In the kitchen!

I don't cook.

I make things.

For dinner and what not.

And I bake.

But.

I don't cook.

Usually.

I married a cook.

But....

The twins and I are always in the kitchen "making" things!

So, I told them this week we had to "make" something

for Mommy to take pictures and post the recipe.

And I asked them what they wanted to make.

It was morning time, so they ecstatically YELLED

"FRUIT SMOOTHES!"

Step 1:

Dress Appropriately

(Austin left, Logan right)

(Even if we are just making jello, we always, always have to dress appropriately!)

Step 2:

Cut up your choice of (frozen) fruit.

Strawberries

 Bananas

Mixed Berries

Cut some into really tiny slivers.

and leave some whole.
Just to be random.

Step 3:  Sample a lot of the frozen fruits while you're cutting.

 Step 4: Concentrate.

Step 5: Really, really concentrate.

Step 6:  After the fruit is all cut up and added to the blender,
Add some regular milk.

And

You MUST use COW milk, too!!!

Or it will not get eaten.

(cow milk is condensed milk!  hahaha)

We don't mearsure anything.

We taste to perfection.

Final step:

Approve of the outcome!

(At some point, they switched. Logan is now left and Austin, right!?)

Austin and Logan highly recommend serving the Fruit Smoothies in the Special Pink and Yellow cups.

The ones that Mommy and Daddy got on a cruise.

Before we were around.

Even though said cruise line ran into a little touble this week!

Chaos always ensues during the final steps - of adding (both) milks, taking turns flipping the blender switch,

Sampling the goods, pouring the mixture into special cups, etc. 

So, this is the only picture I got of the end result! 

Bon appetit!

Girls! Girls! Girls!

Or maybe, I should title this post

"Casanova's!"

~~~

 Back at my Godson's baptism, we were leaving the reception and

Logan ran back into the house hollering, "Oh wait - I forgot to say good-by to my girlfriend!"

He ran up to a (much older) 6 or 7 year old little girl and 

actually asked her out on a date - to Arby's.
Looking around for me,

"Mom - can you drive us?"

He then bugged me for about week to call and until he (lucky for me) forgot about it!

~~~~~

At the beach this summer with our friends,
Austin fell head over heels with another little girl vacationing with us.

After spending all day with her, he came out to the pool and said,
"Mom - I've packed a bag and I'm moving downstairs to the girls' room so I can be with my new friend."
I didn't pay too much attention until

At the end of the week, when I was packing up,
I found his little knapsack (empty of the toys it originally carried)
 in the girls' room
And he had packed accordingly:

A clean pair of undies, a pair of pj's, one bathing suit, some tanning lotion (okay, sun block)
and one stuffed animal.

 ;-)

~~~~~

At another friend's birthday party, Logan and Austin had both taken favor to yet another (and again older) cutie-pie and as we were leaving the skating rink - Logan was holdng my hand, but turned around to blow his little girlfriend quite a few kisses as she was getting into her Mommy's car!

~~~~~

At their preschool, Austin and Logan's best friend is a
little girl who also just happens to be adopted from China
She is turning 5 this month.
(so again, an older woman!)

She takes great care of them at school
and when they talk about her,
they say,
"Anna is our girlfriend."

;-)
~~~~~

 Modeling their Puppy hats, gifts from Nonnie from "You Nork City!"

For real, could any girl resist these faces!?!

 "Casa"

"Nova"

Family Fun!

Hannah's theme this week is Family Fun!

And silly me, I immediately thought of these:

 (not my hand, not my picture!)

Gary bought Evan these GIANT marshmallows and he never used them.
They sat around our house for awhile this summer until..
one day...
they became ammunition.

If my memory is correct, it was Evan, Austin and Logan against Mom!
Not quite fair, but FUN nonetheless!

The marshmallows were so big and so soft, they made an AWESOME
sound when they "popped" against your target.

I think Austin cheated a little because he was throwing some "bit-into" marshmallows.
Ewww!!!  Sticky!!

But other than that  - it was a pretty "clean" and safe fight.
And DEFINITELY FUN!


And here's a picture that has nothing to do with the above post.
But I couldn't resist adding it in!

This is Austin (left) and Logan (right) on their first Church Retreat.
Isn't it sweet!?! 

Construction site!

We're gettin' a pool!!

Okay, no, not really.

Our neighbors are!

heeheehee

Austin and Logan have been out everyday

instructing the diggers.

And finally, somehow connived their way over there

to..ya know..

help out!

The boys were in the zone! 

Couldn't have been happier!

We are being told the pool will get LIFTED over the HOUSE one day this week!! 

We will have the trucks...and the cameras ready for THAT!

(Suzanne - recognize those trucks!?!)

Halloween

 (somebody continually puts his pants on backwards, heeheehee)

 Evan and Amanda - right before they got in the car and drove back to college.  ;-(

 

 (somebody else continually likes to forgo underpants!)

 We drove to Nonnie's for the FIRST Trick...or Treat?

 Daddy aint right!!!