Puerto Rico

01.16.08

Puerto Rico

Our trip to Puerto Rico was a breath of fresh air- literally. No work all Play and a little time to kiss in the sunset! Well we did do a little work on Stefan and Summers house, but that was fun and I learned how to use a nail gun!

01.14.08

Free Rice

You can help out, by testing out your vocabulary and donating rice to the United Nations! I love this site. What a great concept.

01.14.08

Baby Eats

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Van eating his organic steamed carrots, more please mum!

01.13.08

Kids Parties

Pottery Barn Kids has a new line of party supplies. They have some cute ideas. {Most of which you could just do yourself.} So Van’s first birthday is fast approaching and we just started thinking of a fun theme and a good place to have it. It needs to be fun for the adults mainly, kids will always have fun when they see their parents with a smile on their face. I was thinking I would do a carnival theme, then I stumbled upon this!

01.13.08

Dwell @ Target

Oh swell. DwellStudio is releasing a line at Target!

Domino Mag

01.10.08

Blue Skies Ahead…

Well this week has flown by. Yesterday I saw three accidents in 3 hours while I was out. It kind of freaked me out a little bit. Conner was in an accident yesterday too but I didn’t see it, Zeke was riding in the car with him. They are both okay but Conner was a little shaken up afterwards so Van and I took him lunch and went to the beach together afterwards. It was nice, I never do things like that. We had fun exploring the beach together!

Today while I was talking to my neighbor on my way out the door, I forgot that I left the front door open. Thank God I took the dogs with me, but I left the front door open to the house for a couple hours. I like my neighborhood but it is not the safest in San Diego, so I ran upstairs and tried to get Zeke to protect me. I checked all of the closets and showers, no burglars. whew

We met my cousin Jeff for dinner this week, and he taught Van a few things!!!!

There I said it now it is out and in the open.

have a good one.

01.08.08

toys "not" made in china

So yesterday I decided that I am not going to buy Van another toy that has been made in China, after seeing recall after recall I started looking up some of the toys that he got for Christmas to see if they contained toxins or lead. I found a couple good websites that have toys listed by brand or the country it is made in, so you can see if a certain toy is dangerous for your baby. If I can control what toys he plays with, I should be educated enough to know if they are harmful or not! Right?

Here is one toy he got for Christmas, and the materials it consists of. I found out there is arsenic in the handle of the book and chlorine on the plastic pages.
It is such a cute book with all of his family members in it and I know he likes it, maybe I will transfer the photos to a natural fabric book.

This website above oompa is great, they are concerned about what toys are made with and only supply healthy toys that are made in Europe or the US. I love everything on their site!

01.05.08

Van’s First Christmas

01.04.08

Yummy winter chili recipie

It’s getting colder outside! In 15 minutes, this easy recipe will take the chill off.
This is our favorite!

Ingredients:

1 pound ground turkey
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 16 oz. can pinto beans, drained and rinsed
1 16 oz. can kidney beans, drained and rinsed
1 28 oz. can chopped stewed tomatoes
1 tablespoon chili powder
1 tablespoon cumin powder
1/2 cup salsa

1. In a large pot, brown turkey with chopped onion.

2. Add beans, tomatoes, garlic, chili powder, cumin, and salsa to turkey mixture. Cook until hot.

3. Serve with cornbread, cooked pasta, cooked rice, or on top of a baked potato. Sprinkle with cheese if desired.

Makes 4 servings.

01.03.08

mi familia

My family is so amazing! Conner and I had a whole week in Puerto Rico together while my sister & my nephews took care of Van!
My mom and my other sister took care of him too! I loved having help with him, it makes life so much more relaxing.
I was really missing him on the last day of our vacation. We snuck in while he was sleeping and when he woke up in the morning, he could not stop smiling and laying his head on Conner’s chest. It was so sweet.
I am putting together a little slide show of our two weeks away! Come back soon to see pics from Christmas and Puerto Rico!