Brownie AND Cookie...

Today, we made brownie fudge cookies (recipe from here). it was awesome!

 Brown sugar into the bowl!

Mixing is fun!

Not A licious or B licious or C licious...

Delicious!!!!!!!!!!!

note: there will be pics of EATING tomorrow.

-Ben

From Mom:  These really are delicious & perfect if you are needing a nice, rich chocolate fix!  They came together really quickly in the mixer, and I had the kids gather the (few) ingredients on their own, so it really only took a few minutes of my time.  =)

lego guys

sorry, no crafting today. :( however, I will post the individual pictures from my pop art of yesterday.

this is me!

a guy named chris.

 Hector (with his robotic arms backpack)

lego evan!

the leader of the miners.

(that is not quite all of them, but I don't have enough time,

 mainly because pictures take FOREVER to load on here)

hope you like them, Ben

PS. there will be MAKING TREATS tomorrow! woooh!



Back on with pop art!

HI! we have started things up for sumer again! today, for MSM (Make Something Monday), we did minifigure/train pop art (idea from here). it is fun!!!

 this is where the pictures are taken.

 what's fun about this is that as well as arranging the pictures later,

you can choose the colors of paper the subject will be sitting in.

evan's room - before,

in-progress,

and done!!! isn't it so cool?!

this one is mine. it has a puzzle- most of the pictures

have three copies on here, but two of them don't. (hint:

they are of the same guy, but on different backgrounds)

I hope you like it!!! -ben  

And from Mom:  I am SO pleased with how these turned out!!!  I worried that there wouldn't be enough for the kids to do, as it isn't really an art project, but we all had fun choosing which color papers to use and arranging the photos in the frame.  We are working on changing Evan's room from a baby room to a big boy room, and this is the first step (not counting his big boy bed, which has been in there for almost a year!)... more projects to come in his room.

Overheard

Evan, asking Ben about his (imaginary) invisible gadget watch:  How do you see the numbers on that invisible watch?
Ben: There's a special button you push to just show the numbers.
Evan: But how do you see the button?

Someone is catching up to his brother in the question department!

bye, 2011!

Hi, everybody!
I'm doing a photo show with my favorites from 2011!
I hope you had a great year, because I did!

aren't stairs one of your favorites?

welcome to space!

roll over, puppy evan!

it's a bug! it's a bot!

We can't wait to get on the moon again!

the shuttle launch!

I'd say that was the most

amazing thing we saw in 2011 

aww, kodi! so cute!

an awesome train layout for evan's birthday!

and of course, we couldn't forget the important

"no-more-pictures-chicken"!

bye, and happy new year!

-Ben

pumpkin patch

Yesterday, we went to the pumpkin patch and met lisa brookie, and carmen.
photos:

 Evan the pumpkin and Ben the...

guy squinting because of the bright sunlight.

 we also had fun feeding the animals.

 I'm on the sign for the corn maze!

 there I am , in the maze!

it was fun in the maze!!

last, we went on the hay ride. they had a bunch of cool

scenes and halloween things set up,

 but we didn't bring the camera.

Bye, Ben

Adventure!

Earlier today, we had an adventure!
We drove to frontenac state park.
It was really fun, but eventually Evan wasn't doing well (behaviorally) so we left.  {Mom says: totally not true!  We were all tired, and had to head home in time for 5:00 church.}
photos:

 Me and dad.

 We went down this trail that was very steep.

It was hard, so we didn't go all the way down.

 We love stairs!

 This is an amazing outlook view.

Family!!

(dad took the picture)

Bye, Ben 

{More from Mom:  We had such a great time!!  Frontenac is just over an hour away, and we drove along the river, criss-crossing from MN to WI & back again.  The park was terrific too - a nice, easy paved trail & some really steep hiking trails as well.  I was wearing danskos, and have trouble with the stairs in my own house, so I was not too sure about that steep trail.  We found easy-to-reach lookouts with amazing views in a few different spots.  My only complaint:  the art festival was on in Red Wing, making it impossible to turn left into DQ on our way home, so we didn't get any ice cream until Inver Grove Heights!  =)}