Yesterday the kids and I made a trip to Super Target. Micah and Abigail both had a little money to spend so I let them pick something out. And even though Isabel didn’t have much to spend, I let her pick out a little something too. After wandering up and down the aisles for about 20 minutes I finally told them they had to make a decision or wait for another time. As you can imagine they quickly found something they just couldn’t live without! Isabel picked out a little puzzle, Micah picked out an Indiana Jones Lego set, and Abigail…dear, sweet Abigail…picked out a microphone. Reluctantly I said it was OK and she proceeded to hug the package and loudly declare, “Now I can be a rock star!” Oh, boy…
Considering the microphone, or microscope as Abigail keeps calling it, was only $7.99 it is not half bad. It is cordless and tunes to the FM radio frequency on our stereo, therefore the sound comes out of our rather large speakers. I was seronaded all afternoon by all three of the kids. David is going to be so happy when he comes home!
This morning we began the day with homemade donuts. This was a new adventure for me. Micah is reading Homer Price at school and one of the stories is about donuts. There was a recipe in the study guide for donuts and Micah has been begging me for a couple weeks to make them. The first batch burned to a crisp since I heated the oil too hot. They were literally black in about 4 seconds. Don’t they look appetizing?
Once I got the oil cooled down a bit (and by a bit I mean about 200 degrees!) they cooked up quite nicely. I dipped them in sugar and cinnamon and we enjoyed a sweet breakfast. They really weren’t the greatest donuts. They were kind of heavy and without the sugar on top would have tasted like fried biscuits. But I think the kids thought they were fun and Micah ate all of his, which I’m thankful for since it was his big idea!
It’s been kind of an out-of-sorts week. David is out of town starting his new job (yes, we are moving soon for those of you who don’t know already…I’ll talk about all that in the days to come) and will be home on Friday. We’re not used to having daddy out of the house! But we’re hanging in there and looking forward to the weekend! For some reason the house has fallen apart and I am hoping to get it back together before David’s homecoming. There were tornado warnings last night and although they said nothing touched down in our area, I am pretty sure one of them went through my house!
