How long do you cook a baby bunny?

This afternoon I was sitting at the computer and kept hearing a banging noise. I knew all the kids were outside or sleeping so I got up to investigate. I went into the kitchen and heard it again, only it was not coming from the kitchen as I had thought. It was in the dining room and coming from Lucy's play kitchen. Tucked inside the microwave was one of the 7 21/2 week old baby bunnies. Apparantly Lucy put it there earlier this morning when she went to go potty, then we went to town and what 3 year old would remember her baking bunny after a ong grocery trip. Next time you go to prepare a bunny remember, it may take all day. We returned him to his brothers and sisters of course. Lucy insisted he WAS NOT FOR DINNER.

Here are a few more shots of the babies. This one fromwhen they were about 5 days old.

Here are three of Jackon's favorites at about 10 days old.

And Lucy with two more.

Trying to juggle a couple more. Baby bunnies are about the cutest little things. And if anyone is interested we need to slim down our herd.

Happy Birthday Sweet Lu

My little girl turned three today. It brought back sweet memories of holding her the first time, Daddy crying and smiling thru the tears and arriving home to a video crew from Bringing Home Baby. What a whirlwind her homecoming was but an experience never to be forgotten. Lucy is a constant source of energy, laughter, love and drama all wrapped up in a little body. You can't help but love her, with her sparkeling blue eyes and shimmering blonde hair. She keeps us on our toes. I Love You Lucy.
Here are just a few shots from her day.

Surfing and 4x4 in the Back Yard

Today it rained and it rained and it rained and it rained! After the nice weather we have been having it was so hard to keep the kids happy inside. They finally escaped and I just gave in. They went "surfing" in the garden on some left over siding.

Vaughn had other ideas. After wading in the "lake" he got a great idea...

4x4 with the tricycle!

Easter Bunnies

Last Easter we got Jordyn and Jackson bunnies.Lucy was not quite old enough in our minds to handle a bunny. So this year we decided to get her a bunny also. We made the 45 minute trip to sweet home to get another bunny from the girl we got the others from. Well our trip did not only yield one bunny for Lucy but one each for Jordyna dn Jackson and one for a friend. It is a regular bunny farm around here. They are so cute Mommy has a hard time saying no. The kids are cute too but baby bunnies, who can resist.

Jordyn and Leo

Vaughn with Lucy's Wendy Oreo Amy Abigail Angel (she is having a hard time deciding on just one name)

Jackson and Gin-Gin (Ginger)

Lucy and her bunny. "I just love it."

Wrestling Wholeheartedly

There are so many things that keep me from blogging these days and this is one of the newest. Wrestling. The thought never crossed my mind that I would be cheering a child on in wrestling. Jackson decided he wanted to wrestle so we are giving it a shot. He prefers practice to the meets but he is really good and we have made him do a couple. His first meet he wrestled 3 kids and beat them all by points winning the gold medal at the tournament.

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and WIN!

Today we went to another meet and came home with a silver medal. The first of 4 matches started off a little rocky. He got thrown to the mat, knocking his loose tooth almost out and he could not focus on anything else. He lost the match by points, came over and spit the tooth in my hand. Poor little guy. I was not sure he was going to be able to recover from the trauma but after a lot of tears we got him back out on the mat: Three pins later he was beaming from ear to ear wearing his silver metal. The kid who knocked out his tooth ended up taking home the gold. Not bad for a beginner.

I have a lot to learn about wrestling but one thing I do know is it is not for the weak. Those kids give it all they've got, using a tremendous amount of energy and strength.

Watch Out World-Here Comes Vaughn!

Characters of Halloween

When it comes to Halloween it always sneaks up on me. I guess that is probable because we never grew up celebrating the holiday. I just think it is fun for the kids. And it feeds my sweet tooth for the whole next year. Hahaha. SO, what would the kids want to be this year? 

Jordyn chose to be Rhodopis, the Egyptian Cinderella , after reading a wonderful story. I think her main reason for choosing and Egyptian queen was the makeup. She loves to wear makeup and I won't let her very often, only for dress up. This was the ultimate makeup costume. 

The makeup

Her eyes just popped out and she thought she was the most beautiful princess ever.

She also loved looking older.

The costume

This is actually the only hand made on this year.

And I was still scrambling to get it done an hour before we left.

Close-up of the headdress, also handmade with the help of Daddy

Jackson chose to be GI Joe Snake Eyes, even though all his cousins were dressing in Ancient Egyptian garb. He was fine with his decision untill we all got together and they were playing Pharoahs and the Queen. He had a great time though and made an excellent Ninja.

I love this shot

The full effect

A little action shot. Teasing the bumble bee.

Lucy and Vaughn did not get their choice of costumes. I chose Lucy's and Aaron chose Vaughn's.

Lucy was so cute and she loved being a bumble bee. The cutest part was when I finally let her get on her costume and she says, " Yay! Now I can fly," and took off running with her arms out. She came flying back, lip out, almost in tears and announces, "I can't fly!" I just swooped her up and hugged her. So cute.

My little lobster

Vaughn loved being put in the pot. He smiled and posed.

The crew downtown Corvallis

(Daddy was "working" and on the phone but at least he wandered around with us.)

Lucy though trick-or-treating was the best thing that ever happened to her. Walk up to some stranger, bucket extended and they fill it with candy. The next morning the first words out of her mouth were, "Can we go trick-or-treating again this morning?"

Vaughn had his cookie and balloon and he was set.

All I can say about this one is, "Ever tried to get 4 candy filled kids to sit still for a photo?" It is not easy. At least they are all in the picture.