Rainy day fun

It's been raining a lot the past week.  This makes for restless children.  We got out and went to Costco  and ended up at home playing with diaper boxes.  Lee Ann fell in love with this stuffed horse.

Party

My mother's birthday was last week and we celebrated with a dinner.  Lee Ann and Henry partied all night.  Lee Ann also got out every single pot holder my mother owns.

Dinnertime

This cookbook arrived yesterday and I've been pouring through it drooling over all the recipes.  There is a whole chapter dedicated to freezer meals and I'm determined to set time aside next weekend to make a couple and stock up on freezer dinner options.  

New shoes

I have been and always will be a shoes (and handbags) kind of girl.  Some girls love new makeup, others like jewelry...but shoes just do something for me.  Case in point - I bought Henry new shoes yesterday and sent my husband several photos/texts of said shoes taken from different angles.  I waited anxiously by the phone for a response like "excellent" or "super cool".  Nothing.  Radio silence.  Crickets.  When he got home I pounced on him asking if he had seen them and all he said was "yeah".  Humph.  Here are the shoes and Henry modeling them at Whole Foods. 

Rising strong

This is my current read and I am REALLY enjoying it.  Rising Strong is all about embracing our mistakes and getting back up...very inspiring.  It's very self help oriented so if that's not your bag then this is not for you.  

Bacon Buns

Monday was my husbands birthday and he asked for one thing - bacon buns.  If you have never had one let me tell you...you are missing out.  They are in a word amazing.  They are basically a brioche role stuffed with a chopped bacon and onion mixture.  They are also not on my eating plan.  (Hello four pounds of bacon and one pound of butter.). I spent most of Sunday making them and it's Thursday but my house still smells like bacon.  Yum.

Big guy

This guy just keeps getting bigger and cuter.  

Zoo Day!

We all went to the zoo on Friday for a morning visit.  Lee Ann had a blast.  It's been six months since we went in the spring and you could really see her appreciation this go round.  We can't wait to go back! 

Time out

Recently we have been doing "time out" with Lee Ann when she misbehaves.  (Hitting, scratching, throwing random things at her brother, etc.)  This weekend she was hitting her brother and we put her in the corner and made her count to ten.  Henry was pretty worried about her and he crawled over to comfort her.

Lunch of champions

It's Friday and it's been a long week with a sick baby and moody toddler.  I deserve chocolate.  Trying not to eat the whole bag.  

The face

This is the face of a kid who is NOT pleased when I present him with veggies.