Monday, October 27, 2008

Life Lately

This is my nephew Cole. He's four years old. I asked if I could take his picture and this is what he did. He's so cool.

Here's the dessert the kids & I made for my mother-in-law Juanita's Halloween party. Graham made the "fence", Caris made the scarecrow, Malachi made the haystacks & then he & I stacked the pumpkins all around.

My Mom invited me over for dinner when Megan was in town last week. She made us THE CUTEST drinks - PINK hot chocolate in these adorable cups, with pink & white jelly beans in the drink and on the plate, whipped cream and pink sugar. Do you think we are just a little bit excited that my Mom's breast cancer treatments are OVER?


I took Canaan along with me to dinner at my Mom's. He was playing here and being so silly.


Here's the gang after pumpkin carving at the party. Top Canaan & Malachi, bottom cousins Cole and Brea, Caris, Korean friend #1, Graham, Korean friends #s 2 and 3 (I'm sorry, I forget their names).


Christian & Canaan, both in the pajamas Grandma bought them and both thinking Christian's sippy is quite intriguing.


I love sleeping babies. And toddlers.


Look at the smile on this kid's face. Do you think they just won a big game? They did not. They have, in fact, lost EVERY game of the season by a landslide. I absolutely LOVE that my boy has such a good attitude. He is competitive and one of the best players on his team, and he really wants to win. But if they don't, he still smiles. He is a very good sport.

I am SO GLAD that this phase seems to have died down. For a while, I found Canaan in the refrigerator like this no less than 10x a day. It was enough to make a mommy batty!

This was Bible hero dress-up night at Awana. Caris was Mary and I was Sarah. Graham and Malachi didn't dress up - party poopers! I stopped to pick up one of Malachi's teammates, whose mother I had never met. I thought she probably wondered where I was taking her son . . .

Malachi with his long locks. He decided that he wanted it cut - SHORT. I like it better long.


Speaking of long, it is so much fun to style Caris' hair! I asked Alif if he liked this one and he said, "It's different!" LOL

Malachi and Graham were on a BIG sewing kick. Malachi made 4-5 awesome pillowcases.

This little boy makes my heart melt!!
And now the post that I had started before I uploaded pics and Blogger would only let me put them up top:

Let me start by saying that my computer is dead. Or sick. I don't know what's wrong with it but for now I basically only have access to Alif's laptop, and that pretty much only during naptime. It's really kind of a good thing. I needed less time online. Well, my family and home needed me to have less online time. Now we're thinking of getting me a laptop. A Mac, actually. Would that be called a Macbook? I'm clueless.

I made the best dinner EVER last night. It was also my first time ever cooking with alcohol. Concidence? Hmm. Here's the recipe - I hope I'm not forgetting anything. It's from Everyday Food magazine.
Irish Beef & Stout Stew
beef cut into 1" cubes
1/4 cup flour
12 oz tomato paste
2.5 pounds new potatoes (the white ones)
2 cans beef broth
1 can (12 oz) irish stout
2 medium onions, cut into 1" pieces
10 cloves garlic, sliced
20 oz frozen baby peas

Toss beef with flour in a big pot. Stir in tomato paste, then everything else except peas. Bring to a boil. Move to a crockpot on low for 4-5 hours. Add in peas & let heat through for 15 minutes or so. OH SO GOOD!!

9 comments:

  1. your pumpkins are so cute! what are they made out of? Liz has a great attitude too her team is losing a lot too though =(

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  2. Anonymous4:48 AM

    Are you willing to share the recipe for your pumpkin patch dessert? It's so cute, perfect for the get-together we have planned for Friday night! (We had Bible Hero night at our Awana a few weeks ago, too--lots of fun!)

    I just found your blog--I'll be back to visit longer! :)

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  3. canaan is such a good looking liitle boy! and that stout stew sounds amazing : )

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  4. I wish I could have seen you at the store trying to locate Irish Stout.
    THat desert is soooo cute.
    Loved the pictures.

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  5. Hi Kim! That dessert was so easy. Haystacks - melt a bag of butterscotch chips over low heat. Stir in a bag of chow mein noodles. Let cool a tiny bit, then shape into rectangles on a sheet of waxed paper (or a greased cookie sheet) to resemble haystacks. Stack them all around and then put candy-corn pumpkins (we got ours at Wal-Mart for 1.69 a bag) around to make it look like a pumpkin patch. Add a scarecrow to make it look even more like a pumpkin patch. Have fun!

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  6. Anonymous3:58 PM

    Thanks Emily! Sounds too easy--I was thinking that I could also use Rice Krispie squares for the haystacks, but I like the looks of yours better. We live in farm land, so realistic haystacks are a must. ;)

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  7. ok, I love the pink drinks. That is so cute, and what a perfect little way to celebrate. Praise the Lord, I am so glad to hear how well your mom is doing!!

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  8. So much fun you've been having!! I'm so glad to hear your mom's done with treatments. And that pumpkin patch dessert is SOO cute!

    Love the new portraits, too. I can't wait to take some good close ups of the boys with my new camera!

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  9. Anonymous3:34 PM

    We Have The same Pink cup!

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