To Be a Pioneer

"You don't have to push a handcart, or leave your family dear, or walk a thousand miles or more to be a pioneer!"

All you have to do is "churn" your own butter in baby food jars and make marshmallow "covered wagons". He he

I didn't take any pictures of the baby food jar shaking since I was assisting in the shaking, but it was a good time. We literally just poured the little jars about half way full with heavy whipping cream, set the kitchen timer for about 10 minutes and started shaking and dancing away. Even Riley was into it (even if he dropped his jar a few times - at least it was being shaken!). After about 5 or 7 minutes, the jars got really quiet and the whipping cream had become WHIPPED cream, but if you stuck it out for about 5 more minutes you could finally hear liquid separating from a chunky mass. It made a very specific sound that I can't really describe other than that, but it was a fun revelation to realize that you had butter! And, boy, was it creamy! It reminded me of the whipped butter you get in those little paper cups at IHOP or Denny's if you order pancakes. 

The boys all agreed that it was "the best butter" they had ever tasted. Brendan said it was, "way better than the stuff from the store."

Then after lunch, we made ourselves a special treat. Marshmallow "Covered Wagons". Not to be confused with marshmallow covered wagons. There were no wagons covered in marshmallow. he he Rather, we took some pretzel rods as axles and added some LifeSaver wheels, then added the buckboard graham cracker rectangles followed by two large marshmallows for the canvas. They were easy enough for Riley to assemble his own. They were also super cute looking and the boys enjoyed eating them. Plus, plus, plus.

Caleb even thought to grab his Lego Indiana Jones (who has the right kind of hat to be a pioneer). I had Bren grab his Lego horse to complete the look. Adorable, right? Love my little pioneers!