THIS is why I don't make cookies very often!

I went out to get the clothes off the line and walked back in to see this...

I guess that was my mistake for 1)leaving the bowl on the table, and 2)leaving them in the house alone for 2 minutes!!!

I got most of them baked before Jacob woke up from his nap. But they weren't all cooled and this little stinker was pretty sneaky about snatching them off the table! This is what happened when I told him NO MORE COOKIES! (after he'd snatched and very quickly eaten 3 cookies!)

So he just waited until I left the room and snatched ANOTHER one!!! Good grief. I know how my cousin Rhonda feels now! Great Grandma J is lucky I got any to Colorado for her celebration! :)

Muffins, tea parties, and driving

We had a visit from Grandpa & Grandma last week! Anna had a lot of fun having tea parties with her three tea sets (yes, she really does have 3 tea sets!!)

Yet another picture to prove that tongue biting really IS in the genes!

Evidently making blue berry muffins is serious work! :)

While I reinstalled the car seats, the kids played "drive the van". Jacob's not a big fan of the horn!

I can't believe they're actually letting me play with this thing that has such BIG wheels!!!

Yesterday it rained ALL DAY LONG. When Anna and I came home from the store, she saw a rainbow. She was sooooooo excited!! So we ran inside (okay, she ran I walked) and told Daddy. Then she kept running to the back door to look at it again. One time she yelled "It's GROWING!!!" She was right--at one point we could see all the colors!

Not a great picture of it, but a picture of it none-the-less!

He's decided to start "cruising" again! Yippeee! And now he'll even walk on the wood floors. I really hope he starts walking on his own VERY SOON!

This is an early birthday present for me :) This cabinet was returned or something, so Aaron got it very cheap. It's my new scrapbooking cabinet!!! The drawers are really long and there's quite a bit of space between the drawers, so I can fit a LOT in there. And actually, the top of it is big enough that I could scrapbook on there (at least put my pages together--there's not enough room to have everything out on there). One of these days I WILL have a craft room for my scrapbooking and sewing machine! And when that day comes, I'll have a great cabinet for the room :)

We also had Bruce and Shirley visit this weekend for a big party (Ben got engaged!!). Aaron got the genius idea to go to the football game IN OKLAHOMA...after a night of precious little sleep. I think that's why I agreed to go--b/c I was so sleep deprived. We skipped out on the pumpkin patch b/c I knew the kids would have melt downs half way thru things. I figured since we had a 3 hr. drive down to the game, they would probably sleep most of the way. Oh no. Jacob slept for maybe an hour total. Anna didn't sleep at all. They were pretty good. But then we got to the game and it was HOT and WINDY and the sun was BLAZING. I was not prepared for that weather! And of course, there was NO shade for most of the game. 2nd half there was a teeny bit of shade, so we claimed it. I had to run to the store and get sunscreen (a rip off b/c the only store I could find was a gas station). Naturally by the time I got back, the kids were both asleep and didn't need it!! And to top it all off, we lost big time :( But it was fun riding with the Swiharts! :) We even managed to keep the kids awake all the way home (Anyone want to sing Zaccheus or hot dogs?!?)!

I also found out why Anna hasn't been sleeping at night-she's got tonsillitis, probably strep! She NEVER complained about her throat hurting, so I had no idea. But they both had nasty coughs that just weren't going away. Jacob's throat was okay, but I have no doubt that he'll end up with it too. At least the medicine tastes good for it! So we're laying low and Mama is trying to function on this little sleep :(

PS-Thanks Jenn for posting that song. I have more to post about that Bible study, but that will have to wait for later when the kids are in bed and I don't get interrupted a million times :)

I ironed my couch.

Really, I did. I ironed my couch the other day. Betcha can't say you've ever done that before... This is the reason. I got a new slipcover!!!!! Yahooo! In case you forgot what it looked like...

(This was obviously last year, a day or two after we brought Jacob home)

I ordered the slipcover from SmartBargains. What a deal!! It was over 60% off! I only paid $30 for it! It's kind of a pain to have to re-tuck it so often, but that's okay! Anyway--it was, of course, wrinkled from the packaging when it arrived. I threw it in the dryer with a wet rag for a while, but it was still kinda wrinkly. So I ironed it on the couch! HA! I really like it with my chocolate brown walls :)

Anna helped me make Jacob's birthday cake this afternoon. She thoroughly enjoyed licking the beaters!! :)

She insisted I put this picture in here. She is the boss around here ya know. ;)

She also decided that she would be a princess this afternoon, so she got out all her dress up stuff. She actually wore her Cinderella slippers to the grocery store today :) Oh yes, and they're not shoes...they're glass slippers. Or so I was informed. She had a lot of fun and used her "wand" (she has an actual wand, but didn't want to look for it, so she just used her furry Piglet pen!) to turn Jacob into a king and me into a princess. I remember playing dress up all the time as a girl. It's so much fun to pretend!!!

Tomorrow is Jacob's party. I hope it's not super hot (yeah right), but we'll have a lot of fun!

Seriously? 105?!

With the heat index, it's 105 degrees today. OH MY GRACIOUS! We went to the store (didn't have a choice--out of juice and bread)...on the way home, the van's temp said 107! It's insanely hot and just plain miserable!! Evidently my garden isn't minding the heat. Anna and I went out and picked 13 tomatoes (2 were still a little green, but had fallen off so they're ripening up in a bag), a giant cucumber, a zucchini, and several green onions. Sweat was pouring down my face just standing there! Ick. But, whaddya know...
She's very proud of her garden. She had to carry a tomato inside (the bucket was too heavy for her to carry!)
Even the cucumber was getting a little heavy for her to hold..."Hurry up Mom! It's getting heavy!!"
We also did some baking today. I made banana bread last night and today Anna helped me make chocolate chip zucchini bread (if we're coming to see you this weekend, you just might be getting some...:D). We also made some rice crispy treats. So we spent the day INside in the kitchen. It was a good day. And it kept Anna awake for the afternoon! :) She loves helping me cook. She stirred up the dry ingredients and even poured them into the mixing bowl for me. And when she just has to watch, she constantly "praises" me--"Wow Mama! You're really good at that!" It's precious:)