Cooking and cooking and parties!

Well, the boys and I have been busy w/birthday parties and cooking. Dad came back into to town so we celebrated his bday on Saturday and Eli went to a friends house for a bday sleepover. Noah cooked potato soup on Tues and Eli cooked chicken/mashed potatos on Wed. I like having the boys doing most of the cooking 1. because I know they won't starve when they move out :) and it allows me to clean the pots/pans when they are done making cleaning the kitchen a faster job!

Chef Lucas also wanted to help. So, he helped pound some chicken.

Eli has had a long time love affair w/mashed potatos. So, he was thrilled to be making them. Can you tell?

Eli got very good at coating the chicken.

All the boys got seconds so Eli did a great job!

Noah got all the potatos ready and fried up some bacon to top off our soup. It was yummy!

We surprised Dad w/a bday party.

Papa liked all his presents.

The boys made Dad 3D puzzles for his bday gift. Noah thought his didn't need a paint job.

Eli worked very hard on his paint job on his airplane.

Lucas didn't realize that his scorpion was a gift but after a promise that he could get another one for himself-he willingly said good bye to his scorpion. :)

The boys and spent the rest of the week, just hanging out and playing w/friends. It was nice not to have no schedule to keep and just enjoying our time.