Gross!

I got a text from daycare today with the following picture. Do you know what it is?

I didn't either. Vicki found it in Ryan's poop today! It is some sort of battery. He puts everything in his mouth right now and apparently this one went clear through and came back out. She said her first thought was Eew! What did you have for supper last night, but then realized that it was not food. So, another disgusting blog, but I had to share!

Ryan

I did some cleaning and rearranging after I woke up from a nap in the chair to find that Ryan had destroyed a flower arrangement from our wedding and ate a flower pettal that had been spray painted! I tried to fish it out of his mouth, but I wasn't fast enough. The bench in the pictures below is one that my brother Nathan made. It replaces the flower arrangement. Ryan was very excited to see a little bench his size and was laughing and squealing. He crawled right up on it and stood straight up. (This is not really what I had in mind when I put it there.)

My camera wasn't fast enough to catch him completely upright.

He was trying to sit down, but he can't quite get it yet.

This is how Mommy wants him to sit on the bench, but he can only do it with help so far.

He was playing with his bear from "Grandpa Clyde" this afternoon.

More Sock Monkeys

I never posted pictures of the sock monkeys that I made for my kids for Christmas. Cliff really wasn't wanting his picture taken when we did this, so you can only see his monkey and not his cranky face.

Nate and Ryan were a little more cooperative. Nate is holding his favorite monkey. It was my test monkey and then I made him a different one for Christmas, but he likes the striped one the best.

My old apron

My mom has been doing some reducing in her closets and found an apron that was mine when I was a kid. It says "CARLA little kitchen helper." Cliff and Josh both had to try it on. Aren't they cute?

Spring Break

It is spring break and the kids are off to Grandmas' with their suitcases in hand. Grandma Ferguson is coming to pick them up this morning and taking care of them until lunch time. Then they do the big swap and go to Grandma Taylor's for the afternoon. Back to Grandma Ferguson's for tonight and Friday. WHEW! Our Grandmas are busier than we are! Thanks to both Moms for helping out.

It's official!

Friday it became official that Ryan can walk. He still isn't sure about it mind you, but he can do it. For several weeks he has been letting go when he was walking along the furniture, but we didn't count it because he didn't know he was doing it. Friday he started taking a couple steps and then waiting to see if Vicki would cheer for him, and then Friday evening he deliberately walked across the kitchen. He still is much more comfortable crawling, but will walk short distances to avoid getting down and back up. I haven't taken any pictures yet, but hopefully will get some up later.

Kombucha Tea

I am so excited I just tried my first batch of Kombucha Tea. Kombucha is the Western name for sweetened tea or tisane that has been fermented using a macroscopic solid mass of microorganisms called a "kombucha colony". It has many healthy benefits and can be quite expensive, so I decided to ferment my own. I got my mushroom and starter tea and brewed it here at home. The twins and Josh tried it and all thought it was very good although, Clifton says "MOM, it scared the crap out of me!" because it is fizzy. I am looking for a gallon sized glass jar if anyone knows where to get one, let me know. My first batch I only did about a quart, but I want to do bigger batches in the future.