Hooray for Motivation!

We made some french fries last night to have with dinner! They were great (but a little salty) and tasted authentic even though they hadn't been deep-fried.


This breakfast was brought to you by...some really old frozen cherries I found in the back of our freezer. Really, really old. I made blintzes this morning which turned out to basically be crepes with filling. That's where the cherries came in. Yum.

Breakfast 5 and 6!

#5 This was yesterday's breakfast--Chai Spiced Oatmeal. I decided it was different enough from my oatmeal the other day that it wasn't cheating. I wish I had known that it would be gross. I like Chai. I like oatmeal. They should always remain separate. Now you know. I've probably saved you some time.


#6 A Breakfast Flower! I made it up! You can tell I made it up because it's not actually as creative as I'm pretending it is:) Blueberry yogurt and banana slices. Yum!

The Tactical Napper

Pat called Owen a tactical napper yesterday when Owen managed to avoid getting his haircut for the second week in a row. Last week we couldn't get him to nap until 2 pm (the time of his appointment) and yesterday he refused to nap again so we finally just put him in the car and decided to try it anyway and he fell asleep on the way there. Sigh. Owen clearly has his own ideas of when he should get his first haircut. At the moment Pat is sitting with Owen trying to get him to sleep. Where did our good sleeper go?! Anyway, I'm too lazy to put up a picture of my yucky breakfast so it will have to wait until tomorrow.

Our Halloween!

We had some "Mummy Dogs" (never again, please) for dinner with peas followed by our donuts and cider and lots of candy throughout the night!


Boo! Owen did a great job wearing his costume but can't concentrate on anything when there's a camera around.

Eating a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup for the first time! Owen spent most of his time playing with the candy bowl and shouting "One more!" Pat managed to get him to one house but Owen was speechless.

My oatmeal for breakfast today. I'm already sick of trying to think of new breakfasts. I need inspiration.

Happy Halloween!

Owen and some friends


Mini Halloween cupcakes


More Owen!


My toasted peanut butter and jelly breakfast. That's a pumpkin shape cut out of the center...it's really obvious, right?

Yum? Yum.

Do you feel sort of sick knowing I ate this sweet goodness for breakfast? Because I do. Just a little. But it was totally worth it! Another good reason to institute 30 days of breakfast was to make these. I made them totally from scratch and baked them last night so I wouldn't have to get up early to do it. We had a scary moment last night when we taste tested one and it was not so great but somehow by this morning they were much much better. Yum.

Are You Ready for This?!

Because I'm not! I started a new round of 30 days of different breakfasts! Hopefully it will last since I sort of have no plans on what I'll be eating. Mostly I needed to do it so I would eat this grapefruit.

In more exciting news...Yea for Scott and Crystal! They're married! Woo hoo!

Learning With Pat

Pat kept me amused all day (without trying) but this was my favorite and I thought you would want to laugh too.

We were watching Elmo's World today with Owen and learning all about bananas. Elmo decided to see if a banana could peel itself and asked the audience if they thought it could. You know every kid watching shouted out loud "Noooo!" but here is what happened at our house...

Pat (in total seriousness): "I'm gonna bet it can"
Elmo (in a fit of giggles): "Noooooo! A banana can't peel itself!"
Pat: "Oh, I guess I'm more used to a myth-busters type show"

I Got a Haircut!

Doesn't it look nice?! Trust me, it looks better under the hood:) Don't let Owen fool you in this picture, he was having the best time ever!!! We were playing the "try to take a picture of Owen really fast before he notices and tries to steal the camera" game. I think he won.


Ok, he was having more fun here. And I won the game this time!

Spooooky Shirt

He isn't 2 yet but I'm pretty sure he's already cooler than I will ever be!

He's So Fast

Here's a sneak peek of Owen in his Halloween costume! We wanted to try it out so we went for a walk and Owen loved it! Hopefully it goes this well on Halloween!

I Love Fall

It's a Video!

I've been trying to put up a video for awhile so hopefully this works. It was breakfast time and Owen was having fun with his bib. You can see him do some sign language. Also, he was eating some Apple Breakfast Kuchen (remember that stuff I made with the CoCo Wheats?!).

Orchard Time!

Yea! Every year we go to an apple orchard and buy pumpkins and get apples to make apple pie (except last year where we got lazy and bought a pie and found out that it is not nearly as tasty as homemade)!

Choosing apples

Picking pumpkins

The Pie!

Time to Reminisce

September 2007

September 2008

Random Pictures

Owen wearing my giant sunglasses


Peeking out the window


Hanging out with friends


Owen checking out our friend's horse

Walks

Here is Owen explaining to EasterBear that we will be taking him for a walk


In action and dressed appropriately


This random sidewalk in our neighborhood has a big patch of grass over part of it. It's strange.


