



And for anyone interested...
our little friends, Charlotte and Bellina Brunk, should be here by the end of the week!!!

AND...
my Aunt Anna and Uncle Bryan are having a baby!

BABIES!!!
We LOOOOOOOOOVE babies
so we're obviously a little excited over here!




I guess we're just naturals...

"Having adventures comes natural to some people", said Anne serenely.
"You just have a gift for them or you haven't."
Anne of Avonlea


Coloring eggs

Daddy was excited to color Easter eggs with us this year.
Mommy, who spends a good 12 hours with us each day and knows just exactly how we do things, decided to sit back and photograph the wonderfulness that took place.

Elly observed as I dipped my first egg and prepared herself for hers.

Elly + tiny bowls of colored water + hard-boiled eggs to DROP into the water...
yeah, definitely her kind of project!

Waiting.

Me, counting;
Elly, just being Elly.

Still waiting.

Passing the time with a little matching game that was included in our coloring set.

Our first batch out and beginning the second batch.

Basically a pro at this point.

Our beautiful little gems which Elly would later enjoy smashing between her hands.

Tuppence a bag...

"Feed the birds, tuppence a bag,
tuppence, tuppence, tuppence a bag..."
Yep, that's me... the Little Old Bird Woman.
I've been quite interested to know what certain animals eat lately, and for several days I was on a bird kick.  So, Mommy found a simple recipe for me to actually make my own bird feeder.

A Note From Mom:
We chose a recipe that didn't include peanut butter as little sis is allergic to the nut! It still produced a glorious, gooey mess.

Start with a pack of non-flavored gelatin and water


Add a little light corn syrup

Pour in some flour

Add your bird seed mix
Stir together

Move to a place where you can really make a mess


Gather your coolest cookie cutters and squish the mix into them

Let dry overnight


We also put a pipe cleaner through each of these so we could easily hang them around our yard (which Daddy was super excited about! We're putting them where the birds usually congregate anyway, so there shouldn't be any more of a mess than usual.).
This was a fun little project for little sis and I.  Okay, it was REALLY fun for Elly, who LOVES to make a mess.  Mommy finally had to pick her up and hose her down.