Cows and Zits.

I need to remember all the funny things 2 year olds say. Some are just dang cute.

Daddy: K what do cows eat for breakfast?
K: Chewys (Cheerios), Milk and Sugar.


K to Mommy. Mommy has a zit on her chin.

K, pointing to my chin: Mommy owie
Mommy: Yes, Mommy has a owie.
K: Uncle Mark give you owie?
Mommy: No not Uncle Mark.
K: Daddy or Lolo (Laura)?
Mommy: No not Daddy or Laura, just a owie.
K: Oh.

How well do you know me?

Which cookbook do you think I use regularly in our house?

Choice A:

K has the best smile in this photo!

Choice B:

A has her normal face saying... "MOM I am reading this STOP putting the camara in my FACE!!"

What did you have for Dinner?

I win most interesting meal tonight!

In a previous post, I mentioned that tonight K and A were helping with Dinner. We made a different, kid involved spaghetti. First things first, cut up hot dogs into 1 inch pieces.

Then your children insert the spaghetti noddles into the hot dogs..

As you see, my 1 year old had no idea what was happening. However she did like the hot dog chunks.

Here K is carefully inserting the noddles. This took her 30 mins to do this, granted she had to be reminded to not eat ALL of the hot dog pieces, and she only put 1 or 2 noddles in and would yell DONE. She kept saying "me cook daddy dinner!" not so much saying but screeching!

This is our work in progress...

and our finished product.

It was quite the interesting meal, and lets just say Justin was less then impressed. The girls ate it ok, however for those of you interested in trying this with your children, do it early. Don't have them do this right before dinner, K and A pretty much filled up on raw hot dogs.

Parents rates this meal 1/5 stars
Girls rate 4/5 stars

What did YOU make for dinner?

FUN Tuesday MORNING

Tuesday Morning... I find Tuesdays to be kinda boring. Nothing ever is going on, no preschool, no stay and play, no erronds. Boring.

NOT THIS TUESDAY!

Grandma, Dianne, Keria, Rylee, Aylish, Lisa, Kalia, Annaliesse and I got together and made a aquairum.
With markers, paper, tape, a sheet, sissors, and
extra stickers.

Oh thats right, be very jealous. The girls had a great time, mornings like this are fun, unproductive and memorable.

Thanks for the fun morning!

Family Swimming

Every month, the Martin family rents the Nicolous Sharron Pool. We get together and just chill and "play". Uncle Curtis brought a camera and captured some cute photos this month.

I mean sure, sometimes living this close to LOTS of family can be hectic, involving, meddlesome, and frustrating. But it can also be really great. I love having family around, and this includes Justins family that lives close by. I LoVE you all and it is really special to raise my children around lots of extended family.

Meal Plan Monday

1. Monday- Leftovers. We are going grocery shopping, so if it goes fast it will be leftovers, if not McDonalds on the way home!
2. Tuesday- Beef Dips. It is getting warmer... this means start breaking out our summer menu!
3. Wednesday- Hot Dogs, Carrots and Spaghetti. I saw this adorable project and supper for little ones and I know my girls will LOVE it. Mom and Dad, well... maybe we will pick out our hot dogs!
4. Thursday- Potato wedges covered in Shake and Bake (thanks Jeni) and Hamburgers. If I buy a dozen buns for Beef Dips I try and do another meal with the rest of the buns, waste not want not (my Mother in Law invented that saying I am almost positive).
5. Friday- Abby's. YUP. We are driving to High River, so grab and go.
6. Saturday and Sunday will also be in Calgary or High River so it is a short meal week.

Ok, so often for the next little while I am going to include a meal rating. Lisa reminded me the other day about The Big Cook Cook Book, so every time I use a meal out of there I will rate it. So yesterday I didn't feel like making what I had planed so instead I made

Curried Chicken pg. 70

This chicken contains butter, honey, mustard, salt and curry powder. I thought we would really enjoy it, because most of the time we like curry. However the chicken came out really dry and sweet. The recipe calls for 1 cup of honey, in my head that seems like alot! The girls did not like the sauce and only ate forced bites. I cooked the chicken for 5 hours on low and it dried right out.

We rate this recipe 2/5 stars.