Gone to the birds...

My kids were playing so quietly outside. (That should have been my first warning.) When I went to go check on them, this is what I found.

They found a bird and were petting it on the trampoline! Then we found another one on the grass below a tree.

I didn't know what to do. I called animal control but they only deal with domestic animals. Luckily Jer came home and helped me find a safe shaded place to put them. They look like they are almost ready to fly.

Only my kids would want to keep them. When Brook asked, Jer said well, are you going to chew up worms and feed them to the birds because that is what they eat. Brook thought that was sick! ha ha. What an interesting morning.

Our favorite from Carinos!

My sister gave me the recipe to make these amazing Italian nacho chips. I have looked high and low for these. Jer and I always share these whenever we go to Carinos Italian Restaurant. They were so easy and so yummy. Here's how to make them if you are interested everyone...
1. Cook won ton wraps in 1-2 inches of oil. Remove quickly since they will brown too soon. Set aside on napkins to drain.
2. cook Italian sausage until brown. Drain grease.
3. Make Alfredo sauce (see below)
4. Layer chips, sausage, black olives, yellow peppers, jalapenos and Alfredo sauce. You can top with mozzarella if desired. (we left it off)

My home made Alfredo sauce:
1. On med/low heat melt 1 stick butter.
2. Add 1/4 to 1/2 cup flour to melting better and whisk.
3. Add about 2-3 cups of milk to golden butter flour mixture. Turn up heat and continue to stir.
4. when starting to bubble turn off heat and add grated Parmesan cheese. about 1 cup but to your taste. take off heat and let cool. Will thicken up.

Thanks Amanda! This was amazing and we felt like we were at a nice restaurant at home. What a treat.

Movie review!

This weekend Jer and I got to sit and watch this movie. I absolutely loved it! It was hilarious and true and made me cry. Jer liked it as well, so it wasn't a chick flick. He hates girly movies. I definitely would watch this again. Probably most likely read the book.

Akron Parade!

This morning was the Akron parade. We parked behind Jer's work and got to watch it with him. YW lets all their employees get off for the parade and at 12 that afternoon. This year was ridiculous! Brook made friends with the meter man in town and he just dumped candy at our kids feet! SO MUCH! I don't think we will be able to eat it all before Halloween.

Baby update...

I went in for my appointment today. My blood pressure is great and I even lost 8 lbs! Dr. Soriano tried to find the baby's heart beat but couldn't. She ended up having to do an ultrasound and found out that I have Placenta Previa - means that my placenta is lying unusually low in my uterus. It shouldn't be a problem but it may make it hard for me to feel the baby kicking and hear the heart beat. She said it's heart beat is great. My next appointment is August 28th. We will find out what our little peanut is then!

The Day Has Finally Come!

Mason is now on his third try at potty training. We started last week and he has progressively gotten better every day. Sunday was the BIG test. I took the kids to church and took Mase to the potty before nursery. I told the teachers that he was potty training and to please ask him if he needed to go. Jer's dad stopped in and checked on him and I took him again after I taught my beehives class. To my surprise he was accident free all Sunday! Yay! That made it 3 days in a row that Mason peed in the potty, without accidents! The dilemma then was that he was not going number two in the potty at all. I didn't know how to get him to want to do it either.

Last night I took him to the big adult potty and showed him his new stool that daddy painted just for him and I had him sit down and I told him that poo poo goes in the potty not his underpants. Mason repeated back to me where pee and poo go. I knew he understood the concept. As I went to sit down in the living room Mason came running up to me and he announced (with his excited fists up by his face) that he made a poo poo in the potty all by himself! Sure enough, he did! We were all so excited! Who would have thought a bodily function could cause so much joy? Mason called up aunt Jillian to tell her the good news so someone outside of the family could tell him he did a good job. He feels so grown up now. After that Mason helped me put away his little potty because he wants to use the Daddy potty now. I am so glad he finally got it! It has been quite a ride with this boy potty training but oh boy am I happy its looking like its over now. whew!