New Pet

Those of you who know our family know that we love animals. However, the amount of homosapiens in the house seems to be rising, while the cute sometimes furry kind are dwindling in number. Today, we had an unexpected house guest. Ladies and gentlemen, meet the newest member of our household.........

Just kidding.

Drumroll please for Mr. Mantis!!!!!

Mr. Mantis hitched a ride on my shoulder into the house from the back yard today. (let's see how many prepositions I can jam into one sentence) Being a lover of all creatures great and small, I decided to turn the hitchiking bug into a science lesson. The kids were greatly entertained. I decided to conclude the lesson with a chance to let the boys hold him. Squish wanted no part of this. Understandable. Kai was more than willing. He did so good! He let Mr. Mantis crawl all the way from his hand onto his shoulder. Mr. Mantis then thought Kai's neck would be a nice resting place. Apparently his feet were tickle weapons that caused Kai to turn into a complete toddler psychopathic tazmanian devil. RIP Mr. Mantis. You never stood a chance.

What better way to celebrate the wonderful life of our new buggy friend(err, former friend) than to bake some Valentine cupcakes! Share the love, baby!!!

They turned out pretty good, huh? The boys love to bake and eat sugar, so cupcakes are always a hit. Oh yeah, Kai has apparantly been taking lessons from Elastagirl as he was able to reach up onto the counter and devour TWO cupcakes in the time it took me to change Princess Girl's Diaper.

We have a new teether in the house. Guess who it is. C'mon guess!

Ok, one more clue, but this is it......

Yep! She will soon join the ranks of the carnivores! She is turning her Brother's matchbox cars into teething rings. Her brother's are not too happy about this. Give them a sucker and all is well again!