Ben 10

For a few minutes Bryce was into the cartoon BEN 10. He thought he even wanted to be one of the guys for Halloween. I actually bought him a costume-which he thought was pretty awesome, but then he later ended up changing his mind and was something else for Halloween instead. Luckily I was still able to return the costume-Thanks Amazon.

Weird but True

Some of Bryce's favorite books right now are the National Geographic Weird But True books. He loves reading them and learning all the cool and interesting facts. He also especially loves reading them to anyone who will listen to him. Look out you might be in for hours of entertainment if you are willing to sit down and listen. 

Snuggles

He doesn't love to be hugged and he never says I Love You. So any time I get a chance to snuggle him I do-even if it's when he's sleeping.

A Trip to the Vet

Bryce's cat Blue started acting weird. You could tell something was wrong with him. He was obviously in a lot of pain and he started getting mad if you would pet or especially try to pick him up. This was out of character. Then we noticed puss coming out of his side. We tried to doctor it a little bit at home, but it didn't seem to do any good. Bryce was very concerned about his cat. We finally gave in and took him to the vet (I never thought I would be taking a cat into the vet). The vet said he had been attacked by another animal and was really infected. The gave him a shot and some medicine and after a week or so he was pretty much back to normal except for the bald spot on his side where the vet had to shave him.

ANGER...I feel this way when

Bryce had to write about his emotions at school. I couldn't help but laugh at his response for ANGER. ANGER I FEEL THIS WAY WHEN I WAKE UP! HAHA! Me too sometimes buddy.

Body Systems

Bryce has been learning about body systems in school. He has made some fun projects like a robotic finger and a brain. He is always excited to show them off to me when he gets home. 

Tomatoes

One of the things I miss most about not having my Grandma live in town any more is that we used to get together and do all sorts of bottling, and preserving. My life gets super busy and crazy but I still managed to fit in a few times this fall and get a couple of things done.

I bottled tomatoes twice. I just did small batches. One from some tomatoes Landon's mom had given me and the other with a case of them I had purchased. My kids will only eat spaghetti if I use bottled tomatoes to make the sauce. It is pretty delicious and one of our staples so I have to bottle at least one batch to make it through the following year.

I also got together with a couple of my friends and we bottled Spaghetti Sauce. It was a long process, because it had to cook down and simmer all day long-but we had lots of fun and the end result was pretty tasty.

Since I found a good deal on strawberries I decided I might as well whip up a batch of strawberry freezer jam-being that I was in the preserving mood. My sister Tiff came over and we quickly made up a couple of batches. We don't eat a lot of jam or jelly at our house, but this is the only kind we eat when we do.

 Of course since I had fresh tomatoes on hand I whipped up several batches of fresh salsa. It's pretty much a staple around here. We literally go through at least one batch a week and about 3 bags of tortilla chips.

Here is the best fresh salsa recipe...

3 tomatoes

Juice of 1 Lime

1 tsp Crushed Garlic

1 tsp salt

1/2 small onion

1 jalapeno (seeded to taste)

That's it, blend it all together, and you have yourself a tasty treat.