Look what Emilie found!



Her tongue.  Found it on the way to Lowes with dad.




Her and dad showing me how it works.  Fun times.

 It was a slow day at our house.  Naps followed church.  Mexican food followed naps. We went to our usual Friday night place since we missed it this Friday.  We had to fix our grill tonight.  The thing that protects the food from direct flame broke.  At Lowes I asked Aubrie if she wanted some rice and beans.  She gasped and said, "Oh boy!  Rice and beans!  VACATION!!!"   When we went to Tahoe in May to see my family, my mom met us in the airport and grabbed up Aubrie and told her she was so glad she made it and now we can start our vacation!  She then took both girls outside to play with Poppy and Gigi at the car.  By the time I got out there with our luggage, they had Aubrie running and jumping up and down, screaming "VACATION!!!"  with two fists up in the air.  Now she yells VACATION any time she is excited.  Thanks Gram.  :)

The grill took two runs to Lowes.  All of our home projects do, of course.  But it was an easy fix.  It is a good thing it is fixed because Adam's parents left us some Indiana sweet corn and we are looking forward to that!  His mom also made me a carrot cake for my upcoming birthday.  I think it is time to go have a piece.  Sorry there wasn't much exciting here.  Just a wonderful lazy Sunday with my family!

Love to all!

Pin It Now!

French Toast and Friends

But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine.

Thomas Jefferson

We had a wonderful friend come by for a visit this evening.  Josie Hackworth was back in town for a visit.  I played volleyball with Josie at Belmont and she's been a friend since day one.  This native Oregonian is one of my favorite people.  I can be silly with her, have serious talks with her, and we can live on other sides of the country and pick up right where we left off when we saw each other last.  I have another good friend named Josie, Josie Castillo, so there must be something about that name...

Josie is suggesting ways to extend my neck to hide my neck fat...one evening with her is never enough!

We had another showing on the house today.  No feedback from yesterday's showing yet.  Maybe they are still in shock at how wonderful our house is.  Right. 

I decided to get up with Adam this morning and make french toast.  I love french toast.  It is my absolute favorite breakfast and I don't like anybody else's except my mother's.  That is why I never make it.  It is the first meal I made when Adam and I were together that was inedible.  It was disgusting.  I think I let the bread soak for too long.  I've always had mom's recipe in my box, but I never make it because I like it when mom makes it.  It's special that way.  But now I have a little monster who loves french toast.  Well, make that two little monsters.  Aubrie does a double fist pump in the air and yells FRENCH TOAST!!  So occasionally I make it for my family. 

Nothing beats french toast paired with bacon.  I love bacon.  I was on a steady bacon diet when I was pregnant with Aubrie.  Every morning I ate bacon.  I have fond memories, actually, of when I had Emilie at Baptist Hospital and I ordered french toast and bacon for breakfast one morning.  (I actually fantasize a lot of my hospital stays at Baptist.  They treat me like a rock star.  I push a button, people bring me things.  The nurses are awesome and everyone wants me to be comfortable.  I LOVE IT there!)  When I lifted the lid off my tray, the syrup had spilled and I was upset that it would be soggy and it wasn't.  Even the bacon had maple syrup on it.  It was so good.  I LOVED it!

French Toast

nothing special, just mom's recipe

3 Tbsp flour

1 1/2 tsp sugar

1/8 tsp salt

2/3 cup milk

2 eggs

Cinnamon

French toast is even better if someone is helping.  Aubrie loves cracking eggs.  My mom taught her how when she made brownies with her last time she was here. 

Aubrie's headband is from Wes Burtner.  He went on a missions trip to Italy and all the little girls wear these headbands that look like eyeglasses.  Aubrie loves hers.  Both as a headband and glasses.  :)

Love to all!

Pin It Now!

Date Night

Since family is in town, Adam and I escaped for a date night.  We went to Burger Up on 12th.  It was delicious!  We then went and picked up some candy and snuck it into the movie.  We were both exhausted at the movie and I was shocked to see it was 8:30 when we got into the car.  :)  I talked him into going to the grocery store with me.  He couldn't remember the last time he's done actual grocery shopping.  I'm kind of glad he doesn't.  Down every aisle he was "suggesting" items to buy and things for me to cook and was throwing me off my rhythm.  Grocery shopping is no fun unless you are buying things for new recipes or you are excited about what you're cooking.  When it is the usual stuff like o.j., milk, bread....boring. 

Here is the family before date night.  I can't believe how big Emilie is getting.  She really looks big in this picture, we think. 

