tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36952667939797016252024-02-18T22:55:59.374-08:00Benza BulletinKyle * Heather * Reese * GusHeather Benzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01467755518238501433noreply@blogger.comBlogger753125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3695266793979701625.post-17229786323787172312014-08-21T21:30:00.002-07:002014-08-21T21:30:50.919-07:00Bread Bonanza<div style="text-align: center;">
At some point I grew weary of paying $5.99 a loaf for Dave's Killer Bread. My friend turned me on to "the bread store." The one closest to us is the Franz outlet. They have organic whole wheat bread 5 loaves for $7. Unfortunately, while it is very close it's just on a path I don't travel often. So I go infrequently, stock up and freeze. This plan would be awesome except the 5 for $7 shelf isn't always stocked. I could always buy 2 for $4, but it irks my soul when I know I could get 5 for $7 is I went at the right moment. Also they are closed on Sunday and I feel like I want to buy bread on lots of Sundays. We tear through the bread and Reese refuses to eat the crust or the accompanying 1/2 inch. So we tear through the bread AND waste bread. While I have not thrown myself into making the perfect bread I've dabbled and been left wanting. Until now...which will forever more be known as the Benza family Bread Bonanza.</div>
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First I emailed <a href="http://lifeasmom.com/" target="_blank">Jessica</a> seeking advice for making "crustless" sandwich bread. She advised a Pullman Pan would best deliver the results I've been seeking. She advised she had yet to perfect a recipe. Second I emailed <a href="http://www.parentingmiracles.net/" target="_blank">JessieLeigh</a> asking for a recipe. She recommended her <a href="http://www.jessieweaver.net/2012/04/fluffy-100-whole-wheat-bread-it-can-be-done/" target="_blank">tried and true bread recipe</a> that has been her go to recipe for some time. Third I fired up my Amazon Prime Smile account I bought myself a pullman pan with 2 day shipping. It arrived today. A day with a break in the heat wave we've had in this record breaking summer. So it was baking day!</div>
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The recipe makes 3 9x4x4 loaves. The directions seemed to allow for baking all 3 together though it didn't explicitly say. As Scarlet had an eye doctor appointment I decided to go ahead and risk it being wrong and bake them simultaneously. So I used a Pampered Chef Stoneware Bread pan, a cheapie from Walmart dark metal baking pan and my brand spanking new Pullman Pan.<br />
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The recipe specified to "grease" the pan. Normally I'd use a baking spray that has the flour mixed in, but I am completely out. I also have no crisco solid type stuff so I used a Safeway Organics Canola Oil spray, no added flour to grease all 3. All 3 popped out of their pan with ease. No sticking to the sides or broken off pieces at all. I like the appearance of slight browning all over on the 2 open top pans, but...<br />
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You can see both of the traditional bread pans produce bread that looks like banana bread or zuchini bread, kind of short and squat, not "sandwich" bread, a lovely square. The pullman pan produced the coveted sandwich size and shape!!! Miraculous!! And really have you noticed that even though all modern wheat bread is jumbo sized all the sandwich packing tools for lunchboxes are still square shaped. </div>
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The taste test met with approval. Even the 2 open top pans produced a crust thin and light enough for Reese to agree to eat it and declare I am the best cook in the world. ;) The pullman pan's shape is so loved Kyle wanted to know why on earth I hadn't purchased 3 so we could bake 3 square loaves at once. Why indeed? Next up, firing up the amazon prime smile account again. </div>
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***Amazon SMILE allows you to donate money to your favorite charity everytime you make an amazon purchase. There are lots of options, of course, but please consider choosing the <a href="http://cvhfoundation.org/" target="_blank">Catherine Violet Hubbard Foundation.</a> I went to college with Catherine's mom. Jenny continues to amaze me with her grace and strength since losing her daughter in the Sandy Hook tragedy. The Hubbard family has found a beautiful way to honor their daughter. My SMILE goes to her foundation. </div>
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I lost my camera on Vacation in August 2012. So I lacked photos. So I stopped blogging altogether. I will now attempt to get us caught up. </div>
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2013 began with out "traditional" birth of the new year cake. I think this is the second year...maybe 3rd that we did this. In January I was on at home bed rest.</div>
