My boys

How is it March already? Wasn't it just Halloween?

Lincoln

In January Lincoln turned 2! What a sweet boy he is.

The other day at dinner he was pretending to be asleep. He would close his eyes and then all of a sudden would open them up with a surprised look on his face. It was so funny!

Last month he had ear tubes put in. He has been trying to say more words. His speech is still pretty hard to understand, but hopefully with some speech therapy it will get better soon. He can now say and recognize most colors some numbers and some letters. His favorite number is 99.

Will

Will loves to draw. He is getting really good.

He also really likes to read. Last night he read Green Eggs and Ham all by himself! It took him a long time and I helped him with a few words, but he was excited that he did it all by himself.

Will got his first Lego set for Christmas and has since spent many, many hours playing with them.









This is Christmas according to Will

My brother's wedding

My brother got married last month.
We are so excited to have Paige in our family.

So Much

The past two months we have done a lot of fun stuff. Maybe one day I'll get around to posting it.

In the mean time here is a cute idea. It is a  felt playhouse  that you put over a table. It is amazing!
 

Lincoln

I've been meaning to post this for a long time.

Halloween

The kids had a fun time trick-or-treating yesterday at Dad's work. Will loves Toy Story and was so excited to be Buzz Lightyear. Lincoln was a cute little dog. He always had to have a piece of candy in each hand. Since they got more candy than they needed yesterday and will probably eat too much tonight I wanted to make our meals a little more healthy today. I decided to make each meal with something orange in it. So this our Halloween menu:

Breakfast: Peanut Butter Sweet Potato Oatmeal
Make oatmeal with milk add some yams that are cooked and mashed up, brown sugar, a little peanut butter, some nutmeg, vanilla, and cinnamon. If you like garnish with almonds, craisins, and raisins.

Lunch: Mac & Cheese made with butternut squash puree

Dinner: Pumpkin Pancakes with smoothies
2 c. flour (I substitute some white flour with some whole wheat flour, wheat germ, and ground flax)
3 T. sugar
2 t. baking powder
1 t. baking soda
1/2 t. salt
1 1/2 t. cinnamon
1/2 t. nutmeg
2 eggs
2 c. plain low or nonfat yogurt
1/2 c. canned pumpkin
4 T. butter, melted (I use applesauce instead)
Mix all the dry ingredients. In another bowl beat the eggs for 30 seconds. Add yogurt, pumpkin, and butter. Stir in dry ingredients and beat until combined. Cook about 2 minutes per side. Serve with honey or maple syrup.
For the smoothies I put a carrot, orange juice, banana, yogurt, milk, ice, strawberries, mangos, blueberries, and any other fruit I have in the blender. Sometimes I add an avocado.

I hope everyone has a fun Halloween!

The cute jars on my banister I saw here.