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Some days, it seems, life is flashing before my eyes in an instant!  So much is going on, that I'm sure I will look back and forget all the day-to-day of my young children.  So, this blog updates a month (or so) worth of what has happened in our "neck" of the woods!

 

Baby G (13 months old today, so really not a baby anymore) has been sick, and has outgrown her baby car seat.  She's also transitioning to toddlers at daycare.  She's starting to stand on her own, some - but still a bit resistant to walking.  Lately, she has had the giggles.  It's so fun to make a kid giggle - no matter what age they are!

 

Kiddo had his first "dinner party" with his stuffed animal friends (and got to use real plates and cups), and hopes to host another dinner party soon - hopefully, for real friends.  He often tells me who he has invited to come over to our house (regardless of the fact that I don't know half the parents of the kids he talks about).  He's been very into the dramatic play (dress up clothes, play kitchen, bags, etc) and block center (building blocks in sizes ranging from legos to bricks to shoe boxes) at daycare.  No books or artwork for this kid, just anything social.  A follower, and not a leader.  A talker.

 

DH just had another birthday, which was really just "OK" by my vote - - I had been sick, and didn't even manage to make a cake.  I did bring home pie (lemon meringue) for pi day two days before, though!

 

Our next family adventure - after I have a brief work trip - will be to Nashville, TN and to Mammoth Cave, Kentucky.  We will be able to "knock" another state off of our list of states to visit.

 

One day, I'd like to count:

the number of states I have been to:

the number states (and countries) DH and I have been to together

the number of states Kiddo and Baby G have visited

 

I might have thought to do that tonight... but just getting in a "real" blog post has me totally worn out!

Wordless Wednesday

Cooking: Fail.

I really don't like the term "EPIC FAIL"... or Epic anything, really. Afterall, a "heroic" fail doesn't really make sense.

Anyhow... Today's cooking adventure was a cake to take to friends this evening.

At one time, I had thought about trying this cake for DH's birthday later this week.  Well, at any rate... I'm glad I didn't do that!

I started off with a chocolate mousse cake recipe:

http://lovewithfood.com/recipes/2285-chocolate-mocha-mousse-torte

Switched it to lemon.... didn't get enough grease/flour in the cake pans.... and still have yet to be able to get my lemon mousse to turn out (it's sitting in the refrigerator for a while longer, with the thought that maybe it just isn't cold enough to whip correctly)...

Anyhow...


It was a good idea.  I might be able to find a way to throw it together that doesn't look like a train wreck.

Or, perhaps more likely, We may wind up with something store bought instead.

And that is what I've been up to today.  That, and laundry.  But this would be pretty boring if I went into a long saga about my laundry today!

Wordless Wednesday