The Secret to Snot Bars

Because I had to leave staff training early, I was able to spend a couple of days at home.  My niece, Alex, was begging to come spend the night.  I obliged because she's my favorite and I miss her so much!  I went down to get her on Thursday and we had fun doing a Wal-Mart run before heading home.  Naturally, she got me to buy a couple of things for her, but they were under a dollar, so I didn't feel like my resolve had been broken too bad.  :)  Alex kept me on my toes as I finished up my last homework assignment for my May term class.  To end the night, we split a big bowl of popcorn.  Best ending!  :)

Friday morning, I got up before Alex and ate my breakfast in front of the TV as she slept on the couch.  Basically as soon as she was awake I heard, "Katie, I'm excited to go to Grandma's today because I'll finally know the secret to Snot Bars!"  That girl sure knows how to make me giggle!  When we finally got around, we headed into town to do errands and stopped by Gail's before Grandma's.  Gail had cookies for us!  I always feel at home there, no matter how many years have separated me from the days of day care.  When we got to Grandma's we got right to work at making Snot Bars.  Alex was so excited to mix them!  We even did 2 batches!  Staff, be ready to resist eating more than one!  Alex gave approval on the alterations that Grammy and I made to my graduation gown turned camp costume.  I'm kind of excited about it!  :)  We spent the rest of the afternoon attempting to catch kittens, watching TV, and running more errands.  After supper, Dad took us fishing!  Alex came away with 2, Dad had one, and I finally snagged one on my last cast.  A bluegill too.  It was not my night!

The first one!

The biggest one!

The smallest one!

I overcame my fear and touched a fish!  We spent the evening playing fetch with Ruby and with more attempts to catch kittens.  Neither activities ended in much success, but it was fun none the less.