3 Super Brave Boys!

I say all the time how lucky we are to live where we do-we really love our neighborhood, our ward, & our school. We ALL have been blessed with awesome friendships! Sawyer has so many buddies his age and they are all such fun kids. Today after school Sawyer's friends Aiden & Tyler came over to play. They were playing in our backyard and suddenly started to scream all at the same time-you'd think they were three little girls that just saw a ghost! Close-they found a snake....good thing we have Shaylee...she LOVES creepy crawly things and came to their rescue. Made me laugh so hard-when they are big bad teenage boys I will tease them about this!

They had to parade the snake around the neighborhood...so funny! Sawyer told Aiden's mom, "This is the best day ever! Pizza and a snake all in one day!" (They got to eat pizza for lunch at school to practice for 1st grade!)
I think it's funny now but I had NO IDEA we could possibly have snakes in our yard-I'm already a freak about weeding because of spiders and bees-my yard just might be worse this year than ever thanks to this little incident! ;)

The chef is at it again....

I decided to make a batch of cookies tonight-when I opened my cupboard to pull out my Bosch I spotted this little beauty. It has Jaycee written all over it. I asked her if she knew anything about it. She smirked and shrugged her shoulders. I pushed a little harder and she finally confessed:

"I thought if I added some sugar and put it in the microwave it would look better."

If I could only get inside her mind. This is sorta funny....So I ask, "How long did you cook it?"

"Five-Zero-Start."

Oh dear. My next question, "When did you do this?"

"Today."

I'm of course dying to ask the next question....."Did you taste it?"

"NO! It looked disgusting!"

My last question...."Why did you hide it in the cupboard Jaycee?"

"Cuz I didn't wanted to get in trouble!"

Dang! The big blessing here is that it happened today and I found it today~could have been a terrible situation. She hides everything in the cupboards-my keys, the cordless phone (that's always fun when it's ringing but you can't for the life of you find it and it's in the cupboard-of course it is-first place you should always look when you want to answer the phone!), toys-it's all a game to her. We're gonna have to be a little on guard and be checking the cupboards daily-she loves to cook crazy things and now hides them if they don't look like she wants. Maybe we need a don't use the microwave without supervision rule? Not gonna get the mother of the year award but I sure am grateful to be a mom--these kids keep me on my toes and make life so rewarding! Anyone hungry for a tasty snack? I'll save it for you!

Lunch for my almost 5 year old

After we dropped Sawyer off at kindergarten today I took a call on my cell phone. I of course continued to talk to my friend on my cell phone when we got home. Jaycee brought me a can of peaches-I opened them without even thinking about it. I heard her scuffling around the kitchen and then heard the microwave beep that something was done. She put some chow mein noodles on her plate-then cheese-then peaches and zapped them in the microwave for a few, or maybe more than a few, who knows...I certainly wasn't paying attention! ;) I am pretty sure she was shooting for a Hawaiian Haystack-you know-chow mein noodles, rice, chicken, cheese, sauce, PINEAPPLE (not peaches) a little coconut...we love those for dinner around here. She swears her own version was super yummy, not sure I will ever know. Seriously so funny to me she didn't make a PB&J or even a bowl of cereal. Maybe someday she'll be a chef! Anyone for peaches with cheese and the crunchy goodness of chow mein noodles? Come on...be brave! LOL