Overheard...

- As I was in town one day with most of the children, an older couple stopped me and wondered if we were a daycare. I said, "No, we're just a family!" They seemed to be a little hard of hearing and were speaking VERY loudly... attracting quite a bit of attention. So they decided I didn't look old enough to have six children and wondered why I had black children too... so I politely tried to explain 2 of our children were born to us, 2 were adopted and 2 were foster children... this obviously struck the old man funny and he laughed and laughed. Finally he very loudly declared, "WELL, I GUESS THAT MAKES YOU AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY PARENT!!"

-Halli has been asking lately if she was born in a manger. We got out the hospital pictures to show her that she was not, in fact, born in a manger. Disappointment for her. :)

- I asked the children what they wanted for lunch the other day... Scott's reply, "Scrambled Legs!" and so Quinn had to one-up him... "No! Scrambled ARMS!" and of course, needing to set the record strait, Halli put in her 2 cents, "They are scrambled BABY CHICKENS, not legs and arms!"

Now, I'm sure you'd like the recipe (regardless what we call it) that's such a hit around here... Scott actually made them himself!

Super-Scramble Eggs

12 eggs

1/2- 3/4 cup milk

1/2 pack crushed saltine crackers

2 fistfuls (Scott-sized) of crumbled bacon... (Costco!)

2 fistfuls (Scott-sized) of grated cheese

Salt and Pepper to taste

Mix with a hand mixer until well blended. Scramble in large skillet over medium heat. YUM!

(4 children (Scott, Quinn, Halli and Little K) ate up this entire recipe!!! See why I want chickens?!)

- We have a little trouble with stuttering around here... sometimes we tell the child who's having a difficult time "getting it out" to take a big breath and start over. Well, I overheard that child admonishing his brother to "take a big breath and start over" as the brother was working to get his sentence out... :)

- I had ran outside to open the gate for a visitor and I was met at the door by Riley, holding my phone up, yelling, "Someone is TAXING you!!!"

- And here's what happens when one (Dad) decided to shake up the BBQ Sauce without the lid on... Scott was a good sport and didn't even flinch. He just started licking it off!!! Nice....

Happy Thursday!! :)