"The Beep"

You know how kids say things funny when they are little and you hope that you never forget them? Well, Ally has a few things that she says incorrectly and I purposely refrain from correcting her because they are my favorites.

One of them is "The Beep". We have a powerwheels Jeep that the girls love to ride around in and I love to hear Ally say "Mom can we drive the Beep?", or "Hey Brittney, want to drive the Beep with me?" Just cracks me up.

My other favorite at the moment is when she sees something new around, she will say, "Hey, where did that crum from?". So stinking cute. One day I was taking pictures and she said "Where did that cramera crum from?" I laughed for hours! I hope I never forget that so I can tell her when she is older!

Britt's Birthday Pictures

Happy Birthday Brittney!

Brittney turned eight on September 10th, but we just celebrated with family and friends tonight because she has been away spending time with her mom. We had pizza and a Hannah Montana icecream cake (No 8 year old party is complete with some Hannah), and lots of rough housing courtesy of Uncle Kelly. Thanks to all who came; I think she got everything she had wanted and more!

The best part about turning eight is that we can finally lose the booster seat in the car!

Gonna Be a Bear

Gonna be a bear:

In this life I'm a woman. In my next life, I'd Like to come back as a bear. When you're a bear, you get to hibernate. You do nothing but sleep for six months. I could deal with that.

Before you hibernate, you're suppose to eat yourself stupid. I could deal with that too.

When you're a girl bear, you birth your children (who are the size of walnuts) while you're sleeping and wake up to partially grown, cute, cuddly cubs. I could definitely deal with that.

If you're a mama bear, everyone knows you mean business. you swat away anyone who bothers your cubs. If your cubs get out of line, you swat them too. I could deal with that.

If you're a bear, your mate EXPECTS you to wake up growling. He EXPECTS that you will have hairy legs and excess body fat.YUP, GONNA BE A BEAR!

(I saw this on a friend's blog and I couldn't have said it better myself...thanks Nancy)

Band Practice

For the past several months we have been getting together with some friends for "Rock Band Practice" and it is a lot of fun. We eat, let the kids play, relax in the hot tub and play Rock Band til we drop....if you have never tried it, it is about time! Here are a few pictures. Notice the seriousness of the Wii tennis match going on in this picture. LOL

Banana Nut Bread

Ok, fall is coming and with it comes great, home-cooked recipes!! Yay, I love fall/winter comfort food (but hate the weight it brings). Anyway, this week I made my mom's famous Banana Nut Bread (minus the nuts at my house), and have been getting requests for the recipe, so here ya go, and I don't want any snide comments about posting a recipe on my blog (Jenn)!

Ingredients:

1/3 C Butter or Shortening

1/2 C Sugar

2 Eggs

1 tsp Baking Powder

1/2 tsp Baking Soda

1/2 tsp Salt

1 3/4 C Flour

1 C Mashed Ripe Bananas

1/2 C walnuts (optional)

Directions:
1) Soften the butter and mix with sugar.

2) Then add eggs and beat well.

3) Sift together the dry ingredients (except nuts) and add to mixture, alternating with mashed bananas.

4) Stir in nuts if desired.

5) Bake at 350 for 40-50 mins or until rich brown and toothpick comes out clean. ENJOY!

6) Makes 1 large loaf

7) Freezes well, so I usually double the recipe.

First day of Preschool

This is Ally's second year in preschool and she was so excited to go! She is in a home-based program this year and there are only 4 kids in her class, so I think she will get lots of one-on-one time. She is getting so big and this year she ran right in without a care in the world for where I was or when I would be back. She is my social butterfly.

Summer Days

This has been a big year for us as far as finishing our backyard, and Matt finally finished putting the new playhouse together yesterday! My kids are loving it. We had a picnic in the shade and played for hours today....what a good time. Thanks Daddy! Ally has been begging for someone to come over and have a tea party, so if you're looking for something to do....come on over.