You will NOT believe this

Yesterday we decided to pull out our ice cream maker and make some ice cream! Considering how often we did this last summer, I'm not sure why we hadn't yet done it this year. So I reached into the back of the closet, pulled out the dust-covered ice cream maker box, and you won't believe what we found inside.

The mixer and fruit bowl we had "lost" in our move.

Seriously.

WHY would I have packed those inside the flimsy ice cream maker box?

Never mind we've already thrown the corresponding beaters to the mixer away, rendering our "found" mixer useless; I am still quite thrilled to find our fruit bowl.

Now, that probably means that our lost plates, potato peeler, and egg slicer probably are still around here somewhere. . .

Anyone need a pick me up today?

Then, Then, and Now

Here are my angels two years ago, sitting nicely and taking in the wonder of the Balloon Classic.

Here they are last year, behaving so well and allowing me to take a nice photo.

And. . . here they are this year.

Goin' to the Zoo

We went to the zoo on Friday. As always, as we got in the car, I asked the boys what their favorite animal was.

Me: "What was your favorite animal today?"

Micah: "The train!" (no surprise there)

Eli: "I wiked the pawade!"

Me, confused: "There wasn't a parade at the zoo."

Eli: "There was a pawade weawwy faw away, but I WIKED it!"

Silly Boy

Me, grabbing Eli's cheeks in my hands: "Eli, you are an old soul! I can see it in your eyes."

Eli: "No, you can't." (He covers one eye.) "I'm a pirate!"