Scott's Orchard (Brandan)

 

~Scott's Orchard~

        The Apple Orchard was so fun! First we got our stickers. Then we got to pick apples. Then we got to go on a Huge bouncy house and go on 3 wheelers! Then we went on a long tractor ride. And we went between Alabama and Tennessee! And we got to see all of their Fields! Then we had a whole demonstration. And there was an older lady who gave us the demonstration. She put an apple on a scale. And she had gummy bags, M and M s, and Pizza. The M and M s where heavier than  the apple! And the price was 10 dollars a person! There were Granny Smith apples and Red Delicious and all kinds of apples! And some of our friends from CO/OP came;), like my art teacher, and my Bugs Life teacher from CO/OP. Oh, and before we went on the tractor ride we saw how the apples were processed into apple cider. And the bags that they gave us to put our apples in were very little bags. But they were better than nothing. FOR SURE! And then when we were done with the demonstration we went back to the Apple Orchard. Then we went home. .IT WAS SO FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Brandan (Age: 6)

Cotton Fields

 ~Cotton~

You can tell our family is not from the south, because we are still fascinated by the beautiful fields of cotton that are so common near our new home!

Baxter and Cade love cotton!

Happy 5th Birthday, Brandan! (Siobhan)

~Happy Birthday!~

Happy, happy birthday, Brandan!! You bring so much joy and laughter to our home, and I can't imagine life without our little 'Buck.' You always know how to make us smile. I love you, buddy, and am so glad I was here to celebrate your birthday with you!

Fairy House Workshop (Siobhan)

~Fairy Houses~

This past week I took the kids to a fairy house workshop at our local library. They had so much fun making their houses!

First they made their 'fairies.' They pushed tissue paper up through the middle of a thick clothespin for wings. They used a twisted pipe cleaner for arms and then added hair and drew on their faces. Brandan gave his fairy an acorn hat 😉

First they taped two plates together and taped a two liter bottle in the center of the plates. Then they covered the bottle with some construction paper and taped on a door and some windows.

Next they decorated a paper plate that had a circle cut out of its center. They cut small ridges around the circle and pushed it down on top of their bottle to make a roof.

Brandan's favorite part was the gluing! They spread some glue on top of the bottle and covered it with tissue paper.

The final step was to add bark, grass, mushrooms, shredded paper, and any other decorations of their choice to make their houses look like fairies decorated them!

A huge thank you to our library for hosting this fun workshop!

Happy 4th Birthday, Brandan!! (Siobhan)

~Happy Birthday Brandan~

Happy Birthday, Brandan!! You are the smartest, sweetest four year old I know. You are the best baking buddy, and I'm going to miss you so much when I go to Covenant this fall. I love you, Brandan, and I hope you had the best birthday ever!

To celebrate Brandan's birthday, Mom took him on a Winnie the Pooh Trail Walk. He had a lot of fun exploring the 'Hundred Acre Wood.'

While Mom and the kids were on the trail walk, I made Brandan's birthday cake! He requested a cookie dough cookie monster cake this year. I made him a fluffy vanilla cake with a milk soak, cookie dough filling, and a creamy vanilla custard buttercream. I decorated with fondant, buttercream, mini chocolate chips, and cookies!

Click here for my Milk and Cookies Cake recipe printable

Happy Birthday, Brandan!!