Jack and his trains.

Oh Jack, you make me laugh. He has recently started building his own tracks. Only in straight lines. He will stretch them from the kitchen to the front door or one side of the living room to the other. And he will spend hours crawling from one end to the other, pretty funny to watch.




Oh, and if you try and make it connect or help him build one he throws a tantrum. At least he is happy:)

Finally.

I finally felt decent enough to get the christmas tree up. Good times. (on a side note, I thought I was feeling better... super good last night and this morning, but not so much by tonight... oh well, got a little accomplished! :) I didn't even care how it looked. Halfway through, I realized I needed to decorate the top being they couldn't reach, haha. I love how all the decorations are all clustered together. All the candy canes are by eachother, all the red balls are by each other, etc. I think if I changed it Abby would notice. But that is okay, I like it this way. Gives it... character, right?


And I finally got a little sewing done. Haven't done that since before thanksgiving... I was having withdrawls:) I made Abby and Jack bears for stocking stuffers... Still need to embroider their faces but that is an after bedtime task.

Mmmm...

I LOVE food blogs. Scrolling through all the pretty pictures of food. I can just feel the weight coming on. I found a blog, thanks to Jayelle:), that is amazing. Beautiful pictures, practical food. Heaven. I spent A LOT of time on the site yesterday and bookmarked a ton of recipes. (my pictures dont do justice ... just check out her site)

First I started with Garlic knots. Horrible experiences making bread and rolls. This was a breeze. Worked out perfectly!



http://annies-eats.com/2010/09/29/soft-garlic-knots/


Broccoli cheddar soup for my broccoli monster. A-k-a Jack.



http://annies-eats.com/2009/11/05/broccoli-cheddar-soup/

And while my knots were rising I threw together some banana bread. Anyone watch Cooks Country or America's Test Kitchen? The reason I look forward to my antenna's Saturday programming. Best shows ever. Even on PBS, not a huge fan of them normally. Anywho, the premise of the show is they take commonly made food and test it hundreds of ways to find the best method, the one that will come together in the best way. So, she had this on her blog and it is from Cooks Illustrated, the people in charge of the 2 shows.

http://annies-eats.com/2010/08/30/banana-bread/

Warning: Click the links and search her site at your own risk, it is likely to consume your morning/afternoon/night or all of the above. Enjoy!

Run, run fast as you can...

As of late, Jack is OBSESSED with the gingerbread man. Just ask Grandma or Grandpa, they read the story multiple times to him each visit. And he is to the point of reciting the main lines of the story. Love it. I caught him telling winky (his penguin) and puddles (his dog) the story in the backseat the other day. How is he growing up so fast?! Slow down!

Also, I love that he calls himself 'Jackers'. We were at the playground the other day and a kid maybe five or six asked him his name, he replied 'jackers' and the kid looked confused and asked again. This happened several times. Finally I just told the kid his name is Jack, but he calls himself jackers. The kid said 'that's so weird' and just walked away. Well, I think it is cute.

Okay, really I just wanted to show off this picture and so I racked my brain for a Jack story. haha:)