Daddy dressed me

I pick up Sophia from daycare and this is what she was wearing (minus the pink around her lips. That’s frosting from a cupcake). Of course I had to ask, “What are you wearing”?? Lesli (our daycare lady) tells me this is what Dad brought her in. At this point and the whole drive home I’m wondering if Ben should ever be left alone with the girls again. This is Abbey’s dress that Sophia is wearing! I’m sure to a guy this choice in outfit doesn’t equate to poor choices in child safety but to a girl (me) this is tragic. Girls are supposed to be cute and “sugar and spice”. Haven’t you seen the Red Carpet photos of celebrities that dress bad? Haven’t you seen the movie Mean Girls? People get made fun of when they dress bad. When I asked Ben about it he said “it was tight but it zipped.” And I thought my girls were funny.

7 months old

I'm attempting to take some "professional" photos of the girls. So far Abbey is the only one that will let me dress her and stage her. Sunday she turned 7 months old.

Sisters

These girls make me laugh and smile so much. Ben changed out all of our old light fixtures and when Sophia woke up from her nap he showed her his handy work. After each one she said "Thank you Daddy" and hugged him. Is it possible to enjoy life too much?

mmmm food and my health

Everyone around me seems to have been sick or is currently sick. I’m feeling like Mr sickness is knocking at my door just waiting for me to open it. I haven’t been sleeping well and that seems to be out of my hands. So, I’ve been thinking about “detoxing” my body. Nothing crazy like a liquid diet, but I want to eat more raw veggies & fruits, give up white sugar, caffeine, and grease for 3-10 days. I love cake/cookie like sweets and coffee so I did a little test run last week to see how easy it would be. It wasn’t as difficult as I thought for 1 ½ days and then I told myself “this is a test run and doesn’t count”. A friend made peanut butter cookies and I can’t help but eat them. So, I’m going to try for reals this time, starting today! I made some delish graham cracker banana pancakes yesterday and I think they will satisfy my sweet tooth (I freeze the leftovers and put them in the toaster when I want one. I think I love them more than Sophia). I’m drinking jasmine tea right now which I normally enjoy… but I really want snicker doodle coffee with vanilla creamer.
Here’s the pancake recipe if you want to try it.

4 oz graham crackers ground to a powder (I think it was 8 squares)
1 cup Flour
1 tsp Baking powder
¾ tsp Baking soda
½ tsp salt
2 ½ Tbsp Sugar
1 C buttermilk
¾ C Plain yogurt
3 eggs
2-3 bananas sliced

Grind the graham crackers to a powder. Add the flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda. Mix.
In another bowl add eggs, sugar, buttermilk, and yogurt. Mix well.
Add dry ingredients to wet and only mix until it’s moist (let it stay a little lumpy)
Pour pancakes and add 3-5 slices of banana immediately. Flip and cook until golden brown.
(If you don’t have plain yogurt you can use vanilla or you can use 1 ¾ c buttermilk total)