Happy Saint Patricks Day!

I told the children to make sure and wear green today so they don't get pinched.  They were sure to do just that and we included the baby in that as well.

Chocolate!

Jared finally purchased a wet grinder for his new hobby. He loves to make it and I love to decorate with it and dip with it. The kids (and I) love to eat it too. He starts with the dry cocoa beans and roasts them in our oven, then he adds cocoa butter, lecithin and powdered milk (optional) to the mix and grinds it for 20-36 hours. We dipped strawberries with our first experimental batch and then added the leftover to make Winnie the Pooh in a cake mold pan. Next step, somehow temper the chocolate to make it more stable.

Mad Face

For some reason, Riley is just fine giving me a grumpy face, but not Daddy.  She will give them to me all day long.  I tell her to give dad one and she just smiles.  She might give him a micro mad face, but then she stops immediately with a happy face.  She calls it, "A little mad face."  Dad thinks it's hilarious.

How to Change a Diaper

Riley is demonstrating how to change a diaper.  The first step is to stick the baby on her head.  After that, the rest is easy; give it to mome to finish.  She'll make a great babysitter someday.

Pics with the Baby

I wanted to take a picture of the kids and the new baby in their Sunday clothes.  Unfortunately, they were fighting over the baby.  They both wanted to hold her.  They love her so much!

First Bath

Morgan's umbilical cord finally fell off and after a very large blow-out, a bath was in order.  She looks like didn't enjoy it, but she actually really likes being clean.  A few minutes after her bath, she was happy and even Daddy could tell because he just got home and she was in good spirits.

New Piano

We got a new piano!  There goes my naps.  Fortunately, this piano came with head phones and volume control.  We have started to give Eli piano lessons and boy does he learn fast.  I hope my kids will grow to love music like my husband and I do.