My 3 Crazy Kids!!

I haven't written about my kids for awhile so I thought I should while I have time so I can remember things about them at this age and print it off and put it in their books!!

Isaac--5 yrs old.

He is our smart little cookie! He has been reading books for over a year and amazes us with how much he knows and how much he memorizes stuff that we don't even remember. The other day, we were in the parking lot walking towards Walmart. Out of the blue Isaac says, "Save Money, Live Better, Walmart!" (I actually just had to ask him what the saying was again so I could type it on here!!) There were no signs around that said that saying or anything. He just had remembered it from a tv commercial!
He has been skiing 4 times this winter and loves every minute of it. He even follows Darrin and goes through the trees and down black diamond hills! (I don't even like to go down black diamonds!) He is in swimming lessons right now during the winter to get some of his extra energy out! During the whole lesson he never stops hopping up and down because of excitement. He also doesn't like to get his ears wet but he is doing better with each lesson. In the warm weather, he enjoys riding his bmx bike on the street, at skateparks, or on bmx tracks. He loves his nerf guns. He loves lying on the floor with his dad and just wrestling away. He is a very active boy just like his mom and dad. We enjoy playing board games with Isaac. He loves to play Life and Monopoly. He says that when he gets older he is going to be a doctor, police officer and a fireman. And says that he will be a doctor on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. A policeman on Tuesday, and a fireman on Thursday. He also says he will make $100,000 as a doctor! (because that is how much a doctor's salary is in the game Life!)
He is a very kind, loving boy! He is the one that if you or someone is sad, he will be wiping the tears away or trying to make you laugh. I remember last year I was really sick one day with an extreme migraine. I was pretty much just lying on the bathroom floor. He came and sat next to me on the floor and just started rubbing my head and telling me it would be ok.
He is the best brother in the world and sure takes care of his little sisters!! Yes, he can bug them at times but he always makes sure they are ok. He loves to make them laugh and tries to do funny stuff when they are sad. The other day, he was playing and talking with Jordyn and turned to me and said, "Me and Jordyn are best buds!"
He has a few obsessions!! One, transformers of course! But his newest obsession....STARCRAFT! This boy loves Starcraft! Darrin is playing right now while Isaac is watching and Isaac is just squealing when something exciting is happening and giving advice on what Darrin should do. He is always asking when he can play or when we will play. He is only 5 and he can play better than me! He sure knows how to work a computer!
We sure love our boy!!


Bryn--2 yrs old

Bryn is such a character! She will make some of the funniest faces or noises that make me just start laughing! I will be talking to her and she will just close her eyes most of the way, tilt her head from side to side and make funny faces and noises with her lips! Where did she get that from? It is hilarious to see, at least I think so! When ever she sees a candle she gets excited and starts singing/saying "Happy Birthday" even if it is a scented candle we have on the stove! She has learned to use the word "because" very well when we ask her a question like, Why did you pinch Isaac? and her reply..."Because."
Some of her favorite things are Mickey and Minnie Mouse! She has both a Mickey and a Minnie that she sleeps with. She also loves babies, dresses, riding on the bike with mom or dad, princess', talking on anything that looks like a phone, and her Aunt Courtney!! Oh I almost forgot to add her obsession to SHOES!! This little girl loves her shoes, any shoes! She will always be walking around the house with shoes too big for her. When we go downstairs to get her out of her room from her nap, she will have her shoe drawers open and trying on all the shoes.
She is always wanting us to turn on our ipod and says "dance". She has the cutest little dance moves ever!
Lately, she has been our accident child!! I keep saying Bryn needs to wear a helmet. I think she might have gotten this from me!! haha
She loves her baby sister Jordyn (Jordy)! She will get excited and yell stuff to me when she sees Jordyn do something. A few examples, Jordyn will be some where and be slobbering and Bryn will yell to me, "Jordyn spit up!" or another one that can drive me crazy, Jordyn will be asleep either in her carseat or her swing and if Bryn is around and sees Jordyn either peek out of an eye or make the slightest move, bryn will yell, "Jordyn wake up!" and of course it will actually wake Jordyn up!
She loves to play hide and go seek around the house.
She will say some of the cutest things like, one time she was on the toilet and I was wearing some soft pajamas when I went in to help her. She started rubbing my pants and saying, "Gorgeous!" She loves saying that our hair is pretty. She loves getting a brush and brushing my hair (more like putting knots in it!)
She is a true girl and we love it!!!


