Peace Out!

just not feeling the blogging lately, so i'm taking a break. maybe i will back, if you are lucky!!! hahahahaha here is my parting words of wisdom i stole from 2 of my favorite wise people, Abe Lincoln and Dory from Finding Nemo.

"And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. "

"When life gets you down, you know whatcha gotta do? Just keep swimming, and swimming, and swimming!"

Just a Dream....

It's wierd being on the charts

i'm so glad my head isn't all stiched up this year!
Today Olivia had her 2 yr checkup, I always say she is so little, well compared to Jillian, most children are i suppose!!! But, she is still tall for 2 the doc said, so i guess we will have some volleyball or basketball players around here in 10 yrs.
Weight- 30 lbs, 85%
Height-35.5 inches 90%
Attitude- off the charts
Yep, she was firing on all cylinders for the doctor, i swear she must think I am a stage mother or something, cause every time she walks in the door my kids are just sitting there, and a light bulb in their minds goes off, and they act like they are on Broadway. Olivia was dancing, giving dirty looks, laughing, it was like a one toddler play. Good grief, 2 diva's, pray for me please, the teenage years will not be kind, LOL!!!

Last weekend we again went to Timberidge water park in lake geneva, for my bro in laws annual family reunion, it was alot of fun. Jillian finally went on all the slides! I hope she will go on the Cruise's water slide in a couple days, it looks pretty cool!!! OH YEAH, 3 days till DISNEY WORLD!!!!!!!!!! so so so excited!!!!!!!! I cannot wait to be laying on beach in the Bahamas, and then on Disney's own private island!!! get me out of this horrible weather, cause i am DONE with winter!!!!

Olivia is 2!

J and her boys
Aunty loves jumping as much as the kids! lol!

Cheese! birthday princess here!

All about Elmo! Livie loves that little red freak

Love the face

My girls

i just can't believe my baby is 2! the time has gone way too fast. She had such a good birthday and party! She has been walking around the house all day saying happy day to me!

the great blizzard of 2011

little piggy stuck
climbing the new mountain in our backyard

kaine and jillian digging tunnels

notice how the lazy "working dog" goes behind the 4 yr old

We are very happy we both are off work today! Only 2nd time in 7 yrs the city has shut down, and yesterday at ryan's work they told them the "never" shut down, well never has come apparently cause they closed at 5am!! whoo hoo, hope the wind dies down and the girls can get outside and play! snow day!!!!

Dress Up Day

Sleddin' with Daddy
Recognize this jacket Mom? :-

So yesterday i had to clean out the storage space because somebody (ryan) stuffed all the girls bins of clothes waaaaaaay in the back. And I need to start getting their summer clothes out for the bahamas and disney in T minus 27 days!!!!!!!!!!! Well, i came accross a box of dresses i have saved, every dress from as far back as my mom's wedding dress to erin' 8th grade dress to my prom dress. Jillian went BANANAS!!! it was like xmas morning!! she wore the dresses around all afternoon, and even to dinner! Aunty's dresses almost fit her, what a midgit, lol!!!

I have to share the recipe I made for dinner tonite, it was soooo good. I love chicken pot pie, and have made dozens, this one, modified with more veggies (shocking i know!) from my feb Martha Stewart is by far the best.

Chicken pot pie with puff pastry

• 2 cloves of garlic, minced
• 3 tbl evoo
• 3 carrots, peeled and chopped
• 4 potatoes, peeled and chopped
• 1/2c white wine
• 1 1/2 c ckn stock
• 1lb of boneless ckn breasts chopped
• couple pinches of tyme
• salt and pepper
• 5 tbls of constarch whisked with 4 tbls. of water
• 1/2 c heavy cream
• package of puff pastry (thawed)
• 1 egg beaten lightly

preheat oven 425. cook garlic in evoo until fragrant, over med heat. add carrots and potato, cook 10 to 15 mins to soft. add wine, simmer 2 mins. add stock, bring to boil. add ckn and tyme. cook for couple mins until ckn cooked. season salt and pepper. add cornstarch mixture and cream, simmer until thick, about 5 mins. transer to baking dish, i use the medium rachel ray bubble and brown, top with puff pastry, it will overlap. brush with egg and cut a few holes in top with knife to vent. cook till golden about 15 mins. delish!!!

The things I do for Aunty Erin

ohhhh, fashion is not comfortable i tell u!

We are pretending its spring

we are over winter, we are ready for warm breezes and flowers!!! So, considering thats months away, the girls pretended the hallway was the sidewalk, we got some flowers at the grocery store, and they stood by the heat vent for a minute!