God's gifts 145-162

145. Making notes with Adrianna in the car... She said that the dog told her the dog bones were "buried next to our house."
 146. Adrianna's creativity with the new set of dogs from a garage sale
 147. Adrianna practicing riding a bike without training wheels
 148. Beautiful dress up
149. A funny cat hitting his food out of his bowl so that he could eat it off the floor
 150. Scott catching a lizard for the kids to see
 151. "Losing" Abel in my in-laws' yard, only to have him wander back to us a few minutes later, wondering why we were all looking for him

152. Abel's Papa-finger-grab
153. Impromptu lunch with in-laws and friends
154. Abel surprising us by saying, "Cookie," when one came into view.  And his passing up the sorbet for more, "Cookie!"
 155. Successfully turning almonds into almond flour with just a coffee grinder (thanks, Steve and Julie!) and a sifter

156. Making "goldfish" crackers out of almond flour and goat cheese with two sweet girls

 157. Pumpkin pie almond flour muffins
 158. Having a sweet boy help me turn almonds into flour
 159. Making almond butter as a by-product of almond flour
 160. Breakfast for dinner: almond flour pancakes... (Sense an almond theme to the day? :)
161. Abel saying all the animal sounds in his book as he flipped through it on his own.  (He's still trying to convince me that a frog makes an elephant sound.)
 162. Playing chase with Abel after he tried to rub his hair oil all over my clothes

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