A page out of Harry Potter

My mom gave me an old clock of hers that didn't have any numbers on it. I wanted to use it in our bathroom upstairs to help the kids be on time, but with no numbers I wondered how it could be useful. We have been reading the second Harry Potter and I thought I would use the Weasley's clock as inspiration. Now our clock reads, at appropriate times, "Ready? You can watch TV." "Get your socks and go downstairs." "Aaah! You're late!" and "Mortal peril." It was so funny and effective, I thought the mirror should get in on the action too. Our mirror now says "Hey Scruffy! Comb your hair!" The kids laughed and laughed about the clock and mirror and they were even on time for school for about two weeks. This morning was the first time in a while that we have been late. Maybe the clock needs to say something else.

Lion Cookies, Anyone?

The other day I wanted something fun to do with Caleb. I also wanted to make delicious lime melt-aways. Caleb is always telling me that boys like to help their moms cook. So I asked him, "Do you want to help me make lime cookies?" He perks up "Lion cookies? Yeah!" I tried to convince him that the lime cookies would be great, but he kept going on about making the lion cookies and how he was going to decorate them and they would say roar and... Anyway, we ended up making plain old sugar cookies and decorating them together. Katrina was excited to help too. They both had LOTS of fun making and eating the cookies. We made about 3 dozen cookies and they were all gone by the next morning. Here are some pictures of us making the cookies. The kids were just so cute that I pulled out my camera and thought I would share.

Rolling out the cookies.

She hasn't quite got the hang of decorating with the squeeze bottles.
Who knew decorating could be so painful?

The master at work.

A finished cookie.
Somehow the lion thing went by the wayside, but green globs is just as good.

Katrina is having the time of her life. I love this happy face.

Nothing is better than a fresh cookie.