Birthday Interview with a 6 year old!!!

What do you want to be when you grow up?

A doctor

Where do you want to live when you grow up?

In an apartment on the top floor

Where do you want to go on vacation?

Tennessee

What is your favorite thing to do with Mommy?

Crafts

Daddy? 

Climb on him and eat food with him

Jillian? 

Have a sleepover and slumber party with her.

Drew?

Carry him and play with him and swim with him.  Help Mommy with him.

What is your favorite place to go for fun?

Totters Otterville

What would you do with a million dollars?

Buy American Girl Doll stuff and an American Girl Doll.  (What doll?)  McKenna (in the background, Jillian says McKenna is sold old Kaleigha).

What was the best thing about being 5?

 My family and my friends.

What are you going to do now that you are 6?

I can do handstands, it just takes a little bit more.  I have to do somersaults a little bit.

What did you learn about Jesus this past year?

I know what Christmas is all about.  It's about Jesus being born in Bethlehem.   And, Jesus died for our sins. 

What Grade are You In?

Kindergarten

Who is your teacher at school?

Mrs. Carr.  She has a boy baby in her stomach. 

What is your favorite thing to do at school?

Play on the playground

Who is your favorite person to see at school?

Jack (what about Mommy???)  And, Mommy :)

Who is your best friend?

I have a lot of best friends.  (best friend who is a girl?)  Anna and my best friend who is a boy is Jack. 

  

Favorites:

Store?

Kroger - Cookies, balloons, stickers, sample food and cheese! Yay!

Place to eat?

Cheesecake Factory - yummy bread!

Food?

 It's really hard to choose, because you know I like all kinds of food.  (If I gave you two things right now to eat, what would you pick?)  Cookies and Candy.  (Two healthy things)  Strawberries, Banana, Apples and all kinds of fruit.
 

Game?

 Five Little Monkey's Jumping on the bed

Color?

 Green

Toy?

American girl doll toys

Book?

Meet McKenna

Thing to wear?

Hello Kitty Clothes

Is there anything else you want to say at the end of this interview? 
I am turning 6 today on the Winter social (solstice, but she is calling it the winter social).  Today I had a birthday pancake.  Daddy lighted it.  Oh, I want you to write Dad.  I had an American Girl Doll Tea Party.  Everybody brought their dolls.  I brought Kit.  Grandma came over after the party.  We have a special tent that everybody had over their heads.  Everybody got their own food (was that special to get your own food?)  yeah.  I wore the dress that Grandma made me and Kit.  

 

Catch-up Post Drew turns one!

Drew turned one on October 10th.  I had a hard time with that one, as we plan on him being our last.  It's just so weird to think that we are moving out of the baby stage :(  We love our little Drew so much.  When he turned a year, he wasn't walking like his big sister Jillian was at a year.  In fact, he is now 14 months old and he still isn't walking!

He says some words:  more, hi, bye, thankyou (one word and hard to understand), mama, hida (hi Dad), Max, Snowball (the babysitter's dogs), Kaleigha (which he shouts and it sounds like k-yeah), Jill-Jill.

He still doesn't have much hair.  But, he has this soft little fuzz on his head.

He is so sweet and he loves to snuggle with us.  He is so very affectionate.

Drew loves ice cream and doesn't like drinking his milk cold (kind of a contradiction there... ha ha!)

His eyes are still a really dark color and when ever we are out, people always comment on how cute he is.  He has a super sweet dimple in his cheek that hasn't gone away.

For his birthday, we did a Vintage Circus Theme

My sweet little boy showing off his dimple :)

Ahhh, I just LOVE him so very much!!  We are so thankful that God has blessed us with his sweet little soul!

Creamy White Cheddar Cheese Mac

THIS IS YUMMY!!! 