Mango and raisin tart I made a week or two ago.

Free? We Like Free.

Yesterday was Free Museum Day and you could get free passes at smithsonianmag.com. So we did. Actually, only two of us were free but $6 for the three of us is much better than $20. We decided to go the children's museum and it was crazy with all the kids running around but Owen was too busy playing to notice the commotion.

The water table was fun to splash in after we convinced Owen to wear a yellow rain jacket. He still managed to get soaked.


The supermarket was Owen's favorite part! He grabbed a cart and started shopping. This is a picture of the first round. The second (and subsequent) rounds were all potatoes and bread.


Playing with the alligators!


Another example of what happens when I try to pose with Owen:)

Lounging Around

Owen's picked up a few things from us...like the correct position to be in when channel-surfing...Look at all those toys he isn't playing with!!! I should note that I walked into the room and found him like this, I did not turn the tv on for him!

Clothes

It was laundry day. And Owen really wanted to wear this. And it's the cutest outfit ever. Good picks Owen!


This is the shirt I made. I know, nothing fancy. But I made it. And it didn't fall apart, remember? That has to count for something! (Also, the pattern looks crazy in the small picture but if you click on it you can see the more normal looking gingham)

Saying Bye Bye

This is what Owen looks like in the morning when he realizes that Pat is going to work and he has to spend another entire day with me. This morning there were actual tears about the whole situation.

The Outside

I know, I need to post more pictures of me and Pat too but Owen is just way cuter than either of us (sorry Pat).

Walking to the Artfest


Playing in the sprinkler after a miserable attempt at spending the day in Peninsula. The sprinkler was a much bigger hit.


Helping me weed.


Casually watching the waterfall at the park with sippy cup in hand.

Foodstuffs

Here are some food pictures from the past month. I take a lot of pictures of a lot of unnecessary things.

This is one of Pats favorite foods and normally I wouldn't take a picture of it but I thought the heart was cute. And I'm a dork. A really big dork.


I made chili and brownies for the first Brown's game of the season!


My super tasty (non-processed) homemade wheat thins.
Also, I have threatened to pack a completely non-processed lunch for Pat this week so we'll see if it happens. In case I do get around to it I made some homemade wheat bread today so I'm already partially there!

High Five!

Yea! Our computer is back/fixed (thank you, thank you, thank you Scott!)!!! Get ready for an onslaught of pictures of the last month and other "important" information that I haven't been reporting! Pat got me a camera for my birthday so I have taken 300 pictures since the computer broke! It was convenient that I took a high-fiving picture since it was perfect for this post. Who knew that would come in handy?

A Picture!

I stopped being lazy just long enough to figure out how to get a picture off of my camera and onto Pat's laptop to post. Actually I made Pat figure out how to do it but that's the same, right?

Not Such a Good Plan After All...

This is how my mind works...
1. I was reading a blog where the person gave up processed foods.
2. I decided it was a great idea and I should do it and told Pat.
3. Pat reminded me that it would be impossible since "everything" we eat is processed.
4. That made my plan sound even smarter until I realized that would include cereal.
5. Instead I made some wheat thins from scratch and pretended that was the same thing as giving up processed foods (even though I don't buy wheat thins because Pat and I would eat entire boxes in one sitting when we used to buy them).
Seriously though, how crazy would that be? I would have to make my own bread and peanut butter. I wouldn't last, not at all. But I really want to try it...but that's crazy.

Still Sewing...

I forgot to announce that I made a shirt! And it was good enough to wear. In public!!! I waited all day for it to fall apart and it didn't. I still haven't finished the "easy" "one hour" skirt that was supposed to be my first project but at least I haven't given up on the sewing completely!

Just a Thought...

It took us most of the summer to trim the bushes in our front yard and we let the flowers in our flower boxes get brown and wilty. I still don't think that's as bad as both of our neighbors having Fourth of July decorations on their front steps.

oops, i forgot to blog

Our computer is still broken so it hasn't occurred to me to blog lately! I know you've all been missing it, right? We've actually been doing stuff and I would have tons of pictures to show if I wasn't too lazy to figure out how to do it on Pat's computer. We went to Oktoberfest on the 1st and ate some strudel, saw costumed people dancing on a giant cuckoo clock, and watched some wiener dog races. We tried to go to Peninsula with our bikes with the hopes of renting a trailer for Owen to ride in. He nixed that idea by screaming, writhing and refusing to get in. So we walked. New Owen developments have included...learning to say "cheese" for pictures which has resulted in some very cute smiles and learning to turn the tv on and off...and on...and off...