Jordyn--4 months

Jordyn is the best baby ever! I thought Bryn was a really good baby but Jordyn has topped that! She is such a happy baby!! She will always smile or laugh at you. She thinks Isaac is so funny and will always laugh at him! She is very ticklish on her rib cage. She will always put a smile on your face.
She is a really good sleeper! She has been sleeping through the night since she was 5 weeks old! Thank you Jordyn! She puts herself to sleep so that I don't have to rock her.
I have never seen so much drool come from a babies mouth!! haha She is the slobber master in our family!! She sure loves sucking on her hands! (More than a binky) Her two fingers between her pointer finger and pinky finger on her left hand are her favorite! That is what she sucks on the most!
She loves her swing. Mostly all of her naps during the day are in her swing, unless we are out and about and she falls asleep in her car seat. She never takes naps in her crib.
Isaac loves it when she "talks" to him! Bryn is always trying to copy the things that Jordyn is doing whether lying on her tummy or "talking" like Jordyn!
She sure brings a lot of happiness to our home!
Even with all the slobber, she is the cutest baby!! I can't get enough of her!!

Crock Pot Chicken!

Another new easy recipe I tried tonight! This recipe I got from Macaroni Mamas and I really enjoyed it. Normally I am not a fan of cream cheese but this was good. Here you go...

Crock Pot Chicken

4 frozen chicken breasts
1 envelope of Italian dry dressing mix .....(Look down the salad dressing aisle! It took me forever to find this. haha)
1 8oz. Cream Cheese
1 can Cream of Chicken Soup
Cooked Rice

Put raw chicken(frozen and all) in crockpot. Sprinkle with dressing mix. Cook on high for 4-5 hours. (Don't add water) If you half the recipe and only use 2 chicken, you can cut the time. Maybe only 2 1/2-3 1/2 hours. Shred chicken; then return to crockpot.(you could also just shred the chicken in the crockpot.) Add cream cheese and soup; warm. Note: If only cooking 2 chicken, I still would probably use all the soup and most of the cream cheese. Serve over rice.

The chicken sauce was more on the thicker side but it actually tasted quite nice! We had asparagus on the side. A roll would have been nice too but hey, I was sick today! :)

Enjoy!

Toasted Ravioli

So this recipe I tried last night I got off of the blog Macaroni Mamas. I am an extremely picky eater and so ravioli with ricotta cheese is not part of my diet(the texture kills me) but I still try to make things that Darrin and the kids will eat, and I eat something else. I did however bite one small corner of the ravioli and it tasted good, but Darrin said it was good, so we will go with that!! This recipe was very simple to make and didn't take long at all. Here is the recipe...

Toasted Ravioli

Ingredients:
1 bag (13oz) of Ravioli-frozen or fresh....I used frozen which worked great.
1 1/2 cup Italian style bread crumbs....I think I only used one cup.
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 cup Buttermilk
oil for frying...I used olive oil

Directions:
-Cook ravioli until al dente(whatever that means)..Follow directions on package. Let them cool.
-While cooling, mix bread crumbs and 1/4 cup of cheese.
-Heat oil to approx. 350 degrees. (I just let the oil get hot enough and tried one to see if it was ready)
-Dip the ravioli in the buttermilk and then in the bread crumb mixture to cover well.
-Gently place in the hot oil....Warning: HOT! haha and fry until golden brown, I did it for about 2 minutes.
-Sprinkle the remaining Parmesan cheese on the cooked ravioli.
-Serve with spaghetti sauce for dipping.

This would be nice with a salad on the side.

Enjoy!