Most often when I am in the kitchen this is what you will find Carly doing...pulling out all the tupperware containers and getting her slobber all over them.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Funny Face
I couldn't help but take a picture- Carly got this little puff stuck on her face!
Most often when I am in the kitchen this is what you will find Carly doing...pulling out all the tupperware containers and getting her slobber all over them.
Most often when I am in the kitchen this is what you will find Carly doing...pulling out all the tupperware containers and getting her slobber all over them.
Friday, September 24, 2010
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Class Act...
Just wanted to capture that I actually succeeded in getting Caleb to get a haircut! Hallelujah!
Also we went to his Parent Teacher Conferences last friday and heard nothing but exceptionally great things about him. All of his teachers think he is such a good kid and his science teacher raved about how intelligent he is. In her class she asks the same question every year to her students and no one ever comes up with the right, logical answer. She even teaches at the college and no adults have ever gotten it either...Well guess who got it?? Yep our brain child. She said she was ecstatic that Caleb gave her the answer she has always wanted from a student. She said right away she knew he was someone special. Nice huh. He struggled the first few weeks in his gifted classes. He came from a gifted teacher in 5th grade that made it super fun to do academics. It took him a few weeks and a talking to from his mama for him to understand that middle school isnt all fun and games, its school and you are there to learn. The gifted classes are just accelerated academic classes that are taylored for smarter kids, its work and not all play. So that and getting him more organized in his locker and classes was a challenge. He is much more adapted now and doing fantastic. I am really proud of him.
Also we went to his Parent Teacher Conferences last friday and heard nothing but exceptionally great things about him. All of his teachers think he is such a good kid and his science teacher raved about how intelligent he is. In her class she asks the same question every year to her students and no one ever comes up with the right, logical answer. She even teaches at the college and no adults have ever gotten it either...Well guess who got it?? Yep our brain child. She said she was ecstatic that Caleb gave her the answer she has always wanted from a student. She said right away she knew he was someone special. Nice huh. He struggled the first few weeks in his gifted classes. He came from a gifted teacher in 5th grade that made it super fun to do academics. It took him a few weeks and a talking to from his mama for him to understand that middle school isnt all fun and games, its school and you are there to learn. The gifted classes are just accelerated academic classes that are taylored for smarter kids, its work and not all play. So that and getting him more organized in his locker and classes was a challenge. He is much more adapted now and doing fantastic. I am really proud of him.
Monday, September 20, 2010
5 Grain Cookies...
I just made a "healthy" cookie! These bad boys have half the fat and sugar than a traditional chocolate chip cookie. I found the recipe on the back of Bob's Red Mill 5Grain oats package. I tweeked it up a bit like using honey in place of half the brown sugar and adding white chocolate chips to it. A cookie just isnt a cookie unless it has some kind of chocolate right but I only used half the bag of chips so thats something right? :) Here is my version...
1 1/2 cup Bob's Red Mill 5 Grain Rolled Cereal
1 cup wheat flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
Add all these ingrediants in a bowl, mix and set aside.
Now take 1 stick of butter, 1/2 cup brown sugar, and 1/2 cup honey and cream in a mixer on low speed. Add 1/2 tsp. vanilla, 1/2 water and 2 eggs. Mix well then add the flour mixture slowly. Next add 1/2 cup dried cranberries, 1/2 cup coconut, and 1/2 cup pecan pieces and chocolate chips.
Bake 375 for 10-12 minutes. Enjoy!
1 1/2 cup Bob's Red Mill 5 Grain Rolled Cereal
1 cup wheat flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
Add all these ingrediants in a bowl, mix and set aside.
Now take 1 stick of butter, 1/2 cup brown sugar, and 1/2 cup honey and cream in a mixer on low speed. Add 1/2 tsp. vanilla, 1/2 water and 2 eggs. Mix well then add the flour mixture slowly. Next add 1/2 cup dried cranberries, 1/2 cup coconut, and 1/2 cup pecan pieces and chocolate chips.
Bake 375 for 10-12 minutes. Enjoy!
Friday, September 17, 2010
Picky Vicky...
Me: "Bryn what would you like for dinner-Pizza, Spaghetti or chicken with rice?"
Bryn: "I don't like dinner, I only like snacks!"
Me: "Okay would you like pizza, spaghetti or chicken with rice for a snack?"
Bryn: "Pizza! No wait pizza is not a snack, I want cookies!"
Where did I go wrong?!!! She has turned into such a picky eater it's driving me and Mitch crazy! On the other hand she is extremely adorable!
Bryn: "I don't like dinner, I only like snacks!"
Me: "Okay would you like pizza, spaghetti or chicken with rice for a snack?"
Bryn: "Pizza! No wait pizza is not a snack, I want cookies!"
Where did I go wrong?!!! She has turned into such a picky eater it's driving me and Mitch crazy! On the other hand she is extremely adorable!
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Thirty...
My love turns thirty today. Time. Where does it go? Seems not very long ago that we were just a couple of kids madly in love. Still are actually.
