Emily went to one of the most awesome playdates earlier this week. Our playgroup had a session at Flipside Gymnastics. For an hour the kids got to jump on a trampoline, balance beam, rope swing and much more. She had a blast! She’s never been in a class like that and she really enjoyed herself. Need to work on her listening skills a little but she did well otherwise. She has no fear and was the first child to go on the rope swing thing. Didn’t blink an eye!
This outing really made an impression on her as she has been doing somersaults ever since. She says she is doing “nymnastics”. Can’t quite remember the name, as she always asks me where she went on Monday and what did she do. I might have to look into some type of classes for her through the Parks Department!
Let me start off by saying “I cannot sew”. I do not own a sewing machine and can only hand sew enough to cover my butt. Literally. I would love to learn some day and do great things. Ok, maybe not so great but cool things at least. Some day.
I saw this really cute idea on The Crafty Crow but it was for a reverse applique. A what applique?? And it used a sewing machine??? I thought that there surely had to be an easier way and investigated. I was right. Michael’s is great because I was able to find the applique paper and the material there. I didn’t have the red material or was too lazy to find it but I think it turned out pretty well.
Now let’s see if she will actually wear it!
Emily told me the other day that her baby brother’s name was going to be Potato Head. Even though she knows what his real name is. Needless to say, it has stuck because I couldn’t stop laughing so she won’t let it go. I’ll give her 2 more months of fun! 
Stephen and I finished the nursery on Friday. We need a few more things for it but we are pretty much all set. Just insert baby and we’ll be good to go. Let’s just hope that it’s truly a boy otherwise a girl better like transportation!
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- Hard to see…but this is above the crib. “Every good and perfect gift comes from above….”
I got this idea from No Time for Flashcards. Love that site!!!!!
The gym is full of broken crayons. I got tired of picking up the teeny pieces the other day so the babies wouldn’t eat them so I decided to do something about it! I brought all of the junky pieces home and decided that Emily and I would make new crayons to take back to the gym.
Emily helped me break the nubs and peel the labels off. She also helped me put the crayons in the muffin tin. It was pretty neat to see them swirl around in the end.
I have made these a couple of times and the recipe is definitely worth sharing! I hope you enjoy because this cake is sure tasty and easy to make!
Recipe found from here.
Ingredients:
- 2 cups finely diced, peeled and cored apples
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
- 1 cup flour
Make:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Into large bowl add diced apples and sugar. Let stand for about 15 minutes.
- Pour in oil and egg. Stir.
- Add dry ingredients. Stir.
- Add vanilla and walnuts. Stir. It will be quite stiff, don’t worry.
- Pour into a well greased and floured 8 inch square pan. Bake for 45 minutes @ 350 degrees.
- Cool in pan for 10 minutes on a cake rack.
- Dust top with confectioners sugar before serving.
My only variations are:
-I always double the recipe (otherwise, we have to make it again the next day).
-We omit nuts…my kids don’t appreciate them the way I do.
-I only peel the apples if there’s time. No one seems to care either way.
Emily took a sibling class this past Saturday. It was pretty cute. They used a puppet, named Molly, to talk about having a sibling. Emily is still talking about “my friend Molly”. They talked about why babies cry and what it means to be a big sister among other things. Emily got to tour the “Mom and Me” wing and see a baby in the nursery. I am not delivering at that hospital but they are pretty much the same so she will have an idea of what to expect when she comes to visit after Zachary is born. It was a pretty neat class. The kids got to take home a backpack with a book, coloring pages and a cd.
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- Holding the “baby”
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- She had a good time, really. This is just what happens when you don’t nap at Grandma’s the previous day.
We didn’t get around to carving pumpkins this year. You know what they say about good intentions??? I had to do something festive with them so decided to make turkey pumpkins again this year. It was fun and Emily really enjoyed doing making them this year. I think they turned out well.
Playing in the leaves. That’s all Emily has wanted to do for the past week. Unfortunately, our tree in the front year is a late faller. I was able to scrape up enough leaves at the end of the week so she could get some jumping out of her system. She had a blast!!! And would you believe- the next day brought a huge new pile of leaves??? Of course! That’s how it always happens. She and Stephen played and raked on Saturday while I was running errands. No pictures of that fun though. But I am picking up leaves out of every room. The fun lasts forever!
I went in today for my 29 week appointment. This was the first appointment that I took Emily too. I am not sure why the thought never occurred to me to take her. I think partially was because the beginning of my pregnancy was not full of your routine appointments and there wasn’t an opportunity to. She has been waiting for this day for several weeks now. She was going to get to “hear baby brother’s heartbeat!” She loved the sound! Not sure if I will take her to another appointment. It was a lot of work, I am lazy and we are getting down to the wire- if you know what I mean.
Here’s the run-down. I am 29 weeks, measuring 31 weeks. Apparently, I grow them big according to the doctor. I go back in two weeks. Seems early to me for starting the two week appointments but what do I know. I asked the doctor if he thought I would go early since Emily was 8.1 at a week and a half early. He says if I don’t go on my own early, we will induce. I will have another ultrasound later to see how big he is. I narrowly escaped a cesarean with Emily and I would like to escape one with this little/big guy.
So there you have it! I am guessing January 11?? Who knows though.
This past Monday, we had the opportunity to make our own pizzas at Uno’s with our playgroup and bff Chase. It was so much fun. I think all of the kids had a blast smearing the pizza sauce on their crust and touring the joint.
Emily is one of the goofiest kids I know! The tour leader for a lack of a better term was great! She had the kids line up, put on their listening ears and to walk with their hands at their side as to not touch anything. Emily walked with her hands up to her ears. After they put their pizzas in the oven, they got to see the rest of the kitchen. Sink, cooler, freezer. In the cooler, they got to pick out an apple. My kid picked a lemon. She’s one of a kind!
