Making Butter~ Chapter 13 Cows

churning/shaking the cream

The finished product (above)- and eating the butter they made (below)

notice the "M" in Morgan's hair (below).

Jaden and Morgan made butter today for class. We are up to Chapter #13 which is the letter "c" and the study of cows and dairy products. They were amazed by the different foods that are made with milk. Then, we put some whipping cream in a pint jar and shook... and shook... and shook... (about 30 minutes) and it turned into beautiful delicious butter. Wow! It was amazing to see the transformation from complete liquid into a soft butter.

Driver's Education

Can you tell Morgan is scared?

If you see this jeep in your neighborhood, retreat to your house! Jaden is still trying to figure out how to steer and reverse & stay on the sidewalk. Jaden got the jeep for Christmas from Grandma Frances 3 years ago (right before Morgan was born). I'm just glad this is a plastic car and not the real thing she is practicing in!!

More from the small town parade

A small town parade

Daddy, Jaden & Morgan waiting for the parade to start (it was drizzling rain and about 35 degrees)

Only in a small town will you see a goat in a parade!

This lady was handing out bags with an apple & clementine in them.

Yummy! Candy!

A bag of chocolates~ mmmmmmm~

Check out Morgan's pocket (below). She had it stuffed with candy, and she wouldn't let anyone near it!

More candy!

It was a cold day for a parade, but at least this one started in the afternoon, and only lasted 45 minutes. The girls had a bag full of candy to take home with them and a couple of frozen noses!

A Visit with Santa

This is a serious conversation, as you can tell.

Playing in the cold

We met up with Grandma Leslie for an afternoon of fun & pizza... BUT, the place we chose had heating problems. It was 40 degrees outside & no heat inside!! The girls had coats, but I didn't. I wound up with a bedspread wrapped around me to stay warm~ Luckily, Grandma Leslie keeps blankets in her car!!

We stayed for a couple of hours, and we all got full on pizza & Sprite & had tons of fun!!

Run, Run, As Fast As You Can...

my gingerbread man

Morgan's gingerbread man (above & below)

Jaden's gingerbread man (below)

These Gingerbread men did NOT get away from our big mouths! Yummy!