Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Fajitas

Last night, I made one of my favorite things for dinner... fajitas (see link below pictures). YUMMY!

Annika liked them, too, especially the sour cream (aka "white dippy"), which is proven in the photos below. Check out her nose. I had to be sneaky and rather speedy taking these photos; sorry that they're a bit blurry.



If you want the fajita marinade recipe that I use, go here: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Fajita-Marinade-I/Detail.aspx. Note: I also add fresh cilantro leaves to the marinade. Our fajitas consist of chicken, yellow bell pepper, orange bell pepper, and sweet onion. (I only marinade the chicken, though.) So good!

Monday, May 2, 2011

S'mores!

This weekend, we decided to throw out tradition and make s'mores city dwelling style! Sure, we are all for a good ol' camp out, but sometimes it is nice to get the taste of a camp out. So, that's what we did!

We started off trying to melt some Hershey's kisses with our creme brulee torch. We quickly realized that the torch wasn't the best route to take. We popped the graham crackers and Kisses into the microwave for a few seconds to melt the chocolate. The torch did a great job on the marshmallows, though!

Eric and Annika attempting to melt the Kisses


Annika trying her s'more



Success!!!!




Thursday, April 28, 2011

Dancin' with the Stars ... err ... Toddlers

Apparently during breakfast yesterday at day care, Conor's teachers turned on some soothing music. That inspired Conor to get up and bust a move. He did a dance, noticed his picture being taken, did one more dance move, and then sat down to finish his breakfast. That boy cracks us up!!

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Poor little guy!

Yesterday, after arriving home with Conor, Eric said "today might be a Tylenol day for him." I elequently replied, "Huh?" (Boy, is that degree in English paying off or WHAT??) Eric told me I'd understand as soon as Conor's coat was off. He wasn't kidding!! My poor little baby boy had bite marks on his left forearm. The bite didn't break Conor's skin, but did he ever bruise! I could count exactly how many teeth are in the biter's mouth because of the bruise left on Conor's arm. The bite was the color of a raspberry and just looking at it made my eyes sting with tears. I kissed my baby's arm (he was fine, by the way ... no emotional trauma) and proceeded to dope him up with some Tylenol.

My next task is to invent toddler muzzles for Conor's classmate. :)

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Ravioli Boy

Recently, Conor had ravioli for lunch. He LOVED it. He loved to eat it. He loved chasing the slippery raviolies all around the plate with his fingers. He loved, loved, loved his lunch! In fact, he loved it SOOOO much that he licked his plate when he was done eating. He also decided to wear the plate as a hat. (He's so fashion forward!)



Immediately after finishing his lunch, Conor went straight from his high chair to the bathtub. He was COVERED! So much so that I wound up wearing some tomato sauce due to undressing him for the bath. (Side note: Saucey boys are slippery! Greased pigs have nothing on tomato sauced little boys!!)

Conor didn't require a little dunk in the tub; this boy needed some serious scrubbing to get all of the sauce off. It was in his ears, in his hair, on his arms, in his neck folds, all over his face, and around the back of his neck! There's nothing that can truly describe picking chunks of ravioli out of your child's hair. It's just something you gotta experience first hand. In case you missed the sauce's topology, here's a little visual aid.

Friday, April 22, 2011

Pics from Whidbey

Last month, we spent a weekend on Whidbey Island with Eric's side of the family. It was such fun to kick back and relax with everyone for awhile. While there, we celebrated the March boys' birthday, had brunch at the golf club, and spent lots of time catching up.

Kajsa, Jeff, Karen at brunch


John, Jack, Eric at brunch


Annika and John at brunch




Annika riding the horse outside of the grocery store (Thanks, Aunt Kajsa!!)



Annika modeling Bestefar's ATV helmet




Conor and Bestefar


Thursday, April 21, 2011

Annika's quotes

Yesterday, Annika said two things (almost back to back) that had me in stitches.

"Whoa, Mama! You almost made my balance fall off!"

"Our cat's name is Smudge, but I'm going to call him Little Fella." (Mind you, our cat is anything but little!!!)