Today I want to celebrate Mitch. The cool guy I get to call my husband, my best friend, my partner. Things I admire and love about him...
Mitch is just the most genuine person I have ever met. He doesn't sugar coat it for you and will be honest with you, even if you dont want to hear it.
He has a sincere heart and can be so very thoughtful.
If I had to choose one thing that I love the most it would be...he makes me laugh. Everyday. Even if we have gotten in an argument, he somehow makes me smile.
He makes our kids laugh. Which I think is such a very important ingrediant in raising healthy, happy kids.
He reads to the girls and massages Caleb's feet and mine every night that he is home.
He is not flaky. He follows through with the committments he makes.
Loves to stay active and play sports.
Loves books. He will finish his own novel sometime in his life.
Has patience.
He is sensitive. Really he is.
Loves to date me.
When we walk the kids to school he puts his hand around my waist and I think its the best touch to me.
Rarely speaks harsh words about anyone. But when he does will say what he feels.
Takes time off to go to everything that the kids are involved in.
Always has interesting facts and stories he hears from guys at work.
Knows everything there is to know about football and baseball.
Offers his service to those in need at church or a bum in the parking lot.
Always give money to the bum in the parking lot.
Never tells me I cant do anything I feel inspired to do.
Supports my decisions.
Supports the kids in everything they do.
Loves to have fun!
Loves to watch Willow, Princess Bride, Goonies, Legend...EVERY SINGLE movie night these are the ones he ALWAYS wants to watch. And we never do because we have watched them so many times before!
Always drapes him arm around me when we are going to sleep:)
Tells me I am beautiful everyday.
Tells our girls they are beautiful everyday.
Grateful for his testimony in Jesus Christ and the gospel.
Grateful for how hard he works for us.
He is just the coolest.
I love his smell.
I love his kisses.
I love his smile...
"Everything I know I learned after I was thirty". - Georges Clemenceau (Something to look forward to about turning 30)
Break in 30 for me!
Happy Birthday to my most favorite person! I am happy you were born!
Today I want to celebrate Mitch. The cool guy I get to call my husband, my best friend, my partner. Things I admire and love about him...
Mitch is just the most genuine person I have ever met. He doesn't sugar coat it for you and will be honest with you, even if you dont want to hear it.
He has a sincere heart and can be so very thoughtful.
If I had to choose one thing that I love the most it would be...he makes me laugh. Everyday. Even if we have gotten in an argument, he somehow makes me smile.
He makes our kids laugh. Which I think is such a very important ingrediant in raising healthy, happy kids.
He reads to the girls and massages Caleb's feet and mine every night that he is home.
He is not flaky. He follows through with the committments he makes.
Loves to stay active and play sports.
Loves books. He will finish his own novel sometime in his life.
Has patience.
He is sensitive. Really he is.
Loves to date me.
When we walk the kids to school he puts his hand around my waist and I think its the best touch to me.
Rarely speaks harsh words about anyone. But when he does will say what he feels.
Takes time off to go to everything that the kids are involved in.
Always has interesting facts and stories he hears from guys at work.
Knows everything there is to know about football and baseball.
Offers his service to those in need at church or a bum in the parking lot.
Always give money to the bum in the parking lot.
Never tells me I cant do anything I feel inspired to do.
Supports my decisions.
Supports the kids in everything they do.
Loves to have fun!
Loves to watch Willow, Princess Bride, Goonies, Legend...EVERY SINGLE movie night these are the ones he ALWAYS wants to watch. And we never do because we have watched them so many times before!
Always drapes him arm around me when we are going to sleep:)
Tells me I am beautiful everyday.
Tells our girls they are beautiful everyday.
Grateful for his testimony in Jesus Christ and the gospel.
Grateful for how hard he works for us.
He is just the coolest.
I love his smell.
I love his kisses.
I love his smile...
"Everything I know I learned after I was thirty". - Georges Clemenceau (Something to look forward to about turning 30)
Break in 30 for me!
Happy Birthday to my most favorite person! I am happy you were born!
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Adventures in babysitting...
Last night Mitch and I were wanting to go have dinner-alone. I called all the usual babysitters and no one could help us out. Caleb stepped in and begged us to trust him with the girls for a little while. So we let him. Even Carly. We went and just had dinner and looked around TJ Maxx for awhile. When we came home this is what we found...
All three girls were asleep!
Caleb you are so awesome! I think we have found ourselves a great sitter:)
All three girls were asleep!
Caleb you are so awesome! I think we have found ourselves a great sitter:)
Friday, September 10, 2010
"Special"...
It wasn't even 8am yet and I was dealing with this...
She is "special". Mitch says this to her when she has done something completely crazy. Like this...
I opened her drawer to get her some socks this morning and in a days time she was able to collect and hoard all of this! I am sure Caleb will be quite upset to see his flip camera in this mess. Special is as special does:)
She is "special". Mitch says this to her when she has done something completely crazy. Like this...
I opened her drawer to get her some socks this morning and in a days time she was able to collect and hoard all of this! I am sure Caleb will be quite upset to see his flip camera in this mess. Special is as special does:)
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