7 Quick Takes, A Recap of This Weeks Life in the Tiny House! Accidental Zucchini Cake, How Dad Does Science and the Clown Car of Waiting Rooms

1 The Clown Car of Waiting Rooms... 

I mentioned last week that modern medicine in not designed for Large families. Another prime example, is this view of the individual patient waiting room at the chiropractor's office. The entire space is maybe 4x4 feet. We see this Dr often. Because almost all of us see him, regularly. He has commented that he looks forward to opening the waiting room door when we visit because apparently we are entertaining. I guess when you cram that many people into that small of a space, it is bound to seem entertaining. There are 5 of us crammed into this tiny space.

Warning, This is probably not wise to attempt if you are claustrophobic. 

2 The Zucchini Bread That Wasn't...



I made what was supposed to be zucchini bread for a homeschool Co-op potluck. It was a new recipe and did not turn out well at all. Total Flop! I tried to salvage the situation with some buttercream icing. Because icing makes everything better...fully planning not to claim it if anyone asked. I labeled it as Zuchini Cake.
Well, my flop went over BIG. 3 people asked for the recipe and a few more stopped to comment on it.
Apparently I invented a new recipe. Yay!
If you want to try making the Accidental Zucchini Cake....You can find it here. One particularly sweet Mom called it Sunshine Cake. ;)

Chocolate Covered Strawberries

 Emma also made some desserts. Hers turned out a lot prettier than mine did. That girl is one heck of a little cook.
All of the things we brought disappeared, only 2 small pieces of cake were left.

S'mores

3 Alex's Teeth :(

  Alex is our oldest and the first to get braces. The Husband and I both had them as teenagers. In fact, The Husband had them twice! So, I take full privileged to blame the majority of the childrens' braces needs on him. If I am being honest though, these poor kids don't stand a chance in the pretty teeth pre braces department. They will all need them.
Now, back to Alex... He had a really bad situation going on with his chompers. One to the point that they were talking about pulling it. (That one hurt this Mama a little. Pulling a perfectly good tooth. Not cool).

 Well, through the use of multiple springs and much pain. They were able to keep the tooth.

This week was the day they managed to hook a wire onto it to pull it forward. He has been in so much pain..and rightly so...The pictures below show his tooth before attaching the wire and 24 hours later. This dentist doesn't mess around folks.  OUCH!
I feel bad he is in so much pain, but it will be worth it in the end. He has been a good sport about all this though. Poor kiddo!

4 How to be a Doughboy!! WWI soldier training for kids!

Since we homeschool, I'm always on the hunt for cheap educational fun things to do with the kids. So obviously I jumped at the chance for them to train to be WWI soldiers!  Especially since we are studying US history this coming school year. They signed draft papers, made dog tags, learned to march and wrap bandages, and they even got to try rations! That part was the most entertaining for me.
Toward the end they had a helicopter fly in for people to climb inside and explore.



 

 













5 Baby Owen

 See this adorable little baby boy?!?!!?! This is my long time friend, Julie's newest addition. She lives over an hour away and I am dying to get my hands on him!

However, There is a slightly funny story behind this little guy. You see... My friend tends to have an issue that causes her little ones to come a lit early. So when we found out that she was pregnant we all (there's a handful of us who are close friends) started praying and I mean we prayed hard for this little guy. We prayed for him to stay in until he was fully cooked. He was on prayer chains and prayer lists all over the country.
Well, when it came time for him to come out. He didn't want to. Her typical 2-3 hour labors turned into over 24 HOURS!
We have all collectively joked that he couldn't come out because all of the prayer that was holding him in!

 She is a trooper though. She endured and held true to her non medicated birth plan. That is 3, 100% unmedicated births, this girl is a rock star people! *Love you Julie!<3*

 Thankfully, Mr. Owen and Mommy are safe and sound at home recovering from a slightly long, but not too eventful birth. We are all so thankful and blessed to have them in our lives. My Sunday School class sent up a small cheer when I told them he was here, they had been praying since Winter. 

Oh, this bow tie and the cuteness! It gets you in all the feels!

6 Toddler logic...Why Climb in a Helicopter When You Can Pick up Rocks? 

 Oh the joys of raising a strong willed toddler. While the kids were at Doughboy training, Anna and I had A LOT of time to kill. There were many exhibits set up, so we did a lit of walking around..and talking to history enthusiasts. Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy history and attending these events. However, this was a fairly small event..and we made our rounds about three times and chatted with just about everyone in about an hour.
Anna was still being a bit um...rotten....thankfully she didn't lick anything this time. I had given her crackers, even gave her chips and finally decided to take her to an open field and turn her loose.

That probably wasn't the best idea. Because every time I tried to put her back in the stroller she would kick and scream and arch her back with the strength of a gorilla and as many arms and legs as an octopus. Her screaming was so loud that even the people watching the HELICOPTER LAND were turning to watch us. *Mom of the year moment right there* I assured everyone that I was not beating her...and they went back to watching the helicopter land.

**Did I really just type that sentence?**

Once the helicopter landed I figured she would be all over going to see it. Nope, Because didn't you know that rocks are so, So. SO! Much more entertaining than getting to sit in a real live helicopter. She decided she needed to find the perfect rock.
SHE found it! Yay!
I seriously wanted to sit in that helicopter people. :/ 
The kids did get to climb in it later..that is all that matters.

This is as close as I got.

The perfect rock!

 7 This is How Daddy Does Science Experiments.

  The husband is quite smart and good with basically all things. It's annoying.
He is known for coming up with fun (A.K.A slightly dangerous looking) science experiments for the kids. They love it, but I'm pretty sure he loves doing it more than they love watching him do it. I personally, love that he is doing stuff with them, but also stand off to the side with 911 on speed dial and of course...I take pictures. Or better known as, evidence for the police and paramedics. 
To clarify though...he has never caused any bodily harm to himself or anyone else. He actually knows what he is doing. :)
This was a new one for us though. Apparently if you add butane to soapy water...and light the bubbles on fire...it makes HUGE flames..but doesn't burn you hand. 

He of course did not explain any of this to me until AFTER he did this...

The science behind this one was pretty cool...if you go to You Tube and type in Butane Bubbles Flame...it brings up a TON of videos. ..

As always... Kids....Don't try this without an adult!!!


Well, that pretty much wraps up life in the Tiny House for this week!
Now I am about to head outside to help the kids bathe our snowman...more on that next week!


Happy Friday!

~Lyndsay