Gratuitous Poodle Shots

 MoMo Poodles had a moment of wriggling on his back play time this morning. He was playing with a rawhide bone. Everything he does is super adorable but today was over the top cuteness. Poodelicious cuteness!

Last Day of School

The kids start the "new school" on Monday.  Today is their last day at the "old school."
At 7 am, Gigi asked me to bake some cakes so they could have a good bye party with their classmates. So I began my day by feverishly baking 3 chocolate cakes. I actually made 4 batches of chocolate cake batter to make 2 large cakes but was smart enough to divert a bit for a little cake for us at home.
Gigi helped bake the cakes and Chance helped clean the bowls. 

Flowers!!

I am the kind of girl that likes flowers but thinks spending money on them is frivolous. I am happy to enjoy them growing in nature. But my husband is pretty sweet and likes to bring me flowers.
When Brian walks in with a huge bunch of flowers, my first question is always "Did you pay for these?"  He always laughs because he knows better and says "Of course not!"  Only then can I get excited about the flowers. And this time, they were both gorgeous looking and also heavenly smelling. 
I like that he saw them, thought of me and then made a bouquet for me.  (He even put zip ties on them to hold them together in the "arrangement") That certainly beats buying them.  To me anyway.

Lego Challenge

I have always encouraged Chance to be creative with his Legos but he has been happier to follow the instructions. But after the many earthquakes, Chance's meticulously built Lego creations were disheveled and broken.  And dusty.  He has finally decided to repair the big ones and scrap the smaller ones. And build some new things.  He photographed his results.
Gigi and Chance spent all afternoon having a "Lego Challenge."  I am not exactly sure why it has to be a "challenge" but these two are competitive so that is just the way it is. Of course, they have different ideas and standards about "winning" so it usually works out where they both feel like they won. Which is pretty cool.  That is the best way to handle life--make sure that from your own perspective, you are always a winner.

 More Lego Challenge coming soon. Designed, created and photographed by the kids.

Oobleck!!

The kids and I made Oobleck tonight. Cornflour and water makes a non-Newtonian liquid. It doesn't have a consistent viscosity. Squeeze it and it feels solid, but it will also run through your fingers like water. Not a solution but a suspension. Like extra fine, rubbery sand and water.

Lots of fun!