Owen, toothclops. He will not touch the tooth nor allow anyone near his mouth. Ate the first one.
Does everyone get turkeys in the swingset, or is that a New England thing?
Asher, all concentration following 'learn to draw' directions.
Monday, March 10, 2014
"The Boys"
New Eden cute-ism this morning. Came downstairs and sees brothers and says, "Hi boys!" That's the first time she's used "boys" as a label and just struck us a sweet.
Saturday, March 8, 2014
Edie-pie
This is one of those videos that you just shouldn't bother clicking on unless you're a grandparent, and a grandparent very interested in pretty boring footage. Long movie of Eden pretend-napping (a new trend around here) and singing. (Pardon mine.)
Speaking of pretend napping, she has taken barely a nap since she turned 2. Every day she is in that crib for at least 1.25 usually 1.5hrs. She is tired. No nap. She says, "I wake up!" and proceeds to play every day. I guess she must not be *that* tired. Ugh. She is cute as she plays in the dark talking to herself and playing with her blanket. I would feel bad if she weren't generally having a good time in there!
Click here for Eden footage
In other news, Reuel and the boys left at 6:30am to ski all day and had a blast, my sister found a wedding dress on her first day out, I baked 3 large double recipes of cookies for church fellowship time tomorrow, and put together a bookcase for Eden's room, and halfway through the bookcase came down with a stomach bug. Which is why I'm still up...too queasy to sleep much. Also chills and aches but no fever, never had that before. So all 3 trays of food wasted for tomorrow! Bummer!! Drat you public school!!
Speaking of pretend napping, she has taken barely a nap since she turned 2. Every day she is in that crib for at least 1.25 usually 1.5hrs. She is tired. No nap. She says, "I wake up!" and proceeds to play every day. I guess she must not be *that* tired. Ugh. She is cute as she plays in the dark talking to herself and playing with her blanket. I would feel bad if she weren't generally having a good time in there!
Click here for Eden footage
In other news, Reuel and the boys left at 6:30am to ski all day and had a blast, my sister found a wedding dress on her first day out, I baked 3 large double recipes of cookies for church fellowship time tomorrow, and put together a bookcase for Eden's room, and halfway through the bookcase came down with a stomach bug. Which is why I'm still up...too queasy to sleep much. Also chills and aches but no fever, never had that before. So all 3 trays of food wasted for tomorrow! Bummer!! Drat you public school!!
Another O quote
Talking at bedtime, in the dark, sitting together:
I am so excited Aunt Debbie is getting married!! It is going to be so much fun for you to get to go to a wedding. And you're getting a new uncle!!
O: I know. Mom, I really hope Aunt Debbie gets a baby.
No pressure intended! Just recordin' memories :)
I am so excited Aunt Debbie is getting married!! It is going to be so much fun for you to get to go to a wedding. And you're getting a new uncle!!
O: I know. Mom, I really hope Aunt Debbie gets a baby.
No pressure intended! Just recordin' memories :)
Thursday, March 6, 2014
O quote
Me: Here Owen, want to shave? (hands over Dad's electric razor which he only uses when in a hurry)
Owen: No way, that will hurt!
Me: Nope, doesn't hurt, here try it.
Owen: Oh it just tickles. I thought it hurt unless you put whipped cream on your face first.
Owen: No way, that will hurt!
Me: Nope, doesn't hurt, here try it.
Owen: Oh it just tickles. I thought it hurt unless you put whipped cream on your face first.
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Eden
Daddy behind the lens enjoying his little sweetie while I took the boys to the Lego movie :) Eden is a chatterbox, and LOVES to paint. I mean, it is LOVE!!!
Oh yes I did...and Oh no, I never will again
Tell me how one can decide not to try this when one sees it go by:
http://dinnerwithjulie.com/2013/06/11/homemade-cronuts/
Yes, I know, it's easy to refrain. But I have this thing about challenging recipes that will take all my time and then my children will dislike anyway...sort of a compulsion. So, oh yes I did.
I don't think I'll be hand-making puff pastry again in the near future. Theoretically it wouldn't be too bad, but in the Sahara-like humidity of a New England kitchen in February, I think my flour was extra dry and I didn't add more water to compensate, and the dough was just a *teensy* bit hard to roll [that is, *very* hard] and that was before refrigerating it. At least I burned 0.005% of the calories of a single cronut while rolling the puff pastry.
Reuel did indeed like them very much, so that was gratifying. Eden asked for cereal. The boys ate several bites without making faces! The rest are in the freezer. But I did feed my love of playing around in the kitchen, which tends to start to starve as I'm preparing the umpteenth peanut butter sandwich, cheese quesadilla, steamed broccoli and pepperoni and cheese cracker stack of the week. So, it was a success! A one-time success!
http://dinnerwithjulie.com/2013/06/11/homemade-cronuts/
Yes, I know, it's easy to refrain. But I have this thing about challenging recipes that will take all my time and then my children will dislike anyway...sort of a compulsion. So, oh yes I did.
I don't think I'll be hand-making puff pastry again in the near future. Theoretically it wouldn't be too bad, but in the Sahara-like humidity of a New England kitchen in February, I think my flour was extra dry and I didn't add more water to compensate, and the dough was just a *teensy* bit hard to roll [that is, *very* hard] and that was before refrigerating it. At least I burned 0.005% of the calories of a single cronut while rolling the puff pastry.
