a great surprise!

So I always think what a great surprise if Dave just came home one day and had dinner or some surprise..I love surprises! Especially on a really yucky weather day or a long day with the kids. Well the other day he surprised me with tickets to a concert and he had arranged all the babysitting. I was so excited! We went to the concert last night. It was wonderful. I like the concert hall you sat down and had dinner and then you had the concert. It was so nice to be out with my husband. The kids loved the babysitter and also had a good time and it was nice and quiet when we finally got home so it was wonderful! THANK YOU DAVE YOU ARE THE BEST HUSBAND! I had a great time! We saw Eric Hutchinson and he was funny and played great music.

fun on a rainy day

I am still deciding if naps are good for Siena. She either takes one and won't fall asleep till 10ish or she doesn't take one and she falls asleep at 8. If I put her up in her room during naptime she will fall asleep so if I don't want her to take a nap I have to keep her downstairs and entertained so I don't get any rest time (which is much needed). So some days we are really cranky. Today it was wonderful, Aubrey had a coupon for chuck e cheese and we went and she LOVED it. I thought it was still going to be too big for her. She spent her 25 tokens quickly, mostly on the merry go round. She was very proud of her sucker that she got from her tokens. Aubrey and I even got to sit at a table and talk while the girls ran around. IT was amazing we had the whole place to ourselves at one point. She hated the characters that sang on the stage. We actually lasted for 3 hours, way longer than I thought she would. Then we had no time for nap so it was a nice day. We got in the car this morning and she said restaurant? with cheese and the mouse! we will go back soon I am sure.

on the move!

Ben is quite the mover. He crawls really fast now and crawls on his hands and feet with his butt up in the air. We brought out the push toy to help him walk and he loves it. I was cooking and Dave said he walked all the way across the room! He finally is starting to realize he can move when he stands up. He has started to walk around all the furniture too. So smart.

Fun does come in a box

what fun a new carseat box can bring.

 

To Grandma and Grandpas house we go!

We had a great Thanksgiving with Daves side of the family. It was good food, good family and a relaxing time. Siena loved playing with her cousins and grandparents and LOVED the gingerbread house that she is still talking about and still wanting to eat. Thanks for the good time.

cooking!

I dislike cooking very much. I never seem to have all the ingredients to a recipe and the food never comes out like it looks like in the picture. I was so excited when a lady at church gave out Amish friendship bread because I can do that and it is DELICIOUS! So I take care of it for 10 days adding little things and mushing it around and then I get all my ingredients ready and start adding them so I can pass the starter out to 4 more people. I forget to divide it all up and make the starters instead I just cook the bread. I am so mad but I do have bread just no starters. So sorry to people who wanted the starters hopefully you will get the starter from someone else and then maybe (hint hint) pass it on to me.
I did find the best thing and it seems so simple and stupid but Ziploc has these microwavable steaming vegetable bags. All you do is put the veggies in, no water required or anything and microwave them for a couple of minutes. You can do fresh or frozen. They taste delicious and you don't even have to mess up any pans. PERFECT. Siena loved it and even asked for more "trees". Maybe I am slow on this but they were good.