Little D's Spring Sing!

Last Thursday was Little D's last day of Kindergarten. He is very excited to be able to go to the 1st Grade! On Wednesday of last week all the Kindergarten classes had what they call a Spring Sing. Where they all go on stage and sing 4 or 5 songs. Little A, Little C and I all went to the event and brought along the video camera. It was fun to see him up there. He was so proud of himself.

Here he is singing "Each of Us is a Flower"

This is when they wanted them to teach the parents how to sing the Tooty Tot.


Thumbs Up... Elbows back... Feet apart... Knees together... Bottoms up... Tongue out... Eyes shut... Turn around!


These are pictures of him and his teacher Mrs. Greene. On the top is a picture taken at the beginning of the year and on the bottom is one taken on Wednesday.

I'm hoping that Big J can help me tonight and get the video of him singing on here for the Big Grandparents to see so stay tuned.

Did You Know?

Most Amazing! I think that I was reading a food storage email I got the other day and it had this tip in there. On the side of the rolls of Saran wrap and aluminum foil they have these little tabs on there that help keep the entire roll from coming out. I always have this problem. And until I saw that I had never looked at the side of the box to know that it was there. However, I am now wondering why they don't do it on all their boxes of things like that. I could see that some brand names wouldn't have it. But if my Reynolds aluminum foil has it, then shouldn't my Reynolds Wax paper have it? Well it doesn't and now I am wondering why?

Quilted Binder Cover

This is something that I saw in a Magazine a while back and has been on my list of crafts ever since. I did make it a bit different than the magazine though. Mostly because the magazine was covering a composition notebook. I am going to make some that size but Yesterday I decided to cover my compassionate service binder instead. So it did require a little bit of guess work and I only had to unpick something once. But I think that it turned out pretty cute for my first one. Next time I will embellish it a bit more.


I don't have a fancy machine that quilts so I only quilted 1/4 in on either side of the seams.



There is a ribbon that you can tie to keep it closed. Really not that practical.(Who has time to tie things like this) But it makes it look pretty when you do.

Fruits of our Labors

So here are the first fruits of my Labors. I have gotten 4 zucchini and one cherry tomato! Pictured are 2 of the 4 zucchini and the cherry tomato that I carefully sliced and split between the 4 of us. I stuck a quarter in there so you would have a reference size. The children were reluctant but I thought that it was tasty and Big J just said that it tasted like a tomato. The kids were excited that it came from our garden though.

Then I peeled, seeded and grated the Zucchini. One half of the above zucchini made 2 Giant loaves of zucchini bread or 5 mini loaves. I made 1 large and 2 mini loaves. Pictured below are the 2 mini loaves that I am going to give to our Home Teachers that should be here shortly. I will also be sending them each home with a large zucchini.

Child Torture

So today I made the best chicken salad ever! I love it! The first time I tried it I was like, "I have to get this recipe!" but never did. Until I was talking to a friend and she told me that it was in the Ward Cookbook! It was here in my cupboard the whole time. Right under my nose. The whole time I was making it I couldn't stop picking. (which is bad for my diet)

Anyway the reason that I am sharing this is because you would have thought that it was some form of child torture! Little D looked like we were poking him with sticks! I was so confused. To me it is heaven. And he likes everything that was in it. Apples.... GOOD, Grapes..... GOOD, Chicken.....GOOD, Pasta..... GOOD! Whats not to love?

Here is Little D as I was "poking" him. He made this face just about every bite.

Kids and the funny things they say

Every Tues and Thurs night Megan Okerlund goes swimming at the pool and all are invited. We go to swim laps. By laps I mean swim back and forth in the pool talking. So yesterday I decided to go running to the pool instead of drive there. It was only 1.5 miles and It wasn't dark yet so I thought that I would run there and get a ride home. I had Little D's backpack filled with a water, a towel and my cell phone. As I was leaving Little D ran out and said, "Bye Mom, I hope you come back...... Because I really need that backpack tomorrow." And then left to get back in bed. There I was thinking that he was concerned that I would run in the dark, but all he really needed was his backpack!

Little D Day

So Friday was Little D's 6th Birthday! Wow time flies. Well in spite of having to take Brownie Cookies to school, I think that he had a great Day. I put up the Birthday Banner and he loved it. He knew exactly what it said. Before school he got to open his presents and was very happy with the outcome. He received a soccer ball, 2 goals, Star Wars V, Lego Indiana Jones PS3 game, Remote control motorcycle, and lots of cash. Thanks to everyone (from Little D) who gave him things.

After breakfast he wanted to play his new game so we let him until it was time for school. Big J had the day off and it just happened to be the Father-Son camp-out weekend. So he got ready while Little D was at school. Then they left and went camping! He thought that it was so cool to go camping with all his friends on his birthday. Since they were gone Little C, Little A, and I got together with the Fordham's and went out to dinner and played a game. The next day the boys got back and I have never seen Little D so dirty. It was straight into the shower for him. He wasn't too happy about that.


The rest of the weekend was spent mostly playing the Indy game. He even got Big J and I into it. Its pretty fun to run around with each other trying to get all the hidden artifacts and things.

And as a side note: Little D said, as soon as he got off the bus, that all the kids loved his Cookies and wanted him to bring them again!