Chocolate Chip Banana Cookies

I made these yummy cookies Sunday afternoon for JP and Merit. They were a big hit! Merit's favorite part was pouring the chocolate chips into the mixer and JP's favorite part was eating them of course! Thanks to Cookie and Kate for the recipe!

http://cookieandkate.com/2011/chocolate-chip-banana-cookies/

Hat to the Back

Merit likes to do everything that Daddy does. This morning he turned his hat backwards and said, that's how Daddy dos it. Not "does" it, but "dos" it. So cute! We all went to the donut shop and then came home and enjoyed our weekly treat together.

 

Happy 1st Birthday Madelyn!

We had a wonderful time celebrating baby Madelyn's first birthday. Merit was really excited about getting to see his friend Ashleigh. The highlight of the party was the pinata. Merit loved whacking at the butterfly and waiting for the candy to fall out.

Happy birthday to sweet Madelyn!

 

Friday Fun!

We enjoyed some time outside on Friday. The weather was beautiful; 70 degrees to be exact. I put the Christmas decor boxes back in the shed and Merit drove his car all around the yard. It was a great day!

 

Big Boots!

Merit and his cousin Aidan both got Big Boots for Christmas from Grammy and Papa 'D'. Merit absolutely loves this new toy. He thinks it is definitely a big boy toy. He and Aidan had so much fun playing with Big Boots on Christmas day. We had fun watching them! Thank you Papa 'D' and Grammy for this cool toy!

 

January Wreath

I absolutely love the look of yarn wreaths. To me, they look warm and fuzzy. I made the white yarn wreath last year and used it for the months of January and February. For January, I made pretty gray and white felt flowers adorned with clear rhinestones in the center of each flower. This year, I added some pretty turquoise blue felt flowers because I've recently incorporated this color into my living room. I think the wreath looks perfect now!

 

 

Pretty January Votives

I took some of my clear glass votive candle holders and made them look a little more wintry. I painted them with a good coat of Mod Podge and then sprinkled rock salt to cover. The rock salt is harder to work with then Epsom salt but I think it looks much prettier. :) After they were dry I put a couple of them inside my large hurricanes which I filled with Epsom salt. I really like how this project turned out!

 

 

 

Nana's House

Merit has been asking if he can spend the night at Nana's house. We decided to have dinner with Nana on Friday night and then let Merit stay for the night. We  had a great time spending time with Nana. Popo was not there, he was in Midland. Nana fixed us a delicious dinner of homemade chicken soup and I brought cornbread and some sweets to go with it. Merit really liked playing Nana's keyboard and pretending to fight with Nana using the inflatable bats.

JP and I left around 9 to head back home and Merit stayed with Nana. Nana called us around 11:30 because Merit was still not asleep and he said he wanted to go home. She put him on the phone and it was so cute. He told me he wanted to go home to Mommy and Daddy's house. I reminded him of how much fun it would be to wake up at Nana's and get to play the next morning. Nana calmed him down by letting him make a big palate of pillows in her living room and watching the Cedarmont Kids video. He ended up falling asleep there and sleeping all night. We were so proud of him! Thank you Nana for loving our sweet boy!

 

Trains with Nathaniel!

Merit and Nathaniel got to see the Trains at Northpark together on New Year's Day. Mimi and Merit met Aunt Nancy and Nathaniel at Northpark while I was busy getting ready for our New Year's Day party. Looks like these two little guys had way too much fun together!

 

More CARS!

We used money from Pimpa and Grandma to order Merit this really neat set of Lightning McQueen cars. All 5 have different paint jobs. He absolutely loves these! We had to order them because the Disney story literally had none of these sets left on their shelves. Every day after we ordered them Merit asked if his new CARS were here. This was yet another lesson teaching him patience! Thank you Pimpa and Grandma!