Ornaments

We have made our first batch of Christmas ornaments. The boys enjoy this so much.

You will need

• 1 cup Corn Starch
• 2 cups baking soda
• 1 1/2 cups water

In a large saucepan mix corn starch and baking soda. Add water and stir until smooth. Cover and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until mixture is the consistency of slightly dry mashed potatoes. Remove from heat and cover with a damp cloth. When cool enough to handle, coat hands and surface lightly with corn starch and knead until dough is smooth and pliable.

Roll out to 1/4 inch thickness and cut with holiday cookie cutters. To dry, place on a baking sheet in a 250 degree oven for 20-30 minutes or until hard. For best results, allow to cool and brush loose powder off ornaments before painting. Makes about 16-20 ornaments.

Having fun working on ornaments.

One of Joey's ornaments

One of Luke's

Check-up

At Luke's 3 year old check up Dr. Grier-Hall could find nothing wrong with him other than he has a murmur. She said it sounds like a benign murmur, but she is going to send him for an Echo. She said that it makes it easier when he is older and wants to play sports. She said if another doctor would pick it up, then it would be complicated.

Luke was 30 1/2 pounds and 37 1/2 inches tall.

Here are the other stats for other 3 year olds.

Joey 27 pounds and 36 inches tall.

ME 26 pounds and 35 inches

Uncle Aaron 30 pounds and 38 inches

My Baby is 3 years old

All Luke has been talking about for week is his Go Diego Go birthday cake. This is how I have convinced him to work on potty training. Well after we picked Joey up today we headed out to pick up his Go Diego Go birthday cake. It was beautiful. He loved it. I think it was exactly like he had dreamed it would be.

We came home and I was working on dinner and he decided to pick it up and dropped the entire cake on the floor. SPLAT!!! There was no saving the cake. Luke did lick some of the icing up. So I told him I didn't think we would have cake. He smiled and said "Yeah, it is my Happy Birthday!" Thankfully Kev was at Walmart at the time and was able to pick up a Backyardigan birthday cake and he got Luke's name on it.

The birthday boy got 2 gifts today an ATM/cash register and a Handy Manny motorcycle. Luke has played with the Handy Manny motorcycle all day long. He has worked and worked and worked on it. He said "This is exactly what I had hoped to get for my birthday!" He never ask for this, but when I saw it, well I knew he couldn't live without it.

The first birthday cake

His face after he had got some icing I think off the floor.

Cake #2

A very happy birthday boy.

The cake is good

His birthday dinner was beef tenderloin (he calls it meat), rice and corn. He wanted tea juice and cake and ice cream. All in all it was a good day.

Bass Pro Shop

Headed to Bass Pro Shop today to see Santa Claus. The boys had a great time. Joey says that we were lucky, because we got to see the real Santa Claus.

Returning to Disney tomorrow night

Well not really, but Luke has been telling us every since we got home "Tomorrow night we will go back to Mickey Mouse's house and stay forever and forever and forever!"

We are attempting to get this big boy potty trained. Right now he is killing me, but I will win this battle just like I won with Joey.

Magic Kingdom

Disney World

Luke got his ears.

Joey and Luke met Mickey and Minnie Mouse.

All of us in front of the Magic Kingdom

Luke could barely stop eating to say hello to Chef Mickey.

Finding Nemo at Epcot was the boys favorite ride.

Learning about some sort of hog type animal at Animal Kingdom.

Very wet at Hollywood Studios.

Tiger Luke at Animal Kingdom.

Joey got the honor of being a part of Jedi Training at Hollywood Studios.

Learning to use a light saber, so he could fight Darth Vader.

We went to say goodbye to Mickey and Minnie.

Drinking some tea at Minnie's house.

True love

During the night parade at Magic Kingdom.

Tired Men.