Parkin' It

 I don't know what the deal is with the kid on the right...

 Look at that toddler fear. Big sister can be a bit pushy sometimes. Let's go down the slide!

 Sweety pie.

 Big girl.

 Ahoy!

The bench warmers.

Let's Go Fly A Kite

I don't know if it's because it was a Dollar Store kite, or we are bad at kite flying, but it mostly just spun in crazy, wonky circles near the ground. Regardless, it was a requested activity that got done. 

 I let poor daddy do most of the running around, since I "had" to stay near the baby in the stroller. He he he.

We had fun, ate some cheese (the best power snack out there), and got the wiggles out! Look at those big girls.

Bless You

GIRL Cousins Playdate

Jane's been bugging me to set up a girl cousin playdate. So we had over 2 of the girls cousins to play and they brought Pinkalicious and cupcakes, and then we played Don't Eat Pete! 

They had a lot of fun. Jane also made them all play Aliens since daddy has been telling her an epic week-long story about Stain The Alien. Not everyone was pumped about that game, but all participated, like good little cousins.

There is nothing cuter than a little girl hang out!

GUM

(This is for grandma Church. I'm sure she's laughing over there in Spain right now!)

Lesson learned.

By all.

St. Patty's Day and Some Chickens

A little leprechaun came by and made us some greens eggs and green pancakes. Jane gasped when she heard what happened.

These kids took some convincing to eat up. 

Then, later we went to Great Uncle David and Great Aunt Heather's house to see their newish baby chickens. (Great Uncle David is barely 5 years older than me, I just like to rub in the generational verbage. :)

Z Talks With Her Mouth Full

This may gross out those of you without kids. Babies slobbering all over used to make me gag too. Now I find this cute. But only 'cuz it's my kid, not yours. :)

Newest Addition To The Family

Yeah, I'm a little delayed.

She's 3 1/2 months old now.

But wasn't it worth the wait?

She's a cutie pie!

Our third sweet little lady. 

World, Hazel. Hazel, world.

Beautiful Fall Plum Compote

I love fall. I'm so excited it is finally here! And with it, came tons of lovely purple Italian Plums from sister-in-law's garden. My digestive track wasn't handling as many a day that I wanted to eat, so I decided I'd better come up with a plan quickly to preserve these beauties for future consumption...

First I made a quick galette yesterday. Yum! Then today I decided to make a compote  so that I can freeze it for later consumption.

I just cut up my plums, put them in a pot with 1/2 cup water and a few tbs sugar (added to taste) then let all that goodness simmer for 20 minutes or so until mushy.

I can't wait to put it on pancakes, waffles, crepes, muffins, toast, stir into oatmeal, on vanilla ice cream, etc, etc, etc.

New Family Pictures

Thanks to my friend Jesicah and her mad photography skillz.

Great Grandpa Houston

We visited the girls great grandpa today in Washington. We live so far away and don't get to visit much, so it was a nice visit.

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Third Time's A...

GIRL!!!

Another one, hooray! We didn't really believe our eyes, but it's true.

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Ziploc Ice Cream

Tonight for a fun family activity we made our first batches of Ziploc ice cream. All you need is-

• 1 Gallon Ziploc with ice and 6 tbs salt (we use kosher salt)

• In a quart sized Ziploc add 1/2 cup milk (we used whole milk), 1/2 tsp vanilla, 1 tbs sugar.

• Now SHAKE! It takes about 5 minutes on daddy shake time to whip up 1/2 cup of ice cream.

Notes- we added some hershey syrup to our second batch. 

I also read that doubling the batch doesn't work well...

 

Have fun and share your favorite flavors.

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Hair Emergency Resolved

At the zoo today, its nearing 100*f, and I forgot a ponytail holder for Jane.

Luckily I brought Ritz with a twistie on them. Twistie into hair tie. Viola!

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Two Birds, One Stone

Bowling

Our girls went bowling for the first time tonight. Now, there were bumpers in the lane, and much assistance was needed to roll the ball, but still- Jane got a 78 and Lucy got 65. Scott and I both did well, although the bumpers helped him out a bit. ;)

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Jane Says

Yelled from the potty...

Jane: "Mommy, my poops looks like a crocodile! Isn't that silly?!"

Image from here.

Three-year-olds are the best!

Valentine's Love, Headbands and Pancakes

Made these headbands for our little ladies to wear on V-Day.

Had chocolate chip heart-shaped pancakes for breakfast.

And daddy got an awesome Valentine delivery with this sweet little picture inside.

Dreaming of Summertime

From Friendly to Frightened

Lucy is finally getting accustomed to Rody, our bouncy horse.

She's begun crawling up to him and patting him and laying her head on him like she's giving him a little hug. 

The day this happened, Jane noticed and decided to play with Rody while Lucy followed them around the house. I let them play, then about 5 minutes later I hear Lucy screaming, terrified. I run to see what's happening...

Jane has cornered Lucy with Rody. Lucy crawled under my desk, like usual, but then Jane blocked Lucy's only exit with giant Rody. It freaked her out!

It was so super cute. Yes, she was screaming at the top of her lungs, but it was because of a bouncy horse. I cuddled her and made her feel better, and told Jane it was naughty to trap Lucy with the horsey, but it was cute-o!