Quinn – Page 7 – CatChick6 Creations

Atomic Fire Balls, Hot Tamales and Cry Baby Sour Balls……photo shoot…..

So, I am still following along with the Giver’s Log Shoot Along and this weeks assignment was to do a sour face or fire ball photo shoot. So, we went out and bought some Hot Tamales, Atomic Fireballs and Cry Baby Sour gum. Everyone got in on the act and got their picture taken. The real challenge of the day was to put all three different candies in your mouth at once…but no one was up to that challenge!

River didn’t want to try the hot stuff…and I didn’t force her….she thought the sour balls were delicious and didn’t make any good faces…except cute ones!!!!! Tuesday was convinced that River is too young and didn’t know what sour was…but I assured her, that River knows what sour is…but for some reason…thought the sour balls were yummy!

It was a lot of fun to look over all the funny faces….especially my own! I think Tuesday made the best faces of all…with Quinn coming in a close second!

Butterfly Friend….

We have had a butterfly hanging out in our driveway for several months now. Whenever we are playing in the driveway..he (or she) is there….fluttering about.

Truthfully, I don’t know that much about butterflies. Someone asked me if it was a moth…so I had to do some research and I think he is definitely a butterfly…..butterflies have a “hook” on the end of their antennae and when they are resting, they rest with their wings together, not spread out. And this little guy seems brightly colored, not dull. Now, supposedly, there are exceptions to these rules..but in general….I think he is a butterfly.

If you sit still, he will instantly land on you. Sometimes he has a friend with him, but mostly he seems to be by himself. He seems to come out around late afternoon and he hangs out until dusk.

When he flies close to your ears, you can actually hear his wings fluttering….pretty cool.

River wants to have the butterfly land on her…….at least she thinks she does…she sits still…and just as the butterfly is about to land…she runs away…….I kept trying to get shots of the butterfly landing on her…but she kept moving away……though she made a cute pose as she waited for the butterfly!

Farm Fair….

So today we went to our local Farm Fair. The kids had a great time checking out all the cows, goats, sheep, chickens, ducks………and many more….

It was hot. Really hot. Luckily, the animals were under tents and they had lots of fans. The bunnies had frozen bottles of water in their cages to keep them cool!

We got there late, so we missed the milking contest..and the women’s skillet throwing contest! We couldn’t find the pig tent, so we missed the pig races!

There were lots of different types of pigeons and chickens and rabbits! I never knew there were so many varieties!

We also got to the chicken incubator just in time to see a baby chicken being born..literally pecking its way out of the shell! But I couldn’t get a good picture!

The animals are so gentle..they don’t mind being petted at all…..which is great for the kids!

Birthday gift for Gram…..

We came up with a great gift idea for my mother-in-law, who is blind. My husband took profile shots of all the kids and then printed them out and cut out the profile. He didn’t make the to size..he made them slightly smaller.

We were going to use some nice thin wood, but then he found some really great pieces of compressed wood in our basement. It was much better than natural wood because it didn’t splinter at all and it didn’t have to be sanded.

He used our scroll saw to cut out the shapes. They turned out great! The kids loved giving them as gifts and, most of all, Gram loved them! She was able to feel each one and knew just who they were!

Children’s Drawings…

Today River drew a picture of one of our cats, Shadow Monster. She is in that stage where her drawing goes from scribbles..to clear and recognizable forms. I love watching children draw and seeing their progress through the years.

Going back and looking at past drawings is so fun. The drawing above is from over a year ago. It is one of her first drawings.

Some of Tuesday and Quinn’s old drawings I have framed and hung on the wall. The one above is a drawing Quinn did when he was about six years old. It makes me smile!

This is one Tuesday did when she was about six also. The smile and the big heart just crack me up!

They have both done so many great drawings and paintings over the years! To me, there is nothing like the way a child draws….

Deep Fried Oreos…..

