Busy Bees

Speaking of bees my oldest son was stung four times by wasps the other day.
They made a nest in the lawn at the edge of our walkway. SUCKS........

BUT, that isn't what this post is about. We have a new project keeping us buzzing.
You know one of those "weekend" ones that it going to take a lot longer because of 100 degree heat, that you can't paint in. Not to mention a three year old that has had a fever followed by a three day tantrum.
SUCKS again!!!!! ;)

Can you guess what our little project is?
Can't wait.............. before and after photos coming soon.

I mentioned posting that totally fab cake recipe that I used for my little guy's first b-day cake.
I found both the frosting and cake recipe at allrecipes.com
Love, love, love, that site.

Hope everyone is having a lovely weekend.......... we are starting to.
Tantrum stopped at 1:30 a.m.
Thank goodness because we only have so many forks........

I wonder if it was the patriotic sprinkles that ticked him off. ;)

Kerstie

Popsicle O'the week

Home grown strawberries. Yum! They never make it into the house.
You see I have a little thief.......... my oldest! All I find are their green top scattered all over the garden.
This time I beat him to it. (insert evil laugh hear)

Every day my son eats this many...............
What to do now that some have made it into the house?

No baking in this hot weather.......... popsicles.

Vanilla meet strawberry..........
One box instant vanilla pudding and about a cup and a half of pureed strawberry goodness.
I ended up with 4 good size pops. I used 6" paper cups as molds.

These were good........ they disappeared before I could snap a photo of the messy faces eating them.

This little spur of the moment popsicle making reminded me of how easy and how much fun this is.
That's the great thing about having kids to do these thing for. It helps chip away all the"adultieness."
So, I think this summer we are doing a popsicle of the week. Just as a reminder of how sweet it is.

Kerstie

Kite Flying, Cuties, and Cookies

Father's Day found us celebrating with a picnic and some kite flying at Hidden lakes Park.
One of the best places (with in 5min. of our house) for kite flying. The kite took off by it's self right out of the package.

Our $3.00 Lightning McQueen kite took off so effortlessly. I couldn't believe it.
Lets just say I didn't have faith in a $3.00 kite.  ;)

That sums up the kite flying... now for the cuties.

And now the cookies.......

Love, love, love these. My hubby has a weakness for cookies.
So, I find my self in need of a few recipes to play around with.
The Best, Big, Fat, Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe from allrecipes is the BEST.
I substitute the white flour for whole wheat flour and use 1 cup semi-sweet chips and 1 cup peanut butter chips.  OHhhhhhh these are good.

They make for a really good Father's Day or any day for that matter.

Kerstie

Spiky Hair Is Potty Trained

After a tub he always asks for spiky hair.
I have a feeling at some point this is how he will  ware his hair.
Sooo, cute.... love it.

He is officially potty trained.
Two weeks with no accidents..... (I'm sure I just jinxed myself)

He is such a ham... so funny and such a teas.

Sampling some of brothies b-day cake.

Getting in on the mess making.

AND....... sharing of course....... he really does well sharing with his little brother. Wheeew
So happy with these two, even if one still pees in the yard and the other just learned how to pick his nose.

;)  Kerstie

ONE

Last week my youngest celebrated his first birthday. ONE! He turned one, when did that happen??
We celebrated by taking a family trip to the Oakland Zoo.

I didn't take many photos, distracted.....
This is one of him brushing a goat, love the petting zoo.


I got a lot of photos of the most important part of the day.... the CAKE!

Zoo themed....... best cake ever..... post on that latter.

Going for it.

Liking it....

Loving it...........

Destroying it............

Applauding it....................

Overdosing on it.............................

Totally grooven on it..............................

Happy Birthday........................................

Love, Mommy