I Want My Baby Back

Matt's second birthday dinner.

Gideon took this one of himself, obviously.

Gideon had to take pictures of everyone enjoying the food.
Eden and Larke eating up, also taken by Gideon.
The whole shabang. All the things Matt wanted for dinner. Ribs, cole slaw, corn on the cob, baked beans, homemade potato rolls with honey butter.

So as you can see we had some good eating on Sunday. Matt already got to have steak for his birthday, but these ribs were on sale and he decided that he needed another birthday dinner. Eden was very wary about the ribs, but ended up loving to eat the meat off the bones and kept asking for more. Corn on the cob is not cheap this time of year, but Matt really wanted some to go along with dinner. The potato rolls were yummy as always, but thanks to Karri Frank who gave me the recipe, we had some awesome honey butter to go along with them. Matt added cinnamon to the recipe which was also very good.

Matt had a good birthday. He wasn't feeling the best that day, but we still had some fun. The kids gave him an Indiana Jones Potato Head. He also got Lips and Your In The Movies for the XBOX. Both have been fun to play. We did Your In The Movies with the kids last night for Family Home Evening. They had a blast and were so fun to watch. The game uses a web cam to take shots of you doing different things and then edits it into different 3 minute movies. It was a blast. Happy Birthday Matt. We all love you tons.

Fun with LOST

We went to a Lost season 5 opening party on Wednesday night. We came up with some fun ideas of food to take. Sharon's suggestions were black cotton candy to represent the smoke monster, showing up with nothing and saying that it disappeared with the island, and something else. Matt's suggestion was snowball cupcakes with black frosted number 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42. We ended up doing an island shaped 7 layer bean dip on our awesome platter. I made the dip and Matt decorated it with a smoke monster made of olives, Gummy bear polar bears, an airplane in several parts made of marshmellows and tents made of chips. It was fun and yummy. We hope that all you Losties out there enjoyed the season opener as much as we did.

Thanks A lot Veggie Tales!

So at the end of the Veggie Tales movie The Toy That Saved Christmas they have this demonstration on how to your own veggie scene with food and then have it as a snack. Gideon saw this and thought it was the coolest thing ever. He asked every day several times a day for a week and on Sunday I finally helped them do it for dinner. Gideon and Eden were so excited. The plates turned out really cute and Gideon said that it was the best dinner he'd ever had. I had Matt take these pictures so that someday when my kids say I never did anything fun with them I could prove that I did just this once. I might even do it again someday. That was the first question when they were done eating. When can we do it again?

Voltron, Defender of the Universe

The kids have been watching Voltron (a cartoon from the 80's that Matt loved as a kid) alot lately. It has something for everyone robots, mice, a princess, and heroes. Gideon decided one day to make Voltron toys for everyone. We think that he did a pretty job with these.

Eden's New Skirt

I bought this skirt at Children's Place online for Eden and she loves it! She wore it 3 days straight and then cried when I had to wash it. Hopefully she doesn't wear it out before Larke gets a turn to wear it at all.

Paint Please!

Eden constantly begs to paint. I do give in on rare occasions, but the mess is a big deterant to me. Larke now has to do everything Eden does which is as it should be. So this time they painted together. I had alot of fun watching them play together and of course paint themselves instead of the paper which seems to be an urge that no child can resist.

Week 13 Ultrasound for baby #4

So I don't know about the rest of you moms out there, but I love ultrasounds. There is something so exciting and wonderful to me when I get to see my baby this way. It's probably because I won't get to see the baby any other way for a while. It's also probably tied to the fact that it helps me know that there really is a real live baby in me, which is just a wonderful thing sometimes. I guess I could trade in the feeling crabby and tired all the time, the various body parts in my ribs, the heartburn (I hate the heartburn, which I am experiencing as I write this), etc. If I could trade in all this I would, however I do feel grateful to be such a vital part in this beginning of life, and something that we as moms should be proud of and grateful for. We cannot be replaced which is a blessing and a curse. I've had a crabby day, but looking at this ultrasound makes me happy to know that sometime in July I will get to cradle this precious bundle in my arms. Why that makes me happy when I've spent the day listening to my two girls fight and cry I will never understand. It must be because I know that there are good days to be had full of laughter, and hugs, and books, and coloring, and snuggleing, and alot of I love you's.