It was leftover day so mac and cheese, half a piece of pizza, and a few chips…and then I thought “Oh, fruit!” and gave her a banana. 🙂
Category Archives: Food & Feeding
Special lunch treat for Katie.Â
She did such a good job shopping with me this morning that I treated her to lunch at Noodles. She doesn’t need to know I had a coupon that was expiring. 🙂
Charlie thinks she wants what he has.Â
After effects of a garlic bread Parmesan cheese bagel.
I figure we’ve lived here two years, it was about time.
We finally went to The Cheesecake Factory for lunch after swim lessons and errands. I’m not sure how Owen looks so angelic here. 🙂
Heading out to hatch a Pokémon egg!
It’s easier to get them to walk with me now that Pokémon is involved. (And the rule is it’s only used on my phone when we’re on the trail—if they ask about it any other time it gets deleted off my phone. This is daddy’s thing.)
And then of course there were more berries.
Six stops for blackberries!
The weather this morning was great for walking (72° with low humidity) so I made the kids go on a walk. Amazingly once I got them out of the house there was no complaining!
There are lots of blackberries on the trail so whenever we found a ripe bunch we’d stop and I’d pick them. And when I say bunch, I mean 3-4 edible ones. This was our fourth stop!
Our sixth stop!
Now the kids are somewhat excited to go back on the trail to see if there are any more blackberries!
Look what we found in Gramma’s woods!
While Katie was telling me that the door on the tree wasn’t real and no one lives there, I spotted something.
Birthday treats!
Dairy Queen (plus I got my Vacation Bucket List Blizzard!), the park, Pokemon hunting for Owen, splashing and throwing rocks in the river, a walk around the neighborhood with Gramma, and then a Gramma cuddle. 🙂
I thought she’d like sticking her feet in the river but she whined that it was TOO COLD! (It felt like bath water to me!)
Friends + Pool + Pizza = Fun
We invited Katie’s classmate Mason (and family!) over for a pool and pizza play date! I took my waterproof camera to hopefully get a bunch of pictures, but I wasn’t in the water long since it always feels so cold to me. This was the only pic I got!
It’s been awhile…
Owen’s last Marlins game!
It was crazy hot and sunny for the last game today. Thankfully friends had brought a huge canopy so we all got to sit (or lay!) in the shade!
Owen did super amazing awesome today…unfortunately, I had unexpected phone storage issues (even after I deleted a ton of stuff) so I ended up missing recording a few hits and runs—and a few videos got cut short. GRRR!
And he asked to be catcher today!! He did have some balance issues (see next photo—he kept his feet together instead of using a wide stance so he kept falling over) but he worked through them and did a great job! And looked damn cute!
The coaches actually called the game a half hour early because it was so hot. They had a quick award ceremony afterward.
I had to transcribe what the coach said because it was super awesome and is very hard to hear on the video—the Closed Captions should be turned on so you can read along but here it is just in case:
Due to my phone issues, I missed the first thing he said: I like to call him The Big O!
Come on up! I’ve really seen Owen’s catching progress. Behind the plate as well as catching the ball in the field. Alright, you are certainly catching it like the guys at the next level and very impressive. You’ve had some great hits as well. Alright. I love seeing your enthusiasm out here. Good job, buddy.
Team picture by another mom (since my phone was still acting up):
Then the pizza party!!!
And showing off his award! He had to run and get this T-ball award from last year, too—he was so excited to have two! He said he will put them both on a shelf together! 🙂
My little gymnast…with a pudding face.Â
A hand-me-down outfit perfect for gymnastics…
And what she looks like every single time she eats pudding. 🙂
Day 4 of 4.
Unfortunately this run will end soon…we still have about three weeks left of school (they don’t get out until June 23!) so we can only go to the pool on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons (she goes to school MWF at 12:45 and the pool doesn’t open until 12) so until school gets out we can only go Tu/Th and Sa/Su.
And then she got super lucky and the life guard offered her an ice cream that was leftover from the BBQ yesterday.
Lunch with the good character!
We surprised Owen at lunch today!
It was difficult trying to get a pic so this was the best one. 🙂
Loving the dough and crayons.Â
We ate at UNO Pizzeria and Grill for the first time yesterday—Katie loved playing with the dough. 🙂
What a sweet, sugary face.Â
Special breakfast with daddy
Waffles with chocolate sauce, mini marshmallows, and whipped cream! And Katie got sprinkles, too! (Owen is wearing his new batting helmet—we had to get a new one last night because we left his in the minivan which is currently 30 minutes away in the shop getting the XM radio fixed.)
No drama yet today so they get a picnic for lunch!
I don’t know why the cat loves her so much…but it’s cute.
Lunch buddies! Charlie jumped up about a minute after Katie sat down. This happens once or twice a week.
Tonight’s pizza with stringy cheese!
Philly steak and onions for us and pepperoni for the kids. With Alfredo sauce and fresh mozzarella, otherwise known as “stringy” cheese.
Every once I awhile I let her eat lunch in the living room.Â
Today she brought out the stool for her plate and a chair to sit in. 🙂
It was 70° when we got home from errands!Â
Snacking after a long four minutes of doing chalk. 🙂
Happy chocolate pudding face
Treat time!
Katie did pretty good while we were shopping at the mall so we stopped for a treat.
And then this happened on the way home.
Another successful birthday sleepover!
Owen wanted another summer birthday pool party, so like last year, we had a sleepover with two friends for his birthday. I’m not sure who was more excited—Owen or Katie. She did pretty good overall but didn’t understand why the boys didn’t want to go play with her instead of playing with Owen. (That said, she did get to play with them most of the time.)
We had pizza for dinner, then they all played downstairs (including Katie), and then it was time for Pie face!
Ice cream! Poor Colton (in black) doesn’t like chocolate so didn’t want the ice cream or brownie…so had an ice pop.
Attempting to play a new video game. It wasn’t quite working, so…
We watched a movie. Awwwww.
Of course, Katie was right in there, too.
Owen: “My bros!”
iPad time
Spying on them.
We put them to bed at 9:30 and they wanted to read a book so we told them lights out at 10. I happened to be watching on the monitor when they turned the lights out at 9:45. We thought it was too easy…and we were right. They were gabbing LOUDLY for the next hour. The last 20 minutes or so, Tom and I took turns going in to tell them to quiet down and go to bed. The last time Tom went in he warned them that they would not get donuts in the morning if he had to come in again. Then they were finally quiet. 🙂
Tom said they were all up at Owen’s usual time (6:30!) so they were back at Xbox and Tom went to get donuts.
The kids left by 10:30. Owen had a great time and we were glad to have our relatively quiet house back.
Oreo tongueÂ
Frosting Licker
She licks all the frosting of and then eats the cupcake.
The only help I get.Â
Of course they both say they’re going to help make cupcakes, but this is about all they do. 🙂
Owen wanted to have hibachi when Uncle Rob was here…