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Because I just could not go down to the basement for diapers I forced Gus to potty train by lying about having no diapers. I let him wear sweat pants with no underwear. He cried and carried on and eventually fell asleep on the couch. Feet on the floor, body on the couch, pants around his thighs, wanker hanging out. When he woke up he agreed to pee on the potty. The training took forever!<br />
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Since I had gestational diabetes with this pregnancy I had to check in the night before to have my glucose checked through the night. To save a day of leave, Kyle went to work. I went out to eat my last meal with my friend, <a href="http://anyamonroe.com/" target="_blank">Anya</a>, and then she dropped me off at the hospital. This is how giant I was!!</div>
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On Friday February 1st Scarlet was born! </div>
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Luckily her brothers are really happy to have her! Kyle took off of work for three full weeks. Woo Hoo! We settled in much more easily than when Gus arrived. Adding #2 is much more overwhelming than adding #3.</div>
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Scarlet was surprisingly an itty bitty 5 pounds 10 ounces. Since she was 39 weeks and I had gestational diabetes we were all expecting her to be a it heavier. </div>
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On February 16, 2013 Reese turned 6. We had a birthday party at home with just the grandparents. I believe this was the real beginning of Legomania if memory serves.</div>
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One Month Old! </div>
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Four Months Old!</div>
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June 26, 2013 Gus turned 4!</div>
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Reese, 6; Gus 4; Scarlet SIX Months Old!</div>
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First trip to the aquarium, Seven Months Old!</div>
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Eight Months Old! This is before she broke Reese's super glasses! SO sad he only got to wear these about 3 months. </div>
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Happy Halloween!!</div>
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At some point soon I'll go back and bring the blog up to date, but my shower was today and since it was totally awesome I need to blog about it RIGHT NOW!</div>
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35 weeks and 2 days! So nice of people to stick with the pink and orange theme for the gift bags in the background.</div>
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My dearest friend, <a href="http://thelovelymessy.com/" target="_blank">Anya</a>, hosted and she made the most fabulous decorations!!!</div>
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Do you see the cuteness???? That is a canner rack holding quart sized jars filled with orange and pink tissue paper and tissue paper flowers! Love it!!</div>
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This was hanging above the food table....orange and pink tissue paper puff balls and SUPER cute girl outfits on the clothes line!!</div>
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The game set up...instructions and the sign up sheet. They had to guess how many TP squares would fit around my belly. </div>
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This cute little station is a table wearing an apron!!!! So cute!!! Everyone wrote a sweet note on a little birdie to hang on the string tree on the wall.</div>
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I really hope these ladies did not understand the rules...do you see how many squares of toilet paper they guessed would fit around me???? Take a look at your tp roll and then you'll get a better idea of how giant they think I look.</div>
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One friend made some really cute lovies, burp cloths and a coming home hat!! I LOVE them!!!</div>
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I got really good gifts, but these gift opening photos are the ones where I personally look the best! I want to be the least gross on my own blog that I can get, ha ha!</div>
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The costume issue this Halloween was much more difficult than usual as Gus now has an opinion. Reese decided ages before Halloween to be Hawkeye (an Avenger). For the Library party he was Hawkeye and Gus was Spiderman. Gus listened intently to the stories.</div>
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He also sand along with the songs and followed the hand motions. We were supposed to make some kind of Zombie craft, but Reese suddenly told me he was too tired and wanted to go home. I felt really sad for Gus, who was a great time, but he was pretty agreeable to leaving...so it was a quickie party. </div>
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They opted for a spiderman pumpkin this year. We just couldn't pull it together to do all the fancy pumpkins we found on pinterest!</div>