To be made in the crockpot.  It could easily be modified for the oven though :)

















Creamy White Cheddar Cheese Mac:

16oz box of Pasta of choice
8 oz Vermont White Cheddar shredded (equals over 2 cups shredded)
10 oz of Velveeta Queso Blanco
2 - 3 T butter
1/3 c whole milk
2/3 c chicken stock
1/2 c sour cream
1 t salt
1/2 t pepper
Dash of Parsley for top

Boil the pasta for 6 minutes and then drain.

Melt the butter on med. high heat and then add cheese and Velveeta.  When the mixture has thickened into a sauce, add the milk and the stock to the mixture.  Put the pasta into the crockpot container and add the melted cheese mixture and then put the cream cheese on top of this.  Mix this well.  Sprinkle a dash of Parsley over the top and then place in crockpot on low for 2 1/2 hours. 

Chicken and Homemde Noodles

Chicken and Homemade Noodles

Great Sunday afternoon recipe, especially on a nice fall day like today.

Recipe:
1 can of Cream of Mushroom Soup
3 cups of water
1 cup of shredded cooked chicken
1 carrot diced
1 stalk of celery diced
1 cube of chicken bouillon
dash of Lawry's Seasoning
dash of salt
dash of pepper
1/2 of Homemade Egg Noodles 

Combine everything but the noodles.  Cook for 30 minutes until cooked down.  Add noodles and cook for 6 minutes (homemade noodles cook fairly quickly).

Yum!  We all loved it and since I modified the recipe, I wanted to be able to save it :)

Mo Willems' Pigeon Birthday theme party

We had a Mo Willems Pigeon birthday party for Jillian when she turned 3 this past weekend.  We love the Mo Willems books - so we designed her birthday part around Mo Willems' books: Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus & Pigeon Finds a Hotdog. 

We of course served hotdogs, brats and metts - with assorted hotdog toppings. 

Pigeon Puppets

Hotdog Cupcakes

"The Bus" from Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus

The bus was a hit with all the kids!

Happy 3rd (!!) birthday Jillian

What do you want to be when you grow up?

A Doctor, when the doctor says no more monkeys jumping on the bed.

Where do you want to live when you grow up?

Ohio 

Where do you want to go on vacation?

To the restaurant

What is your favorite thing to do with Mommy?

Play with Mommy, because I like to jump around.

Daddy?

Play

Kaleigha?

Play with her, my toys.

Drew?

Play with his toys.

What is your favorite place to go for fun?

The ice cream place

What would you do with a million dollars?

Give it to the lady, the other one that we saw (?); Put it in the cash register.

What was the best thing about being 2?

Reading

What are you going to do now that you are 3?

I'm not your baby, I'm a big girl now.

What did you learn about Jesus this past year?

We pray to Jesus. 
Who does Jesus love?

All the little children.

What are you looking forward to about being 3?

Playing and ..... ?

Favorites:

Favorite Store?

 Target

Favorite Song:

"Jesus Loves Me, Yes, Jesus Loves me, Yes, Yes"

Place to eat?

Chic-fil-a

Food?

Um, peanut butter jelly sandwich

Color?

Orange and pink

Toy?

Baby ( a little soft doll that my Aunt Claire gave her when she was born)

Book?

Dora the Explorer & I Broke My Trunk

Thing to wear?

Pony 

Your pony tail in your hair?

um, yup

Is there anything else you want to say at the end of this interview?

Thank you for coming over to my party...  (pointing to the picture) Ha ha, you're right there Mommy!

Jillian, you have brought so much joy to our lives.  You are happy and so energetic.  You have such a zest and zeal for life.  You are passionate and determined.  Whatever you do little girl, I know you will do it with full force and strength.  Jillian, I am so blessed to be your mommy and I am glad that I get to watch God grow and develop my little girl.  We love you so very very much!

Reds Opening Day

We were going to go down to the parade for opening day.  But, of course I got a low grade fever last night, so I didn't feel like doing something like that this afternoon.  We still ate cracker jacks, hot dogs and peanuts for lunch and the kids were all decked out in their Reds wear.