FALL FUN

Here are some pics of fun times the kids had in the leaves the past week or two! 'L' boy wasn't too sure about them, but they all had fun!

Pickled Green Tomatoes

So I decided to try something new today. Since it has been so cold lately, we've had to pick all of our green tomatoes, which is a LOT. I've never even tasted pickled tomatoes before, but why not have 6 quarts of something you've never tried? I mostly used cherry tomatoes, using this recipe here and actually cut enough up to do 3 more quarts or so, and tons of regular sized ones I don't know what I'll do with. Anyways, here is the final product:

We have a RAT!

Yes we have a rat, and it is VOLUNTARY. We got the girls a little pet rat. We decided on a rat, because when we were first married we had one, and between them, gerbils, or hamsters, we feel like they are nicer and better for kids. I've never ever heard of one biting a person, but the other animals will. She is so cute! When we get a bigger cage, we might get her a friend. Her name is Molly Lou, or 'LuLu' for short. ;)

(If you are wondering what is on the girls' hands below, they don't like the feel of her claws, so they put sock 'gloves' on their hands. lol.)

CRAZY HAIR DAY!

Thought I would post some fun pics of the girls' hair on crazy hair day at school. 'W' wouldn't let me get a pic of the front of her, but here is the back:

And here is 'E''s hair: