egg dying

here is a very very late post about our egg dying! this year we tried dying eggs using silk ties from the thrift store (first set of eggs). it was pretty neat how it worked, but you didnt really get to do much with the eggs, so not sure if we'll repeat or not. oscar did a great job with his eggs this year (second set of eggs) - he didn't even break any!

pizza!

today was an extra special day - finally got to use my pizza stone! i bought it in the fall and shoved it in the closet. i wasn't allowed to test drive it until i had lost 50lbs. so i'm down 50lbs now and can make yummy pizza!


i was looking for a whole grain pizza dough recipe, but didn't find one that i had the ingredients for before it was time to start cooking dinner. i ended up using the whole wheat pizza dough recipe and subbing 1/3 c. milled flax seed for 1/3 c. of the all purpose flour. i also used honey instead of sugar. and half the oil. so it was:

• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp honey
• 2 tsp yeast
• 1/2 tbs olive oil
• 1 cup lukewarm water
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1/3 cup milled flax seeds
• 1 2/3 cup all purpose flour

and it actually seemed a whole lot easier to stretch out - though i dont know if that's because i was using a pizza stone instead of a cookie sheet? but it was pretty good and added some extra fiber.

now i just need to figure what my next prize will be!

play date

oscar had a fun little play date on monday

twin lakes

last weekend i went on another LLL leader retreat! we went to the twin lakes camp and conference center just south of jackson, ms. as soon as i saw the places i was super bummed that oscar and jeremy didn't come along... it was gorgeous!

denise may kill me for posting this photo, but i think it's great! in the background is the lodge that we stayed in.

and this is the walk to breakfast. there were lots of cute walkways and bridges across the lakes.

a post-breakfast swing - these swings were super fun.. i love it when people make playground equipment that fits grownups.

the beginning of our great adventure to hammock land

pulling our way across the lake to hammock land! you can see the hammocks in the upper right hand corner of the picture.

i had a great time and would love to go back there.

uncle chris would be proud

oscar got his first fishing rod for his birthday! while i was away at the LLL leader retreat, the boys went out fishing. here's oscar with his fishing backpack on.

here he is fishing off of a bridge.

and here he is with his very first fish! this is actually the same bridge where jeremy caught his very first fish - isn't that sweet? jeremy asked oscar if he wanted to throw him back and let him live and get bigger - oscar said, "no!" jeremy asked him why not and oscar said, "cause i wanna eat him!" so jeremy cooked oscar his first fishy for dinner.

thank yous

i was so impressed by the great job that the kiddos did with their volcano craft that i took pictures of all of them. after the party i decided they would make a good little thank you card.

they each got their own picture in a card that they can stand up somewhere

and of course they each got their own envelope, because it's so fun to get mail!

dinosaur decor

some decorations from oscar's party. i always do cheap decorations.. paper, ribbon, balloons...

paper, ribbon, balloons

paper and ribbon

paper

lots of balloons. it's not a party without balloons!