Whew! Joel's softball team just beat the best team in the league!! For those of you local, that would be FBF!!! They were rather ecstatic:) Joel is really funny...slightly superstitious. He thinks we need to have the same supper tomorrow night that we had tonight. He always chews the same kind of gum every game. I think there are several other things that he does. And the other guys on the team are like that too!
In other news, Cheryl watched the girls for me while I went to my first "real" doctor appointment today. Everything went well and the baby's heart was beating nicely. We can go find out whether it is a boy or girl in 5-7 weeks! That isn't long at all:)
Well, I have to give two dirt balls baths now. They were playing in a big sand pit and certainly can't go to bed like that!
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Rainy Day Fun:)
Today, it was a rainy day and we had to stay inside. It was kind of nice just to play and not feel like we had to go anywhere. However, we couldn't survive many days like that! The girls were playing quite nicely in the basement while I got stuff done upstairs. Too soon, they came upstairs. They had seen a bug in the basement. Pilly wouldn't go back down at all unless I was coming too.
The bug was "this big!"
Pnut fed me all sorts of concotions and treats while I was downstairs with them. They are cute:)
I won't tell you about the trouble this kid caused today...just know that goldfish smashed up in OJ is not cool.
The bug was "this big!"
Pnut fed me all sorts of concotions and treats while I was downstairs with them. They are cute:)
I won't tell you about the trouble this kid caused today...just know that goldfish smashed up in OJ is not cool.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
The Naughtiness of Pilly
I've been very lax about taking pictures lately. I should have taken one of Pilly before her bath because she drew a black mustache on herself while we were at softball.
Pilly has had an eventful (read naughty) day. Pnut woke her up from her nap, and she never went back to sleep. She came down early, and pretty much talked then entire hour and a half until Pnut got up. And she wanted something every two minutes. Now, I do love to hear her talk, but nap time is when I am supposed to be working so chattering children aren't really what I want. We have these connecting blocks that are for math...there are 100 of them in 10 sticks of 10. She took all 100 apart and couldn't put them back together. Then she went to the table and dumped out two identical puzzles that they had receieved at Maddie's birthday party into one pile. I caught her licking the salt shaker like an ice cream cone, and she dumped beads from her bracelet that she made at Maddie's party (which had broken) all over the floor. And that gives you an idea of how our afternoon went.
Alright, so it has been a pretty stressful day and I am ready to go relax and play some Mario and Luigi! I'll try to take more pictures!
Pilly has had an eventful (read naughty) day. Pnut woke her up from her nap, and she never went back to sleep. She came down early, and pretty much talked then entire hour and a half until Pnut got up. And she wanted something every two minutes. Now, I do love to hear her talk, but nap time is when I am supposed to be working so chattering children aren't really what I want. We have these connecting blocks that are for math...there are 100 of them in 10 sticks of 10. She took all 100 apart and couldn't put them back together. Then she went to the table and dumped out two identical puzzles that they had receieved at Maddie's birthday party into one pile. I caught her licking the salt shaker like an ice cream cone, and she dumped beads from her bracelet that she made at Maddie's party (which had broken) all over the floor. And that gives you an idea of how our afternoon went.
Alright, so it has been a pretty stressful day and I am ready to go relax and play some Mario and Luigi! I'll try to take more pictures!
Monday, June 7, 2010
Strawberry Muffins
Joel is giving guitar lessons at church tonight so I am home alone with the girls. It is 7:10, and they are in bed! They usually are between 7:15-7:30 anyways, but still, it is nice to have a whole evening to enjoy quietly.
This weekend, I made strawberry muffins, and we enjoyed them quite a bit! The girls love strawberries and pretty much anything that contains strawberries:)
1/4 c canola oil
1/2 c milk
1 egg
1/2 t vanilla
1/2 t salt
2 t baking powder
1/2 c sugar
1 3/4 c flour
1 c chopped strawberries (chop about an hour before so that they aren't quite as juicy when mixing)
1/2 t cinnamon
1/4 c brown sugar
1. Preheat oven to 375. Line or oilmuffin tins
2. In a small bowl, combine all of the wet ingredient and beat lightly. In a separate, larger bowl, combine the rest of the ingredients except the strawberries. Stir until well mixed and then gently mix in the strawberries until well coated. Pour in wet mix and stir together.
3. Fill muffin cups. Bake for about 25 minutes and cool for 10 before removing from pan.
This is a recipe that is best mixed by hand. The strawberries would probably get damaged with a mixer. I made 3 large muffins and then a tray of 24 mini muffins for a snack at church. The recipe said it only makes 8, but I would venture to guess that you would get more large muffins that that out of this!
