Busy Busy Day

Today was super busy, but as usual I seem to thrive on that so it was a good day. I started the morning helping Aaron clean up Parker who had just thrown up all over at the breakfast table. poor little guy. And my poor big guy who had to watch and clean it up. Thanks honey ;). So Since he sleeps on the bottom of a bunk bed we made a "cave" out of it and tucked him in to watch a movie and rest. The whole time he was begging for food though. Finaly I gave in and let him eat. No more throw up all day. He was even in a good happy mood. So I don't know what it was but he certainly didn't seem sick so that was nice. Then I ran out for a min to go pick up a couch from someone for free for a friend and rushed home to be here for my day care kids to come. While they were here I made a cake of course. My cousin called this morning and wanted to know if I could amke one for her daughter tomorrow. She didn't really need anything fancy, but I haven't made a girls b-day cake before so I had a lot of fun with it. It is going to be a carousel with horses and everything. I'll post pics of the finished cake tomorrow. its turning out really cute and gave me a chance to practice a lot of things that I haven't really done before. After all that Aaron came home. And since he is absolutly the most fabulous husband on earth, he din't complain about the disaster in the kitchen, or about having no dinner. he helped clean up and cooked us all something to eat. Then I left and he watched the kids while I went to a Relief Society activity. So it was a busy day and tomorrow is looking about the same, but it'll be fun.

Funny for today- While Boston and Bella were here, Parker and Bella were on the couch looking at books while the babies were sleeping. I was in the kitchen cooking and listening to them. And this is what I heard
"Bella, I love you, you are so sweet. But sometimes when you are angry I don't like you anymore"
then a bunch of nonesense, and then "I think that one day we are gonna get married Bella"

It was sooooo funny!!! I tried really hard to get the video camera out fast enough to catch some of thier funny conversations, but wasn't fast enough. I had trouble getting 2 of the disks to actually record, but did manage to catch some of them reading together.

WANTED!!

Hey everyone! I am wanting to make some more practice wedding cakes but can never seem to narrow down my ideas enough to make one. So I need some help! Can you send me some pics of cool cakes that you come across and I'll try to make them? Better yet, after I make one does anyone want to come eat it for me? Thanks!

Chicken something

So I can't think of a good name for it, but I actually made up a recipe! And it was really really good.

I've been trying to think of good things to eat since I started dieting last week. After looking at the pics from our washington vacation-which I got back but have been to lazt to post- I decided that I have got to try to develop some kind of inner motivation and lose some weight. I was really disgusted at how I looked and so far the diet is going really good. So anyways, here the recipe:

A Few Chicken Breast-cut into pieces

Tablespoon of olive oil

2-3 cloves of garlic minced (I think its called a clove, 2-3 pieces from the garlic when you take it apart ;))

2 c. chopped fresh spinach

1 tomato diced

1 shallot minced

lemon juice

salt and pepper

sprinkle of parmesean cheese

I have to admit I haven't really measured anything, but I think this is about how much I've used. Next time I'm adding mushrooms since I think that would be extra delicious ;)

Heat the oil and add everything but the spinach and cheese. Cook until the chicken is almost done then add the spinach and cheese. This is really good just as it is or in wrap with some rice.

Let me know what you think and if you have any other good tips for healty eating. Anyone know a good sugar free syrup? Liz? Any pointers?

Little trouble maker

KC is getting so active lately. Here are some pics of him climbing in the dishwasher. Its never safe to do dishes anymore if he's around. His other fav. pastime lately is splashing in the toilet! Yuck!!! So were really working on making sure Parker always remembers to flush and close the toilet when he's done :). Unfortunately there have been a few disgusting misshapes so far. I even caught KC on top of the toilet the other day. He'd used Parker's step stool to climb up on it. Silly little guy is just into everything and always on the go now. I forgot how exhausting this stage can be. But he sure is cute and a lot of fun when you can keep him out of things and playing.

Along with his new found energy for causing trouble KC has discovered that Parker sleeps in his room too!! What do you know, they've shared a room for almost a year and it's never been a problem before. but now if KC is not sound asleep, or Parker. Then KC pops right up in his bed and just laughs and laughs at Parker. Last night they played for nearly 4 hrs after we put them to bed. Now besides the fact that they aren't getting enough sleep and tend to be a little cranky in the morning because if it, and the endless pleas for them to go to sleep are getting really old and tiring, I don't think this would bother me too much since they are enjoying each others company. But Parker has taken to hanging onto the side of the crib and bouncing it until it is about 2 feet away from the wall and he can run around it, all while filling it with anything and everything he can find in the room. I'm just waiting for the night when the whole thing topples over on top of him KC and all. Not to mention the worry of KC being smothered by all the blankets and stuffed animals piled on top of him. So against the opinion of my father who thinks the problems with the world now it that no one shares a room anymore, KC is moving out of the room and getting is own bedroom. We have an extra room that was our office until Dad gave us a laptop. Now it's just an empty room where we put things when we are in a hurry to clean the house and don't want to put things away :). Hopefully now everyone will be able to get some sleep, and yes, there won't be quite as much fun occurring at bedtime, but there will also be a few less spankings and angry mommies and daddies. So I'm excited for the change.

Birthday Fun

Since my birthday is this week we had dinner at my parents house tonight. And they gave me (us) a new video camera!! I am so excited. So stay tuned for upcoming videos. It's going to be really fun to be able to share videos with everyone and get some fun footage of the kids. Expecially since KC will be walking soon. I can't believe he will be 1 in just a few weeks!! It's gone so fast. This time last year I was huge! 9 months pregnant and miserable. But Aaron sent me to the day spa for my b-day so it was a day I'll remember for a long time. I'm sure glad I'm a little more comfortable this year.