A Rainy Day

We had THE BEST day on Thursday! I really think it all started with a full night's sleep! Noah has been sleeping for almost 7 hours some nights!!! I didn't want to make a big deal about it and jinx it, and it really hasn't been too steady, but it's definitely been REALLY NICE. So anyway- I got LOTS of sleep Wednesday night, so Thursday was really one of the best days we've had in a long time. One of the things we did was make Banana Bread. I told the kids we would make some and that they could pour their own loaves, and then I was feeling so happy and motivated, that I actually let them MAKE their OWN. I gave them each their own bowl and spoon, and they even got to crack their own eggs, (that's the highlight for Charity and Kelly), and it was actually REALLY fun! I think it could only happen on a day like Thursday where everything seemed to be going great, and I had lots of patience, but it is definitely something I would love to do again. Thanks to Adele we had all of these little mini loaf pans, so they each made 2 mini loaves. And I must say they did taste pretty good. Luke has a habit of sampling, so I think his batch only had like half a banana in it, and his were definitely smaller :) But it was really neat. I think the reason I never tried this before was because I've never had so many bowls, but I think it really cut down on most of the bickering that goes on when we just make one big batch with mom. So anyway- I just wanted to share this- it was such a great day! You can see in these pictures that it was raining pretty hard too- the kids thought it was SO COOL that we had a HUGE POND in our backyard. Kelly and Bradley couldn't get enough of that. Kelly finally got to wear her raincoat in the rain :)