Star Trek is IN!

My kids were ahead of the trend last year. Eric dressed as Captain Kurk when the other kids had no idea who he was. He was talking phasers, klingons, "Beam me up", and Spock. Now with the new prequel Star Trek movie others are learning about classic Trek. We were wandering about Albertson's yesterday (instead of just going to the bakery for french bread) and ran across Kellogs' family sized boxes of cereal with Star Treak "Beam me up" badges.They were $2.50 for the family sized box, so I bought 4 boxes.The boxes were opened this morning. Caitlyn got the Romulan badge, Emily and Eric Star Fleet Administrative badges, and Karen got the science officer badge. Now there's hope we might find a t-shirt at walmart or something. Too bad the kids aren't going to see the movie. There's a bedroom scene in the preview. Why ruin a movie with that garbage? Maybe when it comes out on dvd we can skip that part (and any other inappropriate part).

Tonight the 3 kids are in the play Pinocchio. I'll blog more later.

Good news!

Aaron kept his job!!! Apparently the cuts were based on job performance. I'm glad Aaron is a good worker and good at what he does. I went right out and spent money.I took the kids out to McDonald's for dinner. Of course, I'm frugal and our total for 5 kids, 1 adult was $20. Then I found out about a sale on t-shirts at disney.com 3 t-shirts for $12! Emily and Caitlyn have about 3 short sleeved shirts between them, so they each picked out 3 t-shirts. Then they each got a nightgown that was also on sale. Now I'm finished spending. Until Saturday when the kids have eye appointments and will likely need new glasses.

In other news, Eric lost his second tooth today, but his new tooth is already partially grown in. The kids spent their Easter gift money at walmart. The girls pooled their money together for a giant ball and a set of bracelets. Eric bought a ninja set. He just wanted daggers and is thrilled to have pictures of worm-like dragons on the daggers. He says his dagger is called Sting and quotes "The Hobbit" often. A few weeks ago we finished reading "The Goose Girl". I grabbed a couple books and asked the kids which book to read next. Emily went and found "LOTR: The Fellowship of the Rings". The kids begged, pleaded, then voted. We've started the book and will be reading the trilogy for the next year probably. My kids are obsessed!

Found!

A couple years ago a dinner plate dissappeared. It has bothered me ever since. How can you lose a dinner plate? A theaory I had was that my dad (who was visiting at the time of the disappearance) had broken the plate and not bothered to tell me about it, but that didn't sound like him. He's broken dishes before when I wasn't around and told me about it afterwards. The other theory was that somehow it was thrown in the trash and no one noticed it. I think a dinner plate would be pretty noticeable in the trash though.

For the first time in years we actually got down our special dishes for Easter. For the past several years we have been at the in laws for every feast and just used regular dishes for our "after holiday" feast. I asked Aaron to put the dishes away for me, since they are heavy and go in the cabinet above the fridge. While putting away, he found the missing dinner plate!!! That's great since one was broken recently and we were down to 6 dinner plates. Now we have 7.

In other news, tomorrow is downsizing day at Stampin' Up. No one knows who will be cut and who will stay. The employees have been wrapping up their business, making medical claims, clearing out their desks, their email accounts, and finding company owned items at home. Aaron has collected his company equipment to turn in tomorrow if necessary. He is one of two database administrators. They really need both, but conceiviably they could go down to one. Aaron is favored because he also works on servers, has been the virtual machine guy, and can do all kinds of other computer stuff too. The other guy is strictly a dba. The other guy, however has about 14 years seniority over Aaron. We will all have to wait and see. I don't want him to lose his job!!!

Easter

We had a good Easter. Saturday morning the kids found most of the eggs the bunny left. The bunny counted 76 eggs, but only 74 have been found so far. Benjamin is an obsessed child. He loves candy and will feast on it if his basket is left down from the fridge.






Sunday morning we watched Aaron on Music and the Spoken word. It was a great Easter program. Sacrament meeting was a bit dissapointing. The organist, who picks the hymns forgot it was Easter, so the hymns sung only once anually, were skipped this year. Since it was fast and testimony meeting, you wouldn't really even know it was Easter. I'm a bit bummed out by that since I think Easter should be at least as important as Christmas. Well, I made a big deal in my home anyway.

Hot Cross Buns

They were good, but if I want them next year, I think I will just buy them from the store. I spent the day washing all the pots, pans, and mixing bowls from last night's feast. Then Aaron made Paskha (Russian Easter Cheese). He used a whole bunch of pots, pans, mixing bowls, and etc kitchen stuff, which I had to wash. (Come on, a man can't wash!) Add that to a pot, a couple bowls, and kneading bread and I'm all tuckered out.

Passover meal

Today is the Thursday before Easter. Christ had his Last Supper with the apostles. In remembrance of the occasion we had a Passover type meal. I only thought of it this morning, hunted for recipes, then went shopping in the afternoon, so it was the best I and the girls could do. The girls did help too. We had such a feast with little time to prepare that I needed kitchen helpers. We started off with flat bread. I actually made it too, but didn't give it the full time to rise since I had not looked at the recipe early enough. Next came Coriander soup, except it had once dried parsely instead. Before shopping I did not think I needed to know the substitute for coriander. I could have bought fresh parsely, but didn't know I should pick it up. The kids actually liked it because it had meatballs in it. Then we had Carrots with honey sauce. They were very sweet. Benjamin loved them. The others thought they were too sweet. So did I, but I managed to eat them anyway. We also had Baked apples stuffed with figs, apples, grape juice, honey, and walnuts blended together. We all enjoyed the apples. Dessert was Dates stuffed with marzipan. I was very surprised to find that the kids liked figs and dates. We spent dinner talking about the Last Supper and afterward. We had an enjoyable time together. Then I had to enlist help to clean up. There was so much to do and my body was tired.

Now...to plan Easter dinner...

Crochet

I finished the dress and the bonnet. They need the ends tucked in and added ribbon and a button, but the crocheting has finished. I crocheted one bootie and was reminded of why we have several unmatched booties and slippers around here. I hate crocheting for feet! I think the bootie is too small anyway- 2.5 inches in length and thin. It might fit at birth, but baby will be blessed at one month of age and I just don't think it will work. I hate crocheting booties anyway, so I'm adding that one to the collection of single booties. I'm thinking about making a blanket next. Or maybe a couple more bonnets just for variety. A baby's mostly bald head should be covered in the sun, right?