Par-tay!

My birthday was Saturday. It was awesome, although, I have no pictures to prove it. BUT IT WAS!

It started out with lunch with my mom and Aunt Twitch. The O.G. (Olive Garden), which has been a long time favorite of mine. I got a really really REALLY cute purse and some shopping money. My mother knows me really well! I was a little bummed to see that my regular dish wasn't on the menu anymore, but I tried something new (GASP!!!!!!!!!!! THIS NEVER HAPPENS!) cheese ravioli, which was actually quite tasty!

Matt surprised me with a Kindle, which I am loving. I'm reading Gone With The Wind, a little nerdy, but it was the first thing I found an Amazon and I was so excited to add a book to my library that I bought it. :)

That night, we pawned the girls off on grandparents, and Matt took me to the Blue Iguana. It was the best Mexican ever and, you know me, I love me some Mexican food! The spicier the better! YUMMMMMMMMYYYYYYYYY!

For dessert, Matt took me to The Melting Pot. We had chocolate fondue and dippers. I loved it and we will definitely be returning soon!

I went to bed that night convinced that I would never need to eat again, but I wasn't that lucky. ;)

In other news, Sloane is officially a bottle-drinker. It was a little bitter-sweet, but after some digestive issues and breastmilk issues, we had to wean her. It was harder on me then it was for her (I just wasn't ready!), but she's liking the formula ok and in a few weeks she'll probably forget there was ever anything else to eat.

Oh yeah!

Bring home some Oyster Crackers husband!

The first time I ever had dinner with Matt and his parents, his mom made Cincinnati Chili. For a spaghetti-lover like me, this was the BEST THING TO EVER HAPPEN TO THE WORLD! (What? Chili you eat over spaghetti? YES! It is awesome! WITH CHEESE ON TOP!) When I found out that you could make it from a packet, I was even happier. However, this isn't something you can just find at your local Wal-Mart. Nope, you have to pass through the airport to find these babies. UNLESS, you have ultimate googling skills like I do! Then you can find these packets online! YEP! We'll probably be eating Cincinnati Chili for the next two weeks.

Husband, maybe pick up some bruschetta and fresh mozzarella too! Oh my gosh am I excited!

Happy weekend everyone!

PS: My mother-in-law doesn't make it by the packet's instructions. Nope, you have to have an "in" to know how to make it the really good way!

PPS: Someone's super-duper March birthday is tomorrow....

POST EDIT UPDATE!: Just received this text from husband: I'm on it!

I pretty much have the best husband ever.

:)

"...Love wipes away the tears before it wipes up the spilled milk. Love picks up the child before it picks up the toys." -Author Unknown

Oreos

When Sloanie goes to G-Ma's, she gets to eat Oreos.

Long story short, Sloane LOVES G-Ma's.

Stupid Past-Tanshyle!

Right now, my little stinkers are asleep. (Thank goodness!) I was really excited when they went down because I thought, "I'm going to lay down too!" (Gasp! What?! I like to take nap once in awhile too!?!?) But then I remembered, ugh dinner...

When stupid past-Tanshyle made the grocery list she failed to add 'Amish Egg Noodles' to the list, even though, she had CLEARLY added Chicken Noodle Soup to the week's menu.... Why did she do this?! Well, because she thought it would be great fun to make everything from scratch, including the DUMB noodles.

So, here I am waiting for my dough to "rest" (whatever that means!), so that I can cut out some egg noodles for my soup tonight. (I've made egg noodles before, they're not hard, just time-consuming...)

Note to self: Always buy egg noodles anyway!

PS: You know Amish Egg Noodles are the best store-bought egg noodles right? They're the best. Duh! They're Amish!

PPS: (There were a lot of (parenthesis) in this post, weren't there?!)

Transitioning...

I knew this was coming. I kept telling myself I would soon have to deal with it. Why am I having such a hard time with it????????

Holynd is finally doing away with naps.

I had a little voice tell me that getting rid of the binkie would do this, but I didn't realize it would happen so fast. I'm a little sad to not have nap time anymore, but I've decided to still have "quiet-time". Holynd is currently laying on my bed watching a movie. She still gets tired, just not tired enough to nap, so this is my solution.

If spring doesn't get here soon I may go insane.

I'm hoping this will mean an earlier bedtime....

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POST-EDIT!: After I wrote this post.... This happened.

Maybe she's not ready to give up naps after all. :)

Call the Papers!

Holynd has given up the binkie. We can't actually say the "b" word in front of her without her asking for her binkie. And, most of the time, during naps she still asks for it. I just keep telling her the "binkie fairy" took it and gave her a Barbie instead. She really doesn't want to give up the Barbie. :)

I also spent the weekend doing laundry!

YAY!

Why does this call for a celebration?! I'll tell you...

I got a new washer and dryer. No more pliers for me! Woot! Woot! My circa-1970 washer and dryer are no longer residents in this household! I now have a washer that actually agitates clothes, so I don't have to wash them by hand with a toothbrush prior to washing AND my dryer actually senses when clothes are dry! Can you believe the technology I've been missing out on!??!

This week held...

This week held a lot of nothing for us...

Sloanie is still loving table food. Black beans and shredded carrots. :)



Holynd enjoyed a 'salon-day' at Cookie Cutters. This is, by far, the best place in the world for kids to get their hair cut. Every time it's windy Holynd yells, "Oh no! My haircut!".



Sloane can not figure out why Holynd insists on sitting in the toy bin. Holynd calls it her boat and makes pirate sounds while she's in it.



As it turns out, my girls are huge Beatles fans. "Come Together" is one of our favorite songs lately. Holynd likes to have us dance on the "stage" (which is the hallway) with buckets on our heads (which are our "costumes"). Hallway dancing is perfect when you don't want the neighbors to see you!

We're trying to help Sloane learn how to crawl and cut teeth. She's been cutting the same two teeth for two weeks now. She's getting pretty miserable and so am I!

The girls are also big fans of the Volvo. I'm a big fan too 'cause it has four doors and you don't have to injure yourself trying to put carseats in the back. Matt once split a pair of jeans right up the crotch putting Holynd in the Scion. (Yes, I just said crotch on my blog. Quit reading if you're offended!)

We're making shrimp tonight! I bet Sloanie loves it!

Happy weekend!