Daniel after a Fly

Taking a New Step

Sorry about Daniel's head being chopped off in the video.  Can I blame it on the couch?  It was the one holding the camera. 
Joseph and I were so excited.  Maybe even more excited than him.  It is so neat to watch him learn new things.
It just looks so funny seeing my little boy walk.  Looking forward to the future!

Banana!!

I was at walmart yesterday checking out when Daniel started fussing. People nearby were amused as they saw what was going on; Daniel spotted the bananas. The clerk weighed them and asked if I wanted him to have one. So Daniel got his banana and kept himself entertained with it on the way home. He does have a different way of eating bananas than most of us though!

Baby Birds!

I was quite tickled that I got this on video! I love watching baby birds and the parents interacting. It looks like they have a pretty busy day finding enough worms for them and their babies. I also think it is pretty neat how the male and female(I assume..) both help with feeding the young'uns.

Daniel's First Haircut

Bro. Samons gave Joseph his first hair cut, so we thought it would be neat if Bro. Toney would give Daniel his first. They were on there way home, but stopped over here to cut his hair.
Daniel was asleep when they got here, so he had just woke up when he started cutting his hair. He sat and stared at Bro. Toney at first. He did pretty good, and then I guess enough was enough. He started crying. So, that is why he is red-eyed in the "after" picture.

Joseph's Birthday

Joseph's birthday is really this Tuesday, the 6th, but we celebrated last Tuesday. I fixed sharba and bariks and made him a carrot cake. His mom brought over homemade ice cream. I was thinking that it was a lot of work for one day with a Daniel to take care of too, so I did some of it the day before. I cut up the meat, onions, and parsley for the soup, and made the barik filling the day before. So I ended up having plenty of time to get it done. I had time to do a little house work and take a walk too.
Decorating the cake went a lot better than the Valentine's cookies. (I didn't write about it, but I made sugar cookies and started decorating them. Daniel was fussing and my frosting was too thick. I had two decorating bags and five colors of icing. I ended up using most of the dough to make cookies with strawberry preserves for filling. They were actually pretty good, looked nice, and were much easier than decorating!) Daniel slept while I did most of the icing on the cake, so it was much more enjoyable for me this time. It was a carrot cake, so I used a cream cheese recipe from Mom. I added some pineapple juice to flavor it. Joseph and I both liked the icing. I did a basket weave on the side, and stars around the bottom, and squiggly stuff on the top edge. I had never done the basket weave before, so it was kinda rough. You could see some cake underneath the weave, and I didn't get my lettering very even either. But I had fun with it anyway.

Strawberries!!!

(pic 1)Strawberries make a pretty good pacifier/entertainer!











(pic 2)He ate almost the whole thing. I was surprised!











(pic 3)One messy little eater










(pic 4)Speaking of strawberries, always make sure the bottom of the blender is on tight.