I'm so NOT lovin' this

Well, many of you out there will be so happy to hear this: I am trying to buy and eat more healthy foods. I know, I know: good for me. SO not the case! I am trying to get my family to eat better food because we do get so busy that we eat quite a bit of junk/crap food. I want my kids to grow up eating good food and I am really trying to filter out these "food jags" that Taylie has been on for what seems like forever. I know that in order to get everyone else to eat better, I need to as well. (I had always hoped that the phrase: "because I'm the mom, that's why!" would work out better for me that it has) and eating good is so not fun. The reason I post this is to get some good tips and recipies on food that I can make that falls into that "good-for-you" category. I have found a whole wheat bread that does not totally taste like sandpaper and an all natural peanut butter and some of those things. Any suggestions are appreciated. NOW, I am not interested in things that will require me to stock up on a pantry full of twigs and gravel and excess amounts of plant life and things like that. I am looking for relativly "normal" things. Thanks for the help!

"bye bye alligator!"

Taylie loves to go and play with Grandma Linda and she is always teaching Tay new things. Yesterday as we were pulling out of the driveway I heard Tay yell out to her grandma:
"bye bye al-di-ga-dor!" It was so cute!!! So Grandma taught her how to say, what was supposed to be: see ya later alligator, but turned into: bye bye aldigador! I love watching my kids learn new things, it makes the world so exciting!

Taylie's day out

My kids are so lucky to have so many aunts and uncles that just want to come and play with her and take her to do so many fun things! Last Friday, Tay's Uncle Jeremy and Aunt Becca came and took her to a place called "jump on it". It is filled with trampolines and blow up toys and slides and all kinds of fun stuff. She had so much fun! After they played, they took her to dinner and then Auntie Becca painted her fingers and toe nails and gave her some very blue eyeshadow. It was so blue. We are so lucky to live close to family who loves us and our kids so much. Here are some pictures from her fun day.

Did you notice that the first things she found was a pink elephant? She is so funny and has this thing for "ellies" as she calls them!

Thanks for such a fun day!!!

Rice Cereal, TAKE 1

I know that he looks oh-so-miserable here, but he loves his rice cereal! He totally porks out on it every chance he gets. I was wanting to wait and start him on it around 6 months old, but he is just so hungry all the time. I was feeding him every 1- 1 1/2 hours, and he was so cranky. He did much better than Taylie's first attempt. He will eat as much as he can get! Another milestone, he is growing way too fast...

rubber duckie, you're the one! **squeak, squeak**

I am not sure how, but we seem to collect rubber duckies!! For one reason or another we now have over ten rubber ducks, all pictured here (except for one or two that seemed to have disappeared, but I know they are there!) Just over this Easter Holiday we came into another 4 ducks. I am not sure why any of this is important....

first little outing

Since we have had Lucas, we have pretty much been isolated in the house trying to stay away from all that that yucky RSV. We, and by we I mean myself and the kids, are all so sick of being around each other by 10am that our days are just miserable. Today I decided that we needed to venture out and get reacquainted with the world. We took a little trip to the mall and let Tay just run around the play area until she was sick of it, then we took a little walk over to the Disney store where she picked out some little cars from the movie "Cars", then we got a smoothie and some lunch and went to play at Grandma's house so I could sit and Luke could eat. Here are a few pictures from our fun morning. It was short, but has made all the difference!

This little pack on her back is a monkey that doubles as a kid leash. Don't judge me!

and this is what little Luke thought of the time out.... I think this is how most guys feel when they find out they have to spend time at the mall.

smoothies....mm mm good!

he enjoyed his time much better at Grandma's where he could stretch out and play

Taylies's new wheels

In our new place there are ton of kids around, and to go with all of those kids are bikes! Taylie had never really been exposed to bikes before so it was so exciting for her to see such a new and interesting contraption. The neighborhood is so kid friendly that bikes are just lying around everywhere (and I mean everywhere!). Every time I am trying to get the kids loaded up in the car to go somewhere she runs off to ride some other kids bike and it is a battle to chase her down and get her in the car. After shopping around for a few weeks, I found a killer deal on this hot little number:

We bought it the other day, but the bike had to go into "time out" after a series of events that earned everybody an earlier bedtime last night and until Taylie decided that she could make good choices. But she was a good helper and earned her bike back. Her little bottom has not left it all morning