RSSCompany’s Coming
May 4th, 2012Our new trend is to have a couple from church over on Friday evening. That normally means multiple kids and quite a bit of chaos (but fun chaos). Alex was quite adamant that “Holley Shiftwell” help me cook (Although she lives in Alex’s car basket, she was a birthday gift to me from Alex.) We had everything on the table pretty quickly and the boys even got to sit by themselves.
Then we moved to the living room for dessert and let the kids run wild. My favorite was when the boys reappeared in costume.
Our Zoo
May 3rd, 2012For some reason Alex was fixated on Tabit today. Tabit normally doesn’t let Alex hold her but seemed content with it (at least for 2 minutes).
Cars. Cars. Cars.
May 2nd, 2012Alex loves his cars. Lately he’s been wanting to take them outside. I’m a little too much of a perfectionist to want all his shiny new cars scratched and banged up on the concrete. I’ve been looking for a good deal on craigslist and finally found one! Over 300 cars (way more than we need) for $15. The cars were obviously well loved, but that’s perfect for outside cars.
Then I got industrious and tried to recreate a pintrest idea. (Mine still needs a little work – and some more gravel!)
When’s Dinner?
May 1st, 2012
For lunch today, I made Cooking Light’s Avocado Chicken Salad. It was fantastic! I couldn’t wait for dinner so I could eat it again.
Ingredients
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
3/8 teaspoon kosher salt
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
2 cups shredded chicken
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
3/4 cup refrigerated fresh salsa*
1 ripe avocado, peeled and chopped
1. Combine first 4 ingredients in a medium bowl, stirring with a whisk. Add chicken and cilantro; toss to combine. Gently fold in salsa and avocado. Serve with chips.
*I substituted pico de gallo for the salsa.
A Fruity Story Time
April 30th, 2012I can not say enough good things about Yo Mama’s story time. Today they had a fruit tasting instead of a craft. Miss Vickie was great about talking about the fruits and convincing the kids to try a bite. Then when it was time to get their yogurt she encouraged fruit instead of all candy (you’ll notice Alex got one of every sweet topping and then added pineapple).
Hello Sunday
April 29th, 2012It’s Sunday. It’s cold. My boy wants to play in the sand so off we go.
Car Seat Upgrade
April 28th, 2012Alex hasn’t outgrown his current car seat, but with Teague coming we’ll eventually need two. It seemed to make sense to get Alex a new car seat that can also be used as a booster (when he’s 4 and 40). Alex has been super excited and is still telling everyone we see (random people in the grocery store) that he has a new car seat with cup holders.
Moose
April 27th, 2012Moose has always been around and is still Alex’s favorite lovey. Today he moved up in the world and got his own pillow (which my birthday watch came wrapped around). Now when Alex goes to bed he carefully tucks Moose in too.
