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Friday, June 20, 2014
We had so much fun this Spring and have been very busy lately. Thought I'd keep you guys updated. But first:
Check out these handsome boys! I won a giveaway awhile back from When the Boys Sleep for two bow ties. I chose these matching father-son bow ties and have been saving them for Father's Day. I was sooooo excited when it was finally time for them to wear them! Check out her shop (link above) for some seriously handsome boy's accessories. (I think I saw some 4th of July ones?! Might need to snag one or three.)
P.S. That little dress shirt has been the best thing ever. I got it as a gift but it is Baby Gap here. The best fitting church onesie out there, I swear. (Oh and the socks are Gap, too. Gotta love Baby Gap!)
Ok. Now lets get to the update!
Scotty is seriously the BEST at selfies. He is the king of them in fact. He poses for the camera pretty much every time. Can't believe what a HAM he is! It's hilarious. We spent a day shopping at the outlets with Granna and Auntie Katie.
As part of his Father's Day gift, I took Jer golfing. Such a beautiful course. It was fun to drive the golf cart and enjoy the scenery. Granna and Papa watched Scotty for us. We had a blast!
Scotty LOVES when Granna and Papa come to visit. He gets spoiled rotten!
We had fun going to Black Bear Cafe with Grandma Marva to celebrate a late Mother's Day. The food was so good! Scotty was...not so good. Haha.
It has been so fun to have Anna here for the Spring semester. We have been running together 3x/week and have fit in a few ballroom lessons and babysitting sessions. Scotty loves his Auntie! He is also really taking a liking to books. He will sit for a few minutes and look through a book.
Scotty is our greatest joy. He is quickly hitting many milestones, which is making us feel like we blink and he has grown even more! He is now crawling. Which makes us nervous, but he is really excited to be able to move around and explore. No teeth yet which we are OK with. And P.S. that hat is TDF when he keeps it on. (GAP) I'm sensing a trend here...
Friday, June 6, 2014
So I've been frustrated lately because I have needed prunes for Scotty for a while now and every time I go to the store, it seems the shelves are cleared! It really is so annoying. So when I was at Costco yesterday I saw the dried plums and decided to just make my own prune baby food. It's a good thing Scotty likes prunes because he loves bananas too, if ya know what I mean. :o)
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I did some quick math and discovered that it is SIGNIFICANTLY cheaper to make your own prune baby food. I haven't done the math for everything I have made but I wouldn't be surprised if it were the case across the board. Here is how I worked it out.
This bag was $5.99 at Costco. There are approximately 200 prunes. I used 10 prunes.
I filled 2 of these 6 oz jars with 10 steamed and blended prunes. Each of these jars of prepared baby food is a little over a dollar at Smiths.
So, I used 1/20th of the bag of prunes. $5.99/20 is about $0.30. AKA $0.30 for 12 oz of baby food vs. about $2.30 for the same amount.
I did consider the fact that I may not use all the prunes for baby food. And we don't eat prunes, so we wouldn't have a use for the rest. But consider splitting a bag with a friend. Plenty of prunes to go around. ;o)
I was pretty excited about that. Just thought I'd share in case anyone was interested.
On to the fun stuff! We have been doing lots of fun things already this summer. Firstly, Scotty just finished swim lessons and the Orem Rec Center! We took a class with 3 other friends.
The class was MWF for 30 min. and ran for 3 weeks. So we had 9 sessions total. Scotty was the youngest in the class and really had a hard time warming up to it. Literally and figuratively. He was freezing most of the time. But by the end, he was starting to hold himself up by grabbing on the wall of the pool. And was learning to hold his breath before going under water.
It was a fun excuse for us Mommies to get together and chat and the kids loved playing too. While Scotty is still a little young to understand what is going on, I am glad we took the lessons because now I feel a little more comfortable going into the summer taking him swimming on my own.
Sunday, June 1, 2014
This week has been so beyond crazy for us. We like to take on entertaining gigs to motivate ourselves to get things done. Oh, and also because we LOVE our friends and we love to play. :o) Work hard, play hard. That being said, we had a Memorial Day BBQ on Monday, we were preparing for our renters to move in this weekend (AKA finishing the basement), getting our boys and badges prepared for a stake Scout Court of Honor (today), and a Tea Party baby shower for one of my Nearest and dearest. With a few hiccups along the way, we have been able to get most everything done that we needed to. Here are a few shots of the shower. Thanks Carly for being the photog since I totally dropped the ball and took zero pictures.
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The group. Carly, Liss, Makenzie and I did the shower together. It was so fun!
Our guest(s) of honor. Amy and Baby Girl!
Tea sandwiches (Kenzie), Fruit Pizza (Liss), Caprese Kebabs (Car), Lemon Raspberry Bars (Me) recipe for the raspberry bars here. Everything was so yummy!
My sister Katie and I made a sign for the shower that Amy took home and can use in her room if she wants. For one of the activities be had a bow/headband making station with ribbon, fabric, etc. to make a bow for Amy's little girl.
For decorations we used lots of fresh flowers, tea lights, cute tea cups and dishes, and candy. Carly also brought pretty lace runners and doilies that looked awesome with the decor. One of my favorite things about this house are the flowers that have popped up in the yard. I take no credit for any of it but it has been beyond fun to go out and just cut roses and put them in a vase on the table. Fresh flowers make it feel so homey and its awesome when you don't have to pay for them!
As for the other two things, our yard looks much better thanks to our BBQ (pics to come), our renters are moving in as we speak and the Court of Honor is tonight. I have all the merit badges ready to go and I'm excited for the boys. The funny thing about a busy week is that most of the time the next week is just as busy. :o) But I think a busy life is better than a boring one, don't you?
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