This weekend, I made strawberry muffins, and we enjoyed them quite a bit! The girls love strawberries and pretty much anything that contains strawberries:)
1/4 c canola oil
1/2 c milk
1 egg
1/2 t vanilla
1/2 t salt
2 t baking powder
1/2 c sugar
1 3/4 c flour
1 c chopped strawberries (chop about an hour before so that they aren't quite as juicy when mixing)
1/2 t cinnamon
1/4 c brown sugar
1. Preheat oven to 375. Line or oilmuffin tins
2. In a small bowl, combine all of the wet ingredient and beat lightly. In a separate, larger bowl, combine the rest of the ingredients except the strawberries. Stir until well mixed and then gently mix in the strawberries until well coated. Pour in wet mix and stir together.
3. Fill muffin cups. Bake for about 25 minutes and cool for 10 before removing from pan.
This is a recipe that is best mixed by hand. The strawberries would probably get damaged with a mixer. I made 3 large muffins and then a tray of 24 mini muffins for a snack at church. The recipe said it only makes 8, but I would venture to guess that you would get more large muffins that that out of this!
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Normal Day
I can't believe that it is already Thursday evening. We had a lovely, unbusy day today with no real plans except our daily activities! Yay! We went to the playground at 8:00 this morning to beat the heat, and much to my surprise, there was actually someone else there for the same reason. Usually if we go that early, we don't see anyone. The girls got to play in the pool this afternoon after nap, and they were both nice and hungry and devoured their spaghetti, which sometimes is difficulty for Pnut. Pilly actually had two bowls!
Pnut developed a rash this afternoon after nap. If you recall, she had one last year. It is starting out exactly the same way so I am afraid that tomorrow she will have swelling. I gave her Benadryl tonight before bed because it was starting to itch. I don't want to take her to the doctor for it, though, because they don't solve the problem. They just put her on allergy medicine and never figure out what is causing it. I don't know if they might this time since it is happening exactly the same way a year later, but I hate to even go. We won't be going to the playground because it is cleaning day so we'll see if that helps. I'm not sure if there is something that is blooming now that triggers it or what. It is weird that it would change from yesterday to today though.
I'm reading Little Women, and I love it. I read an abbreviated version when I was a teenager, and I wanted to read the whole thing. It is so well written! I'm so glad we went to the library the other day:)
I'll be finding my snack and reading my book now. Have a lovely weekend!
Pnut developed a rash this afternoon after nap. If you recall, she had one last year. It is starting out exactly the same way so I am afraid that tomorrow she will have swelling. I gave her Benadryl tonight before bed because it was starting to itch. I don't want to take her to the doctor for it, though, because they don't solve the problem. They just put her on allergy medicine and never figure out what is causing it. I don't know if they might this time since it is happening exactly the same way a year later, but I hate to even go. We won't be going to the playground because it is cleaning day so we'll see if that helps. I'm not sure if there is something that is blooming now that triggers it or what. It is weird that it would change from yesterday to today though.
I'm reading Little Women, and I love it. I read an abbreviated version when I was a teenager, and I wanted to read the whole thing. It is so well written! I'm so glad we went to the library the other day:)
I'll be finding my snack and reading my book now. Have a lovely weekend!
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Fun with a Friend
Today I had three little girls that played together so very nicely! Our friend Regan came over to play with the girls, and they just had so much fun! Regs is a sweet little girl, and all three of them play nicely together. Heather said that Regan took an awesome nap this afternoon too, so that is great! They went to the playground and played in the sprinkler and the pool and were generally just silly!
Pregnancy update: I'm hot. I've never really had a hard time with heat before when I was pregnant, but this time I'm just really hot! We've had pretty weird weather so far this year, with it swinging from freezing cold to super-hot without too much of a transition so I think that plays into it as well. I certainly was not eased into the heat this year.
Sewing update: I fixed a hole in Joel's pants...that is a step in the right direction, right?! I just have no motivation for projects! I don't want to do anything except lay around in the evenings! Joel thinks I'm quite lazy:P I don't see him doing much either ;)
Have a lovely, hopefully cool, night!
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Pool Day
These are pictures from our pool party last Thursday with my niece and nephew. It was really an all-day party for them!
Little Miss Laine was so cute with her curls...she didn't last as long as the other children in the cold water:)
Pnut had a ball, as per the norm. She loves water!
And here we have the ghost child who looks like he rarely sees the sun:) He also had a blast!
Miss Pilly loved the squeezy balls that would fill up wtih water. She even squished them on her own head.
This is an example of how Pilly lives in her own worls. Anthony and Pnut are racing around the outside, splashing and carrying on, and Pilly is just standing in the middle dumping water from one cup to another, totally oblivious to anything happening around her!
They would periodically jump out and run around the yard to warm up. This was after everyone was done, though. The girls loved Anthony and Laine's special towels!
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