Reuel did indeed like them very much, so that was gratifying. Eden asked for cereal. The boys ate several bites without making faces! The rest are in the freezer. But I did feed my love of playing around in the kitchen, which tends to start to starve as I'm preparing the umpteenth peanut butter sandwich, cheese quesadilla, steamed broccoli and pepperoni and cheese cracker stack of the week. So, it was a success! A one-time success!
p.s. I just had to go and look up what this is all about: http://dominiqueansel.com/cronut-101/
I see they sell for $5 a cronut. And to think I threw out all the scraps and had so many leftover! That was worthwhile labor!! If only I lived in NYC I could have sold them out of my window.
Costco
We got a Costco membership voucher recently at minimal cost through one of those social shopping websites. Today some other plans fell through, and it is school vacation week, so the three kids and I packed up with great enthusiasm to make the 20 minute drive to New Hampshire (amazing how easy it is to propagandize a shopping trip to children just by making it in a different state!) to visit Costco for the first time. The boys thoroughly enjoyed watching the 5,000-inch TV screens near the registration desk which were showing speed-skating (excitement still high!). After getting my photo snapped and signing all the papers, we made it through approximately 3 aisles before I heard, "Wait, this is boring!" I promised them that only *some* of it was boring, and that soon we would get to the aisle with cookies in boxes as big as their little sister! They were indeed excited about that (not that I let them buy any, mwa-ha-ha!). After they discovered food samples, all was well, until we were about 2/3 of the way through the store. Then I looked in my basket and panicked.
Me: Guys, we have got to get out of here soon! I'm afraid this trip is going to cost us $500 if I keep looking around!!
Owen: [eyes wide! then, eyes scanning] Mom. I see the checkout, follow me!
Me: Thanks Owen!
I didn't *really* intend to stop shopping at that moment...mostly, but you know there's always that last look on the way out. So, I turn down one more aisle.
Owen: Mom, that's the wrong way!
Me: Oh, I just want to go down this one last aisle and then we'll head out.
Owen: Well, OK, but you can't buy anything.
Me: [picks something up]
Owen: Mom, don't buy that! We have to go!
Asher: [joining in] Mom stop looking at all this stuff!
Me: You're right, let's go! [this is getting fun] Oh, wow, 50 bars of soap!!
Owen: [agitation increasing] NO! Mom, you're getting distracted!!!
Asher: There's the checkout Mom!
Me: Oh yeah [turns head]...but, but...LOOK AT ALL THESE SOCKS!!!!
Owen: MOM. LOOK AT ME. We are going to the checkout, now start walking.
Me: Yes, let's walk. Full speed ahead! GUYS. LOOK at this HUGE jar of JELLY BEANS!!
Owen: NOOOOOOOO!!!! No way Mom!! Do you want to spend $500???
Asher: [nearly visible idea bulb in air over head] [whispers in Owen's ear...and Asher whispers are always stage whispers] Owen, maybe we could let her buy the jelly beans...
Owen: No way!!
And that right there is my 2 kiddos in a nutshell!!!! Owen was very pleased to discover that we had only accumulated $120 worth of goods. I was still choking on that number, but we all know it is pretty easy to walk out of those places with more damage than that. And compared to what you get at Whole Foods for that price, we did pretty well, thanks to my little watchdogs (one of which *really* likes jelly bellies).
Me: Guys, we have got to get out of here soon! I'm afraid this trip is going to cost us $500 if I keep looking around!!
Owen: [eyes wide! then, eyes scanning] Mom. I see the checkout, follow me!
Me: Thanks Owen!
I didn't *really* intend to stop shopping at that moment...mostly, but you know there's always that last look on the way out. So, I turn down one more aisle.
Owen: Mom, that's the wrong way!
Me: Oh, I just want to go down this one last aisle and then we'll head out.
Owen: Well, OK, but you can't buy anything.
Me: [picks something up]
Owen: Mom, don't buy that! We have to go!
Asher: [joining in] Mom stop looking at all this stuff!
Me: You're right, let's go! [this is getting fun] Oh, wow, 50 bars of soap!!
Owen: [agitation increasing] NO! Mom, you're getting distracted!!!
Asher: There's the checkout Mom!
Me: Oh yeah [turns head]...but, but...LOOK AT ALL THESE SOCKS!!!!
Owen: MOM. LOOK AT ME. We are going to the checkout, now start walking.
Me: Yes, let's walk. Full speed ahead! GUYS. LOOK at this HUGE jar of JELLY BEANS!!
Owen: NOOOOOOOO!!!! No way Mom!! Do you want to spend $500???
Asher: [nearly visible idea bulb in air over head] [whispers in Owen's ear...and Asher whispers are always stage whispers] Owen, maybe we could let her buy the jelly beans...
Owen: No way!!
And that right there is my 2 kiddos in a nutshell!!!! Owen was very pleased to discover that we had only accumulated $120 worth of goods. I was still choking on that number, but we all know it is pretty easy to walk out of those places with more damage than that. And compared to what you get at Whole Foods for that price, we did pretty well, thanks to my little watchdogs (one of which *really* likes jelly bellies).
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