Sunday

I missed a family picture for today so here is Two snuggled up with Three, helping him play with a toy.

I love it.

Beach Day!

Well, with an enforced day of no school and a rare beautiful sunny day....we headed to the beach!

And another DaddyMan took this family picture for us! I don't even know when we last had one of those.

To get the full idea, you need to picture him yelling for his kids and dog to keep getting out of the way so they wouldn't be in our picture! It was hilarious! And we got a fabulous picture!

Here's Two building a sand castle:

Here's One taking a fast break from digging a hole/tunnel:

We went to the aquarium and fed the seals:

Just look at those yummy fish. As Two said, "this is so skusting..." :o)

And.... it was Three's first trip to the beach!

What a fun day!

Is it pink?

Oh my! DaddyMan took One to school today and they promptly called and asked us to bring him back home!

This made me rather upset. Granted, another kindergartener had pink eye last week and here's One coming to school with a puffy eye... Certainly a cause for a second look BUT.... on Monday (a mere three days ago), I had warned his teacher that this was One's allergy season and he got it bad. His eyes would get super puffy, it might even look like he had black eyes... It's really awful looking. Aside from some mega-allergy medicine and some drops to make his eyes more comfortable, we count the days until it passes.

Oh yeah, we're also supposed to keep him inside until after noon.
Mmm hmmm.
That's what the doctor said.
She obviously does not have a 5 year old boy.

Even when DaddyMan told the school about One's allergies, they still made him come home. They said he had pink eye.

Even though he had no crud.
Even though his eyes weren't scratchy.
Even though the white part was still white.
Even though bright light didn't bother him whatsoever.

Ugh. I was convinced it was still allergies but what to do? Finally, I realized that I should probably take him to the doctor anyway because I was for sure going to need a note to get him back into school.

Because I'm such a stellar mom, I didn't think of this until almost 4pm and ended up with one of the last appointments of their day.

The doctor said yes it was allergies but since allergies typically affect both eyes, "I'm gonna go ahead and write a prescription for the pinkeye eyedrops".

So does he have pink eye or not?!?
I still don't know!

Six Months?

Three is six months old today!

Balloon Fest!

Sorry for posting for the entire last week today! I've been keeping up in pictures and crafts but haven't been able to post due to a sick computer mouse. :o( I really love my blog reading and posting and have ended up watching a lot more tv in the last week instead! (WOW on The Bachelor and Dancing with the Stars!)

One helped me blow up FIFTY balloons today! I didn't even know he could inflate a balloon but it was such a huge help! I offered to do the activity at tonight's Tuesday Treasures gathering. It's a fun, VBS-type thing for adults with developmental disabilities. We're going to be keeping balloons in the air with our hands and heads and elbows and also playing a Clean Your Room type of game. Should be fun! The kids especially love Tuesday Treasure nights. And it is the best incentive for them to have good behavior because they don't want to miss it!

Muffin Tin Frogs?

One had this week's Muffin Tin Monday. He picked ravioli.

(Clockwise from top left: ravioli, cran-cherries, squash and cauliflower, broccoli and carrots, applesauce, and another ravioli)

And Two did a craft at school today. Check out this cute frog!

Family Sunday

Secret Family Recipe

I'm on the women's committee at church and we are putting together the menu for our annual tea. This year we decided to do a trio of salads and they asked for my tuna recipe. I've never met anyone who makes tuna the way I do ...... or many that want to try it when I tell them what goes in it ...... but once they (politely) try it, they start making it themselves too! It's yummy!

Now, there is no real recipe for this. I've made it my entire life and just know but that wouldn't cut it for the tea, where several people would be making batches of it so that we would have enough. So today I did my best to come up with an approximate recipe.

Here are the ingredients:

(mayo, apple, tuna, and garlic salt)

Drain the tuna, finely chop half of the apple, and mix together with 2 Tbs of mayo and 1/8 tsp of garlic salt. That's it! It's especially good if made the night before but it doesn't really matter! You can make a sandwich, serve on crackers....I like eating mine as dip with tortilla chips!

The finished product isn't especially beautiful, but it's delicious!

Enjoy!

Yum-O

Well, I didn't even think to take pictures while I was doing this so you only get the final product. Here is the first food I made for Three....

bananas!

He doesn't like them.
I'm wondering if he's really mine.

Chicken Chow Mein

See that viewing window at the end of the room? That's so we can all watch our little dancers (attempt to) dance or give them The Mom Look to make them stop picking their nose and watch the teacher or to make them pull their hands out of their leotards even though they think it makes them look more like a real chicken than if they didn't (that's Two every week!).

Anyway, we, the moms, have all become friends over the last six months. We have also all listened to the same obnoxious song for the last six months. So today, when the lovely chicken chow mein song came on, we all agreed to do the movements with them!

It was H-I-L-A-R-I-O-U-S!!!!

Imagine, all the moms lined up in our chairs on the other side of that window, looking high, looking low, and wondering exactly where is the chicken in the chicken chow mein?!? Oodles of noodles and plenty of rice aside, chicken, where can you be?

Oh my goodness! We were all about to pee our pants! The teacher was cracking up so hard, it was a little disruptive, but a fantastic time was had by all.

ps. You are welcome for only posting a picture of the cute dancers and not the moms!

Knitting for Two

I was knitting tonight and watching tv when DaddyMan came in and asked me what I was working on. I can't believe he couldn't tell what it was!

Isn't it obvious? No? Okay, it's my new project!

(picture and free project from lionbrand.com)

Isn't it cute?! I'm so excited! I'm not quite sure how a knitted sundress works (because I wouldn't wear a sweater in the summer)....but there were a ton of free patterns for sundresses online soooooo - my fingers are crossed! If anything else, I can see it being super cute with jeans and a turtleneck in the fall.


Here's the swatch I worked up.

I love color so I think it's going to look great and hopefully encompass any new favorite colors that pop up during it's lifetime! :o)

Sunday