Another Concoction by Nicholas

This morning, Nicholas was sitting at the kitchen table with a bowl of grapes and a small glass of milk. Too simple? Apparently so. After leaving the kitchen for a few minutes, I returned to find that he had added his own flair to his once healthly and tasty breakfast. Take a look.



He poured his milk into the bowl of grapes. Odd enough, right? No. Next, he added some butter - yes, I said butter!?? Then he added a packet of Crystal Light White Grape drink mix to the bowl. This little packet was enough to flavor a whole two quarts of water but I guess the white grape flavor did sound like a good combination considering that there were real grapes in there somewhere. Then he topped it all off with some Easy Cheese from a can (I didn't even know we had that stuff in our pantry!).

I asked him how it tasted and he said he didn't try it yet because he made it for me. OH THANKS! No, I think it sounds too yummy for Mommy. You are the chef so I'll let you try it first. So Nicholas sampled his concoction and here was his reaction...



Needless to say, he wasn't very fond of the taste so we dumped it in the trash. While I had the camera out, I got a few more pics of my silly little chef.

What a Cool Product!

Nicholas loves playing in the bathtub and he could stay there for hours on end playing with his boats and sea creatures. However, he also likes to take showers but he likes for us to lower the shower head for him which just seems like a hassle to me. So I was very excited to see this fun shower head for kids that attaches to the regular shower head and suctions to the wall! And of course, Nicholas thinks it is just the coolest thing!

Making Our Own Gummies

Although we don't buy much candy for Nicholas, he does love gummies of any shape or size. Recently Stuart was at a cool toy store that I love and he found a kit for making your own gummy bugs. How fun! I've somehow lost some pictures of Nicholas mixing the candy goop and pouring it into the molds but here are some shots of the candy in it's mold and one of Nicholas just before he sampled his creation.





The kit is fun but it is a little challenging for a four year old to mix the ingredients smoothly and get it all poured into the molds before it starts to firm up. Nicholas had fun but he said it would be easier to just go buy him a bag of gummies next time :)

Fishing with Daddy

Today Stuart took Nicholas out to their fishing hole while I stayed home to get some things done around the house. I think Nicholas caught his biggest fish ever. We haven't been measuring them yet but we'll definitely need to start keeping track.



In the past, Stuart has helped Nicholas a little with casting the line. However, Nicholas can now make a great cast all by himself. Check it out...



While taking a break from fishing, Nicholas made a cool house for elves in the dirt. He's quite an architect!

A Dance Floor at Snuffer's?

My favorite hamburger place is Snuffer's. They have this awesome burger with green chiles on it that I just love. Anyway, it's just a basic casual restaurant but Nicholas thinks it needs a dance floor. With the fun music playing in the background, he just can't help but get up and dance! And of course, the waitress just fell in love with him which only encouraged his to dance some more!

Safari Fun at Summer Camp

This week at summer camp, Nicholas made his own safari outfit which includes a hat, vest, and binoculars. Today the group went on a safari hunt on the playground where they had to find lots of little plastic animals that had been hidden around the yard. Nicholas has really enjoyed summer camp and I can't believe that I almost didn't sign him up for it.



In honor of his safari, we took Nicholas out to eat at The Rainforest Cafe for dinner. It's a cool restaurant in a jungle setting with leaves, trees, flowers, and vines covering the walls and ceiling. Throughout the restaurant, there are life size animals that come to life and start moving and making their animal noises. Nicholas had a great time and even got a balloon sword.



After dinner, we walked around the mall and found some cool stand up cut outs of Nicholas' favorite movie characters - Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker, and Chewbacca. They were only $35 and I thought about getting one to put on his bedroom wall since he does have a space theme. However, I think it might be a little scary to wake up in the middle of the night and see Darth Vader staring at you from across the room. I think I'll pass on that idea.

Next we headed to the bookstore. Our whole family loves the bookstore. Stuart looked at photography magazines while Nicholas and I played in the children's section. Then Stuart looked at children's books with Nicholas while I looked at crafting books.

Texas Heat Requires Sno-Cones!

Another hot day today! After summer camp, Nicholas wanted to go get ice cream again. I suggested that we go home instead and make our own sno-cones. He loved that idea.

I showed him how the ice crusher works and he was fascinated with it. We scooped out our ice into cups and poured Cherry sno-cone syrup on top. Nicholas got a little carried away with squirting his syrup and ended up with a cup of syrup with a little ice in it. So he added more ice to it and problem solved! Yum!





This was the first time I had used this ice crusher and I wasn't really that impressed with it. Even on the "fine" setting, the ice chunks were still too big for sno-cones. I ended up dumping my sno-cone in a blender and making slushies. Nicholas liked that idea too. Next time, we'll skip the ice crusher and go straight for slushies!

Nicholas also asked me to get a picture of the Macaw mask that he made at summer camp today. He is very proud of it!