Momma Mia!

Monday, May 10, 2010

Mother's Day is a tricky one when your spouse is gone. Fortunately Manuel picked up the ball on this one. He let me sleep in and made me waffles

And a locket he won at one of those games at the mall. He then tried it on his wrist and wondered how anyone would actually wear this and we decided to hang it from the rear view mirror on the van and then I'll save the earrings for a fancy occasion.
After church and naps we went to Point Defiance for a picnic dinner from Tatonka Takeout and enjoyed our warm, sunny day.

P.S. I made them wear their Easter outfits today since I was so horribly ill on Easter. I got some great pictures of them all together coordinating that will be shared at a later date.

You say Fat Tuesday...

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

We say PANCAKE TUESDAY!!!!

If you are really wanting to know the history of Pancake Tuesday you can check it out here . All I know is that as a kid we ate lots of pancakes and had pancake races during the morning. I had already planned on making pancakes for dinner but my sister convinced me that I should also have a pancake race for them. So, Annelorre...This one's for you.

You want us to do what?

The Sixth Love Language

Sunday, February 14, 2010

While I enjoy Gary Chapman's Love Language Books I have discovered that my kids definitely have a sixth love language that is not mentioned. The love for food. So, what better gift for Valentine's day than a day full of food, especially lots of sugar.

Strawberry Pies for breakfast! They look nothing like the fancy ones on the Williams-Sonoma box that the pie shape came out of. Still tasted good though. Followed by an incredibly sugar-filled lunch of chocolate fondue and all the fixings. The kids could not believe I was going to let them eat marshmallows and brownies dipped in chocolate for an actual meal. I even had a bowl of cheerios for Boyce, but he preferred the apples.

Gage only ate marshmallows!

Boyce didn't really know what to think of the chocolate. I think he actually just smeared it all over himself and his tray.

I think Gage was concerned that I was actually going to make him try and eat that banana. I have to admit that I cringed a little seeing the marshmallow bowl disappear and the plate of bananas untouched. But, I made it and I don't think they'll ever forget that lunch. Our final love meal of the night was homemade pizza with stuffed crust. (with a side of fruit and yogurt...and no dessert!) Thanks Babe, for the pretty flowers that are in the background.

Visit with Aunt Annelorre

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Aunt Annelorre came to visit (with Grandma but more pictures on that later). We all had a great time. Manuel made the realization that her name is not actually Aunt Alorra, but Annelorre. He asked me why I was also calling her Aunt Alorra if it was my sister...Gage thought she was great and could even manage his own version of Annelorre, which sounds pretty good! It probably only solidified her decision to not have kids after hanging out with our crew for 5 days!