Shameless brag about my kids.

Ok if your still reading you've been warned so no complaining. Both my kids had really good days though. Emily's didn't start out super well since she had to go to her 12month check up (19lbslloz 29.5in) but she figured out light switches today. Thankfully she can't reach them and has to really focus to do it but she figured at that I was using that little switch to turn the lights off and on and had to try it herself. Elijah got moved up a reading group and the principal gave him a special good behavior card in the cafeteria entitling him to a prize on Monday. Oh and then he and I went to Chocolate Bean to celebrate that and his getting a flu shot without throwing a fit (a big victory in its own right) and he was so well behaved and fun to be around. It was nice to get out with just him. Ok I'm done now. My kids ROCK!

Happy Happy Birthday Baby

That's right Emily is one today. We had a good day though she mostly seemed confused. I'll probably write about it later but thought you would enjoy the pictures.

Farmers Market

Since Friday was a teacher work day we went to the Farmers market to pick out a pumpkin. We met Mitch and Donna there and the boys could hardly contain themselves. We got the stuff we needed though plus some extras. I bought too many apples and some peaches so I just had to make cobbler and apple butter. Boy was my family sad. Then we ate and went to the park. While we had a good time at the end of the day we decided that next time we needed to start somewhere where the boys could express themselves without taking out any bystanders.

Lots of Titles

I know I haven't actually blogged in a while I keep coming up with great titles for little bits of my life but not writing and then I come up with other things that go with different titles and well you get the idea. Anyways I figured I'd just do some little bits tonight. Neil hasn't uploaded pictures in a while so none of those tonight.

Great He Has Type: Yes I mean Elijah my 5yo. Apparently he has a thing for short girls with long curly redish hair. His best little friend in school Julie looks like she could be sisters with his best little mygym girl Delanie. Truth be told though he also just has a thing for girls. We are not sure where he gets it from but think he may be channeling Sam.

I Can Think of a Word that Ryhmes With Truck: Yeah they do ryhming words in Kindergarden leaving me to quiver when he tells me he's come up with certain pairs. Fortunatly so far as blue as its gotten is bed and dead. He also came out on Johonny Appleseed day wearing a paper pot on his head. Me, "Elijah whats on your head", Elijah "Its a pot", Me laughing and not saying "Oh so your a pothead then."

Going over to the Stinky Side: I've actually been meaning to do this one for a while since many of you thought I'd fallen all the way off my rocker while growing a second head when we started washing our own diapes. If your woudnering we actually wash our own wipes as well. That said its hasn't been without some bumps in the road but it really isn't too bad. Used cloth diapers smell way better then used sposies bc they don't have all the chemical and fragrences plus we have something to spray the poop into the toilet so we don't have a poop filled diaper geny sitting around. Washing took some figureing but again not really too bad. I also think it helps that I've already potty trained a child bc you just have to get comfortable with poop doing that. I think we are definatly saving money too. I've gotten some nicer diapers and they really are worth the extra money but even still I nearly passed out when I bought the last pack of sposies (we use them a night) at BJs.

Well I had one other in mind but I think I'll do it another time. Emily is also doing well and waves at everyone when we pick up her big B at school. I'm also well. Generally I feel so much stronger since I had Emily not sure quite what happened there I think I'm just pushing myself more but I'll debate that later as well.
Stephanie

homemade poptarts and other stuff

I've been trying to go a whole month without buying any fabric. I know this doesn't sound hard to some of you but to me its near impossible. I love the look of cords with patchy side panels but I have almost no corduroy so there are what I came up with for Elijah out of my stash. They are black denim with a patch of just about every fabric I've made him something from. I added elastic to the waist and trimmed the strings after I took the picture.
I know making pop tarts sounds like a weird thing but I really want to become a better baker. Not baking like following package directions but from scratch and I found this little pop tart recipe and had to try. It was actually quite fun and thanks to Alton Brown's advice regarding making pie crust in the food processor super easy.
Emily and Elijah both helped in their own ways. As I'm sure you can tell one was much more helpful then the other.
Elijah picked pink for the frosting bc it is my favorite. He can be such a sweetie. And as you can see the results were yummy.

Um great I'm so not ready for walking. She's still holding on though thankfully. Oh and don't you just love her baby jeans. They are not her very first pair but the first cool hippy jeans for certain. They are even bell bottoms.

Ok Whatever

Emily wasn't feeling super great today. She wasn't too bad off but she was tired and cranky. Here she is yanking all her diapers down of the table. Oh well. Guess we'll be using them off the floor for a few days if I don't get around to putting them up.
Here's Elijah playing crash test dumby. What can I say. He's a boy.
Emily the vampire slayer.

just for fun stolen from Jen

So one of my extended friends had this on her blog and I thought it was too fun so here goes. The responses are me, Elijah , and Emily in order

1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME (first pet, current car):Puffy Mazda, Maxamus liltyke, liltyke

2.YOUR GANGSTA NAME (fave ice cream flavor, favorite type of shoe):Chocolate Chuck, Sweetcream Striderite, Chocolate bare

3. YOUR NATIVE AMERICAN NAME (favorite color, favorite animal):Pink Baby, Blue Duck, Pink Stuffed Animal

4. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME (middle name, city where you were born):Suzanne Richmond, Jacob Raleigh, Grace Cary

5. YOUR STAR WARS NAME (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 of your first name):HorSt, HorEj, HorEm

6. SUPERHERO NAME (2nd favorite color, favorite drink):Purple Martini, Red Sprite, Black Water

7. NASCAR NAME (the first names of your grandfathers):Mutt Ken, Troy James
8. TV WEATHER ANCHOR NAME (your 5th grade teacher’s last name, a major city that starts with the same letter): Jarret Jamestown
9. SPY NAME: (your favorite season/holiday, flower):Spring Daisy, who knows

10. CARTOON NAME: (favorite fruit, article of clothing you’re wearing rightnow):Strawberry t shirt, blueberry backpack, applesauce diaper

11. HIPPIE NAME: (What you ate for breakfast, your favorite tree):Coffee Dogwood, Pancake Oak, Boobymilk Oak