Kitchen Helper

Charlotte loves to help in the kitchen and make things.

Recently, she has felt very confident in her ability to roll refridgerated crescent rolls.

Proud helper!!!

Dance Class

I enrolled Charlotte in a toddler dance class awhile ago. Today was the first day and I had no idea how she would react. She said she "wuved it and had fun". Although her face was very focused and she followed every detail of her teacher, no would have known she "wuved it and had fun".

 Stretching

 Dancing and following Miss Kristie

 B Man drinking his milk and eating breakfast at his sister's dance class.

 Focusing

 Parachute play

 She loved sitting underneath the parachute!

 Afterwards, she asked over and over to "go swing!!!" because she knew we were close to the park, smart girl. I have no idea how she knew that.

 Yay for swings!

 B Man giggled and giggled. He LOVES the swings!

 We came home and put B Man down for a nap. C and I started cooking and made dinner for tonight. Notice her heels, pearls and apron?! She did this all on her on own, I'm sure June Cleaver would be proud. Haha. I feel very strongly about letting my kids help in the kitchen and learning to be comfortable with cooking. Charlotte loves cooking, which is nice because I know I will need her help in the future!

 C was a hard worker and placed the torn pieces of tortilla in the baking dishes.

 Eating black olives

Sprinkling cheese on top on the Mexican Lasagna.

My Little Muffin Maker

Today we read books, played with play dough and made coffee cake muffins. C loves to make anything and everything. She usually sings songs during our activities... that's when I know she is the happiest. :)

Very focused at stirring all the ingredients.

 "Stttttirrrring!"

 "Is that an egg? Is it white?"

 "Yeah, it is white"

 More stirring

 Let's not forget about our favorite Buddy

 Busy at work

 Smelling the batter

 Into the oven... do you see the smushed nose against the glass. C is very excited!

  

Dancing and singing during the baking. Still excited.

Trying to figure how the muffins are changing... very observant C!

 Back to supervising.

"MMMmmm, let me have one!"

 Delish!

 Buddy joined in on the goods.

 "No Buddy I do it"

 "There it is"

Buddy and his Big Sister

Oven Roasted Broccoli

Healthy.

Cheap.

Simple.

I heart new recipes. I like finding new ways to cook veggies as a side dish for dinner. We probably eat this at least once a week... YUM.

http://www.rachaelrayshow.com/food/recipes/oven-roasted-broccoli/