It tastes as good as it looks! I had never even had red velvet cake decided to try it anyway. Truth be told I just wanted another excuse to make cream cheese icing. I used this Paula Deen recipe but cut the oil by 1/4 cup and doubled the cocoa power and vanilla. It made a very rich and moist cake with delicious cocoa undertones but definitely not a chocolate cake. Total winner in my book!
I am pretty sure this is the face before Wii injuries occur. Who knew that Toy Story Mania could induce such a competitive face?
Our sermon series this week was about being consumed by our consumer world and when to say enough is enough. It hit me hard this week. Always wanting new and better and more. Ugh. I am so blessed I feel like a glutton for even wanting what I don’t need. Feeling thankful for what I have, especially the three people that mean the most to me. God has blessed me beyond measure with them.
I feel you, buddy. Exercising is hard work.
Another month that is! I am really beginning to question my productivity. Once upon a time, I used to be a productive person. Not just productive but dare I say creative. My sewing lately has been limited to mending projects and making my mom a new valance for what used to be my old room. My days now consist of getting my church work done, snuggling with Sam, teaching Alaina how to read and cleaning up what ever Sam spits out at me during meal time. It is a glamourous life I lead.
Actually this month was one of more illness for us. Sam had his first ear infection and due to his irritability he must have been channeling my thoughts and thought give me a double. But instead of mommy getting a nice stiff drink to help her sleep my sweet Sam got a double ear infection and he got to have the sweet nectar of meds known as amoxicillain! But, Alaina she went for what I thought was just a cold and an eye infection and walked out with the diagnosis of pink eye, sinus infection and bronchitis. Yes, my kids are just over achievers when it comes to illness we like to get as many and as much yuck as possible. I am having their rooms measured for big bubbles for them to live in for the rest of flu season as I type.
But, so you know that we all still survived here is Lainey and her Daddy snuggling in the teeniest craft ever. A super cozy UK fleece blanket. All the crafting needed was 4 straight lines and fringe…up my alley for the amount of time I am committing to crafting lately!
I remember the teething game well from the princess. That being said, I thought I remembered it coming a lot later for her. Her first little tooth popped in when she was 10 months old so feeling the little white mountainous ridges of baby teeth popping through of my little 4 month old caught me by surprise! They haven’t popped through fully but this little man needs something else to munch on besides his mama. (I won’t go into detail with any further as to not embarrass my brother who reads here) So, when I remembered about these mesh baggies for babies to gum stuff with I knew that was what my little prince needed. Frozen breastmilk cubes (sorry little brother, I ended up writing something that will make you cringe anyway) have been a lifesaver. He happily chomps these down like a champ and then my little buy stops the teething fuss and I am back to my happy little milky mess man.
In comparison here is a picture of my first little teether at 7 months. It should be noted that my little guy weighs more now than the princess did when she turned one!
Being a UK fan was never going be an option, son. It is part your heritage. Accept it and love it and do your best not to get disappointed when we suck, well because as of recent years we do. However, once upon a time we were good so we just rub that in other teams faces and pray we return back to our former big blue glory once again. That being said, nothing would make your dad prouder than if your first words were Go Cats!
Despite the non stop hand washing and basically showering ourselves in hand sanitizer, the princess still managed to catch the swine flu. So far it is much less mild than what I was expecting. Which I am thankful for however, we still have to be worried about the little one. At 4 months old he isn’t old enough for any meds, so we are praying that this illness leaves our house soon and the rest of us don’t get it.
Interestingly enough the day before she came home from school with an art project of a pig which I threw away. It must be my punishment for not keeping every thing she has ever scribbled on, which would be her preference.
A direct quote of the princesses night time prayer last night:
Dear Jesus, I love you. Thank you for the oceans, swimming pools, chocolate milk and Target. Amen.
There is beauty in her honesty!
Every time I say something about my kids it never ceases to make me giggle. After almost 4 months it is still surreal that I have two kids! School has been in session with has been an interesting transition. Sending your child to kindergarten has been an eye opening experience. Every other person in my childs life, I have chosen so to have a new teacher that I hear wonderful things about but haven’t seen them yet make me uneasy. I wish I could say it has all been peachy but we are still jumping over a few hurdles. We meet with the teacher tomorrow night so I am hopeful that her methods will become clearer for us and give the princess room to excel before I complain about it all!
But, now for an update on the kids (insert giggle!)
Isn’t she gorgeous? She is a big girl who rides the bus and plays soccer and loves Sunday school so much she wants to stay for extra services. For such a petite girl she has such a big heart but selective hearing when it comes to cleaning up her messes. Can we blame dad for those traits? Most likely not for those who know me well, she is a carbon copy of her mama.
Oh my ever loving baby love goes on and on for this kid. He is so stinking sweet. He is the ultimate cuddle bug and just loves life. He is always smiling. Someone needs to remind him how little he is because he is just hitting his milestones way to fast. Within days of learning how to roll over in succession, he is now practicing a new skill that I would have been happy to have him wait on but he is pretty proud of his army crawl. He is 4 months old next week. He was so worth the wait.
There is nothing sweeter than waking up to see these two smiling at you.I love my kids. (insert giggle, still so sublimely happy to have two of them!)