Well, I finally did it…my kids have been wanting to make deep fried oreos for a long time…and we finally made them! They are one of those things that you know, before you even eat them, that you are going to have a stomach ache when you are done! I made them with Oreos this time, but next time…I’ll use my favorite Oreo substitute…..Late July Organic Vanilla Bean cookies. These are one of the best cookies out there! I think they are better than Oreos and they don’t have all the artificial flavors and colors or preservatives. Oreos have so much scary stuff in them..but I caved and used them this time….to see if we had the flavor right….but next time……!!

Anyway, I looked up a bunch of recipes on the internet. Most of them said to use Bisquick, which I don’t ever use…so I just used my own buttermilk pancake recipe.

The recipe said to freeze the cookies for three hours ahead of time….so we did that. Then you heated up the oil (I used about a cup of oil in a small sauce pan) and started dipping the battered cookies into the hot oil…..I did this part..since hot oil is always a bit scary!

Nothing like frying up some cookies! Each one had to cook for about a minute on each side. They instantly looked delicious and disgusting all at the same time! My kids were so excited..they wanted to instantly start eating them……but of course, I wouldn’t let them!

After we were done frying them all up, to add even more disgusting-ness..you sprinkled them with powdered sugar! Needless to say, my kids loved them! Though we aren’t sure how they are going to taste the next day…I wasn’t sure how to store them..in an air tight container or leave them out…..I’ll keep you posted on how the left overs are….

I cut this recipe in half. It made about 25 cookies.

Favorite Buttermilk Pancakes

2 ½ cups Flour

4 Tbsp Sugar

2 tsp Baking Powder

1 tsp Baking Soda

2 Eggs, beaten

2 2/3 cups Buttermilk

2 Tbsp Oil

Combine the dry ingredients in a bowl. Combine the wet ingredients in a bowl and stir well. Combine bowls together and stir, but do not over-mix.

A boy and his cat….

Where Quinn goes, the cat goes. If Quinn isn’t home, the cat isn’t happy. When Quinn sits, the cat sits…and purrs. I have never seen a cat love someone so much.

When Quinn leaves for school, Shadow Monster (name given to him by Quinn) goes running behind him….not wanting him to leave.

Shadow Monster doesn’t love anyone else in the house as much as Quinn….in fact, I don’t think Shadow Monster loves anyone else!

Sometimes Quinn goes into his room…and forgets about Shadow Monster….that makes the cat very unhappy. He sits outside his door….waiting…..

We got Shadow Monster when he was a little abandoned kitty….we also have two of his siblings….

Creativity…..

This weekend was my birthday….and Tuesday and Quinn were secretly making gifts all day Sunday….Quinn loves making little animals and people out of rocks…so I got a personalized rock person..yes, that’s me…..I know..I’m looking old….

Tuesday had fun making me “11 things I wish I could give you….and 1 thing that I CAN give you!” I always love their creative gifts…makes me smile! And once again, I wasn’t able to blow out all the candles!…but I still think I’ll get my wish!

Recycled Chunky Crayons…Part Two……

Well..It is a blizzard out…or so they tell me….so we decided to work on Quinn’s Valentine Day cards…..He wanted a star mold..not hearts (too girlie)…..and the only mold I could find had six stars….so we had to do it four times…in hindsight..I should have bought two molds..but I figured how often am I really going to use these molds…….

I think I lost count of how many crayons we took off the paper…I wonder if Crayola sells “unwrapped” crayons for craft projects like this…..I will have to check into that…..I would say each mold took about 3 crayons…and we did 24 molds….that’s only 72 crayons..it SEEMED like a lot more….(I like all the icicles in the windows in the background….)

Well…..then after doing all the lovely star crayons…..Quinn then had to make the actual cards…..we stuck the crayons onto the cards using two sided foam tape……they turned out great……now back to this blizzard…..

Beautiful Snow….

Over the weekend we had lots and lots of gorgeous snow! My children love to eat the snow…they would eat and eat and eat it all day…if I let them.

It was almost too much snow…..River had a hard time walking through it…she stayed out for over 2 hours…she loved it so much. I think she would have stayed out longer.

The dogs weren’t too happy about it. I tried to get them to play in the snow…but they didn’t want much to do with it..until I dug a path for them.

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