Only 6 more days and my baby boy will be 3 years old. Where has my time flown? Out the window I tell ya. I can't believe it. One thing I know for sure is that he is alot more active now. He is completely potty trained, with a few slip up here and there, but no biggie. AND my wallet thanks me.....no more diapers or pull-ups. This is his 2nd semester to be in school and he is loving every minute of it. He really enjoys the kids in his class and his teachers. He still only goes 2 days a week, but we may up that come time for school to start in the Fall. He talks non-stop, but I wouldn't have it any other way because he has the best imagination....crazy, funny, exciting.
So, this year I have decided to celebrate Eli's birthday everyday in the week leading up to the actual day. Day 1 we made homemade chocolate chip cookies. They came out so delicious and fluffy. I didn't take a picture of the finished product, but I did happen to catch a few snap shots of Eli helping me.
He likes to do what I always love to do with my mom and that's eat the dough off the beaters. MMMMM.
There is one thing that he loves that I don't and thats tomatoes. Although I have eaten more in the past 2 months than I have in my entire life (I mean aside from ketchup, and pasta sauces). Any how, the other day him and I went to the grocery store and since he love cherry tomatoes I bought him this little container full of them. Normally he eats 1/4 to half of it and puts the rest away.....well not that day. He sat/laid down on the floor and just snacked on them like popcorn or chips.
Ok, so my kick for making homemade food. A friend sent me a recipe for homemade cinnamon rolls that she got from her Grandma. I made them a few Saturday's ago and they turned out wonderful! Not too sweet, but not bland either. I do need to find a different recipe for the icing, but until then I'll still make them this way.
As for the rest of my time....I am working at the same place. Continually searching for 'homemade' or 'from scratch' recipes. I still want to gather enough to make my own cookbook to have and keep in my kitchen as well as all the rest of my cookbooks and pieces of paper recipes on them. For my photography, I have 2 weddings scheduled and possibly one more. Woo-hoo!! and in between them I want to take photos of whomever and where ever I can. I found an old timey photo album at an antique shop in town the other day. I'm going to find some good paper (or maybe re-use the same paper) to create my own portfolio for people to look at when they want to see my pictures. I'm hoping to have my photography built up enough this to try and make it a 'real' business next year. I am still continuing on with my Scentsy business too. I love Scentsy and even if I dont get further from where I'm at now, I'm ok with that. I would eventually love to sign a few people under me and get people under them and so on, but I know that will take time.
Also, I am on a DIY kick. I picked up an metal frame chair at the antique shop too. I have already taken out the cushions, as one is broken. I'm going to sand off as much old paint as I can and re-paint it. Then I'm going to make all new cushions for it. I'm planning on doing several other projects that Eli will be able to help me with.
Fan has been busy this past month. He quit working at Dolese and started working for a wireline company. He is on call 24/7, so when they need him to go out on a job, he has to go. What he does is he is a service operator. Him and another guy load a 'gun' in a pipe and the engineer will send the pipe down a hole and then plug it and shoot the gun. Then another company will come do their part in order to release oil from the ground. So all in all, good job, lots of hours, but away from home alot too. We are managing and I know in time it will get easier and we will get use to the craziness of it.
That's life as it is now.
Lovies
Fan, Sara and Elijah
