Ethan's Famous Monkey Bread

Monkey Bread is one of the best homemade desserts I have ever tasted. I learned to make it in my Life Skills class. I hope you like it.

1 can of pre-made biscuit dough
1/4 cup butter or margarine
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 cup sugar

Preheat oven to 350. Pull biscuits apart into several pieces and roll into little balls. Melt the butter in the microwave for 30 seconds. Mix cinnamon and sugar in a small bowl. Dunk the dough balls first into the butter and then into the cinnamon sugar mixture. Place them in a round baking pan. Bake for 20 minutes. Let the bread cool a little before you monkey with it!

Aidan is helpful

Aidan got to give his first talk in Primary today.

"I am part of a family.
My dad goes to work and the church. He has the priesthood.
My mom helps us clear the table, make dinners, and take care of us.
My brothers and I have responsibilities, too. We clean the car, eat our food, clean up the toys, have fun and be happy.
Heavenly Father and Jesus are happy when we help our family."

Aidan did a good job giving his talk, but even more important, he understood what he was talking about. Earlier in the week, his dad told him to help give service and he immediately said, "Can I clean up the toys?" And then he went upstairs and cleaned the entire toy room by himself! He has also helped clear the table every night, and he helps vacuum.

No Cussing Cousins

Have you guys heard about the "No Cussing Club"? A boy named McKay Hatch started it, and it now has over 30,000 members in all 50 states and many countries. The story has been in a bunch of newspapers, as well as on news programs. It's free to join, and you can buy rubber "No Cussing" bracelets for $1. Just go to www.nocussingclub.com and check it out!

Weston's fun night with his daddy

Weston got to spend some fun time just with his daddy. This is what he has to say about it:
"I had so much fun tonight. Dad and I played with little racecars, then we made cheese with pepperoni. We made some snowcones. We played dad's "dot game" twice. 354 and 464 were my scores. I liked the snowcones --YUMMY! It made me happy that we had fun!"

Noah Says Hi

Noah has been doing very well in school the past couple of weeks. We've been using a "reward system" (bribes) and it has been working! Noah gets a handful of goldfish if he's good in the morning and a prize if he's good in the afternoon. We're also working on a trip to Disney. And if he ever gets completely potty-trained well take out a full-page ad in the NY Times and fly to the moon. I'm only kidding a little bit.

Tal's Tooth

One day I wanted to get a lose tooth and get a quarter. So I started wiggling a tooth and it became so wiggly I could almost, almost pull it out by myself. I was scared to. So, I kept on keeping it and keeping it and keeping it not from getting wiggled so my dad couldn't force me to get it out. One day I was watching my sister on the computer and I needed to sneeze, and my tooth flew out of my mouth! I didn't know it at first, but then I picked up a small white thing and said, "Mom, I lost a tooth!" I showed everybody in my family. I told my dad about it. A couple days later I munched on a candy cane and a little, small piece broke off. It was just enough size for a tooth. Cause of the red, it looked like the red was blood. I came up to my dad and mom and everyone at the table and said, "I lost another tooth!" And then Omi said, "Cool! Let me see!" And I held up the piece of the candy cane. 

The End

Mila's Report

I had an assignment at school. I had to look up bats, and here are some cool facts I found.  

Breathtaking Bats

You might think that bats are pests, carry rabies, eat all your fruit, and get stuck in your hair. However, most of that isn't true. Bats are important in many ways. Fruit bats spread the seeds from the fruit they eat and then new plants grow. Bats scatter 95% of the seeds in the tropical rain forests. They also pollinate flowers and eat harmful insects.  

Bats are mammals. They give birth to live young, feed them milk, have fur, and are warm-blooded. Did you know that bats are the only flying mammals? The smallest bats are only 29 mm while the bigger bats are about 5 ft. long. Also, their weight ranges from 2 grams to 3 pounds. 

Bats do not live in only one area. In fact, there are 1,100 species worldwide! Some bats live in forests, deserts, jungles, and cities. 

Did you know that not all bats drink blood? Only Vampire Bats do. A lot of bats eat fruit, insects, fish, frogs, and small animals. 

There are two kinds of bats: Megachiroptera and Michrochiroptera bats. Megachiroptera bats have big eyes and small ears, while Microchiroptera have small eyes and big ears and use echo location. ALso, bats are sacred in Tonga and West Africa.