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See that big chunk? A squirrel tried to eat our pumpkin!!!</div>
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For the big event we'd been REALLY talking up the other Avengers. I wanted Gus to be another Avenger so people may understand that Reese was Hawkeye...he's not exactly the most well known character. Well, after all the Hulk, Captain America and Thor hype...Reese changed his mind and decided to be Thor! ha ha! Luckily we've had this costume in the dress up bin for ages.</div>
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It rained, HARD, on Halloween so we decided to go to the mall for Trick or Treating. What a crazy mad house!!! It was a huge, slow moving, line around the mall. Almost all the stores were "out of candy" by the time we got to them and quite a few had lame stickers. OH it was a monster disappointment for Kyle and I, but given the choice to leave and head to Walmart to pick out candy of their choosing Reese was adamant that he wanted to keep trick or treating...ugh, it was misery. </div>
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I really hope next year it doesn't rain!</div>
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We started our first year of soccer in late August. Our club didn't have enough kids for a BU5 and BU6 team so we were combined into a BU6 team. Age-wise Reese should be on BU6 but since he didn't play last year he didn't know as much as the other 2 5 year olds. We also had 3 just turned 4 year olds on our team. There was lots of playing and chatting on the field.</div>
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Reese eventually got the hang of what to do especially when they each practiced with their own ball. There were several incidents of extreme upset when they all practiced with one ball. Reese was pretty ticked off when other people stole "his" ball.</div>
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We had 10 games from September through November 10th. Luckily we had a late start AND a late finish to summer so we had lots of good playing weather until very close to the end of the season. Reese really started to get into it and even got a special "newly aggressive player" badge for his team sweatshirt when he really started muscling into the fray.</div>
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We didn't win any games, but fortunately at least 4 of the boys, Reese included, seemed fairly oblivious to the other team scoring. They were very excited when their own team, Sharks, scored though. I was afraid he'd get discouraged and not want to play. Luckily that didn't happen. He made a lot of progress this season and the 2 kids on our team that played last year were light years ahead, so I expect him to do well next year.</div>
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He wven managed to score a couple of goals this season about which he was over the moon!!</div>
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Reese and Mommy made some new friends and had a good time this season. Now if the rains come in September next year that may be a different story. </div>
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Reese took a few art classes this summer. The first was Young Artists Camp for 4-6 year olds. He absolutely loved it. This bear was his final project. They sketched it, then used sharpie to outline before painting it. This school has samples around town of artwork with the artists photo. The teacher took Reese's photo and color copied his bear to use for that purpose. His was the only one. So we're excited to see if we can find it. There are some hanging at Reese's speech therapy office, but his isn't one of those. I may just have to call to see if I can found out where his is so Reese can see it. :)</div>
Heather Benzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01467755518238501433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3695266793979701625.post-63686871721478702712012-09-28T12:02:00.000-07:002012-09-28T12:02:00.866-07:00Northwest Trek<div style="text-align: center;">
The last weekend of July we visited Northwest Trek. Unfortunately it was the coldest day of the summer. You get on a tram that drives you through the park with a narrator tram driver, then there is a walk around part.</div>
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This moose was practically on the road. I could have literally reached out and touched him. </div>
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There were a handful of bison babies. The mama was absolutely gigantic. I wish there was something for size perspective.</div>
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This cutie really enjoyed the tram ride, but it was hard to know if he was actually seeing a lot of the animals that weren't right in his face easy to see.</div>
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I think these were elk, also really large animals.</div>
