Kids and Birthday

Alicia's birthday was today. Eli and I baked a chocolate cake from a library book yesterday. Man, is it chocolaty. (8 oz of semi-sweet baker's chocolate + 3/4 cup of cocoa). I did leave out the buttermilk powder that I searched high and low in Kroger to get but it was pretty yummy. Emily loved it.




The kids and I went shopping while Alicia was off tutoring. We got her a hand mixer (she requested it) and a pair of slippers.




Here's some random pics from the last couple of weeks.

Emily loves hairbows


Mail-lady Emily


Eli, that's not how you get in and out of the house


Here's the door, use this


Ring around a rosie....


Painting is fun


Let's build a windmill. You do the low part, I'll do the high part


Easiest way to get the new scarecrow to the porch? On my shoulder of course.