We had a showing today.  The girls were both crying at 5 a.m.  Very uncharacteristic of Aubrie.  Somewhat for teething Emilie.  They both settled back in and we all slept until 8.  Sure enough at 8:15, we got a call requesting a showing at 10.  YIKES!  Thank goodness Adam's parents could take the girls.  I packed up their breakfast and loaded Petey in the car.  Mom actually sent dad back over to mow the lawn for me.  I am so thankful for their help! I busted it in the house to get clothes put away, beds made, floors mopped and vacuumed.  It was another frantic preparation.  We have another showing tomorrow, but that will be a piece of cake since the house is spotless (kind of) and Adam will be here to help. 

I watered the flowers today.  Aubrie is like a magnet to the water hose. 

The kid cannot stay out of the water!  I hope everyone has a good weekend! 
Love to all!! Pin It Now!

Ironing Olympics

Can you iron with one of these attached to your leg???

I can.  I've had the ironing board out since last weekend.  The problem is, Adam dirties his clothes and I have a couple of things left and before you know it, I might as well do this week's laundry and iron those clothes too!  I think they should have house wife Olympics.  I would win ironing.  Hands down.  I used to do it when I was in middle school and high school.  I would charge people 80 cents a shirt, I think.  A dollar for pants.  I had two or three people who would bring me laundry baskets full of clothes and I would iron them and call them when they were ready and they would bring me another load.  I got to be pretty quick. 

Now I have Adam's clothes to iron.  His 6'8" frame requires pretty long pants and some long sleeves.  So I feel like every time I iron something, I'm always doing a little extra.  Short people have it so easy.  At the ironing Olympics, you can have obstacles, like things turned inside out.  Difficult fabrics and pleats.  Or crying, teething children attached to your leg.  :) 

It was another regular day in our house.  The girls and I made a Costco run and we went to the Y.  Emilie is a Y champion now.  Sometimes she fusses when I leave, but she plays and has a good time.  Aubrie likes to yell "goodbye everybody!  Thank you!" when we leave.  It continues from the children's area, up the stairs, through the lobby, and out into the parking lot.  Everyone gets a "bye everybody!".  So I will leave you all with a genuine Aubrie "goodbye everybody!!!"
Love to all! Pin It Now!

Correction: 4 new teeth

YIKES!  Emilie has 4 new teeth coming in.  Poor thing.  She really isn't that grouchy.  The only thing she is doing is sticking a lot of things in her mouth.  But what baby doesn't do that.  I can't believe she turned 9 months this week. 

We played in the backyard tonight.  I got out the sprinkler and put Aubrie in her suit.  She likes it when her dad runs through the sprinkler with her.  So, while holding Emilie, he ran through the sprinkler. 

And we blew bubbles with Tia.

And Petey was hot.  He's got a birthday coming up.  He'll be six.  Can you see how his hair is getting lighter around his face?  Another sign that he is aging:  He came.  This dog never comes.  "Petey come" is a phrase that bounces off his ears and never registers.  He's gotten loose in our neighborhood a million times and we have to go chasing him either on foot or by car.  He's so bad.  He can roll over, shake hands, high five, high ten, play dead (in Spanish), and balance a bone on his nose until you tell him to get it.  But no come.  Until yesterday.

I let him out in the morning and was feeding Emilie breakfast and something dropped to the floor.  I thought he was inside, but once I realized he was still outside, I opened the backdoor and there was no sign of him.  The back gate was open.  I yelled for him and nothing.  So I grabbed the phone and called Lana, since they were in town, and told her she might be coming over to watch the girls while I go on Petey search. 

I went on one side of the house and I called him, he barked back.  Ok, he's on the other side of the house.  I walked over on the other side of the house and called him and he barked back at me again.  Where is this dog?  I called, he barked.  I called, he barked.  Then I looked over to the back yard and he was there.  Barking at me through the fence.  He must have heard me call him and he ran back to the yard!  Maybe he thinks I won't go find him anymore and needs to stay close.  He usually wanders off at the lake and we have to chase him there, but this year he didn't.  What a good dog.  Finally, after six years, Petey came when called.  Good boy Pete.  :)
Love to all! Pin It Now!

Caramel Apple Cheesecake

A group of friends started an apple pie bake-off a couple of years ago.  It started with two people and it was just apple pie.  It grew and now there are sometimes up to 6 desserts and now it is anything apple.  I entered this caramel apple cheesecake one year and it was a winner!  It is a Paula Deen recipe, but I have altered it just a little.  It is absolutely delicious and pretty easy!!

