Easter Prep

Benjamin and I decided that we needed to make some sugar cookies for Easter. I mixed up the cookie dough on Holy Thursday and baked the cookies on Good Friday afternoon (Thank you Governor Rounds for giving me the afternoon off). Benjamin and I frosted and decorated them Friday evening. We had a lot of fun. Benjamin helped with spreading the frosting on the cookies but I think he enjoyed putting the sprinkles on the most. Benjamin liked working with the pink and white candy circles. He liked putting those on the cookies. He would always help himself to some of them and then say "umm that's good stuff". We were both pretty proud of our handy work. The only trouble with these cookies is that you can't eat just one; especially, if they are frosted! For the family recipe go here.

Alone time

Mommy, how long do I have before Benjamin comes? I am sure this is what is going through Ada's mind as she is sitting in her crib. Benjamin loves to play toys with Ada. He doesn't quite understand that she can't do everything he does, yet.

Playing with Dolls

Benjamin loves playing with his little sister, Ada, even if it is playing dolls. He will take such good care of his "baby". He makes sure the baby gets something to eat, drink, sleep (he covers the baby up), and he even changes the baby. He is quite the father! He tries telling Ada what to do with the baby but she just grabs the baby and shakes her until she decides she has had enough and throws her down. I think Benjamin will get a lot of doll time in between our house and daycare as he is one of two boys at daycare. It is so cute watching Benjamin and Ada play together. I have to admit I enjoy watching Benjamin play dolls and take care of his "baby". Tonight, when we gave Benjamin and Ada a bath, Benjamin was giving his baby a bath while I gave my baby (Ada) a bath.

Ben's Breakfast!

We had cinnamon rolls for breakfast and Benjamin decided he wanted one too. Well his version of rolls for breakfast was to just eat the frosting off of them and leave the actual roll part alone. He would pick all the frosting off of the rolls with his fingers and then eat it. He didn't stop until all of the frosting was gone!

Fresh Air

The fresh air yesterday was just what I needed! My mood has definitely improved. I don't know if it was the beautiful weather or all the exercise that I got but what I do know is I definitely needed it. It was so nice to get outside with the kids. Since I was home with Benjamin and Ada (due to Benjamin's pink eye) we decided to go for a walk. We got out the double stroller and away we went. We were outside for about three hours just walking in the stroller. When I attempted to come back home after two hours Benjamin looked at me and said, "stay outside, you walk." He didn't even want to come out of the stroller to play at the park (for those of you who know Benjamin you know that is unbelievable)! He just seemed so happy being outside and looking around. He would point out all the squirrels, birds, and dogs. At one point both Benjamin and Ada were sleeping. It was so much fun being with my kiddos enjoying the beautiful weather without a care in the world.

It's so funny how you go all winter wondering what happened to the neighbors and then you have one nice day and you see most of the neighborhood start to emerge from their houses. It is so nice to see that we have neighbors again! Our neighborhood is getting more and more young families and there are at least four babies on our street. It should be fun this summer playing at the park.

Food and Fellowship

Check out the new blog, www.foodandfellowship.blogspot.com for cooking/baking recipes and ideas!

Pet Peeve

As I was driving to and from work yesterday I got to thinking about pet peeves. I started thinking about all the things that could be my pet peeves and then thought about what my pet peeves are. For some people they get annoyed when people pull out in front of them and then drive slow. For others it is people who don't use their turn signals. It bugs some people if certain colors are put together and others get annoyed when people run late. Or how about those people who say they are going to do something and then don't? Well I can deal with all those things but my BIGGEST pet peeve is people who bring their obviously sick children or themselves and expose other people and other people's children to those germs. I know kids are full of germs and winter time is the time for illness but man we have been so healthy this year dispite a new baby and a different daycare. It makes me so mad that all it takes is one kid who should have stayed home or should have indicated the suspected illness right away. If I would have known the kid had pink eye we would have just stayed home. Now, I am trying to wrestle my two year old to give him his eye drops for his double pink eye infection. Thanks so much for this fun--I guess I really needed this kind of one-on-one time.