Homemade Ant Farm

I've been a little preoccupied this morning reading three month's of blog entries by our Relief Society President's daughter. Her 3 month old baby passed away yesterday. I knew he had been sick since he was born, and wanted to know the whole story. Very sad and eye-opening. Makes me that much more thankful for the Gospel and for my healthy kids.

So, while I was neglecting my own children...ironic huhh...they made an ant farm. Zach has informed me that the ants are very hungry and he is taking care of them. This is the case that holds his plastic horn. It is now the residence of 3 ants. (Actually I think only 2 are living). Zach picked them up from the bathroom floor with toilet paper and made them "comfy" in their new house.

We don't live in a landfill by the way, the ants just come out from under the walls in the bathrooms and kitchen if any crumb of anything is left on the floor. So as you can probably imagine, I clean my kitchen floor daily!

Do these ants look happy to you?

I'm also very distracted because my friend from Church's house had a serious fire on Sunday afternoon. Everyone is ok, but I fear that the house is in very bad shape. It doesn't look very good to me. Most of the family is out of town right now. I just can't stop worring and feeling badly for them. I can't imagine this happening and wondering and waiting to see what the actual damage is. It's been a rough start to the week for our ward.

Why Am I Telling You This?

I'm not really sure, I just had fun watching my kids suck down their oatmeal this morning. You can't really tell from the picture, but Zach is using a giant serving spoon. I think that's what made this morning's daily ritual interesting.

I got a new plant yesterday. Whenever a new family moves into our ward the Filmore's bring them a plant in an egg shell. My first one didn't make it because I didn't care for it very well. My interest was sparked when I saw my friend's blog and how far her move-in plant has come since they moved in. So, I'm trying again!

Don't miss Sproutlings!

A Word to the Wise...Or Not So Wise

Do you see a problem here?



Here's what happens when one hastily grabs a spice from the cabinet while making cinnamon rolls:

See the difference? Yeah, I did too, just in time. Everything turned out fine.

Yumm!

Things I Forgot to Mention

This was Zach's idea.

On St. Patrick's day we toast with root beer in tiny mugs.
Here are the kids carrying on the tradition.

Zach finally got his cast off. The only trouble, besides the screaming bloody murder, was the doctor putting a 1 inch cut in his arm. It only looked like a scratch when it happened, but this morning it was red and looked more like a cut. So, we'll nurse that till it's better and hopefully it won't leave a scar. It's really not very pretty. But Zach got two suckers and a sticker for all his trouble.

I also put something on my gardening blog, the link is on the right at the top.

Here's What I Know

I know thousands of people have been checking every day to find out if we got the house. Well, we didn't. Brother so-and-so's dance must have worked. Ha! JK. But thanks anyway to all of you who tried to overturn his efforts. Remember, there is something better out there...

It snowed during the night.

I gave up on Wuthering Heights for now, I'm reading Teaming With Microbes instead. Very thrilling actually.

My kitchen is a mess...again.

My laundry is almost done...for now.

I'm getting my teeth cleaned tomorrow.

I saw this really awesome thing called Reflections of Christ that I LOVE! Wish I knew before so I could buy the book and get Mark Mabry's signature on Friday. I'm a little obsessed.

Which brings me to Time Out for Women. It was so awesome. If you can go, GO.

I'm watching season 2 of Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman.

Zach is using copious amounts of tape to do something.

My friend is having a baby today. I think of her as the ultimate champ at birthing kids. I was there for the first one (well, down the hall) and she made it seem so easy. This third one is her first boy. I anticipate that I'll be hovering near the computer all day awaiting the "mobile upload later".

Ryan is writing a paper about how Regan would have handled our current economic situation for his English class.

I left Becky going potty yesterday for a second and came back to find her scrubbing the toilet with Ryan's hairbrush. Shhh, don't tell!

And now I shall tackle the kitchen.