Caramel Apple Cheesecake

Paula Deen

1 graham cracker crust for a 9 inch pie plate (see below)

2 - 8 oz softened cream cheese

1/2 cup sugar

1/4 tsp vanilla

2 eggs

4 Tbsp caramel topping

3 large granny smith apples

1/3 cup chopped walnuts

Heat oven to 350 degrees.  Peel apples and slice.  Take 1 heaping cup and put it a pot on the stove with 1 Tbsp of caramel topping.  Put it on low heat and stir occasionally, covered, to cook the apples.  Meanwhile, in large glass bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla until creamy.  Add in eggs until mixed.  Put cooked apples on the graham cracker crust and spread around.  Pour cheesecake mixture over the top.  Bake 30-35 minutes, until center is firm.  Cool at room temperature.  After it is cooled, take remaining apples and 3 Tbsp of caramel and cook on the stove top.  Add to the top of the cheesecake and sprinkle with chopped walnuts.  Cool in fridge until ready to serve.

Here is Paula Deen's version.  She uses canned apple pie filling and pecans.  Not that big of a difference.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/caramel-apple-cheesecake-recipe/index.html

It was a library day for us.  We went with Adam's parents and met Tia (Amanda) for lunch.  We brown bagged it and ate outside in the courtyard.  It was pretty warm, but we had a good time. 

For the first time this year, Aubrie went and sat up front for the final song

Look who got busted trying to drink out of big sister's cup?!

Adam was in Chicago the past two days and he's back home safely.  It's always a better night's sleep when he's around.  :)  Love to all!

Pin It Now!

3 teeth and double fists

Sure enough, after I posted yesterday that I was hoping Emilie would get teeth so she could enjoy table food, she wakes up this morning with THREE teeth popping out!  All on the top.  Poor girl.  She definitely didn't appreciate me taking her to the Y today with those teeth hurting.  She gave me that dirty look again when I went in to pick her up.  It just turned out to be a double fist kind of day. 

Double fisting "peena budder saniches" that is.  I just couldn't keep ahead of these girls.  I didn't get lunch on the table until 20 after 12 and Aubrie was starving.  As you can see, she was taking bites out of both sandwiches.  Poor Emilie sucked on ice cubes all day, but don't worry.  She still ate like a little linebacker.  :) 

We stayed inside most of the day today.  I showed Aubrie how to pull baby sister around in the wagon that belongs to the blocks.  It was cool for a little while but she kept saying, "baby sista heavy".  I ended up pulling her around which she enjoyed.  Aubrie wore her boots again today.  Not to the Y.  But around the house.  I hope we don't have them worn out before the colder weather comes...

They are good for running laps.  :)  I love watching her run laps.  She has SO much energy.  Boots make her faster. 

On the right column, you will find a new set of links.  (Those who subscribe might have to go to my site, www.kookiekellie.blogspot.com/ )  They are my favorite online shops and photographers.  I've told you about Marcie Kindred, the photographer friend.  The other Nashville photographer listed is Danielle Bennett and she did our pictures last fall.  She took the picture on the top of my web page of the whole fam. The last photographer is a good friend who takes pictures in Northern Indiana. The others are Etsy shops that I love.  One is a teacher friend who is AMAZING at making handbags (Betsy and Bess) and the others I ordered things for my girls.  Just thought I would share a few of my favorite things. 

Love to all! Pin It Now!

date night!

Sorry I missed yesterday's post.  I had a date night with my love.  We went to dinner and then saw the new Harry Potter movie.  It was really good.  I have read all the books, and Adam has seen all the movies.  We had a good time.  Some of our volleyball girls watched our princesses for us.  The girls were well behaved and had a good time.  We ordered them a pizza and we were told they ate like little linebackers.  :)

Here is Emilie being goofy at the breakfast table this morning.  She's such a cutie.  She's been crawling so quickly.  She'll be discovering the stairs before we know it. Hopefully she's getting more teeth pretty soon.  She loves table food, but can't chew that well.  She did good in the church nursery today.  Adam dropped her off and she cried, but was then fine.  When Adam picked her up, they said she cried the last five minutes.  She had the meanest look on her face when he brought her into the hallway.  Her eyebrows were furrowed and she just glared at me.  I took her out of Adam's arms and she started crying and reaching for him.  She was mad at ME!  Poor Emilie.  We made up later. 

