Originally Posted by LeslieAnn Thanks for finding the thread for me, April! I was looking in an entirely different forum. I wanted to see what my previous opinion was on this...and looking back, I never even replied So, I can't say that my mind changed. DH had three weeks off of work, and wanted to fit in as much family time as possible. On his first week off, we pulled her out and went to BlueSprings Cavern and went on a subterranean boat ride. She learned more visiting that cave than she would have ...
Originally Posted by LeslieAnn Wanted to update: dd learned this past summer, at the age of 6.75 Our plan was to take the training wheels off, take her to a large grassy area, and let her go. That was a FAIL. She couldn't go one foot without falling over. We went back to the house, put on one training wheel, and went to the ISU Stadium trail. That was a success! She teetered for a few laps with one training wheel. Then, it fell off and she kept going! DH has to run beside her, though, because she can't stop. The bike ...
Originally Posted by LeslieAnn Hot Mess and I took the chilluns to the Labor Day Parade downtown and they each got tonnnnnssss of candy. Then we went to Deming and let them run. DH ended up leaving work early so when dd and I got home we headed to Casey, IL for the Popcorn Festival. We ate some free popcorn (and lots of other goodies),rode the ferris wheel, watched a magic show, and checked out all the vendor booths. We found some geocaches along Rt. 40 on the way to/from. Happy Labor Day!
Originally Posted by LeslieAnn After his last appointment, DH was telling me that the Dentist put a 'watch' on his teeth (meaning to watch for cavities). DD (6) overheard him and said, 'Why would your teeth need to tell time?"
This recipe is huge in our family and was passed down, but alas, I found it on allrecipes.com so here it is! Ingredients 1 (2 pound) package frozen hash brown potatoes, thawed 1/2 cup butter, softened 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 ...