As seen in my front yard, Part 2...

Wordless Wednesday at the Butterfly Garden

Prayers for Stellan

Last weekend, our family was so blessed to have the opportunity to meet this little guy and his very special family at the MckPicnic. After being an avid blog follower and prayer sender-upper for Stellan and family during the past year, it was so nice to finally meet them all in person!
Unfortunately, after getting ready for church, packing clothes and food for the picnic, I completely spaced bringing my camera (doggone it!), so I have no pictures of the event. HUGE bummer!
Over the last week or so, Stellan began having breakthrough SVT (super high heartrate that originates in the wrong electrical pathway...or something like that) again. His doctors consulted, and decided to try an experimental drug regime, to see if that could keep his heart beating as it should until Stellan is big enough to safely have another ablation.
Nevertheless, it would not appear that we have time on our side. Stellan's condition has deteriorated during the course of the last 24 hours. Decisions are being made right now, as to what the plan should be. Please keep Stellan, his medical team, and his family in your prayers. I know they appreciate all they can get!

Flashback Friday

I found a bunch of pre-digital camera photos in the garage a couple of weeks ago....

This is Elise and I at the State Fair about 6 years ago. Elise was about 20-21 months, and I was 13 weeks pregnant with Lily and Leah. By this point in my pregnancy, I had been having morning sickness for 3 weeks, had been wearing maternity clothes for 7 weeks, and realized for the very first time that I was already having Braxton Hicks contractions, at 13 weeks.

As seen in my front yard...

Pondering the Perfection of Peppermint Iced Tea (AKA: GOOP)

My blog friend, Rebecca, posted about this a few months ago, and I filed the idea away to try sometime this summer. Well, today was the day! Because what goes better with perfect peppermint iced tea on a pleasant summer day than SLIME!?

To make this you will need:

1/4 cup glue

1/4 cup water

a few drops of liquid food coloring

Mix above together.

In a separate container stir together:

1/4 cup borax

1 cup water

Add 1/4 cup of the borax water to the glue mixture, and stir. The more you play with it, the less liquid-y it becomes. Feel free to drain off any excess liquid.

We talked about the 3 states of matter, the properties of liquids vs. solids, as well as translucency and transparency.

We talked about mixing colors, primary colors, secondary colors, and what would happen if we combined 2 different colors of slime. (Eventually Elise's fusion of purple and lime green became gray, and Leah's pink and lime green became peach).

And, just like Rebecca said, it kept them busy for literally HOURS!

The reason we finally went inside? This little guy would not leave us alone, and his little wiggly bottom on my leg was kind of freaking me out (stings make me swell up like a parade float)!

Wordless Wednesday

A few pics from our church camping trip (and just a couple of words, as I really stink at the "wordless" part)...

Lily had a lingering cough and "noisy" lungs since June, when she caught that cold. Knowing that campfire smoke can be irritating to her, and just because it was a good idea, I brought the neb stuff along. Of course, I was unable to plug in our neb machine, so I used oxygen to run the nebs.

Elise had just caught a butterfly for the "bug box." She was thrilled!