We left for Texas on the Wednesday before Christmas to take care
of the baby as his mom and dad flew to Arizona to shoot a wedding. Baby Andrew has bronchitis and so we did
breathing treatments 5-6 times a day for three days. Got to give lots of love kisses while holding that precious
bundle and was great. I had forgotten what
mommy duty felt like and how dirty your shirts get. Thank goodness Auntie
Christie and PomPom Dave were there to help as well, with all the feedings,
diaper changes, bath time and baby rocking.
The kids got home Saturday evening and were dead tired, fighting
stuffed up ears and sore throats due to weather changes. We decided to go to
The Butcher Shop for dinner so no one would have to cook. This is a restaurant, meat market and bakery
all in one. They have a fixings’ bar
that has everything that you would want on your burger and our favorite…brown
gravy for the French fries.
Sunday big brother Noah came home from staying with Grandma
Renee and Auntie Shara for three days. He got to ride on the tractor with Uncle
Robert and play with his new remote-controlled truck. What a hoot to watch. The atmosphere of the house has changed from
quite with a baby and three adults to five adults, a baby and a very
rambunctious 2 ½ year old constantly on the go and 4 dogs.
Sunday evening I started to get a scratchy throat on one side,
hard to swallow and impossible to sleep.
Ugh! I hate getting sick as I have managed to avoid it for 5 years.
As Christmas drew closer, I made 6 small containers of home play
dough and put them into individual containers that fit into one large
container. It was a lot of fun and I
know Noah will enjoy it and it’s so much cheaper than the commercial play
dough. Here's the recipe I used.
Traditional Play Dough
* 1 cup flour* 1 cup warm water
* 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
* 1 teaspoon oil
* 1/4 cup salt
* food coloring
Mix all ingredients, adding food coloring last.
Cook over medium heat until smooth. Continue cooking after the mixture thickens, and continue to cook until the dough comes together in the pan to form a ball. Remove from pan and knead until blended smooth (I did this on wax paper so it would be easy to handle). Place in plastic bag or airtight container when completely cool.
Store in a cool place and avoid allowing condensation to form in the storage container.
Christie and I went out to picked up some more last minute
gifts as shopping is never done.
Happy trails…
BTW I hate the new format of Blogger. At the moment I am unable to upload any photos. Its like the link is not working. Anyone else having problems?
Our friend Jim Mossman said he had problems uploading photos on Blogger recently.
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