Rhaevyn has been wanting to try a recipe for pretzels that she found in the Friend magazine.
She made them on two separate occasions this week. The little ones loved helping to make and eat them.

Myles got a lesson in welding this week.
He wanted to help Chris on his tinker car. He really enjoyed it.

 

 
 Wednesday afternoon we left to head up to visit Ben and Stacey.
Thursday we decided to head to Mukilteo. The kids really enjoyed walking on the beach there last year.
This year we decided to do what some of us wanted to do last year when we went there.
We bought some fish and chips to eat.................
and ate them on the ferry ride to Whidbey Island.
Myles was very apprehensive about riding the ferry. I think he was worried about what would happen
if the ferry sunk. But about half way to the island he decided that it was really quite a lot of fun.

 

 After arriving at Clinton, Whidbey Island, we boarded a bus for Langley.
The bus transportation was free, and everyone we met was super nice and friendly.

The kids enjoyed walking the shore at Langley and searching for shells.
The tide was out.
Elsa thought the sand was very "sticky."
Myles had quite a collection of shells going on. He had to decide on just two.
Rhaevyn found a dead fish, and the kids thought the teeth were fascinating.
Then it was time to head back to catch the bus back to Clinton.

 

  For the ferry ride back to Mukilteo, we decided to go up on the observation deck.
It was so beautiful out. The sun was shinning and a breeze was blowing.
Once we got off the ferry we headed over to get some soft serve ice cream.
It was a wonderful day spent together.

 

Ben and Stacey's backyard was very entertaining for Myles. He enjoyed spending his time hunting for and trying to catch frogs and tadpoles. He was in heaven.
He came home with one frog, one tadpole, and one froglet. He just released the frog in our strawberry planter and then we put the froglet and tadpole in a container of water within the strawberry plantar.

Saturday, Ben and Chris went to a VW show, and then that afternoon we had bbq'd spiral hot dogs and cupcakes for Christopher's birthday.
As always, we had a wonderful time visiting with Ben and Stacey, and we had a great day adventure on the ferry.

 

 

 

A Sapling, A Bug, Some Bones, and a Birthday

 So, our horse barn Fridays are pretty much a science class day.
Deon, the sweet gal who owns the barn and horses, is quite a little teacher.
I think Myles has really learned a lot from her.

Last week Myles found a snake sunning itself, and Deon helped him catch it.
He was so mesmerized. She was telling him all about snakes, how to hold them, etc.
He ended up letting it go and was so miserable the rest of the day because he wished that he had kept it.

Deon also found some dear bones for the kids.
They were picked clean, and the kids wanted to bring them home. I believe we have part of the spine and some ribs. Some how a few of them made it onto my kitchen counter. And yes, I screamed.........and then promptly disinfected my counter top.





This is a little tree sapling that Myles found up at the barn in the driveway when we were helping Deon pull the weeds out of the gravel. He wanted to bring it home to plant. We gave him one of the old plastic containers to use for it.

 Isn't this beetle huge? He was on his back and having quite a time getting himself rolled over.
He was quite pretty in the sunlight.

 Mr. Myles loves to climb our trees out front. I think I am glad they aren't any taller.
He likes to kind of hang like a sloth and then pull himself upwards like he is doing pull ups. He
says this helps to make his muscles big.

 Myles turned six on Tuesday.
I can't believe my little man is getting so big.
We set up his presents.
 


He asked if he could do donuts for breakfast.
We decided to do candles for the donuts, since we were having ice cream drumsticks for dessert.
For dinner he asked for a repeat of his 5th birthday dinner, crispy chicken. I think he asked me several times if I was sure I understood exactly what kind of chicken he wanted and to please make sure there were drumsticks, as he likes the legs.

 

Legos and Lego pajamas.........what could be better??
He was in heaven!!

 Here we are skyping and opening presents with Oma, Opa, Cash and Tuppence.

 
 So, our next door neighbor had a garage sale yesterday, and Myles really wanted to go see what they had.
Rhaevyn took him over to have a look. He came home to get his money and wanted me to go back with him because he found something he wanted to get me. I told him that was so sweet, but that I really wanted him to save up his money for something for himself since he doesn't have that much.
He started to cry..........I had broken his little heart. I started to cry, gave him a hug, put on my shoes, and we walked over to the sale hand in hand.
Then he showed me what it was...........

 This is supposed to be me and Chris, Myles said. I have quite the treasure. It was a whole 25 cents, but the sweetest gift ever. Myles said he was sorry the man had a mustache because Chris doesn't have one.
I have it next to my bed. Man I love that little guy!!!

So, that is it for this post. Thanks for stopping by to have a look at what we've been up to.
Until next time...........

A Desk For Myles

We decided to look for a desk for Myles.
He has such a hard time doing schoolwork at the table because he can't reach the table to work in his school books very well unless he is on his knees. And you can only be up on your knees so long before they start to hurt.
We picked this up today from Rhaevyn's violin teacher.
I cleaned it up and put it in the house.
Not sure if I want to paint it or not; I'm still deciding.

This is Myles showing us what he isn't going to do at his desk while doing his schoolwork............sleep.

He is pretty excited that he even has a place to put his books inside the desk.
And it fits him so well.

Elsa got out the camera and her book and wanted a picture. I was about to take it and she yelled "stop!"
She had forgotten to get her color crayons out.
So, here are two pictures of Elsa trying out Myles's desk.

 

 Hopefully this makes schoolwork more enjoyable for Myles.