Texas Memorial Museum

We ventured once again to the FREE Texas Memorial Museum w/ several of our friends! It was just as fun this year as it was last year. It took us about an hour to see the whole museum and we could have stayed longer.

Afterwards we had a picnic w/ the friends who came w/ us. This will be an annual trip!

small note: Our picnic wasn't what our friends' was...it concluded quickly b/c of two bathroom trips...leading us to leave early. We learned a big lesson today...always go BEFORE you leave the building!

Duncan Hines Blueberry muffin fun!

Holt & Adly love to make anything in the kitchen...even the easy 3 step boxed muffins! As long as they can pour & stir, they're happy. I let them do that part and they each get to choose their own muffin liners to put in their six muffin spots...I try to remember to buy the decorated liners...it was Lightning McQueen & polka dots for today. This activity makes them practice "taking turns"!

While I'm filling the liners I lay down a kitchen towel and give them a big bowl, couple of big spoons, cups and water and let them pour and stir...it keeps them busy!

Then we have a yummy breakfast for the morning (less what they eat right after they're cooked)!

Red Light/ Green Light, etc.

Sometimes I forget all those fun and easy games I used to play. My sister remembers them all!
Anyway, we played this today at Soccer Tots and the new coach added "blue light"...which means "go backwards". Holt, Adly and I played it together and we added fun things to it...
We called the person who yelled out the colors the "traffic light" and the people listening were the "cars", which we had to name from the Cars movie b/c of my son (I was Flo). Adly called out "NOW brown light" one time and Holt said that meant "sideways". Pretty smart for a 2 and 4 year old! It was so fun and it entertained for almost 30 minutes!

Chicken Enchilada Skillet...kids can help w/ this one!

I'm always looking for easy & good recipes for family dinner. Sometimes we get in a rut of having the same several things over and over. It's exciting to find a new one that kids can actually help with! This one was easy and good!! Next time I'll add a salad or black beans on the side.
Recipe:
1 tbsp. olive oil
1 lb. boneless skinless chicken breast cut into bite size pieces (I used tenders...easy & quick to cut)
1 can chicken broth
1/4 cup Ranch dressing
2 tbsp. flour
6 flour tortillas torn into bite size pieces (the kids did this together) I used 3 whole grain tortillas & 3 flour
1/2 package taco teasoning (I added this part)
Shredded Mexican style cheese
Salsa

Heat oil in large skillet, add chicken and cook through, stirring occassionaly
Mix broth, dressing & flour untill well blened (kids poured and stirred)
Add mix to skillet gradually
Add tortillas; stir to combine. Bring to boil. Reduce heat to med/low, simmer 3 min.
sprinkle 1/2 package taco seasoning and mix, let sit for few minutes
sprinkle w/ cheese, cover. Simmer 3-5 min. or until cheese is melted.
Top w/ salsa
Makes 4 servings.

TAG!...you are IT!

If you have a preschooler, you have to get the TAG. It's awesome! Holt loves his...he got it from his MaMa this past Christmas. His favorite book is PIRATES!, but he loves all of them. It has really great word/ phonic & other reading skill learning games at the end of each book. Here he is w/ his Mimi enjoying the TAG.

Freddie

We thought we'd lost our four legged friend this past Friday...well, for 15 minutes, but still. My heart sank and I almost went into panic mode. Our sweet neighbor boy ran down the street and found him. Freddie never runs away!

It's so true...Dogs leave footprints on your heart.

We love you, Freddie!! xoxoxo

Cedar Rock Railroad

We took the girls to ride the train this morning. It was so fun! We saw lots of wildflowers & other nature. They had fun saying "choo choo" as we moved. Always a fun weekend event.

http://www.cedarrockrailroad.com/