Movie Day

We took the kids to see Lorax this weekend and it was a great movie. It was Hayley's first movie theater experience and she did great!

Success!

Who can pick up a pea with a pair of chopsticks and pose for the camera? Go Hayley!

Sunday Morning Yoga

Our Wii Fit has been sitting collecting dust and we decided to start using it again. The kids loved the yoga portion and did pretty well! Why didn't we think of this earlier?

Slow Cooker Recipe - Beef Stroganoff

This is another recipe I like that is quick to prepare and the slow cooker does the rest of the work. I modified the recipe by adding a whole pack of baby bella mushrooms and using sour cream instead of cream cheese. Delicious!

Comfort Foods All Day!

I finally got a chance to use my Christmas present - Eggnog Waffles from Williams Sonoma. The whole house smelled so good while I was making them. I served it with some uncured apple gouda sausages and mixed fruit. Very tasty!

And for dinner, I made the modified "Shipwreck Dinner" with chicken sausage which is one of my favorite quick fix dinners.

Paletas Anyone?

I read about Paletas Betty in the Phoenix Magazine and have been wanting to try it. It is a cute little place in downtown Chandler. So, instead of our usual Friday night frozen yogurt, I decided to take the kiddos to try some paletas. We got the lemon drop and the mexican hot chocolate flavors. Well, Ethan prefers frozen yogurt (as you can get toppings) and Hayley ate almost the whole thing. I know I will be back....

Mexican Dinner

It's my day to try a new recipe and I found a Chilaquiles recipe at the back of the nacho/taco cheese package. It was very simple to make and actually tasted pretty good. Instead of serving with tortilla chips, I served it with taco shells along with Spanish rice, homemade guacamole, roasted asparagus and mushrooms. The chilaquiles was a little spicy for the kids, but they still ate some. Ethan actually liked the guacamole and Hayley just picked at everything. Then we ended dinner with sun butter puffs which everyone enjoyed. Finally I found a recipe that uses sun butter as a substitue for peanut butter, thanks to my friend, Christy.