Shelob's Victims

So Nathan's penguin friends went missing mysteriously tonight. Daron just found them behind the curtains looking rather mummified in Esther's slipper socks. I don't know about you but to me they look like they were attacked by Shelob, the giant spider in Lord of the Rings. It really made me chuckle.

Laundry Room Improvements

The cabinets and shelves are in! We only had one solid shelf over each unit and a large five shelf free standing unit in there holding everything that would go in a linen closet plus extra toiletries, detergent, etc. I managed to get most all of it into the cabinets. The rest I either got rid of or found a new home elsewhere. 

Daron installed the cabinets on Saturday and the handy wire shelves tonight. That's where my frequently used things go. 

We debated putting a couple of shelves on the back wall but may end up getting another free standing unit made of sturdy metal to put the last items on plus food storage. The food storage idea just came to me today. We've been wondering where to put more for awhile. And now that we finally have a full supply of water (and with tornado season fast approaching), I feel more motivated to fill out our food storage. 

New Tradition

We started a new tradition this year to break in my new fondue pot. Fondue for Valentine's Day dinner!! And chocolate fondue for dessert. 

The only downside was that Esther couldn't eat much. She was diagnosed with strep this morning. Thanks to Nathan who is still on antibiotics for it. Ugh. 

Even Nathan, our non cheese eater, actually got into it! 

It was a mix of Gruyere and Swiss. The pot worked very nicely and kept it warm and smooth. We served chicken sausage, apple slices, small potatoes, broccoli, and bread.

Esther and Nathan got Studio C t-shirts for their gift. 

Jacob got a Thomas shirt. That made him very happy!

Esther insisted on buying a present for her Daddy while we were picking up her prescription this morning. Max is pretty cute. 

Jacob adored the chocolate fondue! What a goofy kid. 

Chocolate was making her feel a bit better!

Valentine's Gift

Daron's very romantic Valentine's gift to me is cabinets in the laundry room. There has been so much wasted space up by the celing. Granted, I will need a tall stool to get to the top shelves but it's mostly storage stuff - extra shampoo, cleaning supplies, laundry detergent, sheets, etc. 

They never built a linen closet in this house so we've had to make do. One of the cabinets will be a mini linen closet. 

I'll post a picture when it's all done!

Scriptures

While Daron was out tonight, the big kids and I read scriptures alone tonight thinking Jacob was asleep. As we knelt for prayer, he came flying out of his room bawling. It took a few moments to figure out that he was really upset that we read scriptures without him. 

He went so far as to pull the scriptures all back out again and wouldn't budge until we had read again! What a kid!