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Playdough

Erin — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 19:31:39 +0000

Ethan’s new favorite thing to do is play with playdough. My mom made some for him this weekend and now that’s all he wants to do. So I made some too, now he can play at home and when he goes to grandmas.

Here’s the recipe for those of you young mom’s that need a new fun thing to do during the day.

1 Cup Flour
1/2 Cup Salt
2 tsp. Cream of Tarter
1 Cup Water
1 Tbsp. Oil
Food Coloring (optional)

Mix dry ingredients (the first three). Then add water and oil. Mix well. Cook over low-med heat stirring constantly. Cook 3 minutes or until mixture pulls away from pan. Place on level surface. Knead slightly until pliable. Cool and store in airtight container.

Mixture will be white. If you want all one color you may add food coloring at the time when you add water and oil. If you want different colors, break apart dough at the “kneading phase” and add different colors at this time.

ENJOY!

Ethan’s First Snow

Erin — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:29:34 +0000

I know Ethan’s almost 2 years old but this is the first snow we’ve had that he’s been able to play in and really the first snow that’s been good enough to play in. He got a sled from Uncle Ryan and Aunt Heidi for Christmas last year (as in 2005) and he’s just now able to use it.

Grandparents… gotta love ‘em

Erin — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:24:34 +0000

Gram and Gramp Smith came to visit on Sunday. We all went out to a new Asian Restaurant in town and spent the afternoon visiting at Mom and Dad’s. Grandparent’s usually never look at the camera when they’re busy holding a grandchild but we managed to get them both looking in this picture.

However, this Grandma couldn’t take her eyes off little Lucas.

Clean Garage!

Erin — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:20:10 +0000

Yea… we can put a car in the garage finally!!! We haven’t been able to put a car in the garage since we moved in. We were waiting to have the time to put a floor in the attic so we could move all our storage boxes to the attic. Last weekend Dave and Melissa (friends from Michigan) came down to visit and Dave helped Kevin install the floor. This past Saturday Kevin spent the day cleaning the garage and putting all our storage boxes away!!! The result? We can finally use the garage for what it was designed to do… store a car! And just in time cuz it’s been snowing like crazy.