I do not like them Sam I Am

To celebrate Dr. Suess' birthday (March 2nd) and St. Patricks day, we combined the celebration last night and had Green Eggs and Ham. Sidedish of green beans, and green lime jello for dessert. Contrary to the book the kids loved it immediately and were really excited about making it.

Recipe: Buy ham precooked, warm throughout, let cool to room temp and rub with apple or mint jelly, then pat on cilantro and parsley. I just rubbed the ham with an italian herb paste, you could use any green herb, or green salsa.
Eggs: Fry eggs to your liking, top yellow yolk with an avacodo mixture (avacoda, lime or lemon juice, chopped onions and tomatillos.) We had ours with spicy salsa verde. It was really yummy.

St. Patty's Day we spent at the 99 cent store so Hendrix could pick out an award using his pennies he's yearned throughout the week by listening to Mommy the 1st time. He's learning to be obedient one penny drop at a time.


They finally share a room now, (we have our closet back!!) and it works great. So far they sleep through the night, don't wake up any earlier than before and Hendrix loves having a campout buddy.

Our Trip Down South

Mike had an out of town business trip, so the kids and I loaded up and headed south, Yuma, AZ that is to hang with my brother and sister in law. This is how much stuff we had to pack for two days. (7 bags and portable crib)

Man, do kids need a lot of things. Stop off at Gila Bend for gas and site seeing...

Careful he bites.

Pushing MilaBelle in the swing at the park .

MilaBelle is getting to be very independant at the park lately.

Climbing and sliding all by herself.
We didn't do anything different in Yuma then we'd do in Mesa, went to park, watched American Idol, but it was fun to visit family, have a change of scenery, and play music with my brother. Thanks guys for putting up with loud kids and early wake up calls. We love Uncle Jared's and Aunt Tamara's house. They've got big sticks in the yard and great giant balls and cardboard tubes to play with.

To feel like Leah again

To quote Tina Fey on Jimmy Fallon last night you know when you're a mom when someone hands you you a booger and you're willing to take it, and when you try to put underwear on someone who's dancing. I'd like to add a few more. Kim T.: "You know you're a mom when the only thing you had for lunch was the crust cut from your child's sandwhich." Sarah: "You know you're a mom when you steal your kids reward money when you're low on cash." Me: "You know you're a mom when you cherish going to the bathroom alone."

So, in order to feel like me again, my great friend, who's started up a photography business. http://www.maryjordanphotography.blogspot.com/ offered to take my photos for me. I totally felt like a supermodel. My hair dresser whom I LOVE did my hair for me, style and color by Nikki at Salon Karizma 480- 839-4568 (tell her I referred you) . She's great and she does eyebrow shaping, which I had never done up until 6 months ago. It really does make a difference.

Here are a few shots, check out Mary's site for more. The best part is if you didn't know I started weight watchers last month, and have already lost the first 5% of my body weight, so Mary will be doing my "after" shots later, much later like Oct., but this year and I'm excited to get there.