Lyla-isms

Lyla: Daddy, are you happy?

Daddy: Yes, I am! Are you happy?

Lyla: Yes! Mommy, are you happy?

Mommy: Yes I am!

Lyla: Lexi, are you happy?

Lexi: Yep!

Lyla: Piper and Casey, are you happy?

Piper and Casey: no answer, they are dogs, after all.

Lexi-isms

As we're getting the girls in their car seats to go shopping:

Daddy: What are we going to buy?

Lexi: We are going to the store and we are going to buy EVERYTHING.

Thursday Things

1. I've had the Sickness the past couple days. You know, sore throat, cough, sinus congestion, and nausea. Lovely. Luckily, my awesome temporary partner, Drace, came to my rescue yesterday and let me go home. I'm also blessed to have a husband who took care of the girls and bathed (!) them so I could wallow in my misery. (Also, a big thank you to my PCP for authorizing a refill on Tussionex).

2. Finished:




3. Ready to start:




4. Josh cut the grass today for the first time this season. He had some helpers:







5. I love that Lexi and Lyla can enjoy the outdoors and entertain each other. It's amazing how much they've grown since last summer when I had to sit in their "treehouse" with them.



6. Apparently my bathroom is a breeding zone for ladybugs. They just hang out in there like it's some ladybug bar, waiting to find some manbugs to hook up with. Are there such things as manbugs? I doubt it. Anyway, I played with one the other night while Lexi and Lyla took a bath:




That's it friends! I hope y'all have had a great week! Enjoy Friday and be your best at whatever you do!

Living in an iPad world

3 year olds working an iPad like they are turning the pages of a book. Technology is amazing. Even more amazing is the fact that Lexi and Lyla will sit and SHARE the iPad. Shhh...Mommy's iPad is in her night table drawer :)

Monday Musings

I didn't get to do my usual routine of menu planning and shopping today because I had inventory at the pharmacy. When I got home, I relaxed with the girls as Lexi fed her new Sleeping Beauty doll her French toast sticks and Lyla stole my iced coffee. As I was watching them sit side by side, doing their own thing, I couldn't help but marvel at how different these 2 people who shared a womb are. And yet they are almost incomplete when they are separated. It's a phenomenon that is so special and I am so glad I, an only child, get to experience it through them.

Lexi-isms

Lexi: I'm going to work tomorrow.
Mommy: No Lex, mommy goes to work tomorrow.
Lexi: Ok mommy, I can't drive because my hand is broken.

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What's been cooking on Pinterest

Garlic and lemon chicken with potatoes and green beans
This turned out pretty tasty except neither Josh nor I really liked the green beans. I think next time I might use broccoli or asparagus instead. I used chicken tenders instead of bone-in chicken breasts and that worked just as well for us. I would definitely make this again!






Chicken parmesan
Josh had requested chicken Parmesan and I found this recipe to try. The chicken turned out great but we both agreed that next time I would just use my sauce recipe that I've perfected over the years. The chicken is definitely a keeper though!



BBQ chicken pasta bake
This is a repeat recipe, I think the fourth time I've made it. I always double the recipe because I can't get enough of it. Also, go ahead and prepare a larger portion of the cheese sauce than How Sweet recommends because the smoked cheese is just THAT GOOD.