Dream

So, my dream for spring break was to do a little scrapbooking.  Haven't gotten to yet, but I did download the pictures from my cameras.  (All 3...my good camera, kid's camera, and my phone)  I found this great picture taken at Cowboys vs. Chargers game last December.  Wished I had found this when putting together Christmas cards.  Oh well...it makes a cute screen saver on my computer.

Room Re-Do

For Sarah's birthday, we got her a new comforter and hung a bulletin board to display all the stuff she likes to collect.  I used a plain cork-board from Hobby Lobby, covered it with spary adhesive and put on some tye-dyed material.  Then, I used a hot glue gun to adhere ribbon around the edge.  It took about 15 minutes, total.  The purple canopy and feather boa window treatment were hand me downs from my Taylor.  When she headed to college, she passed some fun thnigs down to Sarah.

When she got home from school on Friday (Jan 22nd-the day before her sleep-over), we surprised her with the transformation!

USS Shanester

Each year, at Shane's school, Heritage Christian Preschool, at Heritage Church of Christ, they have a Drive in Movie Day.  Parents and kids dcorate a car for kids to sit in during the movie.  This year, Shane and Steve created a boat!


Here was last year's Race Car and Shane and his friends Mackenna and London at school.

roto-copter fun

Although Shane enjoys stay home days with Mommy and Daddy, he usually gets bored.  We always have cleaning, bills to pay, paperwork to sort, emails to send out, etc.  So Friday, Shane and I made rotocopters (a future Girl Scout activity) and launched them from the upstairs window in the playroom that overlooks the living room.  After running down the stairs  many times to retrie ve the copters, Steve came up with this basket on a string system, so that Shane could pull them up without coming downstairs!  If you look closely, you'll see that Shane is still in his Incredible Hulk pjs.  Just one of the bonuses of stay home days!!

Blueberry Whole Wheat/Oatmeal Pancakes

Had a craving for blueberry pancakes this morning, and didn't have any mix.  Found this recipe on allrecipes.com and changed it a bit.  Great pancakes!  May not buy that boxed stuff again.

Ingredients


1/2 cup whole wheat flour

1/2 cup all-purpose flour

1-2 tablespoons wheat germ

1-2 tablespoons flax seed

2 tablespoons brown sugar

2 tablespoons baking powder

3/4 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 cups quick cooking oats

2 cups milk

3 eggs, beaten

1/4 cup olive oil

1 cup frozen blueberries (chopped)

Directions

1.Preheat a lightly oiled griddle over medium heat.

2.In a large bowl, mix whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, brown sugar, baking powder, wheat germ, flax seed and salt.

3.In a small bowl, mix oats and milk. Whisk in eggs and olive oil. Pour into the flour mixture all at once. Continue mixing until smooth. Gently fold in blueberries.

4.Pour batter about 1/4 cup at a time onto the prepared griddle. Cook 1 to 2 minutes, until bubbly. Flip, and continue cooking until lightly browned.

My kids ate these with sugar-free syrup.  Shane even asked for a 2nd pancake!!

Shane's thoughts and questions about turning 5

I cannot believe that my baby turned 5 today.  That makes me feel so OLD!!  We had a party at McDonald's yesterday for his school friends.  He had a Bakugan themed party and cake.  A few days ago we talked about the cake and he said that he wanted brownies like his Daddy instead of a cake.  Then we found a Bakugan cake he wanted to order it.  At the party, he asked me where the brownies were.  The little turkey, he did not eat his cake at all.  (But, he didn't complain, etither.) 

Today, as soon as he woke up, he asked me "Mommy, do I look taller?" How funny it is that kids want to be bigger so badly, while we as adults, seem to wish time would slow down.

We went to Sarah's basketball game and then had donuts for breakfast.  Midway through the morning, he told me "If I get in trouble and have to go to time-out, I will have to stay 5 minutes instead of 4."  Were he a little older, he would realize that that is not a bit of info that he should remind his mother of...  At 12:15 he said, "Mommy, I haven't been to time-out since I turned 5."  He actually made it through the whole day!!  We met Grandy and PaPa for dinner so that they could keep the kids while I went to a wedding reception.  We enjoyed a chocolate-chip cookie cake. 

As he was getting ready for bed he said, "Maybe I'll lose a tooth tonight."  This one took me awhile...Sarah lost her first tooth the summer that she was 5.  Now, that he is 5...he assumes that he, too will lose a tooth.

It really is true that kids really do say the darndest things...I love having this blog and being able to capture these priceless moments before I forget them.

We've got COOKIES!

Well, it is day three and we have so many more to go with selling Girl Scout cookies.  When the first boxes arrived on our street, Shane started chewing on the Thin Mint box.  Sometimes, he is more dog than boy.  Of course I had to let him open it and eat some.  We have since finished off some Peanut Butter Patties and are well into a box of Caramel Delights (my favorite...caramel and coconut).  So day three, and I have purchased three boxes....this is going to be a long and fatty six weeks.  But it's for a good cause, right?

Anyway, if you want some cookies, we got 'em!

http://www.abcsmartcookies.com/cookies.asp -- Here is a link that describes the cookies we have. Carmel Delights, Lemonades, Peanut Butter Sandwich, Peanut Butter Patties, Thin Mints, Shortbread, Thanks-A-Lots, and Daisy Go Rounds. $3.50 a box.