Finally, some time with our girls!

It's been a while since we've had Alaina and Ruby over. Between us being busy, them being busy and some sickness at their house, things weren't working out. But we were finally able to have them over on Friday night.
We picked them up after school and went out for supper. We went to Cracker Barrel this time and they had fun in the shopping area and enjoyed the food too.

When we got home they started this project. I had ordered a few little kits to make animals from buttons. However, when the kits arrived, they were just a little bag of buttons and cords. The girls had to try and figure it our from a picture.

They did it!  Alaina made the squirrel and Ruby made the turtle.

After that, we made monkey bread. We all got into our PJ's and watched a movie - 'How to Train a Dragon'. It's an oldie but very cute!

On Saturday morning, we went for a walk. It had rained a lot in the previous days and it was 51 degrees!  This little patch of snow was all the remained in our yard. (You know this makes me happy!)

We walked down the road and visited the neighbor horses.

We brought some apples along to treat them with.

Here's some moss we saw as we walked back. I love seeing this green pop out!

When we got back, we worked on our craft for the day. We made Fairy Gardens. The girls each chose little houses, trees, flowers and even little dogs to put in their gardens.

The cups were a thrift store find, perfect to put a little garden into.  My friend Kim is always coming up with fun things to do with thrift store finds, and I was happy to finally do one too!

Here's the finished fairy gardens; Ruby's on the left and Alaina's on the right. They both picked flowers to match the houses they were using. I think they turned out very cute!

We had to play the marble game before they went home, it's a tradition!  

It was fun; we're blessed to spend time with these girls!

Friday Funny

 

  

Cooking Thursday

Today's recipe is for roasted carrots, with a brown sugar and cinnamon glaze.  They're so good, and a nice way to change up how you serve carrots. I got this one from my sister Cheri and we really enjoyed them.  Excuse the photo.  I forgot to take a picture of the bowl full and had to get one of the few that were left.  :)

Oven Roasted Glazed Carrots

1 1/2 pounds baby carrots, or regular carrots cut and quartered
1/ 4 cup butter, melted
1/3 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
Line a baking pan with parchment paper or foil for easy clean up.
In a large bowl, stir together the melted butter, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt.
Pat carrots dry and add them to the bowl, stirring until they are well coated.
Place carrots on prepared baking sheet and place in oven. Bake for 25 minutes, stirring halfway through cooking time.