My Loves

Carson's class had a little Valentine's Day party today and it happened that Finn woke up early from his nap.  I got him all ready and then Gabe, Finn and I headed off to his class.  The kids had a healthy snack of fruit, veggies, and popcorn and then a heart shaped sugar cookie that hey decorated. 

Yesterday in class they made these little car pictures that were tapped onto a brown paper lunch bag to  collect all of their Valentine's in.  They got a lot of them!  Well, 28 or so. 

 

My mom gave us some goodies from Trader Joe's.  Her new favorite store.  I like it a lot too!  I haven't been there yet though!  

Gabe enjoying a little doll time.  He quickly moved on to a garbage truck that he could load Lego's into.  

Finn is having a hard time napping today.  These pictures were taken in between trying to get him to sleep.  I don't know if it his teeth or his tummy that is causing the issue.  Hopefully it will pass soon! 

Hope you are having a wonderful Valentine's Day! 

 

Remember who loves us so much that He died on the cross for us!  "God so loved the world, that he gave His one and only Son so that whoever believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life."  John 3:16.  

Fruit-Eze

I was talking to a friend and Fruit-Eze came up in the conversation.  I had had it in the hospital after having Finn.

It was on sale this last week at our local store, but it is just a little spendy for me.  Then I had a thought!  I could try to make it up myself!?!  The ingredients are prunes, raisins, dates and prune juice.  So, I had to figure out how to put it all together.  When Carson was a baby I had to give him iron and ground up prune.  I boiled them and then would grind them up in the little baby food grinder.  So, this time I was thinking about boiling them or steaming them.  I decided to go with steaming.   

After I steamed them until they were soft, I used the food processor to grind them all up!  I added some of the water from steaming the dried fruit to thin it all out a little.  Carson was my taste tester.  I think it was a success with our homemade fruit-eze!   

ALoHa! 

No Tooth Smile

Finn has been working on teeth for a while now, I think.  However, these last couple of nights is a whole different program! 

Finn's no tooth smile won't be here much longer. 

Getting Finn to go to sleep has been about an hour and a half program!  Something that is not normal.  Last night went much better though.  With the help of comfort, teethie medicines and infant Tylenol we got it down a lot!

I love babies no tooth smile.  I remember with Gabe when I figured out he had gotten a tooth in, I cried. at my friends house.   :)  I wonder if that will happen with me this time?! 

AlOha.

Finn is 5 months!

I can't believe Finn is already 5 months old!  The top two pictures were taken on the 4th.  He has been busy tying to nap, starting to rock on his hands and knees, and LOVES smiling at all of us.  He watches his big brothers like crazy!

I put him on the floor is one spot and come back a couple of minutes later and he is in a whole new spot.  Having him go to sleep for naps and bed and staying asleep is a bit difficult lately.  He likes to rock all around and move forward, left and right, and even roll over and have his head at the other side of where we put him down  for bed.  Him getting up on his knees and rocking with his little booty up in the air is a bit cute, but so hard at 1am, 3am, and in between when we have to put him back to bed.

He has tried squash a couple of times and seems to like it for a couple of bites.  We might move onto a different veggie soon. 

Carson is doing good in school.  Busy learning words, numbers, counting and stuff.  His class went ice skating yesterday for a field trip and he had a great time.  My mom bought him skates this year for Christmas, so we have been trying to get to the rink as much as we can. 

Gabe is trying to learn how to skate, but only wants to hold on to the walker and get pushed around the rink.  :)  He is busy learning the proper way of singing ABC's, and wanting to do everything big brother is doing. 

2.7.13

 

 

She Says, so I'm Gonna Try 'Em!

Hip 2 Save says these are the best chocolate chip cookies ever.  So, I am going to try them out on Monday.  We gotta give some to the other Kindergarten teacher at Carson's school, so I am so happy to have come across this recipe!

Can't wait to dig into that cookie dough!  YUMMY!

Original NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs
• 2 cups (12-oz. pkg.) NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels
• 1 cup chopped nuts

Directions

PREHEAT oven to 375° F.

COMBINE flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in morsels and nuts. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets.

BAKE for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.

PAN COOKIE VARIATION: Grease 15 x 10-inch jelly-roll pan. Prepare dough as above. Spread into prepared pan. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool in pan on wire rack. Makes 4 dozen bars.

