One Thing Leads to Another

Thing 1 and Thing 2 have finally arrived in Minnesota! Leanne Shirtliffe or Ironic Mom has included my humble blog on the Things Excellent Adventure. After a lot of excitement, some waiting and then some excited waiting the Things have finally found their way to Minnesota. They were supposed to arrive weeks ago, but I think they were trying to avoid leaving the warmth of the sunshine state. This may have backfired on them since things have only gotten colder here in the land of lakes. On Friday while I was preparing for my big Final Recipe party I went out to check the mail and found Thing 1 and Thing 2 waiting to come inside. They were very happy to be out of their envelope and they were lucky enough to arrive on a sunny day.

It was a busy day for me and the Things offered to help by making the peanut butter for me. I’m not sure how much help they were, but they smiled the whole time we cooked together. First we read the recipe together and then roasted the peanuts.

Thing 2 was especially proficient using the microwave.

I explained to them that we didn’t need any of these pots or pans, but they climbed up there anyway.

We did need the stand mixer. After we added all the ingredients Thing 1 and Thing 2 kept watch to let me know when the mixing was finished.

After all of our work we had a very delicious jar of homemade peanut butter. We used this peanut butter to dip celery in and to keep me from getting too hungry while I cooked everything.

This is just the beginning of the Things adventures in the Twin Cities (their natural habitat). Later that night we took them out to dinner, but I’ll save that for tomorrow.

Dr Seuss Quote of the Day:

Then those Things ran about

With big bumps, jumps and kicks

And with hops and big thumps

And all kinds of bad tricks.