Parkinson Family: November 2012

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Applesauce/Pumpkin Spice Muffins

Ingredients:

2 Cups flour (I like to combine 1 C white with 1/2 C whole wheat
and 1/2 C oat flour, but you can do any combination.)

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp allspice

1 tsp baking soda

3/4 C sugar
1 egg
1 C applesauce OR pureed pumpkin
1 Tbsp vanilla
1/2 C oil
1/2 C raisins (optional)

In a bowl, combine dry ingredients and set aside. Cream oil and sugar, beat in egg, applesauce, and vanilla. Stir in dry ingredients until just moistened. Fold in raisins. Fill muffin cups 3/4 full and bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 min or until muffins test done. Cool in pan 10 min then serve!

Contributed by Amber Parkinson

Monday, November 12, 2012

October Events

Kyle and Jared playing in a "fort" they made.

The month of October was a busy one at our house this year, but we also had lots of fun!!

Kyle lost his first tooth on October 12th. He lost it at school and brought it home so excited. He had been wiggling it in his mouth for well over a week. The tooth fairy gave him a whole dollar bill and even let him keep his first one as a souvenir.

Over UEA weekend, (Oct 17-20) Aaron's dad came down for a few days. He and Aaron got to go golfing and also hunting on the first day of the hunt. They saw a lot of deer but only a few bucks. Aaron shot twice but did not get a deer that time.

The following weekend, on Oct 27th, Aaron took Kyle out to the same area and they got a little two-point deer. Kyle was SO EXCITED!!

On October 28th we had our primary sacrament program. My parents came up with Jeremy and my Oma Michel. Heidi quickly became Oma's little "buddy" and wanted to sit by her at dinner and on her lap for the rest of the evening.

A few days before Halloween, we made caramel apples. This was my first time, and we had a lot of fun. The kids got to decorate theirs with melted chocolate, nuts, and toffee. Mmmm!

I was in charge of the ward Halloween party this year, being the 2nd counselor in the Relief Society. We had a big dinner for everyone and a "carnival" for the kids, with a few booths like "fish pond", "pumpkin walk" and face painting. We also had a costume contest.

Here are a few pictures of the kids on Halloween at their school:

This pretty witch has certainly cast a spell on me!

Super Mario Kyle

Heidi- Every girl needs to be a princess at least once, right?

Jared as Thomas the Train "Choo-Choo!"

I thought this was hilarious so I had to post a picture of it. This is Jared's solution to not being able to open the candy wrappers from his Halloween candy. He just took a big bite out of it, wrapper and all!

Jordan was the classic "Hot Chilli Pepper".

A happy boy at bath time!

Jared wanted to help his little baby brother to be happy so he threw a bunch of baby toys in his crib.
Wouldn't want him to not have anything to play with, right?

Parkinson funnies

Nov 2012- Aaron was watching football on TV and Jared came out saying, "I want to go watch grass!"

Dec 2011- Heidi said one morning, "Mom, there's frosting on the house!" (on a cold day when frost was on the house).

June 2, 2011- Driving in the car Kyle said to his sister, "If you don't learn to talk, Jesus will make you talk Spanish." (He explained later that he actually meant sign language. That's how he thought it worked.)

Feb 28, 2011- Kyle said, "I don't like to have babysitters because they are only supposed to take care of babies!" Then we explained that they can take care of bigger kids too.

Dec 15, 2010- Kyle said, "I know how they make egg nog. First they dump in the eggs and mix them around. Then they put in the nog..."

Oct 20, 2010- Kyle said, "Mom, is some cheese blue?" I said it is called blue cheese but isn't really that blue. He said, "Well, then does it taste like blueberries?" I love all the questions he asks about how the world works- He's really trying to figure things out.

Oct 7, 2010- We were driving by Arctic Circle and Kyle said, "Is that the hamburger hut? I like that hut." I am wondering if he was remembering a time when we went to "Pizza Hut".

Aug 12, 2010- We were driving by a farm where there was a big fire burning up the field and Kyle said, "Dad, is that where the indians live?"

Aug 8, 2010- We were driving in the car and Kyle said, "Dad, I think I 'm truck-sick." "You mean car sick?" "No, truck sick- when you're sick in the truck."

Aug 2, 2010- We were headed off to a doctor's appointment for the baby and he was crying. Kyle said, "Mom, I think he's crying because you said he is going to get a shot."

June 28, 2010- The other day at dinner it was Heidi's turn to pray and daddy was helping her. She was just repeating everything word for word when he got to "Please bless it.." and said it 3 times. Finally I had to open my eyes to see what the hold up was. Well, little Heidi was just stuffing spaghetti in her mouth as fast as she could and it was hanging out all over. We all just bust up laughing. I guess she just couldn't wait any longer!

May 19, 2010- On the way home from the hospital after seeing their new baby brother, Erika said, "When I was born mom and dad said that I looked blue." Kyle said, "And when I was born I was pink and red. "

Dec 9,2009- The other day we were eating dinner and Kyle didn't want to eat. He said, "I don't like to eat aliens!" We told him there were no aliens in his dinner. Then, realizing what he was talking about, I said, "You mean onions?" He kept calling onions "aliens" and we got a kick out of it.

Nov 20, 2009- Erika lost another tooth at school today. Kyle said to her, "Erika, when my tooth gets loose and comes out, I'll give mine to you."

Oct 10, 2009- Today Erika said, "Mom, someday when I'm older, I want to get that recipe from you!"

Sept 9, 2009- We couldn't find our puppy anywhere and had driven all over the neighborhood to find him. Finally about 2 hours later Kyle showed up holding him and I said, "Where did you find him?" He said, "In the killer-box". "The what?" "The cooler-box". He had stuck him in a cooler in our backyard and forgotten about it. We were glad he was okay!! I felt terrible and gave him some extra TLC for a little while.

Sept 4, 2009- Erika said tonight, "You know what my favorite thing is about school? It's lunch... and learning... and break!" We said, "Isn't that the whole thing?"

Aug 17,2009- We were camping and had brought all our bikes. As we were leaving camp for a little while, Aaron commented that it might have been wise to bring a chain to lock up our bikes so they wouldn't get stolen. Erika said, "Or, we could have just brought a sign that said, 'DON'T STEAL!'".

July 12, 2009- Today at church Kyle looked at my Young Women's Medallion and said, "Mom, is that you on the necklace?"

July 3, 2009- Kyle had been sleeping down in Erika's room with some friends and came upstairs before we went to bed. He said, "Mom, there was some noise down there. I think it was the tooth fairy, coming to get the loose tooth."