Extra Fish

Here is the story of the fish tank.
Aaron and Zackary had some 'Daddy Son' time one day and ended up at the pet store to buy dog food...then it turned into an excursion to buy a fish tank for themselves. They bought some fish and some plants and we hunted some rocks from our yard to make a cave. This is their 'thing' they love it. Every night before bed they feed the fish and watch them for a while. We have of course been back to the pet store a few times to get new fish. Zackary holds them the whole way home saying "these are my new fishies." All the fish have names also and he knows every one of them.
So here is more to the fish tank story. It has been a bit of a battle to keep the top closed and fingers out of it. We frequently hear it open and close several times a day. How tempting right? Fish and water and a lid that is supposed to be OFF LIMITS. So we have found a few additions to the fish tank. He is putting fish in it, the only problem... they are plastic toys. Then we find more...a pretty big shark floating on the top.

Then we find more...half of the tank was full of different animals. Notice the dinosaur looking to be fed. This was all with the help of a friend he had over. They thought it was hilarious, in fact it really was! They were playing quietly, to quietly, for two 2 year olds. They were up to mischief!
I will inform you that no casualties occurred in this experiment!

Little Helper

Zackary is my little helper. He loves to help feed baby Lane. If he sees me put Lane in the high chair he will go and pick out food for him and sit in the chair to feed him. It is so nice to see them starting to really interact. The only problem is... he likes to eat all the finger foods.

Well there are two problems...the mess is twice as bad after a 2 year old feeds a 7 month old!

Check out his paws. These boys have the biggest little hands, if that makes any sense.

Chef Aaron

Here is another fantastic dinner that Aaron whipped up today. When I say whipped up, I mean all in his head, no recipe, no ingredient list, no real end product in mind, it is just pure talent. This was a stuffed pork chop, wrapped in bacon, with an apricot pepper salsa, and a whole bunch of other yummy stuff...including a chocolate bunny he found left over from Easter. He really uses everything in our pantry.
He uses things that I look at and say..."why don't we ever have any thing to make or what are we going to do with this?" I'm more of a recipe gal, well actually, I usually make things my Mom always made. I guess it is comfort food for me and its easy, you know the meals that you know off the top of your head.