Fun with Julie

My cousin, Julie, came to visit us when she was in Texas on a business trip. The kids were so excited for her to come. We just bought Harry Potter #6 and we have the PS2 game also. Jacob played his game and then gave Julie pointers on how to use the controller so she could play. Jacob did really well as instuctor. Usually when I am the one playing he gets frustrated with me and says, "Mom, can I just do it for you?" He didn't say that even once to Julie. What gives!

This seems like a random picture but with all the Harry Potter business going on Sam got the idea to make his own potion. I don't know what he mixed into it but when it was done he brought it to me and said, "Mom, this potion smells like puke. Here, smell it." As if! I refused to smell it and a little while later when Kyle came home from work, Sam offered it to him to smell without telling him what it smelled like. Kyle took one sniff and said, with a grossed out look on his face, "Vomit?" I started to laugh and Sam triumphantly said, "Yup!"

I love to do puzzles and I currently have a 1000 piece puzzle laid out on the dining room table. Analee and Julie and I worked on it for a while. It certainly goes faster when there is more than one person working on it. FYI Julie, It's still not done.

Kyle has taken an interest in knife making and has set up a small worktable in the garage with all of his tools. Julie wanted to try her hand at it so Kyle gave her some instruction, some safety goggles and let her take a turn.

Look at the sparks fly. The knife needed to have a bunch of rust and tarnish polished off of it. Julie had a good time with it and did a good job.

We had a great time hanging out with Julie. There is a possiblity of her coming back after the new year starts and we hope she can come then. Thanks for the fun, Julie. We love you.