Aubrie picked out some new fall boots.  Last year I waited until it was cool outside to try and find her some boots and I had a really hard time.  I can't believe how early they put clothes out for the next season.  So I went to Target the other day and they had some boots out and she picked these out.  She likes wearing them around the house.  She wore them at the breakfast table this morning. 


This evening I had the pleasure of taking two of my volleyball girls out to dinner to give them their graduation gifts.  I coached Lauren and Caroline when they were 14.  They were my first team that I coached on my own.  We ended up going to Nationals in Minneapolis, MN.  Both Lauren and Caroline are playing in college next year and I'm so proud of them.  I know they will work hard, study hard, and be successful.  Their teams are so lucky to be gaining them as teammates.  I will definitely miss watching these girls play in high school.  The years have flown by.  We love you Lauren and Caroline!!

Pin It Now!

Class of 2027 Reunion

Today was a special day.  We met up with Aubrie's classmates at the park today.  We tried to get together with all of them, but with other plans, and vacations, we only got two guys plus Aubrie.  You've all heard about our buddy Teague from zoo trips and library run-ins.  Our other friend is Holden.  Holden is a giant of a sweetheart.  He's such a big guy who is already half the size of his mom!  And he's already grown this summer!  We were all excited to see each other.  And of course, I selfishly had a good time visiting with the mom's on the park bench.  Holden has a brand new baby sister and Teague's little brother was there, so Emilie had some company.  But she  is at a point that she wants to get down and run around as well.  It won't be long.  Sigh.  Here are the kids taking a water break.

Holden is on the left, Teague on the right.  Aren't they cuties?!!  Aubrie didn't want to sit with the boys for a picture.  They sat like gentlemen and I got a huge CHEESE from Holden.  :)

Boot camp week at the Y is over finally.  Emilie passed with flying colors.  I now feel comfortable enough to drop her off for an hour class if I wanted to.  Now I just need to find a class that goes along with our napping schedule.  Baby steps.  In this week of working out every day, I have dropped five pounds.  I've had to drink a lot of water to keep up.  It's been awfully hot. 

It was our typical Mexican restaurant tonight.  I hope everyone has a good weekend!
Love to all! Pin It Now!

Salmon Ravioli

This morning started with a little sisterly quarrel.  Their chairs were still next to each other from last night's dinner.  Emilie's long arms could reach Aubrie's plate.  Emilie was eating pancakes, Aubrie a waffle.  "NO, no touching baby sister!!!" with a shove.  After some explanation that we have to be nice and that baby sister doesn't know what she's doing (which Adam and I are convinced Emilie knows exactly what she is doing), Aubrie calmed down.  That and I moved her chair back to the end of the table. 

We had leftovers from yesterday for dinner...

Salmon Ravioli

Better Homes and Gardens

9 oz cheese ravioli
9 oz or more spinach leaves
12 oz or more salmon filets
3 Tbsp butter
3 garlic cloves
1 lemon
Parmesan cheese

Cook ravioli and set aside.  In a large skillet, heat olive oil in pan.  Sprinkle salmon with salt and pepper.  Cook 6-8 minutes until flaky.  Remove and keep warm.  Add spinach to skillet and cook until wilted.  Melt butter in skillet with chopped cloves.  Squeeze half lemon to sauce.  Combine everything and add the Parmesan cheese.

I use a lot more than 9 oz of spinach.  Yesterday I did 5 salmon filets so I did 5 Tbsp of butter and 4 garlic cloves so it wouldn't be dry.  I also used a whole lemon.  I recommend having 2 lemons and slicing the other one for people to squeeze onto their salmon. 

It was another typical day.  A trip to the Y.  Emilie was a superstar.  I worked out for 50 minutes and she didn't even cry when I left!  After the Y, I had a laundry marathon.  All that is left is ironing.  Bleh.  Oh, and hey Tia, is this how you play the piano???

Emilie thinks it is.  She's so close to cruising.  She loves to stand and she loves to assume the bear crawl position when hanging out on the floor.  She's too funny.  The girls enjoyed some daddy time today.

 A house down the road put their house on the market on the 7th of July and had a contract on it 3 days ago.  Now that's just got me sick....
Love to all! Pin It Now!

The ol' peanut butter bars

Peanut Butter Bars

1 cup crunchy peanut butter
2/3 cup soft margarine
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups brown sugar
3 eggs
1 cup of flour
1/2 tsp salt

Combine peanut butter, margarine, and vanilla in a bowl.  Beat in sugar until light and fluffy.  Add eggs one at a time.  STIR in flour and salt just until blended.  Put batter in greased 13x9 and bake at 350 for 35 minutes.  Check it with a toothpick to make sure it is done. 

