TWO Week Review

It's been a little busy over here.
Last Friday, Granny and Grandpaw came in from Nevada for a weekend visit.
We got a date night that evening and checked out Red's Porch and Gordough's. Yum!

The kids really enjoy running Granny and Grandpaw ragged. Weston and Grandpaw must share a special bond. I've never heard that child jabber and converse with anyone like he does with his Granpaw.

This week had been pretty uneventful, until today.

I had to take Emmy and Wes in for vaccines. E got a flu shot and Bubby got FOUR.
After an hour of restraining and baby wrangling, I was soaked with sweat.
But, with post-trauma Happy Meals and advil and tylenol on board, I am hoping for a better afternoon.

Unfortunately, tomorrow is not going to be any better for poor Weston. He is scheduled for labs and the heinous pentamidine breathing treatment. I think he would prefer to be stuck 100 times than have the pentamidine.

And now for pics...

When he watches his movies, he paces around the perimeter of the coffee table and then squats 4-5 times trying to sit down. It's so silly!

Emmy with some contraband suckers.

I got this at work, Sunday. I literally LOL'd. Goofy boy.

No week in review would be complete without:

How Pinterest Consumed Influenced My Life This Week:

(aside from the hours upon hours of pinning)

 

 

.:Good For You Cookie Dough:.

So the girl who posted this said that she brought this to a party as a dip with fruit and graham crackers and didn't tell anyone it was a "healthy" dish. She claims no one guessed it was anything other than a fat and sugar laden cookie dough dip. I was sucked in and intrigued. I had to check it out. First of all, it's made with chick peas. I'm sorry, if I were at a party, I would totally know something was up with this stuff. Don't get me wrong, it was horrible, but it wasn't good. So, the next logical step was...

.:Cookie Dough Brownies:.

The real thing. Much better than the aforementioned cookie dough substance, but still not GREAT. The brownie part was from scratch and was really fudgy and good. But, I'm just not diggin' the dough.
Oh well, I need to stick to my diet anyway.

 .:Toddler Magic Trick:.

So, I modified it a bit by using an empty oatmeal cylinder that I covered with scrapbook paper and cut a hole in the top. I would seriously recommend SEWING the scraps together as opposed to knotting them, because it is not easy for them to pull them out of the opening.
Not that it is actually used for this purpose.
Meet "Rapunzel"

Emmy hijacked the scraps and has been pretending that it is Rapunzel and/or her hair.
She takes this knot of scraps with her everywhere, even sleeps with it.
So, what's a good, crafty mother to do...

.:Rapunzel Reject Hair:.

I found a skein of yellow yarn in my stash and braided this up, attached a hair clip to the top so she could actually wear it...
She came home from school and I eagerly showed her the surprise. She REFUSED to wear it and threw it on the ground, snatching up "Rapunzel".
humpf.

p.s.::have you noticed the new pics on the blog? our latest treasures from robin winkles. <3