Bowen is walking!

Meet Chef Alexa

Alexa and I tried a new recipe on Saturday.  She enjoyed it because it was mostly kid-friendly and she was able to do all the steps (except put it in the oven).

It was called "Pull-apart Pizza Bread."

Getting the ingredients ready and pouring the dipping oil into the bowl.

We needed to separate the dough into bite-size chunks.  I washed Alexa's kid-safe scissors and they worked wonderfully.  She did an awesome job cutting all the pizza dough.

Then she tossed the dough chunks in the dipping oil and made a layer on the bottom of our pan.

Then she made a layer of turkey pepperonis followed by a layer of mozzarella cheese.

We repeated the steps until we ran out of dough.  Now its ready to go in the oven.  We can't wait to see it when it's cooked!

The finished pizza bread!

We served it with some marinara dipping sauce and the whole family enjoyed it.  (We made a special one for Tysen and Bowen without the cheese.)

Hello Spring???

March 25th- not looking like springtime in Columbus, Ohio but we had a blast nonetheless.

This was Bowen's first time really getting to play in the snow.

Alexa putting snow on her brothers heads

"Snoooow!!!" yells Tysen.

This little guy just loved being outside today!  He was all smiles the whole time.

Enjoying some warm chocolate afterwards.

Warming up

Chocolate mustache

Happy baby

Look! Our handwriting is already better than Daddy's!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

March 17th, 2013

Ready for church

What could be more fun than shamrock-shaped ravioli for supper on this festive Irish holiday?!  I found  them at Costco and couldn't resist their cuteness.

Family Movie Night

Wednesday was a fun day for our family.  I had the day off work because we had a tour scheduled at an elementary school that Alexa may be starting kindergarten at next fall.  That was exciting and she liked it, but she was mostly excited to get home so we could start Family Movie Night.  The kids have been looking forward to this all week.  The featured movie was "Peter Pan."  The kids and I had never seen it but since the kids love the popular kids show on the Disney Channel called "Jake and the Neverland Pirates," they are familiar with most of the main characters like Captain Hook, Mr. Smee, Tick Tock Croc, and Peter Pan.  Once we got home, I made supper and tried a new recipe, chicken marsala.  I told the kids that pirates love to eat chicken marsala because we were going with a pirate theme.  My kids will eat just about anything, but since they thought this was pirate food, they enjoyed it even more.

Alexa making her best pirate face and hook.

I know I said this was pirate theme, but this is everyday Gavin.  He's still stuck in the Spider-man phase!  So funny, he even sleeps in this mask.

The kids enjoyed the movie.  They really laughed every time the croc about ate Captain Hook.
Gabbi is just waiting for the kids to drop some popcorn on the floor.