Once cooled, ice with 3/4 cup powdered sugar mixed with 2 tsp water.  Drizzle on.  Then melt 1/4 cup chocolate chips with 1 tsp of shortening in the microwave.  Stir every 20 seconds until runny and melted.  Drizzle on. 

These were the big guy's favorite when we first got married.  He requested them every time I was baking something.  You should see how worn out the recipe card is.  They are delicious.  We had a pleasant surprise tonight.  I invited Aimee Drabyn over for dinner at the last minute.  She moved to town a couple of weeks ago and is attending graduate school at Belmont.  If you'll recall my previous post, Stetson Steve and chimis, Steve Drabyn is Aimee's older brother.  (Adam's college roommate/bff/brother)  There are four Drabyns... Chris, Steve, Kristen, and Aimee.

This is Aimee, Kristen, Adam, and I at Steve's rehearsal dinner.  (I was pregnant with Emilie).  I sometimes dream of being a Drabyn sister.  Those two girls are so close and they crack me up.  I can watch them for hours.  Especially on the dance floor.  They have dance moves I have NEVER seen before.  It is always a pleasure to hang out with a Drabyn.  We're glad to have Aimee in Nashville and this will definitely not be the last time she comes over for some family time. 

Aubrie enjoyed an apple today at dinner.  She didn't want it sliced and carried it around and ate a majority of it. She may have even ate some of the core.  You could tell she felt like a big girl carrying it around.  She also ate something else today...can you guess?

I said, "Aubrie, did you play in the dirt and eat it?"  "NO!" she said.  Hmmm.  I was able to see some evidence.  She has so much fun outside.  I could seriously leave her outside for hours. 

We went and saw one of my volleyball girls, April, go play today.  She was at a team camp at Belmont.  She's a great kid.  Super smart in the classroom, a good volleyball player.  I can't wait to see which college she decides on.  It was good to see her mom as well.  Emilie and Kathy (as Aubrie says, Kafee) had a strong bond this past volleyball season.  She wanted to be held by her all the time.  Kathy could hold her for hours.  I sat in front of her and she held Emilie and it was fun listening to her talk to her again.  It was like old friends catching up.  :)  We were so blessed to have met so many great girls and families while coaching volleyball.  They are like family to us. 

Oh, and boot camp for Emilie is going well.  I dropped her off today and she only fussed for maybe two minutes and I worked out for 45 minutes.  Maybe by next week, I can do a class or something!  Good job Emilie!

We had Salmon and Ravioli tonight, but I'm too tired to post another recipe.  I'll post it tomorrow since I plan on leftovers anyways.  Love to all! Pin It Now!

I Skinny Cow

Some people drink.  Some people smoke.  I skinny cow.  Have you had the skinny cow ice cream treats?  I get the chocolate truffle bar that is only 100 calories.  That is probably the best treat you can find for that many calories.  So delicious.  Sometimes after dinner, when Adam is playing with the princesses, I step outside and enjoy one.  All by myself.  Nobody crawling on my lap, nobody wanting a bite.  It's all mine.  :)

Tonight we had chicken and apple sausages on the grill.  They are delicious.  You can buy them buy the bulk at Costco, but I bought them at Kroger before committing to bulk.  The girls wolf them down like candy.  I paired it with a grilled summer vegetable salad that I saw one time on Good Morning America.  Wolfgang was the guest and was grilling outside.  I love grilled veggies.

Grilled Summer Vegetable Salad

from Wolfgang

1 red bell pepper

1 yellow bell pepper

1 ear of corn

1 or 2 zucchini

1 or 2 yellow squash

1 red onion

cherry tomatoes

Sauce

1 roasted jalapeno

2/3 cup lime juice

1/3 cup cilantro

1 tsp cumin

1/4 cup olive oil

2 Tbsp honey

Wash the vegetables and slice zucchini, squash, onion, and bell peppers into long slices.  Toss all vegetables in  olive oil and grill.  For the sauce, I roast the jalapeno on the grill while it is warming up for the vegetables.  Toss everything for the sauce into the blender.  I serve the sauce on the side, or you can just toss everything together.  I also cheat and buy one of those plastic limes and use that for the juice because 2/3 cup is a lot of lime squeezing.  It's really delicious.  I like the sweet, but spicy, sauce. 

