Just some pics

Julia is such a mommy's girl, so I love capturing a picture of her with Daddy every chance I get!
Sam's latest funny is doing something cute and saying, "look at me, Mommy." Then I laugh or tell him he's cute or something and then he says, "picture." He thinks he is a walking Kodak Moment, and he's right! Here are some of the recent things he's requested that I capture:
Cereal Fingers!Standing in a shoe box:
Michael Jackson/Stevie Wonder with his feet in a toy:The other day I gave the kids my favorite snack when I was little. Graham crackers with whipped cream. It was a hit!Sophie even painted her face with the goodness:Saturday was so nice out that we decided to go to the zoo with the Hamiltons. After the zoo we went to lunch and the kids did great the whole time. They were up WAY past normal nap time!
Sam wanted to pull the wagon the whole time. It was so fun now that they are a little older, they can walk around and will stay with us rather than running in all directions.
Sometimes the kids put an -ia at the end of names. Like Mommia & Daddia. We think it's because of JulIA and SophIA. It's just funny how they put little things like that together!

Oh, I had lots of people ask me the recipe for the breakfast cookies that I made for the kids. Here it is:

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter, softened 1/2 cup white sugar 1 egg 2 tablespoons frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed

1 tablespoon orange zest 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 cup wheat and barley nugget cereal (eg. Grapenuts TM) (I used Kashi Good Friends)

Directions:

1.	Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2.	In medium bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, orange juice concentrate, and orange zest. Combine the flour and baking powder; mix into the fluffy mixture until blended. Stir in cereal. Drop by teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
3.	Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are golden. Remove from cookie sheet for cooling

I have also made these breakfast bars and they gobbled them up:
1 1/2 cups oatmeal
1 cup flour (I use whole wheat pastry flour, but you could use white)
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup orange juice
1/4 cup oil (I use grapeseed oil, but you could use whatever)
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
6 ounces dried fruit (I use whatever I have - raisins, cranberries, cherries, etc.)
2 TB oatmeal

Combine dry ingredients. Add all the wet ingredients. (I just dump it all in there and mix) Stir in fruit. Spread out in a 13x9 inch greased pan. Sprinkle extra oatmeal on top. Bake on 375 for 20-22 minutes. Cool. Cut into bars.

Thursday Sam, Julia, and Sophia hosted a snowman party for one of our playgroups.
We had yummy treats and snowmen everywhere!