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This guy was super cute!! A beaver specifically trained for special programs. She doesn't get to live with the other beavers anymore :( so she'll remain engaged with the humans. But apparently she is always given an option to perform or not and she seems to thrive on the attention.</div>
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This bear seems super close but there is a huge fence between us.</div>
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These cheese balls had a great time checking out all the animals.</div>
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Though they frequently moaned about how tired their legs were. </div>
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This beaver kept dive bombing the window and high fiving the boys. It was pretty hilarious.</div>
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Family portrait with the bear. I'm about 12 weeks along at this point.</div>
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One of Gus' birthday gifts was a membership to the Seattle Aquarium. Way back in late July we walked on the ferry and strolled down to the aquarium for our first time ever. </div>
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The boys really liked the tide pool stuff and the octopus. They couldn't get enough of the Octopus photo ops.</div>
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We may have spent more time on this section than anything else!</div>
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But the conversation was focused on sharks. I was afraid we may actually experience the end of the world if this place did not produce a shark for viewing. Luckily we found a few. I failed to snap a photo but in one of the other tanks like this shark one was a diver who played with the boys through the window for quite sometime. </div>
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My favorites were the cute seals. The weather was so perfect we were actually able to enjoy the outside pools. </div>
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We are looking forward to many more visits for the next year because both boys loved it and the walk on ferry option makes it an easy walk! Who else can walk to their city's aquarium? :)</div>
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<br />Heather Benzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01467755518238501433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3695266793979701625.post-21110890230250925082012-09-07T16:37:00.000-07:002012-09-07T16:37:01.996-07:00Birthday!<div style="text-align: center;">
Back on July 6 I turned 27!! Woo Hoo! No not really. Well, yes I did turn 27 on July 6th, but not in 2012.</div>
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We went to Red Lobster for my birthday dinner. Look I was still wearing regular clothes then. (aka NOT maternity) The boys generally fight over sitting next to Dad. Then they all squeeze in and I get lots of elbow room. But since it was my birthday Reese decided he could probably sit next to me.</div>
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Gus tasted the lemons...several times. </div>
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He practiced posing for the camera too.</div>
Heather Benzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01467755518238501433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3695266793979701625.post-32825072244176623632012-08-20T23:31:00.001-07:002012-08-20T23:33:11.195-07:00Why YES, We Are Still Alive!!!!I know I've been a serious blog slacker, but it's time to get caught up. We are in fact still living and we actually did some stuff this summer.<br />
JUNE....first and foremost in the exciting world of the Benza Clan? I finally got a pink + on my stick! Woo HOO!!!! I had mostly decided it wasn't going to happen, but I was giving us to the end of the summer before we stopped trying. In the 3rd week of May we went to Great Wolf Lodge where I ate like a piglet and caught a nasty cold. I decided to take a test before I took any cold medicine. It was positive!!<br />
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My former co-worker at a soul sucking job opened her own business!!! SK Frozen Yogurt Shop. See that cute boy in the photo? He was THE FIRST CUSTOMER ever to grace the doorway!! It was delish and you pay by the ounce...you pull your own. If you're local, head over to Mile Hill Drive in Port Orchard. It's right by the 7 Eleven and Pizza Time after you pass A&W.<br />
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We hit the <a href="http://www.rodeodrivein.com/" target="_blank">Rodeo Drive In</a>....several times.</div>
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We won tickets on Facebook from the boys' dentist, Dr. Jessie Banks, so we got to see the Blue Jackets Baseball team play. The boys especially liked the cotton candy and cracker jacks. :)</div>
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Gus looks WAY too grown in this photo.</div>
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Reese tried out a bunch of the equipment he previously avoided...and showed off his muscles.</div>
