Thursday, April 14, 2011

Royce's new toy!



I ordered this off amazon and it only took 2 days to get here! Royce has been standing up and bouncing on my legs a lot recently so I figured he would love it. He is still working on strenghthening his little neck and back so I only let him stay in it for 15mins. I dont think he has quite figured out that it bounces yet. He did love staring at the pattern on the seat (that's what he is doing in the top picture). I realized shortly after putting him in this that it might not be as safe as I thought. NOT because the product isn't safe but because Luke thought it was really fun to spin and swing little Roycie in it, but hey, what are big brothers for?

Whole Wheat Pizza


Pizza Dough (will make to large cookie sheet size pizza's)
  1. 2 1/2 C water
  2. 2 t honey
  3. 3t olive oil
  4. 4-6 C whole wheat flour (I like the white wheat flour best)
  5. 4T Vital Wheat Gluten
  6. 3T Yeast
  7. 2 t garlic powder
  8. 1 1/2T Italian seasoning
pre-heat oven at 450 degrees, Spray with cooking spray 2 large cookie sheet
  • mix water, oil, honey and yeast
  • add wheat gluten (important makes dough workable), garlic powder, Italian seasoning and flour (a little at a time till sides come clean)
Roll out dough put on pan and bake 5 mins, top with sauce, cheese, and toppings of your choice (some of our favorites are onions, broccoli, olive, artichoke hearts, pineapple, and spinach)

Pizza Sauce
(this is one you are just going to have to taste test, I never measure I just throw it together but will give rough estimates)

1/2 - 1 minced bell pepper (I throw it in the blender or food processor)
4 cups of spaghetti sauce
2T italian seasoning
2t garlic dried or 2T of mince garlic
1/4C dried onion or 1/2 minced onion
(you can add salt and pepper to taste)

Saute bell pepper and garlic & onions (if using fresh) in a pot on med till soft and translucent, add in rest of ingredients until hot (you will probably have more that enough sauce for 2 pizza's. I use the extra for dipping toasted bread, its one of the kids favorite snacks)

Eggwhite scramble



I am trying to post the foods we regularity eat around here on my blog so I can have a resource of keeping track of the meals we like (sometime I forget about recipes and then am like oh yeah I loved that)

  1. 6 -12 egg whites
  2. 3T TVP (textured vegetable protein)
  3. 1-2T Braggs Liquid Aminos
  4. 1-2t Mrs. Dash original seasoning
Good topped with a little hot sauce

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Luke Moments

Here are a few memories I don't want to forget.

1- I was dropping Luke off at preschool. As Luke is getting out of the car Bella says in a sweet voice "Have a good day Luke". Luke walks about 10 ft from the car, looks at me, and declares " I need to give my sister a kiss goodbye". He runs back to the car, crawls in and gives Bella a big kiss on the lips and then leans over and kisses Royce on the head.

(The following preschool day I dropped Luke off and got back in the car. Bella is super sad and says "Mommy, Luke forgot to kiss me goodbye.")

2- We were driving home from soccer and Luke was really tired and whining in the back seat. I said "Luke if you want to talk to me you need to use your big boy voice, right now you are using your baby voice." He starts talking agian in his whining voice, mid-sentence he clears his throat and immediately starts using his normal voice. Lol!

3- One of Lukes jobs is to help Daddy scoop the dog poop. Tonight I went out to play soccer with the kids. To my shock Bella was bottomless. I looked at them with a puzzled face and asked "What are you guys doing?" Luke response " Um Bella went pee in the bushes." (which is somewhat normal). Then he adds " and I made a poop on the grass." He points at it (right in front of the swing set). I looked at him with a disgusted face and asked "why?" His response was "I thought you could just scoop it up".
So funny and yet so nasty!

Monday, April 11, 2011

Royce's 2 mos check up


So here are the stats
Weight: 16.65 (98%)
Height: 25 1/4 (100%)
Head: 16 3/4 (100%)

The boy is trooping right along and staying nice n big! We love this kid!
This is currently his favorite hang out spot (besides mom or dads arms). He love this thing whenever its time for a nap I can put him in this and he is asleep within minutes sometimes seconds. He sleeps in his crib at night but during the day I let him nap in this.


It was so hot the other day (you can tell by the flushed cheeks) that we pulled out the kiddy pool and went for a swim. At first the little man wasn't to keen on it (the water was cold) but he soon adjusted and enjoyed himself.

Sunday, April 10, 2011

One of those day

We have been sick, well the kids have been sick. It started Thursday morning with Luke throwing up. He handled it pretty well. He was lethargic and just watched shows for 2 days straight. The night of the second day Bella woke up in the middle of the night crying. I went in to check on her and she had thrown up all over her bed. We cleaned her up put her in the guest bed and took it easy on Sat. I am not sure what happened today, I thought it was just going to be an easy going Sunday where we could just recuperated. I am not kidding when I saying Bella has been throwing a tantrum since noon. Its now 7:19pm she is in her bed crying now. Everything is setting her off. She doesn't get to sit by me, she doesn't want that shirt, she doesn't want peanut butter on her sandwich, Daddy took a sip of her drink, I wiped her nose the wrong way, she doesn't want to wash her hair, She doesn't want to take a nap ect. ect. (you get the picture). I have successfully not completely lost it yet. Instead of feeling like I'm about to lose it I just feel like crying. I am at a point where I just don't know what to do with her. Consequences just don't work, loving on her works for about five minutes until I do something wrong again, praying helps. I know she has a strong will and I also know she needs that strong will to be able to deal with the challenges she will face in her life but it is heart breaking to deal with. It kills me to watch her be so sad for such a long period of time. What can I do?