Movie Time

On Wednesday night we took Pumpkin & Princess to see their very first movie in the theater.  It was quite the adventure!  

Pumpkin (age 4) was excited to see Cars 2 and Lightning McQueen.  Much to his dismay, the movie poster just would not come out of the poster case on the outside of the building.  Although he did try his hardest to open the locked case.  

Pumpkin was assigned to daddy for the evening.  His movie treat of choice was M&Ms.  I'm not quite sure how many seats they sat in.  Pumpkin was seat hopping for most of the movie.  Thankfully, it was a slow night with quite a few available seats.  He really seemed to enjoy the movie.  

The next evening at the library he insisted on getting "spy" books, thankfully the librarian was able to help us out.  They are so cute at this age!

Princess (age 2) was also excited and loved the lights on the outside of the theater.  We arrived a touch early so we explored a nearby flower bed.

Princess was assigned to mommy for the evening.  Her movie treat of choice was popcorn and she ate two small bags full.  But I think it is more fun to say that she ate her weight in popcorn.  
 
We initially placed her in one of the theater seats, but the seat kept folding up with her. So, she snuggled into my lap and watched the movie like a champ.  She turned around and hug me about three times, which was so cute!  

It was a good evening overall and we all went home happy.  We are definitely looking forward to seeing another movie sometime this year.

Photo Fun

We had fun taking pictures 

after church a few weeks ago.  

  

We love our Pumpkin & Princess!

Bugs Can Be Cool

Remember when you were little 

and bugs were so cool.

Then, when you got older they 

were no longer cool anymore.

Well, I think it is really fun (as an adult) to take 

cool pictures of bugs!  Enjoy!

Common Eastern Firefly

Widow Skimmer (Female)

13-year Cicada (aka by the kids: Monster Bug)

Widow Skimmer (Immature Male)

Eastern Pondhawk (Male)

Common Whitetail (male)

Garden slug- not an insect, but an invertebrate none the less

The Princess & The Raspberries

Princess loves to eat raspberries.

She loves them both plain and with sugar.

She loves to put them on her fingers.

Yummy in her tummy!

Fiction Recipes. . . .

. . . . an odd combination.  Don’t you think?  But truly amazing together! 

I finished read my fourth book of the summer last night and was blown away.  How to Bake a Perfect Life by Barbara O’Neal is a story about motherhood and food. 

Now life is not easy, and this book is full of twists and turns along life path- some good and some bad.  Rough patches in life build character and make us stronger.  The book also illustrates that sometimes things do happen for a reason, if we do not discover that reason until many years down the road.    We just have to have faith to move on and do the best we can. 

The most amazing part of the book is the recipes that are scattered throughout.  The main character has a bakery and a handful of the recipes can be found within the books pages.  I was just beaming when I discovered the first one.  The smell and taste of bread is so comfortable and just screams simpler times. 

We did go to the library earlier today, but I kept the book here at home for a bit longer.  I want to take the time to jot a few recipes down before I return the book.  Most of the recipes sound just scrumptious!

I was so thrilled with Barbara O’Neal’s book that I requested the other two books that she has written through out local library.  I cannot wait until they are available!  My next book will be a classic, Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice.