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I found this idea on Pinterest to let your baby play with cooked spaghetti.  We gave it a try today.  I prepared the pasta while Calvin took his nap.  I put food coloring in the water while the spaghetti was cooking.  I did green and orange.  The rest of the story will be told with pictures.

The finished spaghetti.  Waiting for nap time to be over.

A little trepidation at first.

Tasting it.  He put his head in the bowl. 

Touching it.

Pulled most of the orange spaghetti out of the bowl.

We moved to the kitchen so I could supervise while washing dishes.

He spent a lot of time just eating.

He lost interest, but then I gave him a spoon and he was able to explore even more.

The final mess.

Bianca came to see what she could eat.

Playing with the bowl during clean up.

I saved most of the spaghetti.  I think we can get a few more play sessions in with it.  I think he had fun.  Now I have to go clean up the rest of the spaghetti off the floor. 

Enjoying the Harvest

We put a pepper plant in our garden this summer.  Mark chose the Cajun bell pepper variety.  It is small  and SPICY.  We decided to try it for the first time yesterday.  We bought a one topping pizza from Papa Murphy's and added our peppers to it, along with some black olives.  I knew the peppers were hot, but I didn't realize how hot.  I couldn't get the heat off my hands.  I decided to take my contacts out and my eyeballs felt the heat. Ouch!  Now I know to make Mark handle these peppers.  They didn't taste too bad on the pizza.  It was pretty neat to eat something we grew ourselves.

Another Gardening Post

We decided to try and grow vegetables this year.  We built a 5 x 4 foot raised bed in the backyard. We planted a tomato plant, a bell pepper plant, some lettuce seeds and some pea seeds.  We started really late, so we might not get to try everything, but we have enjoyed the peas and the lettuce.  It was a good learning experience for us.  I hope next year our garden will be more successful.

Before.

After.

Bonus picture of Calvin wearing earmuffs.

Stuff We've Been Up To

Calvin flushed the toilet.  He was very proud of himself.

Playing in the dirt.

We went huckleberry picking.

Napping in the tent.

Calvin got 5 teeth during August.

Peeking in the cupboard.

Played on the playground.  He climbed all the way to the top.

Celebrated Great-Grandma's birthday.

Third Anniversary

We celebrated our third anniversary this year at Lagoon.  Our little boy was teething and sad, but he was with his grandma.  I feel very grateful for her watching him.  It was so fun to walk around and ride the roller coasters and have it be just the two of us. It was fun to experience all the adrenaline with Mark by my side.  I am always amazed at how much he loves me.  How did I get to be the one he fell in love with?

July

I started nannying for the Lamberts in July.  Calvin and I have a lot of fun playing with the girls.  We have done a few fun things.  Calvin has been crawling for a month now.  He loves exploring and getting into things he's not supposed to.  We celebrated the 4th at the Cousin Carnival and the 24th watching the Mendon firework display.  Here are a few pictures of things we've been up to.

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