Betty on the Move

 

When we agreed to do all this overnight baby sitting for the Grands I had forgotten about Betty. She's still getting her twice a day feedings. I could have just put her in the refrigerator until we got back but I didn't want to break the cycle so she got packed up and taken along. Big Grand was fascinated to have a science fair experiment right there in his own kitchen. Betty must have enjoyed her two hour ride in the car because I'd never seen her rise so high. 

I was planning on trying another attempt at baking with her when we got back home the next day so Big Grand and I gave her a big morning feeding before I packed her up. Again she over performed in the car. She almost came over the top of the jar. That would have been a mess.

I used what I could in the recipe, set her back up in her incubator and put the rest of her in the fridge to use for an experiment later in the week. I brought her back down to a more reasonable size. No one needs that much starter. When we get home from our Tuesday-Wednesday overnight trip this week, I'm going to try once again to revive a sample out of the refrigerator. The first try didn't go so well but this Betty is much stronger.

And if you are wondering why I don't have any cutesy kiddie photos to share from our visit it's because we arrived late in the afternoon which in parenting circles is called The Witching Hour. I'm not exaggerating when I say that the two little ones spent the entire time running and screaming. Running and screaming. Then more running and screaming. I spent my time being the referee. The poor Mister was trying to watch the football playoffs while all this chaos was happening but he took it stride, I'm happy to say. Did we have an easy time getting them to bed? Nope. It was a fight to the finish with both of them.