The BEST Play dough ever! And its homemade.

Today I made play dough and I promised my sister that I would post the recipe. So here ya go Lisa. Enjoy!

You will need 2 c. flour, 1 c. salt, 4 T. Cream of Tartar, 2 T. Oil and 2 c. cold water.

And a pot.

Add to pot : 2 c. Flour

4 T. Cream of Tartar

1 c. Salt

MIx it all together well.

Add 2 T. Oil ( I use Canola because that is what I cook with.)

Add 2 c. water and stir.

Turn the heat on to Med / High and keep stirring.

Oops I forgot. Add your color and scent. We use Kool Aid. This time Shane chose Pink. The color didn't turn out that bright but it smells lemony.

Keep Stirring.

This is what you are looking for. Its almost play dough.

Soon it will start peeling away from the sides of the pot. As soon as all of it forms into a ball it is done. Take it off the heat.

Knead it out a few times on the table to cool down. If your little ones will let you.

This Play Dough keeps for a LONG time, we just keep it in a Gal. Ziplock bag in with the bucket of play toys.

Play and Enjoy!

Unwilling Models

So Yesterday I really wanted to go out and take pictures of my boys, the light was just right. So I gathered my camera and two unwilling boys and went out side. This took probably 30 minutes. (Shane does not like getting clothes on)

So I started with Shane and tried hard to get him to keep his tongue in his mouth. He was not having it. And there is nothing more uncooperative as a boy who does not want his picture taken any more. So I gave up. I did manage to get two that are not too bad.

Liam was a little more cooperative, after I sat him in a chair. I was not willing to run after him. Its still a little muddy outside. He is almost grown out of this adorable corduroy jacket and I had to get some cute pictures of him in it. He was willing for a few minutes until he saw that Shane was playing and realized that he would rather be there than sitting in a chair with Mom pointing a camera at him.

So now I have to submit one of the Liam photos for my unit 3 assignment. I have a vote for the second one. What do you think?

Valentines Day

We had a great valentines day. We hosted our first Murder Mystery Dinner Party. (Mostly because I was feeling sorry for my self that I couldn't go to my friends in Folsom.) It turned out to be a great success and had 26 people in our house. It was such fun and I can not wait until next year. We set it in the 80's and had such great costumes. I was so busy playing my role that I totally forgot to take pictures until the end. Next year I will do much better.

For the boys school Valentines I found this great idea on another Blog. We cut out mustaches and lips and put them on lollypops. The boys were a great hit at school.

They turned out so cute I just couldn't resist taking a picture of them all with them. Of course it is impossible to get all of them to look at the camera at the same time, so this is as good as it gets. They are a handsome lot aren't they.

Love You All!

Dallin's Doodles

This is Todd, he is using soap. Then it falls on the ground. Poor Todd.

(or perhaps the soap is jumping into his hands, happy Todd.)

Better late than Never

Happy New Year and all that.

I recently realized that it is almost the end of the month. I have a strange feeling that this year is going to go by way too fast. Since my last post we have had Christmas and New Years and my Birthday. I still don't feel as old as I should, perhaps that is a good thing. The only thing I feel is rushed. My oldest wonderful boy enters into the double digit years the end of this month. Jared is going to be 10. Shocking I know. And my Dallin will be old enough to be baptized this year. Luckily I still have my little ones Shane is going to be 4 this year and Liam is technically not a baby but at 13 months I still like to think of him that way. I know that time is going to fly right by and soon it will be Shane entering double digits and Liam about to be baptized. How am I supposed to accept this? I do not know. For now I will just try to enjoy them as much as possible and take a lot of pictures. Pictures are something I am good at.

Christmas PJ's are so fun! I know these are not the best pictures of the boys but on Christmas morning there were other things to be worried about other than Mom saying "hey look at the camera for a second."

I love these days when Dad is home and willing to play with the boys. It takes forever to get them all dressed up for the cold but once we are out there it makes it worth it.

Love to you all! Who ever you are that reads my blog.

Gingerbread House

We decorate a gingerbread house every year, I think we are getting better at it. Aaron wants to try to reconstruct Minas Tirith from The Lord of the Rings next year, I am thinking we need a few more years practice before we attempt that. But it is always good to have a goal right?

Well this is this years model. The boys had a lot of fun decorating with and eating all the candies.

Skittles on the roof and for the flower boxes

Shane is being so patient waiting for the opportune time to snatch a piece off. :o)

It had to snow of course we are in Colorado.

The stars started out being a walkway and turned into a train thingy.

Those are penguins in front of the red fountain/weeping tree.

How did yours turn out? We had a great time.

Merry Christmas to you all and Happy New Year!

~ Christina

Liam is Walking!!

He is finally willing to try it anyway. It seemed that he hadn't the slightest desire for the longest time. I am really happy that he is wanting to walk but at the same time really sad that my last little baby is growing up.

So Sorry that you have to turn your Monitor on it's side to view these videos, I took them while turning my camera thinking I could flip them once in the computer. However it isn't as easy as that. Go Figure.

Love You all!

~Christina & The Boys