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We dragged Grandpop to the new SeeFilm Bremerton Theater for Madagascar 3.</div>
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Gus posed with the Ice Age display...we saw that one too!!</div>
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Last but not least we celebrated this cute boy's third birthday. Oh my gosh, how did the time go by so fast??? Gus is so much less baby at 3 than Reese was. He's a munchkin too...14th percentile for BMI. ha ha...but boy this kid can talk!! At this point Reese had about 15 words and Gus has a billion so he just seems so much older to me. He wants to do everything himself. He wants every single thing he wants the very second he thinks of it. He's pretty loudly verbal about getting too. </div>
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Gus is constantly demanding we watch to see what he can do...then he demonstrates his new jumping skill or drawing skill. He is utterly anti-toilet, so no potty training is on the horizon. He loves to sleep on the top bunk with his brother. He's quite the homebody. He is a devilish beast about half the time and absolutely adorable the other half. When I'm about to lose my mind if there is anymore chatter he pipes up with "MOMMY, MOMMY, I really love you." He's quite the cutie, that one.</div>
Heather Benzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01467755518238501433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3695266793979701625.post-69087675007596900822012-05-29T22:58:00.000-07:002012-06-02T22:59:55.877-07:00Camping<div style="text-align: center;">
We've been on the first "camp out" of the season. I use the term loosely as we visited campers, but we didn't spend the night. :) The Benza Grandparents camped for the whole Memorial Day weekend. We just went out on Sunday for a handful of hours. </div>
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The boys like helping build the fire and roasting marshmallows best.</div>
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They also roasted their hot dogs on a stick.</div>
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Every morning since this Gus has asked me if we can go camping and roast marshmallows. </div>
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I am so not looking forward to it, but I think the need to take the boys actual camping may be upon us. Or I may be able to convince Kyle to take them for a boys night out on an overnight trip and let me stay home with indoor comforts. :)</div>
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FINALLY Summer has arrived and we know this not because of the balmy weather but because the drive in is open! </div>
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The boys play on the playground before the show. You can see the screen behind them on the swings...yes that's Gus in my shadow...oops.</div>
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They also get in some kicking and catching practice with the soccer ball and football.</div>
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We've been showing up at about 7:30 to make sure we get a good spot...I try to park away from the smokers. That gives us plenty of time to play.</div>
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Usually we eat some pizza in the back of the van and then get the boys' jammies on.</div>
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Then we dole out our snacks and get the boys in their sleeping bags.</div>
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So far this season we've seen the Hunger Games/The Lucky One, Men In Black 3/Ghost Rider 2, Dark Shadows/Wraith of the Titans, Snow White & the Huntsman/Battleship. We love that it's a double feature for cheaper than the regular theater for one show. While we did have a babysitter for the Hunger Games it's awesome that it's not a requirement. We can play, eat and get the boys ready for bed then watch in the front seats while listening the surround sound on the car stereo. Perfect summer fun!</div>
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With Daddy back on day shift the tv is off all day most days. Reese was traumatized by this at first, but I need some quiet. With swing shift we wake up mostly rested and function at an easy pace, get ready for the day, have breakfast and dinner before Daddy goes to work. There's plenty of time for battles and rough housing. After Kyle is at work we putter, play, watch a movie, eat a dinner that is really like a lunch. Even if the boys stay up until 10pm I have a solid 2 hours of time ALL BY MYSELF before Kyle gets home and we watch our shows. On day shift there are literally no minutes in the day where I am alone and it's totally quiet unless I stay up later than Kyle, but I find I really enjoy a solid 8 hours of sleep. It's a good thing! SO...no tv in the day has been working super well for us. These sweet boys have been playing so well together. Yes, sometimes it is loud super hero battle type play, but lots of times I think uh-oh what is afoot in this quiet. And then I find them engrossed in something. </div>
