Long weekend of fun

Sometimes Emma goes to bed without a peep. Sometimes, like last night, she is in and out of her bed driving us crazy. She will make up any excuse to not lay in bed, "I'm afraid of the monsters." (Apollo and Cassidy ate all the monsters so you are safe.) "I need a drink." "I'm still hungry. May I please have a piece of cheese." Last night yielded one of the better excuses to not stay in bed. We use those foam bath letters and numbers to practice identification and last night after about the 10th time out of bed, Emma came charging out of her room absolutely disgusted holding a foam number 8, "MOMMY! What is this doing in my bed?? The number 8 is a DAYTIME TOY, not a NIGHTTIME TOY!!"

The weather has been perfect here the past couple of days since Wimpy Earl blew threw. We spent yesterday morning at the park and then down in the marina flying our kite having a blast. Emma got more joy chasing and jumping on the kite's shadow that actually flying the kite. Ben, as per usual, was just happy to have a wide open space to RUN.


(try to find: kite, Daddy, Emma, Ben, abandoned scooter)

Speaking of our perfect little Benjamin, he has been a giant TURKEY at mealtime these days driving us bonkers. Emma still blessedly eats pretty much everything, but her little brother is the poster child for the BRAT diet - bananas, rice, applesauce, and toast. He will also eat steak and eggs and blueberries and occasionally still tofu, but that is it. No variety in this kid's diet and ABSOLUTELY no vegetables. Argh.

Last night Daddy wanted to run to the store to buy some cookie mix to bake. I challenged him to make it with the ingredients we had in the cupboard, so he spied on a few recipes online and came up with this variation using the thinks we had: butter, maple syrup sugar, dark chocolate candy bars, walnuts, an egg, and bisquick. They were they BEST cookies I have ever eaten. Did our kids think so? NOPE. They still are not sweet eaters (I am not complaining!! More for me - ha ha) and wanted plain old hot air popped popcorn instead. (Fiber!! Hooray!)