We found out!

The Recipe....

Emma has put her fabulous recipe in writing. Look for exciting variations in the coming weeks!



For those less familiar with kindergarten spelling here is a translation:

Dreaming Soup

Ingredients
-chicken, roasted the night before
-homemade broth
-green beans
-milk
-butter
-potatoes
-carrots
-a little flour
-salt

1.) Cut potatoes, chicken, carrots
2.)Snap ends off of green beans
3.) Melt butter in pot
4.) Cook carrots in butter ( mix flour in ....oops Emma left this out)
5.)Pour stock in pot
6.)Put in potatoes, chicken and green beans
7.) Let boil
8.)Turn to simmer at least 45 minutes
9.) 15 minutes before serving add milk, salt and poultry seasoning.

Only the good parts...

Emma made dinner tonight. Sort of. A few weeks ago she started developing a recipe for chicken soup. Tonight we made the soup. YUM!! This kid might have a future as a chef. Ellie said, "I'm only eating the good parts".



Looks like we all approve of Emma's chicken soup recipe.

Sunday Projects

The girls had a plan for the day-
1. church
2. dyeing eggs
3. baking cupcakes
I was game but had another project in mind as well. The "art area", which is also Kevin's office, has gotten OUT of control lately. Last night I decided it was time to figure something out and determined that a larger bookcase to store all of the art supplies was in order. This morning after church we headed to Wal-Mart and purchased a cheap, both in price and craftsmanship, bookcase. What a find!!! It now houses all of the many art goodies in a fairly neat and orderly fashion and since it's behind a door who cares what it looks like!

Spring Break in Sanibel

We spent a wonderful week on Sanibel Island. We spent our days on the beach, bike riding, reading, eating ice cream (some of us--ok ME--ate it every single day--sometimes twice a day :) ---we did ride our bikes to the ice cream shop though!!), laughing and enjoying some uninterrupted time together.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

My first attempt to make corned beef and cabbage was a success! Ellie wanted to trade in her cabbage for a pbj but otherwise everyone was happy. The meal was made complete with the music of U2, green milk and the oh so Irish, green jello for dessert. The girls were clothed in plenty of green today but as is evidenced in this picture dinner time has recently been moved to 6:30 and is after showers---what a great move that was!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Tiny Bubbles, Giant Laughs

More proof that less is more. The front door was closed but Kevin and I could still hear the squeals of laughter all the way in the kitchen. What a sound! Hopefully years from now when I look at these pictures I'll still be able to hear my girls laughing their hearts out.