Sewing posts

Several posts at my sewing blog about projects in the past couple of months... feel free to check it out: www.sewsimply.blogspot.com

Or see the cool link I made just to the left :)

Cousins

two too cute

Ben enjoyed hanging out with his cousins over Christmas.  It made me think about my own cousins.  I have many of them and have immensely enjoyed the relationships I share with them.  And there seems to be something extra fun to be around ones born very close to my own birthday.

I like knowing that Ben will have all of that with his cousins :)

Ornaments

One of Ben's favorite ornaments... the squirrel :) Thanks Tor!

The Main Event

Consider this a reward for keeping up with our blog :)

Remember the dancing practice Ben was doing?  Well it paid off!  This a short clip of what what went on for a good 15 minutes at about 11pm at my brother's wedding.  He got going and then as soon as I picked him up he put his head down on my shoulder and was asleep by the time we got up to our room :)  If anyone else has footage of his dancing, please email me!

Ben dancing at reception Video Link

enjoy!

Goodbye leaves...

Long overdue pic I meant to publish in November...

Halloween 2011

So I've established the fact that Ben loves dogs.  What better costume for him than a dog!

Finishing Touches

Cutie

Meeting a real dog :)

Trick or Treating

That's one cute dog :)

Family pic

2 points?

Practice makes perfect! Although we may have to discuss what really goes through the hoop :)

Sew Fun!

Check out what's goin on at my other blog dedicated to my newly rekindled love of sewing- learning how to do it and wanting to help others with it. Sew Simply

Time for overalls...

It's getting chillier again... Going through Ben's clothes again, trying to figure out what fits him and "retire" the rest.

Squashy Mac

sneaking in squash was too easy... they're the same color!

What do you do when your child loves macaroni and cheese and eats it well but you would like to up it's nutritious content? You make Squashy Mac!
I bought a little frozen box of winter squash puree in the frozen veggie section because i know that Ben loves squash and it would be easier and cheaper to thaw the block of it than to buy squash, roast it, scrape it out and then consider freezing it if it made more than Ben would eat in a week.  So I skipped a few steps.

Well a couple weeks ago I was making macaroni and cheese for our lunch and thought that I should defrost the squash for Ben's dinner while I was in the kitchen.  Then, when I looked at the pot and pan in front of me... the concept for Squashy Mac was born!

Polishing off a trayful

Ben seemed to have no idea that a good portion of his beloved Mac and Cheese was actually squash!  The squash also made the quantity larger so I was able to serve it for a few meals over the course of the week by just putting portions in the microwave.

I'm starting to think I'll make mac&cheese like this all the time and hope my kids just think that it has a naturally earthy flavor to it :)