How do you dry a baby?

How do you dry a baby? You let her crawl into the dryer of course. This was last Saturday when I took a load of laundry out of the dryer to fold and did not shut the dryer completely. She crawled in and started calling for us. Miguel and I, being at home and bored on a Saturday night got the camera instead of doing any kind of discipline. We said to each other "she'd never be able to even close the door so it's not a big deal right?" WRONG! Let's go to video to see why the Pico dryer is always shut and Isa is no longer allowed to go into the laundry room.

Saturday Night

It's so nice to have a helper in the kitchen! Isa "helped" me cook dinner on Saturday night.

Isa is taking a break from cooking to pose for a picture.

After all the cooking it was time to sit down for a minute and take a picture with both babies.


It's been pretty slow around here lately. We've gone to the pool in the neighborhood and visited the library. Mostly just catching up on the housework. Nothing new except the cute pictures.

What to eat for dinner.

Being a stay at home mom has a ton of advantages but there are some pitfalls too. I just got onto a facebook page that had about 3 nagging folks being miserable about planning dinners so I'm going to do a little experiment. I'm going to post what I'm cooking for the next 3 days and I'm encouraging you commenters to do the same. Just something quick people can throw together for dinner.

Tonight- I found some ham in my freezer, I opened up 2 cans of potatoes, and 2 cans of green beans and put it all in the crock pot. I'll pair it up with a batch of Jiffy corn muffins and POOF- Dinner!

Tomorrow- Pizza- I can post the recipe for my friend Katie's home made crust if there's a demand for it, but I'm kicking it up mexican with fajita mix in the hamburger, black olives, and pepper jack cheese.

Friday- Stuffed green peppers- I cut this all up and bake it like a casserole. Wash and chop peppers into 1 inch pieces, add rice and cooked burger and mix all together with a jar of spaghetti sauce. Then bake until the peppers are tender.

You can make rice in the microwave (1C rice, 2C water, add a bullion cube, cover with plastic wrap and microwave on high for 5 min, then without opening the microwave, another 15 min at 50% power).

I hope this helps some of you stumped followers. I'm also open to suggestions!

Kick'in It Up Old School

Milk? Check. Lip gloss? Check. Sun bonnet? Check. Let's hit the road and go to church!
This was my outfit when I was a little girl. We were getting ready for church this morning and I came across this little dress that has been hanging in Isa's closet since before she was born. My mom wrapped up the outfit and put a picture of me wearing this dress on the front. I have to admit it was almost as cute on me as it is on her. I think she makes the dress look fantastic.

This photo is NOT old school, it's from Kathy. Along with a batch of clothes was this adorable outfit. As soon as Miguel saw her in it, he decided a picture MUST be taken. I was inside making blueberry pancakes while the photo shoot was going on. Awesome Saturday morning if you ask me.

Pretty Baby!

Church has summer hours, these hours for the month of August put us exactly 1 hour late for church this past Sunday. Yes, we got there in just enough time to see everyone going downstairs for donuts and coffee. I felt too guilty to actually go down there and eat donuts without attending church so we headed off to the park and will definitely be on time next week.

This dress is brought to us by Kathy and the pictures are courtesy of Miguel. I was the one holding the stuffed kitten and the sippy cup of milk. I also go to clean all the grass off the baby and change her wet socks and shoes upon coming home. I am in love with this dress though!

Isa in the house!

Word to all you Isa fans. A special shout out to Doug and Jami who gifted us with all the baby junk they no longer wanted/needed/felt like moving. Along came this clubhouse that Isa adores! She's particular about shutting the door and yelling at the dog from the windows. Needless to say, it's a good time to be had by all.