Sounds like....

Me: "Amberlyn go practice the piano."

Amberlyn: "Mom, I need to do my fairy."

Me: "...Amberlyn, you need to practice piano, you have lessons tomorrow."

Amberlyn: "No mom, I need to do my fairy!"

Me: "Your what? Just go practice!"

Amberlyn: "Sister Moak said I have to do my fairy!"

Me: "What's your fairy?"

Amberlyn: "You know, with writing the notes and stuff..."

Me: "... Your theory?"

Amberlyn: "Oh, ya. I need to do my theory."

Milk Anyone?

Fall Break. It's enough to drive a mother mad. Sure I like sleeping in, but it's not really sleeping in when the kids come in every morning at 7-oh-something demanding things like food, and entertainment. The nerve.

Plus, one can only take so much SpongeBob before you want to stab someone in the eye ban him from your house.

So I decided to do something out of the norm, so they don't drive me crazy. We decided to head over to a family in our ward's home, and learn how to milk a cow! I told them what we were going to do the night before, and they were so excited they were up practically at the crack of dawn. We had a quick lesson on what to do, and after watching Sister Palmer milk for a bit, Amberlyn was up for the challenge!

She did great and even got some milk! Denver took a bit of coaxing. He didn't want to get to close to the huge cow at first, but as soon as he sat on the stool with Sister Palmer, all fear went away!

He had success, but decided he was done after about a minute. They both had a great time, and even got to pet a chicken when they were done!

We took some milk home after learning how to pasturize it, and Matt is mostly excited about the cream.

Here's to finding more adventures over fall break!