Milk Shakes and Movies

We've been enjoying the mixing power of my new blender lately. Milk shakes have been the preferred dessert in our house for the past week. Colton loves to add in all the flavors of ice cream he can find in the freezer and lots of other gooey stuff. Mason and Ella are purists and just like vanilla ice cream and oreos. We made them thick this last time, resulting in great mustaches.




On Monday we hung around the house in the morning so I could work on a talk I have to give at Girls' Camp this Wednesday. Jaxon downloaded a new game for his I touch "Zombies verses Plants". This resulted in his teaching the younger kids the following song: 'There's a Zombie on your Lawn'. MoTab watch out: The Burke kids are coming and with such great hits as this one, they are gonna catch up and probably surpass your spiritual singing greatness at any minute.
Here's Jaxon playing his new game:

Colton is getting older each day and learning good future missionary skills such as making his own food. Here he is whipping up a culinary delight in the form of top ramen for lunch:

Ella and Mason needed some serious nourishment after all their singing about zombies. A snack in the form of their favorite pink and white animal cookies hit the spot quite nicely.

We went to the movies in the afternoon to see The Sorcerer's Apprentice. I don't think it will win any academy awards, but it was entertaining and I liked it. After the movie, we went to the Community Center to meet a friend for pizza. The kids didn't eat very much because they were fascinated with the arcade games in the back. I let them each ride or play one game. Here's Ella and Mason taking a spin on the motorcycle.

Danica Patrick - watch out! Ella is coming up right behind you!

There was a bouncy house at the community center, so we had to stop and bounce for a minute.

On the way home, we stopped at one of the 'blumen' or flower fields by our house. Germans are so cool, they plant these gorgeous fields of different flowers and use the honor system to rely on people to pay for the flowers they pick. There is a sign listing the price of each flower and a little can for you to drop your euros into. We picked some pretty flowers (even Jaxon and Colton picked flowers and got in touch with their sensitive sides). We talked about how Heavenly Father loves us so much that He will always be there for us. He will always strengthen us as long as we turn to Him. He sends us flowers every spring and a sunrise every morning. FHE AND pretty flowers: a winning combination.





And here are the kids trying to re-plant their flowers in our front yard. We talked about how once a flower is cut, it will die, but Jaxon pulled out the whole bulb with his flower, so he might have some success. Mason and Ella just like playing in water and dirt.