Meet the teacher

We went yesterday to meet Miss A's teacher. It was a quick little meeting where she got to see her classroom and meet her new friends and her teacher. She's excited and ready to go!!daddy's little girl
for those of you who know her, you know that being a hippo on the door made her day!!!

Tomorrow is her first day!

Sprinkler Fun

www.5minutesformom.com is having a summer fun photo contest, and this is my entry!
I love this picture of them! Eating popsicles and playing in the sprinkler ( it was fairly cool this evening and apparently the water was cold!) Those expressions are priceless.

Chicken and Broccoli Teriyaki with Noodles

This is such a great recipe, easy, filling, and fairly inexpensive. All 3 of my kids LOVED it, which is so great- one meal that everyone is happy with. I found it in my 2001 Cooking Light cookbook. I adapted it a little, so I'm posting it the way I made it. If you try it, let me know what you think!!

1 reg. foil oven bag (or aluminum foil) 1 pound chicken, cut into bite-size pieces
1/3 cup teriyaki sauce 1 cup chicken broth
1 T sugar 2 t cornstarch
2 packages chicken flavored ramen noodles 1/2 t oil
4 cups broccoli florets ( I steam these for about 5 minutes beforehand so they will be tender, not crunchy)
1 pkg. mushrooms, sliced 1 8 oz can water chestnuts, drained (optional)

Preheat oven to 475.
Place bag (or roll out foil) onto shallow baking dish. Combine teriyaki and sugar in a plastic bag, add chicken, and marinate for at least 2 hours. Remove chicken, reserve marinade. Combine reserved marinade, broth, cornstarch, oil, and 1 packet of flavoring from noodles. Stir well. Break each noodle package into 4 pieces. Place noodles in bag/aluminum foil. Pour broth mixture over noodles. Add broccoli, mushrooms, water chestnuts, and chicken (try and spread this out- the thinner your layers, the faster it cooks and the more tender it is) Seal bag, or cover w/ more aluminum foil and seal sides. Bake at 475 for 30 minutes. Great with bread and fruit salad!!

haircuts

According to daddy, we were way overdue for some haircuts. So today, we headed off to get a new do for kindergarten (which starts in 2 weeks from tomorrow!) They are both a little shorter than I asked for, but I know they'll grow. Let's see what you think...
I just have to note that it is rare to get such a sweet picture of mr. man. He is generally most uncooperative when it comes to photo ops.
she looks 8 years old in this picture to me!

Pensacola Beach

My parents recently bought a place in Pensacola and we spent our first week there this summer. We had a great time. It is unique in that one side is the bay and the other side is the gulf- we had the best of both worlds! Below are some of our favorite pictures.she loves to hunt seashells- in fact she still has a bucket of them in our garage and she and J ride their bikes to the seashell store!
watching the boats in the bay (yes, he is licking the glass!)
eating spaghetti- this is his only picture b/c he got a fever virus the 2nd day and had to stay in the rest of the trip!
the HUGE hole they dug w/ daddy
hermit crabs from the bay
playing at the beach
isn't this sweet? my fave of all!
sunset from our balcony

A picture is worth 1000 words...

You know how I feel about reading. I don't know if there's anything sweeter than this...

boots

Tonight while I was bathing the boys, A was playing in my closet. When I came out, this is what I found...Those are my boots, and she had "fixed" her hair and found one earring. The hallway was her runway and she said, "when i get bigger, will you share these boots with me?"