Saturday, August 1, 2009

Sprinkles and Woman Nails

I love that I finally have a blog and that I have been pretty good at blogging regularly. I do not keep a journal and I feel guilty every other day for not keeping track of our kids lives and the cute and funny things they do. So this blog will have to take that place.

I wanted to hurry and write this before I forgot.

Our boys are HILARIOUS!! Within the last 24 hours our boys have said some pretty funny things that I think will be told over and over again.

  1. Jordan goes up to Ryan and asks if he had to go to work tomorrow, Ryan respondes with "Yeah I have to work everyday. If I don't work we won't have any food or be able to live here, so we would be living on the street." Jordan has a look on his face like he is really sympathic and Ryan was waiting for him to say "okay dad" but instead, this is what he said in a really soft tone "oh dad, all I really care about are toys and treats!" Ryan looks at me and can't help but laugh. So funny how he doesn't care if he lives in a condo or that he has food; all he cares about are "Toys and Treats".
  2. We were having a ticklefest with the boys on the couch. We all take turns holding each person down while we all go to town tickling them. After the fun was all over and everyone regained themselves from the fest Jordan says " Hey mom, you scratched me with your WOMAN NAILS". Priceless
  3. Yesterday morning, I was playing with Nolan on our bed and I was looking at his STILL chunky thighs and I noticed that he had a little freckle on his thigh. "What is that" I asked and he replied with "It's a sprinkle, I got it from the mall". I was laughing so hard I had to text Ryan at work. The more I thought of it the more I thought was funny was his reaction. He acted like he had seen it before and that was nothing new. I wonder if the first time he saw it he thought "Oh I have a sprinkle, I must have gotten it from the mall".
So there you have them. Feel free to comment or laugh away.

Gotta run heading to the gym and the daycare closes soon.


Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Help Remedies



I was looking for unique Gourmet Food products and I stumbled across a site called Lovely Package. They have the most modern unique package designs I have ever seen. The products vary from Food to Soap. I have included a sample of what I am talking about. The look alone makes me want to buy them all. Now that I think about it I am getting a headache.

Peach Napoleons


This looks amazing! Next time we entertain I will be making these for sure. Yum Yum!

Peach Napoleons with Sugared Wonton Wrappers

adapted from Quick Fix Meals

Serves 4

cooking spray
12 wonton wrappers
2 tablespoons sugar
1 cup fresh prepared sweetened whipped cream
2 fresh peaches, cleaned and thinly sliced
1 tablespoon powdered sugar

Preheat oven to 400F. Coat a large cooking sheet with cooking spray.

Lay the wonton wrappers on the prepared sheet in a single layer. Lightly spray the tops with cooking spray. Sprinkle sugar evenly over the wrappers.

Cook in the preheated oven for 5 minutes, or until golden brown. Remove from oven.

To arrange, place four of the wonton wrappers on a serving plate or on individual dessert dishes. Top each wonton with 2 tablespoons of the whipped cream, followed by 1/4 of a peach. Top with a second wonton wrapper. Repeat layer with 2 tablespoons whipped cream and 1/4 of a peach. (For a total of half a peach for each dessert.) Top with the remaining wonton wrappers.

Sift powdered sugar over the tops and serve.

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Pizza Pizza




Today I came across a post by one of my fav bloggers and she posted her dinner from the night before. It was homemade pizza and it looked amazing! So today I decided that I would try and make my own; using only whole wheat flour and fresh ingredients. I think it came out pretty well. I had enough dough to make two thin crust pizzas and cheese sticks for the boys. They loved dipping them in the pizza sauce. The second pizza ended up looking like a heart.

Friday, July 24, 2009

Real or Fake?



I came across this the other day and I thought it was awesome, so I had to share. What do you bet that this will become trendy? I honestly would rather carry this around instead of the yucky total fake Chanel bags that you can purchase at the mall. Now that is embarrassing.

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

They can eat





I am wondering if it is normal how much my boys eat. I swear they are asking to eat or drink every hour. This can be pretty frustrating when I am trying to work. To tell you a little more about what they can eat; my 2 year old can eat 4 scrambled eggs at once and then ask for more. We go to McDonald's and I order the 10 piece chicken nuggets and that is only enough to feed one of them and they are still asking about fries, apple dippers, drink and frosty (yeah they don't understand that you have to go to Wendys for that). I get them popsicles and they each want their own box, because they know they will run out in two days if they share.
This can be pretty expensive, so thank goodness that I am a bargain shopper. (while I write this, my 2 year old is calling me a doggy and trying to feed me wet popcorn from his mouth.YUM!)

Here are a few pics of the little stinkers eating their own pushup pops. Notice the floor of noodles? This was from their previous mid afternoon snack to hold them over before snack time. Hope you like:)

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Saying Goodbye

We dropped my little brother off at the airport yesterday afternoon. He had been staying with us for the summer to help with the kids, so I could launch my business. The 3 months went by way too fast and I did not get nearly as much stuff done as I was hoping for. And now he has headed back home. We will miss him lots! He was a great help and very patience with them.

It was so heart wrenching, because I did not think or prepare myself for what this would do to the boys. They were devastated! Not only did little hottie N think that he was going with him on the plane, he prepared himself at home beforehand . He packed his little Kung Fu Panda backpack with rollers and he made sure to include a few toys and an extra pacifier. (no way he is traveling anywhere without a passpee!) The child was planning on leaving us and heading to Utah with my brother! We arrived at the airport and got my brother all checked in and all the while N is as happy as can be, cause he thinks that he is getting on a plane real soon. We get to the part where we have to say our goodbyes' and N goes "bye mom". So I tell him that he is staying with mommy and he says " No, I going with Chris" with a big smile. It was so hard to tell him no and hold him with his panda pack while we saw him go through security. That is when the extreme screaming started. Jordan was cool as ever and I was appreciating his "toughness".
I tried to lighten the mood by saying we should go watch him leave on the shuttle since this is their fav part of the airport. We waved our last goodbyes' until we could no longer see him. I look over and "tough" J is bawling! Now I have two bawling children and people are looking at me like I just pinched them or something. Little hottie J goes "moms don't let uncles leave". I felt like crying now! Not only do I not have someone to help with them right now, I am sad to have a family member go and I realized that I am gonna have to carry both to the parking garage and one is wearing a panda pack.
I ended up getting them Mcdonalds and everyone suddenly was happy again. I love how food can change your mood like that!