The Boss is Out

The Boss (HG) is sleeping so I am able to report that it is now only taking 15 minutes to get her to stay in her bed rather than 45 minutes.  She only gets out a few times and then gives up because she knows we're waiting for her at the door, ready to thwart her every move.  Her retaliation is to run back to her bed, scream at us to go downstairs and then she tears off her pajamas in a fit of rage, finally passing out in her birthday suit (every night this happens... the whole birthday suit thing.)  One of her major complaints is her pull-up - that it hurts her and she doesn't want to wear it.  I noticed that one of her BF's (William) is going diaper-less to bed now so she is bound and determined to wake up dry in the morning so she doesn't have to wear a pull up to bed anymore, like William.  In fact this morning she went straight to the bathroom after waking up (with a dry pull-up) and then called to David, "Dad?... Daaaaad!?  There is no more toilet paper, Dad!"  Good morning to you too, Hannah :)

Somebody's birthday is coming up and we haven't even talked about what to do.  Mister wants to have three birthday parties: One at Great Wolf Lodge, one at Boondocks, and one at Jumpin' Jordy's.  He wants to have church friends at one, "all my grandmas and grandpas" at one, and then just Siri at one.  Apparently celebrating a 5th birthday is a bigger deal than I could have imagined!  My parents, brother and grandma are visiting us in about three weeks (my brother also has a February birthday) so we will have a celebration when they're here but "where" is the question.  We will see what is on Mister's mind when the time comes.

The cold (like single-digits cold) weather keeps me holed up in the house quite a bit.  Actually we have been having some 50+ degree days so I can't complain too bad.  Last week we actually went to the park a couple times, all bundled up, and played soccer.  But I plan outdoor activities about as much as I've been going to the gym lately (NOT MUCH AT ALL!)  It's a good thing the kids got some good toys for Christmas that are keeping us busy indoors.  Not to mention our various memberships to the local museums and zoo.

The rocket we built out of Blaine's new building set.
Put a sheet over this baby and it "rocks" :)

Playing at our rec center.

Boo and I at the Zoo last week, during one of the 50 degree days.

The kids at the Denver Firefighters Museum.

While David snowboarded today the kids and I made two kinds of soup and "the best chocolate chip cookies Mama has ever made."  (Thank you very much, Blaine!)  Potato soup - a specialty of my mom's and Creamy Tomato Tortellini Soup.  I know my food photography lacks luster... but they were both fantastic.

Tomorrow we will enjoy church together and then I have a massage scheduled in the afternoon (thank you Uncle Matt Lyon :)  I may even get my nails done if I don't feel guilty about being away from home for that long :)

Pecan Pie Muffins

One thing that I love to do with Blaine (and he also enjoys) is baking. My mom is a baker, and in David's family I am known as "the baker" and I hope to instill a love of baking in Blaine. (His dad has the whole "love of eating baked things" down... so we're covered there.)

We tried this Pecan Pie Muffin recipe from Tasty Kitchen (one of my favorite recipe websites) and they were a big hit. I did use whole wheat flour instead of white flour to make them a little more healthy. Well, just to make myself feel better and I like that their called muffins... that makes them way healthier than pecan pie, right?

Let me live in the dream.