SLICE AND BAKE COOKIE VARIATION:
PREPARE dough as above. Divide in half; wrap in waxed paper. Refrigerate for 1 hour or until firm. Shape each half into 15-inch log; wrap in wax paper. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.* Preheat oven to 375° F. Cut into 1/2-inch-thick slices; place on ungreased baking sheets. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely. Makes about 5 dozen cookies.

* May be stored in refrigerator for up to 1 week or in freezer for up to 8 weeks.

FOR HIGH ALTITUDE BAKING (5,200 feet): Increase flour to 2 1/2 cups. Add 2 teaspoons water with flour and reduce both granulated sugar and brown sugar to 2/3 cup each. Bake drop cookies for 8 to 10 minutes and pan cookie for 17 to 19 minutes.

Pizza Dough Recipe

This is the best pizza dough recipe I have ever had!  I love it.  A single batch makes enough pizza for about 3-4 people.  Double it to make more servings per person or a single serving for more people.  Enjoy!  It is DELICIOUS!!! 
 From Kristin.

Mix together and let sit for about 5 minutes.
1/2 c warm water
1 T brown sugar
a little over 1 t bread rising yeast (1/4 oz)

Add this items to the water mixture above.
3/4 c Whole Wheat flour
1/2 c white flour
1 T flax meal
2 t olive oil
3/4 t salt

Rise 45 minutes, until doubled in size.  Bake pizza at 425* for about 15 minutes until golden brown and crust is firm.   

5 Foods

This last week I was looking at some blogs that I look at pretty often.  I came across this link to a nutritionist/way of life eating habits and listened to their spiel.  About half way through they talk about their program and why you need to join, but the reason why you should never eat these 5 foods is pretty amazing!  There was a lot of great info in the little presentation.

I was telling my mom about it, and finally found it on one of the blogs, so I thought I would post it.   If you have the time, I suggest listening to it.

Hope you are enjoying your new year so far!    

4 Month Weigh In

Finn turned 4 months on the 4th, which meant another check up at the doctors!  I had a list of questions for her which I had been writing down over the last week or so...so thankful for answers! 

Finn: 
Birth weight, 10# 3oz.  4 months, 17# 10oz.  90 percentile.
Length 26.5".  Also 90%.

Gabe:
Birth Weight, 7# 11oz.  4 months, 17#.
Length 25.5".

Carson:
Birth Weight, 8# 4oz.  4 months, 17# 5oz.
Length 25.5".

Finn has been the largest of the boys, but has actually gained the less amount of weight overall.   But we love every piece of chub on him that is for sure!  :)   

Hope you are enjoying the new year!  I can't believe it is already the 11th!  Cousin Christian and Uncle Cam's birthdays today! 

AlohA!

Almost 2 months!

A friend of mine, who has a day care, was having a house full of sick-os, including herself.  She came across some articles talking about onions and how they are so great for us!  The idea is that you cut an onion in half, and put it a room where you are most often.  It is supposed to attract the germs instead of them attacking you!  Many places online says it is an old wives tale, but she started to do it and since then they haven't been fighting colds!  She said that she would sometimes do just a couple of slices, if it were a more expensive one and that it didn't work as well as 1/2 of an onion. 

She shared this info with me at the beginning of November, and we started it right away!  Carson has been in school, the boys go to AWANA, and to Sunday school and we haven't had any cold symptoms since the onion has been out.  I put 1/2 in their room and then another 1/2 in the kitchen/family room area.  We have been using just regular white onions from either Winco or Sherms Thunderbird.  Nothing fancy or organic.  All I know, is it has been working for us!

Give it a try.  Oh, and we usually leave it out for about 5 days or so.  This article says to change it out every couple of days though.  You can try it out for your family and see what works.  The onions do smell, but it is worth it to not be dealing with sinus, nose, and throat junk!

Let me know if you try it and if you notice a change!      

Time FLIES!

Today Finn is 4 months already!  I can't believe how fast the last 4 months have gone by!  WOW!  Here he is with his big brothers and with me.  The onsie he is wearing Carson and Gabe both wore!  And now they are so big!  My goodness.  I am thankful for my fast growing boys though!

These pictures crack me up!  Gabe's facial expressions are priceless.  They were looking at their new Lego magazine this morning.  Gotta love these Lego building creators!