What Happened to the Sunday Afternoon Nap?

My children missed the memo that from the beginning of time, Sunday afternoons were meant for napping. Sheesh. Just the other day they collapsed while playing.

This was the exact position that I caught him napping. (See I know that it can be done. Now I am trying to remember what I fed him for lunch that day...)

I found her on the floor not far from him. It seems that naps have become a rare occasion in this house. Come supper time this little angel.....

Without a nap will come unraveled...

I will say no more.

Princess Pea

This is my Princess, Pumpkin, and Ge-Ge! The poor thing isn't going to know what to answer to when she grows up. We were at the opthamologist office the other day and the nurse claims that she must know her name, because she popped her head up from her carseat when she called it! Who knows. I am sure that she is highly intelligent, though. Anyway, the reason that we were visiting the eye doctor is that she has a blocked tear duct in her left eye. Kali had this for almost a year without any worries from her doctor. I am seeing a different doctor now, and he is the one who said that it should be cleared up by now and referred me to the opthamologist. This eye doctor wanted to schedule a procedure to clear it out. I told him that I wasn't ready. The thing is that they will have to give her gas to make her sleepy to do it. I am just not sure what I should do. She is teething and has a cold right now, so the darn thing is weeping all the time. I guess that I am going to try to wait it out, but I am seeking info from anyone who has had this procedure done. Was is simple? Did it cost an arm and a leg or just a toe? Can there be complications? I need to do some homework on the subject, but I thought that I would ask the experts first!

I'm Car-Car

My two year old has quite the personality. Tonight she was eating her snack really slow before bed. I said "hurry up slow poke!" To which she replied, "I'm not snow loke, I'm Car-Car!" This little girl has come a long way from the baby who once only wanted her mother. She didn't even like her dad for a long time. She was like this from an infant...just ask her grandmothers and anyone else who ever tried to come near her! It was really nice for the first 15 minutes of the day to soak up her unconditional love, but it was also very draining on me as a mother to feel like I could never have a break. Luckily, it appears to have been a "phase". She is potty-training at the moment and has been doing very well. Grandma K. always promises a trip to the store to pick out a present when they start wearing undies. So, yesterday we were heading out to meet Grandma, and I asked her what she was going to get. "I am going to get a 'brella' case it rains." Good thing, too, because tonight it was raining (and then freezing--yuck). Oh and on a side note...she is still up because she kept hollering that she had to go poop (and she knows that this will get her out of her crib) and I was sick of playing her game!

Sometimes You Just Have to Bite the Bullet

This little stinker just loves to chew on her brother's nerf gun bullets. It is kind of humorous watching her scoot around on the floor with it hanging out of her mouth (don't you just love the little tooth, too!)

Gertie's Granola

Kali came home with this recipe from school. They make their snack on Fridays. She was bugging me to make it, because it was sooooo good. I just happened to have all of the ingredients, and it was soooo good. So, I thought that I would share the recipe.

Gertie's Granola (G was her letter of the week!)
2 c. old-fashioned oats
1/4 c. wheat germ
2 T. dark brown sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
1 c. extra ingredients (i.e. chopped nuts, coconut, raisins, seeds, dried fruit, mini choc. chips)
1/4 c. maple syrup
3 T. veg. or canola oil
1 T. water
1/2 tsp. cinnamon

Adjust oven rack to middle position and preheat oven to 275 degrees. Coat a 9x13 metal pan with cooking spray. Mix the oats, wheat germ, brown sugar, salt, and extra ingredients (except for the dried fruit and choc. chips). Bring syrup, oil, cinnamon and water to a summer in a saucepan over low heat. Drizzle over oat mixture and stir to combine. Pour mixture into pan. Working a handful at a time, squeeze cereal to form small clumps. Bake for 30 min. Stir in dried fruit. Continue to bake another 15 minutes or until golden brown. Let cool. Add choc. chips if desired. May be stored in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks.

The Tree is Gone

Yes, the tree finally is gone. It was sitting undecorated for about a week before we finally found a storage space for it (well maybe more of a relocation, I guess). Out with the old and in with the new right?! I am just waiting for the new to start flowing over here. I have been unmotivated to post so far this year...bear with me.

We had a great holiday. Bruce was off of work for almost 2 weeks. I worked for a bunch of days the first week, and then we holidayed the rest! Kyle turned 4...we stayed up late...we ate...we visited...we ate...we slept in...and then it was back to reality. Kali's first day back to school was cancelled due to the weather, so we were slow getting back to our schedule.


My goal for this week is to organize the kids clothes (that they have outgrown). With the last season change I took clothes out of drawers and just put them in a basket. They need to go into bins. I hate extra clothes. If I was rich, I would get rid of all my kids clothes and just buy new with every season and size change. Plus, I would choose shopping over organizing any day!


Here are some pics from our vacation from the blog world!

Birthday Party

Skating


Presents

Music Makers

Sisters

Now that I got started I have more to share later! Toodles...