Baking, Butterflies, & Breathing

The boys helped me bake some snickerdoodles the other day.  They had so much fun taking turns rolling the dough in the cinnamon sugar.  I kept telling them to roll them gently.  Ford started singing "Row row row your boat, gently down the stream. . ." They had even more fun eating them all!

One day when Jake was at school, Ford and I were running errands.  Out of the blue he said he really wanted a butterfly net.  I'm not sure where this desire came from.  Target was on our list of errands and lucky for Ford they had butterfly nets in Mommy's favorite section (the Dollar Spot).  He picked a red one for himself and a blue one for Jake.  They were so excited to go outside to hunt for butterflies.  Unfortunately it was a little too chilly and none were out.  We ended up making some paper ones inside to "catch".

When Ford is sick, he is REALLY sick!  He came down with a virus that included a fever and a horrible cough.  When he started to have some labored breathing, we went to the doctor.  He ended up needing breathing treatments and we were sent home with a nebulizer and some steriods. 

On nice days, we love to spend time outside as a family.  We also do a lot of grilling.  Ford and Jake always want to help us do chores, make meals, etc.  I hope that doesn't ever wear off!  Ford brought his little grill out and when Daddy was putting some chicken on, he said "Daddy put chicken on my grill".  Instead, he cooked pretend chicken then later helped Mommy set the table.  Jake helped gobble it all up!