BLTA's

Tonight we had BLTA sandwiches on this great bread I found.  I love the thin bagels and they have thin hamburger buns too, but I just found these and they are fantastic too! These ones had a picture of a hot dog in them, but I have seen the same looking ones that are called subs.  I tried giving them to the boys with hot dogs in them, but they didn't take my new find.

Today was another story! Add bacon to anything and he will ask for seconds, so tonight we had BLT's with a little A (avocado) just to jazz it up! I toasted them up and they were perfectly soft and warm, like brand new!

Oh course James just had bacon on his, but nothing changes around here!  FYI the last picture is not for the faint of heart! James is proud of his love for bacon.

The boys new toy

The other day my mom had the boys while I was at an interview and she helped them install the kiddie swing to a level they could actually use.  Ever since then they play on it all the time! James hasn't seemed to mind that he is the one pushing while Logan is enjoying the good rides.  Logan just laughs and laughs and James likes being run into...in fact he might like getting run into more than Logan likes being flown around.  I think I bought this for them a year ago, but never found the right place to hang it.  I still need to get it on there a little better, but it is perfect for today and that is all I can worry about now!

Socks

I know many a mom that has had difficulties with their babies socks...and I am one of those moms.  I have tons of socks because I tried so many different brands with Logan.  He was such a chunky baby that everything cut off the circulation.  Even now he is wearing size 3-4 socks and he's not even two yet! Any way, Carson has had a hard time keep his socks on.  They fall off and then you loose one.  But I realized even though these socks are way too big, they look great! They are kinda like leg warmers now! They never fell down.  I did his socks at 7:30 this morning after a bath and lotion and at 10:00 when I took this picture tonight they were still on his feet without any adjustments.  I love this idea! I surprise myself sometimes.

Pink?

Last time I was at Target I found these cloth diapers.  I love cloth diapers, but they are so expensive to get into.  I figure that babies don't hang around in just their diapers, so pink or blue it doesn't matter.  I got a lavender pair too, so check him out sometime! We don't mind!

Popcorn

Growing up we had popcorn every Sunday for dinner, or at least that's how I remembered it.  It was always a real shock for me when there was an actual dinner.  My mom always told us that it was Sunday, therefore it was the maids day off.  My dad would make this giant thing of popcorn and we would just eat for hours watching the Disney movie on channel 4.  I decided when I got married and had kids we would do this, but it happened maybe once or twice and I never got back into it.  So tonight we didn't have popcorn, but we did pull out the microwave popper and used some cute bags that Shelly MacMillan gave us and enjoyed the outdoors together.  It was the perfect ending to a wonderful day.

Of course you can't have a nice day without a popsicle.  We were watching our neighbors little boy and she brought a big bag of popsicles for us and we were more then willing to enjoy!

Sunday Morning

This morning instead of getting to church on time we did some family pictures! We walked in along with a crowd prior to the opening prayer but after the opening song...sorry mom.  It is difficult getting 4 people together all looking in the same direction.  It was hard with 3 and now just one more person with an at times over stated opinion.

I only attempted 2 with all four of us, but I was just amazed that I was able to get the three boys all looking in the same direction! Yeah maybe I chopped off half of Carson's head, but that's just a fact of life!

My wee one

Carson has been such a wonderful baby, but then again so were his brothers! I am beginning to understand what people have said about the third baby though...its like he doesn't exists.  I have not taken the time to take lots of pictures everyday like I did with James and Logan.  Poor kid.  At least I have filled out his baby book, well I completed the birth portion.  Didn't fill out the pre-birth data...anyway, I have a few new pictures that my sister helped me take the other day.  I hope to do better with Carson's pictures and put them in books too.  James are all in books, Logan's are printed and dated (mostly) and Carson is just here, healthy and happy!

Thanks Mom!

I grew up with a mom that believed that "Hallmark Holidays" are just that for Hallmark.  On that note its not Mother's Day, but I just wanted to say thank you to my mom.  Today James was outside playing at the neighbors house and I realized it was dinner time.  My mom has dinner planned by 6:30 am everyday...or soon thereafter.  I have never taken that from her, although that would be nice to have one less thing to worry about with kids screaming and food to prepare.  But what she did teach me is how to cook on the fly with what you have.  I opened the freezer and pulled out 2 chicken breasts, frozen Asian vegetable mix and threw some rice on to cook.  Next I tried to figure out what kind of chicken would work with my kids and rice.  So teriyaki is always a great fall back, but I am out of vinegar, so that was out...next up was orange chicken, which I've never made, but the recipe I had called for orange marmalade...and I don't have that.  Third times a charm.  We had Sweet and Sour Chicken for dinner.  James of course just had rice and chicken, but he really really liked the chicken! I must say it was so moist and it was a good combo with the Asian vegetable mix and the flavor packet I cheated with.  We cut up some watermelon, made some pink lemonade and sat down for a great dinner together! I am glad meals were so important growing up.  I am grateful that I can now share that with my boys and someday they can share that with their families. So thanks Okaasan!

Effie

Our friends the Hunt's have started their own little farm and my kids love to visit and play with all their animals.  Their 2 newest members to the farm are two Dexter (small) Dairy Cows (well one cow, Effie, and one bull calf, T-bone) and we got to see them milk Effie today! I was really surprised how comfortable James was around them.  He was even bumped into when Jason was moving Effie around after milking her and James didn't seem to mind.  Logan on the other hand kept his distance.  He wasn't fussy about it, but just watched at a distance.  James even got to feed her and pet her.

It's fun to see people using the resources around them! Christina just made ricotta cheese from the fresh cow milk :)

Look MOM!

Its been raining here for the last few days and look what you find when it rains in Washington.

James was so proud of his find.  He carried it around in a cup for hours until I made him put it in our little garden.  It was a sad good bye!