Aaron put up shelves in the craft/guest room this past weekend for me to organize my crafts. They look great and I feel so organized! I told Aaron we might have to have fewer kids since I may not want to give up this room. We will see what happens.
My mom stopped by yesterday with a HUGE zucchini that my dad picked for us out of their garden. I wish I would have taken a picture, but you know how big zucchinis can get. That night Andrew and Aaron grated up the majority of it to make bread and muffins and freeze the rest. When Aaron was little, it was his job to feed the zucchini in the grater on the Kitchen aid mixer while his mom cut it up. Aaron figured Andrew was old enough to do this job, which Andrew loved. Aaron would cut up the zucchini and Andrew would keep it feeding through. He though the plunger pusher was the best.
Today Andrew and I made zucchini bread and muffins. Andrew was so good at dumping in the ingredients, turning the mixer on and off and evening measuring out the spices. I measured out the baking soda and he put it in the mixer. I turned around to get more spices out of the cupboard and he measured out another teaspoon of baking soda and dumped it in. He figured if mom can do it, so can I. We have a good time cooking and baking in the kitchen. He is a good helper.
AJ has found a love for suckers. I think it is his new favorite candy. We went to the fair he got loaded up on suckers and on Sunday he got one from the Bishop after church and had one already unwrapped at home. He walked around with both of them in his hand and sometimes eating both at once.
Grandpa and Grandma Wright bought AJ a new outfit for church. He tried it out on Sunday and was oh so handsome. He got a lot of compliments at church of how cute he was. Thanks Grandpa and Grandma for making him adorable!
Aaron forgot his phone the other day when he went to work. Andrew grabbed it off his desk in the office and ran over and sat on his play kitchen container. He has learned to turn on the phone, unlock it, push the apps button and push the paint game. He is one smart boy, almost too smart at times. You only have to show him how to do something once and he will remember from then on out. He is very mechanically minded and can figure out most things on his own without any help. He is always full of surprises. I look at him in awe and ask him how he got so smart. One of my friends the other day, after watching Andrew play, said to me, well when you have 2 very smart parents I am not surprised how smart he is. I took that as a great compliment. Well now that I have bragged about my child, you can see the picture of him and Aaron’s phone.
My mom has been trying to teach me for years how to make her delicious rolls and Sunday I wanted them so I took another stab at making them. Every time I make rolls they don’t rise or are just not good. I cant even do Rhodes rolls. So Sunday afternoon I tried again. Each step I kept thinking, this looks right, this may turn out. After I let them rise, they actually rose like they were suppose to…beautiful! Then I put them on the pan and let them rise again and they actually rose again…shocking! I did half rolls and half cinnamon rolls.
Andrew did a good job helping me roll out the cinnamon rolls and sprinkling the cinnamon and sugar. Aaron begged me to put in raisins. I think raisins in cinnamon rolls are one sure way to ruin a cinnamon roll, but I love him, so I put them in. I think Andrew ate more raisins then ones that ended in on the dough.
The rolls after baking. Yummy!
The cinnamon rolls after baking. Delicious!
Now that I have had a successful batch turn out, I think Aaron is going to expect this more often. He has quite enjoyed having a cinnamon roll every morning for breakfast.
Saturday we went to the SEL carnival for Aaron’s work. They had booths set up with carnival games, a bouncy castle, bouncy slide and a velcro wall. They also had carnival food; hot dogs, popcorn, nachos and cotton candy. Every booth was giving out candy and toys. AJ got so many suckers, candy and little toys. His pockets were full and he was in heaven. We had a good time, even though it was so hot outside. After an hour and half AJ was done. He wanted to go home.
Friday night we met my family at the fair. I was excited to take AJ there to see the animals and tractors. He loves animals and anything with wheels.
He loved watching the pigs and the bunnies.
At the bunny barn, he got some stickers. He immediately took the stickers off the paper and stuck one on each arm. Then he would walk around showing everyone his stickers.
At one of the booths, there was a lady selling bubbles and blowers. AJ thought those were the best. He loves bubbles!
We then checked out the tractors. We were disappointed in the lack of tractors but I guess they are out in the field during harvest time.
We walked by the Whitman County Sheriffs booth and AJ was enthralled with the lights on the ATV. One of the police officers asked him if he wanted to sit in it and drive it. AJ was pretty excited!
Kate, Aaron, Dad and I watched part of the rodeo while Mom, Tyler and AJ went to look at the rest of the animals and the rides. We had a great time at the fair!