Today was a library day.  We ran into our good pal, Teague.  That was exciting for Aubrie.  She chased him all around the library and they seem to talk their own language.  We enjoyed seeing the puppets.  We sat in the very front and when they asked for somebody with a name, Aubrie raised both her hands and they called on her but then she was too shy, so I had to tell them her name.  They were singing the name game song....Aubrie Bobrie Fo Fobrie...She enjoyed that.  :)

into the show!

the giant rope is for us to stay behind, which Emilie had some trouble with today...

Since we went to the library, visited with Tia, and ran into some friends, we decided to eat out.  I got Emilie a grilled cheese which she was snacking on in her seat.  Pretty soon it was quiet in the backseat and this is what I found

Can you see the sandwich still in her hands?  She even has some on her chest.  Too cute.  It's hard keeping up with big sister and all her activities!  She's gradually starting to do one nap a day, but it is hard on her.  After the girls were up from their naps, I ran to the Y, because after all, this is boot camp week.  I went to the one at the church near our house.  I only dropped them off for 15 minutes and read a magazine in the lobby.  Emilie cried for 10 of the 15 minutes but was then fine.  They said I should have brought my clothes...I could have had a decent workout!  Yay Emilie!  She's just growing so fast.  She crawls everywhere.  She's no slow poke either.  She loves shaking her head no.  She also bounces and starts yelling when we all start singing and dancing in the living room.  You can tell she can't wait to do everything that sister does.  I hope sister is ready!

Love to all!



Pin It Now!

Success at the Y!

I declared this week boot camp at the Y.  I thought, I have got to get this kid to go to a nursery.  I'm just going to take her every day to the Y to go to the nursery.  Even if I don't workout.  So I took them in and only signed them in for 20 minutes.  As soon as they picked her up out of my arms, the screaming started.  "Bye Emilie, mommy will be back!  Have fun!" and I ran up the steps to get to my workout.  Once I hit 20 minutes I walked back down to the nursery and there she was.  Sucking on a pacifier, playing with toys, surrounded by friends.  Happy.  Happy!!!!  My Emilie!  One of the workers saw me and motioned me to go on.  So I went and did the stair master for 10 minutes and decided that I better go back and pick her up while she is happy so she doesn't think that when she screams, I will return.  What a great day for Emilie at the Y!

Aubrie at the car wash today, trying to figure out what's happening.

Aubrie not so much.  I went in to pick her up next and I like to watch her.  She doesn't notice when I walk in and so I always just stand there and watch her interact with her friends.  She's so funny.  Today she was on top of one of their slides and a little boy was blocking the slide, trying to grab a toy out of her hand.  I heard her say, "No, this is Aubrie's!"  The boy had a pacifier in his mouth, so he didn't say anything back.  (way too old for a pacifier)  So she stood there and waited for him to go down but he then turned around again and SMACKED Aubrie in the face. 

Moms, have you ever seen your kid get hit by another kid??  Wow.  My heart just hurt.  I about came unglued and gave that kid a "come to Jesus" talk.  But luckily one of the workers witnessed it as well and she took him off the slide and told him not to hit.  Aubrie came down the slide and yelled, "Mommy!!!" and came running with a smile.  Clearly the smack didn't hurt her any. And who knows, maybe they were bothering each other and I didn't see her do something mean to him.  But I was just heart broken.  I don't want her to learn to hit, much less to get hit by someone else.  So I took this as a time to have a teaching moment.  I told her thank you for not hitting him back and that I'm sorry he hit her.  I explained to her that God loves us and doesn't want us to hurt others.  We need to love everybody.  

I got to thinking on my way home (after getting flipped off for driving to slow and honked at for trying to back out of my parking space) that I need to watch ALL of my moves.  I have to make sure that Aubrie sees me giving other people the same love that God gives us.  God loves the young man who flipped me off.  And he loved the mom whose time was more important and had to speed past me before I could pull out.  I get scared about being a parent sometimes.  I will fail.  I won't be perfect.  My girls will probably have some horrible habit that they picked up from me and I'll hate myself for it.  But I've got to do my best... and man, sometimes that is hard.  

My crew playing after dinner

We got feedback from our "showing" yesterday.  They gave us "good"s across the board, but put that they were not interested.  I'm sure had nothing to do with our clothes and toys laying out every where...

Leftovers tonight.  Delicious.  And derby pie is actually pretty good.  I'm going to look up some different recipes tonight and find out how Rhonda made hers.  Love to all!

Pin It Now!