Dani often leads Emma through stretches
Chase that ball!
Sam just can't understand why he can't hold the ball all the time. Kicking the ball back and forth to each other is a concept he hasn't grasped yet.
Swords TOTALLY go with soccer!
Okay, those heathens (three youngest) thought it would be fun to throw rocks on the track. Well, they paid for it in the end, because I made them pick up a gazillion bits of gravel. Dani graciously helped out, and Sam was almost completely useless. Shocking.
I knew we were going to be doing the whole cake and candles thing in a few days when their Dad gets home from the field, but I still thought it would be fun to do treats. I discovered this cooking trick in a moment of desperation a month or so ago and now I much prefer to make my own brown sugar. Just mix 1 cup of white sugar and 1.5 Tablespoons of molasses and mix well. Put in more molasses, up to 1/4 cup total, to make it a darker brown sugar. What you see here is probably 2 to 3 Tablespoons. At first it's pretty clumpy and the little bits of molasses just won't mix in, but keep working it together, even squishing it with your hands if needed (I love that part!) As you can see here, it makes a wonderful, hearty, flavorful brown sugar, darker than regular light brown sugar than you see in the scoop. Mmmmm.....
Emma requested M&Ms cookies. Naughty food!
Connor and Emma are still in love with Pokemon. They invited Braylynn over to watch some episodes with them. I think it's cute how they all have their Pikachu buddies.
It was rainy and Emma and Sam had to go outside with the umbrella.
Emma got to request her favorite dinner, party pizza, which is just the basic cheap Tony's frozen pizzas. I usually jazz them up with olives and extra cheese, but Dani still thinks it's "cardboard pizza" and refuses to eat it.
Then we all had family game night, and played Nick Scene It. Dani kicked our tails, but it was a good time.
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