We are back home from a wonderful time in Montana visiting family. It was truly beautiful. We had such a relaxing time. We saw deer and turkeys right in the backyard. The weather was good and the trees were simply beautiful! We went to a pumpkin farm. We enjoyed hiking the hills of Montana. She enjoyed being around boys. Learned a thing or two. She likes bones. (animal bones).

"Mom, you are just like Cinderella"

Oh really thanks..

"Yeah, like when she is CLEANING."

(I think I will take that as a good thing...)

We enjoyed a quiet weekend. We went to some good friends of ours an they gave us 5 new trees. So I spent the rest of today planting them. Now I am tired....

"Mommy, I want Henry to marry me."

Oh, really....

"Like Daddy married you."

You will have to talk to your daddy about that one.

"Daddy, Henry is going to marry me."

???


This little boy...was part of her life for just a short amount of time and he seems to be the one she talks about a lot! We moved away from this little boy almost 1 year ago and he is part of our life almost daily either in conversations, pictures, or toys. She has named her toys that are boys...ALL Henry!

Her daddy...will DEFINATELY have his hands full in the years to come!!!

hello...poison control

She has figured out how to work the computer in no time. Now we love Word World on PBS.com

So we had the need to call poison control tonight....Yes that is right..I really thought those days were behind us...but nope!

According to a 3 year old...if you can't find your cup in your bathroom for water then you MUST eat Disney Princess TOOTHPASTE. Of course this is the toothpaste that says not to give until you are 6 years old and yes I know she is only 3! I had to tell the nice poison control lady on the phone that my little girl is 3 year old. And please someone tell me..when did they start taking your name and phone number, like they are going to keep this on file FOREVER. So tonight...my mommyhood is truly tested to the max.

I find her now at 9:45 pm in her room with her lights on and have taken her pajamas off. I as her why? "Because I am cold"

Truly priceless!

baking TOO much..

Summertime picture. Cloudy here today so thought I might enjoy looking back at nice weather.
She was just sleeping and minding her own business and wakes up to this.. she looks happy huh?
Those are her yellow boots...stuck in a big mud puddle.

HA HA HA HA....

You know when you bake too much when your 3 year old says "Oh,(all smiles) is that another cake?"

I guess I have been in the baking mood lately. We have had blackberry pie, halloween cookies, chocolate chip granola bars, and now a pumpkin cake with cream cheese frosting. No wonder my jeans feel tighter.

We cleaned all day and hung up pictures. Fun Fun Mondays!!

The Mystery Gang...

This morning she turned to me and said "Mom, I miss my friends" I then thought about her old friends she had and asked her if it was them by naming them off. But she simply replied..."No mom, my GANG!" Huh?? "You know the Scooby-doo gang! Ahhhh...

We have been fascinated with Scooby Doo and the whole gang....Fred, Velma, Daphane, and Shaggy. Every night we can't forget to tell the same scooby doo story (we make it up) If we forget something then she simply reminds us. If we try to mix it up a little then she simply reminds us.

For Halloween she has it ALL planned out! She is going to be Daphane. I will be Velma. Her dad will be Fred and Shaggy (we don't know how that will work out yet) and Sydney is going to be Scooby-Doo. Then she says our wagon can be the mystery van.

She LOVES the GANG right now!!

Fall dancing.

We can't afford a real horse yet!!

Chewy Granola Bars...

The discovery of honey...and she LOVES it!
This is her eating handfuls of chocolate chips! And loving every minute of it!

Thumbs up for the final taste test!
YUM-O!!! These are AWESOME!!

We had a great day today. Tried a new recipe and can we say YUM-O!!! We made these homemade granola bars and we totally love them! Of course we made them with CHOCOLATE!! (the recipe calls for dried fruit and nuts but I thought that I would try them first with chocolate to make sure we liked them) oh yeah...I also doubled the amount of chocolate!

Here is the recipe:


NO BAKE CHEWY Granola Bar

1/2 C Honey

1/2 C brown sugar

1 tsp vanilla (I used 1 T)

3/4 C Peanut Butter

2 C Oats

2 1/2 C Rice Krispies

1/2 C Dried Fruit (didn't use this time)

1/2 C Chocolate Chips (I used 1 cup) :)

1/4 C Cocunut (didn't use this time)



Combine dry ingredients. Heat honey & sugar to boil. Stir constantly. Turn off heat and add peanut butter and vanilla. Blend until smooth. Pour over oats/rice krispies/chocolate chip mixture. - MIX WELL. Press into a greased 9 x 13 pan. Cool and cut into squares.



Enjoy!

welcoming fall....

We are enjoying bringing fall into our house by making Halloween cut out cookies and a "Happy Fall" sign. The cutouts may look a little silly but it we had fun. Throw a little frosting on them and they are GREAT! It truly feels like fall now. This morning woke up to it being foggy outside and very cool. I am excited to bring out the sweaters. (of course I would wear them all year round if I could)