Category: Learning New Things!

 

These are the different stages of a Monarch Butterfly.

Do you know all the stages of a Monarch?

I have been experimenting with taking pictures of flowers. I have had fun taking pictures of the tulips. The pink and the purple ones are from our neighbors and the yellow is from Oma and Opa’s house.

After I take the pictures, I am having fun learning how to edit them. The purple one we tried to make it look like an oil painting. The yellow one we just sharpened it. The pink one we adjusted the color just a little bit.

I  like the pink one best because  it is  big and bright.

I was taking pictures of Primroses. Momma was playing with one of her pictures and she found a way to make look like an Impressionists painting. I really liked the idea, so Momma showed me how to make it look like an Impressionist picture. I played with it for a little bit.  I really like how it turned out.

Mommy surprised us with these. Here is the recipe.

Daddy found this recipe on Facebook.

• 1 package Oreos
• Favorite brand of peanut butter
• 3/4 c melted butter
• 1 1/4 cup sugar
• 1.5 tsp vanilla
• 3 eggs
• 3/4 c flour
• 1/3 +3 Tbl cocoa powder
• 1/3 tsp baking powder

1. Make brownies by mixing together the butter, sugar, vanilla and eggs. Stir in flour, cocoa and baking powder. Mix well.
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place 12 cup cake papers in a cupcake pan.
3. Spoon a tsp brownie mix in the bottom of the cupcake papers.
4. Make the Oreo layer by spreading peanut butter between two Oreos and adding some on top.  Fill each cupcake paper this way.
5. Pour a little brownie mix into each cupcake paper, trying to get it around the Oreos.
6. Bake at 350 for 20 -25 minutes. A toothpick inserted near the top will come out clean when finished.
7. Cool on wire rack.
8. Enjoy!

Yesterday we went to the park. We took a walk and Momma took a picture of the Skunk Cabbage. Later, I took a picture of the Skunk Cabbage. Momma said I did a really good job.

Skunk Cabbage stinks and when people used to have stuffy noses, they would break off a piece and smell it. It was supposed to help your stuffy nose go away.  It is one of the first spring flowers to come up.

My new cousin was born on Wednesday at 2:00 in the night.  His name is Jonah Obadiah. He is very cute! He is a big baby, he weighed 8 pounds and 14 oz!

For the last three baby’s I wore the same shirt :)  Momma did not realize that :)  Here are the pictures of me when Megan and my cousin Henri were born.

Coconut is a snow monkey. He comes with the snow and leaves with it.  Today he is on the back porch. Once we had a snow ball fight! I am glad that Coconut is my friend!