Roots & Shoots Charity Event

Scott had a charity event to go to for work.  Each employee is asked to do acts of service so Scott chose to help at the booth JMA had set up at the event.  Roots and Shoots is a very earth friendly organization that is also affiliated with Jane Goodall.  So, JMA had a booth to plant white oak or spruce saplings.  I got to bring the kids along and help out too.  It was so much fun.  Eliza got to plant an oak tree, played the African drums, and colored pictures.  It was a chore just to get her to stop long enough to eat something.  Everyone thought she was just adorable and people couldn't get their fill of Heber either.  I was glad we went and it was so much fun!

 

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New Discoveries

Wow, where to begin.  I realized it has been a while since I have posted anything, so hopefully I can bring you all up to speed.  Not that there is a whole lot really, just that we have had some fun lately.  The pictures should be able to tell most of the story.

Heber learned to stick out his tongue

This is what happened once I refilled their water after it had been empty for a day.  Clearly they couldn't wait for the other to finish.  Sorry guys!

The Care Bear pillow I made for Eliza.  She picked out the fabric.  I have some left over material so I might try a skirt or something...haven't decided.

Kohl's Children's Museum

Easter egg hunting at home and at a friends house.

Heber's first taste of Rice Cereal.  Do I have to eat it Mom?

I found my feet!  Yummy!

The docile garter snakes in our backyard.  They're fun to catch.

Happy Birthday

I had a lot of fun for my birthday.  We celebrated it a day early since that was when Aaron would be home so he could join us.  Aside from the awesome gifts that I got, the highlight of my day was baking my own cake.  It took a little longer that I would have liked.  But, that's what you get when you only have one round cake pan to use.  I found a recipe for a mint cake.  So, the cake part was a white cake flavored with mint extract and a section of the batter was saved to dye green and then add to the white cake, swirled in.  I just used chocolate to fill and frost the cake.  That was fun.  Then I got to frost my cake using the cool cake decorating kit I got last year.  My cake was really just one big experiment, but it was so much fun!  Scott thought it was funny that I had declared I would make my own birthday cake.  I liked it, it tasted amazing, and I think I might have to make it again sometime.  Besides, I got to eat most of that cake, with the help of Eliza because Scott and Aaron are not big cake fans.  More for me!