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This day I found them playing Scooby Doo. Of course the nano second I got the camera out they stopped playing so quietly together. But they did get back to it. </div>
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Which allowed me a lovely few moments to linger with my latte and William Sonoma catalog.</div>
<br />Heather Benzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01467755518238501433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3695266793979701625.post-56695554452334918182012-05-18T23:41:00.000-07:002012-05-18T23:42:35.272-07:00The Avengers<div style="text-align: center;">
Yes, I know there's been quite the controversy: to take your underage child to the PG-13 movie or make him wait. Since my husband has been grooming the boys to be super hero fans essentially since birth we went to the theater. We decided to wait until Monday night so we weren't freaks with a 5 year old in the opening night crowds...mostly so i could avoid the judgmental people. But we needn't have worried. Reese, aka Iron Man, was not the youngest audience member. The weekend before Poppop came over for a hero marathon (Thor, IronMan, Hulk) and a few weeks before that they watched Captain America together so everyone was up to date on the heroes' individual stories.</div>
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Reese attended in full costume (I made him leave the noise making weapons at home though). He thoroughly enjoyed the show. He commented on quite a bit and yelled at the screen a time or two. But it didn't seem to bother anyone. One human good guy was killed which distressed me, but I'm not positive Reese even registered it since he wasn't a character that mattered to Reese. He did take a few minutes to sort out why Hawkeye, who Reese LOVES, was a bad guy for awhile, but he was able to sort out the particulars pretty quickly and "get it." I was happy they addressed (although briefly) the various romances from the individual story lines. ;)</div>
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We all really enjoyed the movie and Reese is anxiously awaiting it's release on blu-ray. In the meantime he superhero battles with Gus and Daddy daily.</div>Heather Benzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01467755518238501433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3695266793979701625.post-7348338008263245772012-05-06T17:53:00.001-07:002012-05-06T17:53:07.400-07:00Car Wash Day<div style="text-align: center;">
The boys have been asking and asking to wash the car for ages. It was finally warm and sunny enough to get it done. </div>
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Gus really enjoyed the scrubbing.</div>
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Reese preferred using the hose. </div>
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They worked outside with Daddy for about an hour on the car scrubbing. I think Reese mostly watered the lawn and toys and side of the house.</div>
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SO we've officially joined the ranks of the parent mobile crowd with a family sticker on the mini-van. But we didn't want to cross over entirely. :)</div>
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Get a load of these new shoes for summer. We can't wait to wear them!</div>
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Kyle and I found these awesome doodads for crocs at the crocs store in Waikiki. I've been saving them until I could buy the boys some new crocs for this summer.</div>
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We finally busted them out and the boys are so excited!</div>
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They've been wearing them with their socks since it's really too cold still for bare feet. </div>
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They are so funny about it. They've been hoisting up their foot to show everyone we see. SO on all our errands someone is craning over the counter to see and decipher the story about all the add-ons to the crocs. </div>Heather Benzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01467755518238501433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3695266793979701625.post-87682207790382782792012-04-23T22:03:00.004-07:002012-04-23T22:35:22.888-07:00Menu Plan Monday<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdOn3TTg_L_mA1miXSpaKWwyrreYnfYCZR096gxXHIvHIwhZOcOhvxO9IKLZAXPFw2tcRQtEex1nWJfXCX_PO52zR0e5rGVNmEmlnbK7c6o27DsuoFFNHDfwh4WtPxzIPdcScUuyGUam4/s1600/MPM_Button.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdOn3TTg_L_mA1miXSpaKWwyrreYnfYCZR096gxXHIvHIwhZOcOhvxO9IKLZAXPFw2tcRQtEex1nWJfXCX_PO52zR0e5rGVNmEmlnbK7c6o27DsuoFFNHDfwh4WtPxzIPdcScUuyGUam4/s320/MPM_Button.