Spaghetti Saturday Night

One of Macyn's favorite foods is spaghetti. So we decided to let her go "all out" and get messy! I remember seeing pictures of myself when I was her age covered in, what it seemed, heat to toe in marinara. I am completely okay with this "clean" approach. However, after her bath, there were some noodles floating in the tub :).

To go along with the spaghetti and meatballs, I made some Garlic Butter Croissants instead of garlic bread. I got the recipe out of the book Cooking Outside the Pizza Box. What you do is, roll out your crescent rolls and top with garlic butter & mozzarella cheese. Roll up and bake. They were super easy and really good!

Changing Table Jungle Gym

This is what Macyn's room looks like now. A toy bin storage system which houses all of her toys. She USED to have a changing table....until she decided to use it as a jungle gym. Case and point:


She seemed like such a pro at this, which makes me wonder if climbing her table is what she has been doing by herself in her room these past few days. hm...... Amazing how much they learn considering she learned how to walk about 2 months ago is all! She's a daredevil, that's for sure!

Easiest Soup.....Ever!

Doesn't this look gooood?! Guess what it consists of? Buying cans of different stuff and putting them all together. Simple as that! My mom actually gave me the recipe, and I think she got it from Weight Watchers. It tastes like a combination between chili soup and vegetable soup. Either way, it has a lot of flavor and super easy to make. Ready for the recipe? Here it is:

1 can Hormel chili with beans
1 can Hormel chili without beans
1 can mixed vegetables
1 can corn
1 can green beans
1 can fire roasted tomatoes
1 can old fashioned vegetable soup
1 can diced potatoes

Put all in pot (liquids included) and heat thoroughly.

That's it! And its a good, hearty soup. Enjoy!

Don't Forget About Ariel!

When I was a little girl, I used to look through the toy magazines at Christmas time and cut out pictures of things I wanted and send them to my Grandpa. One year I really wanted some bunk beds for my dolls, and instead of going out and buying them, my Grandpa made them for me.I have 2 of these beds that you can either put separately or stack them on top of each other. Since my Grandpa is gone, these home made toys have a special place in my heart. Macyn has been really into playing with her dolls and I thought this would be something good for her to play with. So we put all 3 of her babies to bed.But wait! There was 1 more we forgot. Macyn ran over to her tub of Mega Blocks and found Ariel and put her in the bed with her babies. She definitely didn't want us to forget about her!

Winter White Wash

We decided since it was nice out today (18 degrees and little wind) we would take Macyn sledding. She wasn't too thrilled with it & I think it was because she looked like Ralphie's brother from A Christmas Story.
....or maybe she wasn't too thrilled for the mere fact that she white washed herself:

You be the judge.

Macyn is 15 months old and busier than ever! She is always on the go & doesn't like to nap since she is such a busy body. She naps for 30 minutes at daycare & goes to bed around 8:00 and sleeps until 7:00. It amazes me how she is never tired considering how active she is and how early she gets up.

She enjoys her mealtimes and has some favorite foods like fruit cups, any kind of soup, pasta, and tacos! She seriously eats what I think an adult could eat sometimes. She also likes to spend her time sitting in the fridge:

She also likes to walk backwards, twirl, and play hide and seek. Since she likes to point to whatever you ask, whether its a person, toys, the dog, etc., all you have to do is "hide" and then say, "Where's Mommy?" and she literally looks until she finds you. It is a fun game to play, that's for sure. I hid under the pool table and she found me. Then I hid behind the couch, and I peeked over to see where she was looking and she proceeded to look under the pool table first. Then she crawled under it to make sure I wasn't there, of course :)

She has learned to blow her nose, but not very effectively. We are working on that:


She is also trying to get the hang of using a spoon/fork. She has the idea, but doesn't quite have the skills, or the realization that you have to put the same end into the bowl as your mouth. Case and point:



We also found out the hard way that she likes to drink marinara sauce out of a bowl....lets just say she made quite a mess which required to take a bath in order to get it out of her hair.She doesn't say many words, but still makes a lot of different sounds. Instead of saying "Dada" all the time she throws a "Mama" in there once in a while. She has also grown out of her 12 month clothes (and some 18 month) and now wears 18-24 month clothes. I had to go out and buy her new pants since all of her 12 month ones are too short. Who knows, maybe by the time spring rolls around she could wear them as capris!

Midnight Snack