L, M, and N Days

Ok, we did much better for L Day. We went Letterboxing and the kids made Lollipops from scratch. We chose salted caramel Lollipops. It was the first time we went Letterboxing since December, which is a pretty long time for us! Because I've had a few surgeries and some complications, we haven't been able to get out for a long time. But this was a pretty good morning. We went with Amalea and her kids, Morgan and Peyton. It was quite a success, especially for their first time, and we found all 4 letterboxes. If you'd like to know more about letterboxing, go to www.atlasquest.com or www.letterboxing.org! Call us sometime - we're always game to go!

Later in the day we made Lollipops. The kids have never made candy before, even though it is so easy. If you're thinking that those pops look a little dark, you're right. We followed the recipe to the dot, but they came out tasting burnt. We had to make another batch. Luckily we still had enough of everything. I took about 50 degrees off of the recipe, and the second batch came out great. I don't know if my candy thermometer is off or if the recipe was off, but it finally worked.








For M day the kids decided on Marshmallow Martians. They had fun creating them with different size marshmallows and toothpicks. Then of course they got to eat them! They also made up an M tongue twister.... Marshmallow Martians from Mars Meet Meaty Meerkats! Say that 5 times fast. We had Meat for dinner....


On N day they were having a hard time coming up with something until they were very creative and came up with New art. They decided to paint with toothbrushes. We got some New paints, which they had been wanting for a long time, and they used one of the ten million toothbrushes we seem to have to paint the pictures. Kyler's is obviously sky, and Ilea's is a hot air balloon. You can almost see it... but art is as to the artist, right? Anyway, they had fun, and it kept them both occupied for a good hour or two. Plus, Kyler painted a rock. With a toothbrush. That's New. He also played Nintendo. That's Not New.