I was thinking about January and how much Tyler has changed in just this month. He started sleeping in his big boy bed and he said some two word phrases. Another item to add to the list is he is officially enrolled for preschool in September! Did you know that enrollment starts 9 months (or more) before class begins? I'm glad I did, or we'd be on quite a few waiting lists. I'm very excited about preschool. I think Tyler will really like it and I can't wait to buy him his first backpack!
I don't have any pictures to post today. I've only taken one since the last post and it was of some apple banana bread that I made. I was going to post a picture and the recipe on here for everyone to use. That was before I tasted how bland and gross it was. So, instead, here are some dinner recipes that we tried out last week and ended up being really yummy. I got them off of www.sparkrecipes.com which is a "healthy" recipe website. I did an advanced search for low cal recipes and these were the first two I made:
Slow Cooker Chicken Taco Stew - this makes 14 servings so I made it all and froze half.
http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=188808
Sweet and Sour Ground Beef - we use ground turkey to make it even healthier. If you haven't tried ground turkey before, you should. You really can't taste much of a difference and in our case, it's cheaper than ground beef.
http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=130368
In my last issue of a parenting magazine I get there was an article called Mad at Dad. It talked about how moms get mad at dads for not spending time on the details of parenting, are clueless about the kids needs, and they get more time to themselves. I just gotta say, Dan is not like that at all. Dan gives me plenty of "me" time. He acknowledges that I need it. One of my favorite things he does is when he comes home from work he plays with Tyler. This lets me prepare dinner in peace. Sometimes, if dinner is already in the oven, I read! I know it can't be easy for him. It's not like he hasn't been doing anything all day.
So thanks Dan, for not being a "mad at dad" kind of guy!
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Way to go Dan! David takes the boys to McDonalds every Saturday morning. I used to be able to go back to sleep but now I'm always awake. Its so nice to enjoy a cup of coffee in peace. He also gives the boys a bath. Its something I came to really hate while he was gone. Its hard to juggle two wet boys by yourself!
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