Attack of the Kitchen Beaters

The other day I was making a breakfast dinner of waffles with strawberry sauce, Baccon and eggs. Jason was gone to wrestling camp for the week and I was left to "hold up the fort". I had a lot going on in the kitchen and multi-tasking was becoming chaotic. So I asked Tyler to help me whip up the egg whites with the beaters for the Waffles. It takes a long time to get the egg whites to form stiff peaks like the recipe calls for. Tyler soon got tired of this job and managed to con his sister into doing it. Abbie was thrilled she grabbed the beaters and started giving tips to Tyler on how to do it right. All of the sudden Abbie started screaming a very high pitched death scream. I turned around to find her with the beaters wrapping themselves up in her hair. I ran over and tried to turn off the mixer but the panic mode set in and I couldn't quite find the off button fast enough. I managed to get it turned off but the beater had done an amazing job of wrapping her hair around itself. I can honestly say I have never seen anything like it before. Her hair was wrapped so tightly around the beaters I couldn't get the beaters to eject and they were pressed up against her head so tight they were making indentions into her scalp. Through all the screaming I managed to get her to the living room chair. Abbie kept saying "get it off, get it off!" and "I just can't do this." she did not want me to cut her hair at first but as time went on and my attempts to save her hair were not working and the pain was increasing she decided to resort to having me cut her hair. I was sick about it. I went to get the scissors. I just pictured her with her whole left front side of her head with her hair gone. This would be similar to being scalped by an Indian in the days of the pioneers. This was not just a few strands of hair and it was right to her scalp. I couldn't bare to cut it so I tried one more time. Amazingly one small strand came lose and I was able to eject the beaters. Once the beaters ejected her hair untangled in a matter of seconds. She some how lost a small patch of hair on the top of her head but it wasn't to noticeable. I guess some one was watching out for her. The funny thing was I could not find the patch of hair any where. It wasn't until we were eating dinner that Abbie some how found the missing piece hanging with the rest of her hair. Abbie managed to make it through this attack with only a few bruises and a small piece of hair missing. I guess this is why they teach you to put your hair in a ponytail when working in the Kitchen in Home ec. I am still puzzled about how she got her hair caught in the beaters in the first place. "DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME."

The Burger King

Jared fell asleep in our bed wearing a Burger King crown. What a goof!

A Birthday Marathon

Okay, so what were we thinking? We have five birthdays all within in a two months time span. It is like Christmas in June and July all over again. Family planning was not on our priorty list when we started having children. (Why did I not think about it) Abbie starts this birthday Marathon out June 1st. Then Cole and Lyndie are next June 24th and June 25th followed by Tyler on July 6th and Jared on July 13th. I am tired just thinking about it. Yes, that's right Cole and Lyndie are a day apart and we celebrated their Birthdays on the 24th. ( I know we are evil parents) But Cole and Lyndie didn't mind. We had Adam and Emily's family over. Cole and Lyndie opened presents and then we had homemade ice cream and homemade rootbeer.

Lyndie Jean

Lyndie turned 2 on the 25th she hasn't changed a ton. She has us all wrapped around her little finger. She just bats her little eyes at Tyler and Corey and they melt. They would do anything for her.

This is the Jacket and outfit Grandpa and Grandma Isaacson sent Lyndie. She loved the jacket and didn't want to take it off even though it was Hot out.

Lyndie loved opening the presents.

Adam and Emily got Lyndie a stuffed Horse. She was in Heaven since she loves to suck her fingers and rub hair. The Horse has great hair to rub.

Here are a couple of her baby pictures. Not much has changed her hair is maybe a millimeter longer. She adds so much to our family and we have decided that she completes this family unit. What a blessing to have her.

Aaron Cole

Cole turned 7 on the 24th. He is such a nut. We took him out for his Birthday dinner a tradition my parents started with us growing up. The Birthday kid gets to choose a place to eat out with just Mom and Dad. Cole chose the Fish place here in town. We took him out and talk about showing no emotion. We asked him questions about how he liked his dinner. " Oh, its good" He didn't say it with any sort of excitement. Some times its hard to tell if he is having a good time. I had to laugh before we went out to eat we cooked Corndogs and pizza for the other kids and Cole asked if they would save him a Corndog. He order coconut shrimp at the fish place and ate it pretty good but when we got home amazingly there was a corndog left and he ate it. I guess we could have just stayed home and had corndogs and he would have been just as happy. But it was fun to go out with him and spend time with just him. I have loved doing this with all the kids. It's been a special time to get to be with just them.

Cole got a spring action star wars light saber, A Coonskin cap and some transformers.

Here are a few pictures of our little Cole.