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5734828542448944178" border="0" /></a><br />MONDAY: <a href="http://store.aidells.com/index.php/hot-dogs.html">Aidell's hotdogs</a> with our <a href="http://benzabulletin.blogspot.com/search?q=pickles">pickles</a>, baked beans and star fruit (yuck, none of us liked it)<br />TUESDAY: Pork Stir fry with brown rice<br />WEDNESDAY: Cajun Mac and Cheese with ham, broccoli<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >cheese sauce: melt half a stick of butter, 2 TBLS white wheat flour, cook a couple of minutes, add approx. a cup of milk, heat, add handfuls of cheddar until you like how it looks, add a TBLS or so of sweet chili sauce and 2 teaspoons of Cajun spice. Pour over cooked, drained whole wheat pasta mixed with cubed, cooked ham. Bake for about 20 minutes at 350.</span><br /><br />THURSDAY: Sausage, Quinoa, Veggie concoction--I'm winging it.<br />FRIDAY: Baked Tilapia, baked potato, broccoli<br />SATURDAY: <a href="http://www.safeway.com/ShopStores/O-Organics/OOPasta.page?">spaghetti</a> and <a href="http://www.aidells.com/product/21">meatballs</a><br />SUNDAY: roasted chicken, mashed potatoes with gravy, <a href="http://benzabulletin.blogspot.com/2010/11/menu.html">curried cauliflower</a><br /><br />Get more meal ideas at <a href="http://orgjunkie.com/2012/04/menu-plan-monday-april-2312.html">Organizing Junkie</a>.Heather Benzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01467755518238501433noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3695266793979701625.post-9908663874648070772012-04-22T21:43:00.000-07:002012-04-23T22:03:11.709-07:00Return of the Jedi<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjk_6BAUzB6WsDfl_5VkGzfbLI8TohzEEzNZUbYHpYQ65u_sRdDHGPbPILnwdFxsF26i1L6J9WimqPidHrONkRQC5OtumNSWYZG25qfLtm1VKxpGjPYYp0d94JqyINJPx0OeWEYSxFuaU/s1600/IMG_1633.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjk_6BAUzB6WsDfl_5VkGzfbLI8TohzEEzNZUbYHpYQ65u_sRdDHGPbPILnwdFxsF26i1L6J9WimqPidHrONkRQC5OtumNSWYZG25qfLtm1VKxpGjPYYp0d94JqyINJPx0OeWEYSxFuaU/s320/IMG_1633.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5734824686010423858" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP86ENegpb8KimJ8OwZJX7hzrKrCB1ngNbnttGwed73aVBU1OFTwcAQgxnykgPe4_daiqZdPXOPpJFX4xoOQ-uWmaJ5sLUAkdyNGaw4ZIQgxKA1qy1xwbZgTUxMosmwHxUwqBSyFO1WSc/s1600/IMG_1632.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP86ENegpb8KimJ8OwZJX7hzrKrCB1ngNbnttGwed73aVBU1OFTwcAQgxnykgPe4_daiqZdPXOPpJFX4xoOQ-uWmaJ5sLUAkdyNGaw4ZIQgxKA1qy1xwbZgTUxMosmwHxUwqBSyFO1WSc/s320/IMG_1632.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5734824677628344002" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisLWyEFqwnqXZ2q9NJROOqe4rSrxTXG34fi_SKF3yLj2K2XHZA9TZYtygYCVIEXZCl3njMZ1tcpGTeJPnJoRwZ7YtssMRSXRQ4w7RI9Zz2e0ElUMuvDTCNZDUtYW1PH_-59eRbWEuCmkg/s1600/IMG_1635.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisLWyEFqwnqXZ2q9NJROOqe4rSrxTXG34fi_SKF3yLj2K2XHZA9TZYtygYCVIEXZCl3njMZ1tcpGTeJPnJoRwZ7YtssMRSXRQ4w7RI9Zz2e0ElUMuvDTCNZDUtYW1PH_-59eRbWEuCmkg/s320/IMG_1635.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5734824696120347490" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFGmtfjCG0CsGe3sZ9B8Nnf-n3ivaH_SxILUCK7pwidjlp8UGJW4nP5RUbylpbif9W97ixl51O3f7DKt8bCaNasVNE4pF8XSa75f9YA9k-uP7DpHdkXgd0Hm4eYLhm9pwF5KOavfR4b0s/s1600/IMG_1650.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFGmtfjCG0CsGe3sZ9B8Nnf-n3ivaH_SxILUCK7pwidjlp8UGJW4nP5RUbylpbif9W97ixl51O3f7DKt8bCaNasVNE4pF8XSa75f9YA9k-uP7DpHdkXgd0Hm4eYLhm9pwF5KOavfR4b0s/s320/IMG_1650.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5734824706638604290" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoy9ud1Zq14zSCTA1Yb4mAuz0zsCnZ83DvNIqfpdE4GuMJIVQIU5Pnfv0AKYmfUt-tA9Pg43L3O_RnzCcaIa5tjnGAt3pvBQeLeOboPe-3QWCciqeQbzOZ7maptuF-P-bykYNcUvtykc0/s1600/IMG_1653.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoy9ud1Zq14zSCTA1Yb4mAuz0zsCnZ83DvNIqfpdE4GuMJIVQIU5Pnfv0AKYmfUt-tA9Pg43L3O_RnzCcaIa5tjnGAt3pvBQeLeOboPe-3QWCciqeQbzOZ7maptuF-P-bykYNcUvtykc0/s320/IMG_1653.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5734824713689614530" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">No words required.<br /></div>Heather Benzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01467755518238501433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3695266793979701625.post-3205693671415883072012-04-20T00:54:00.000-07:002012-04-22T01:07:19.128-07:00My Arteeest!<div style="text-align: center;">Today I walked past the easel and did a double take. I looked again and called Reese. I asked him who drew this picture of Hulk. He said "I did it all by myself. Are you impressed?" Except he says impressed funny. In a cute little boy with a new word way.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3algRDRTJ_n5FPtmN5fQ3rCU2uB4xaTs1PtfomZuoWHILOaXXklaXZJm91LFucRibBTy0ExXwRayimMQ48pKXpvd_cKLvC6Zb5yX_p5g16IIrOwc58g97GP1PJ4Vx3guAq1Z4ZZ1Fls8/s1600/IMG_5956.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3algRDRTJ_n5FPtmN5fQ3rCU2uB4xaTs1PtfomZuoWHILOaXXklaXZJm91LFucRibBTy0ExXwRayimMQ48pKXpvd_cKLvC6Zb5yX_p5g16IIrOwc58g97GP1PJ4Vx3guAq1Z4ZZ1Fls8/s320/IMG_5956.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5734131675293070210" border="0" /></a>He has spent a good chunk of time every single day for months working on coloring, tracing and now free hand drawing. And YES I am totally impressed. I feel like his heart is as good as one I'd draw. He wrote his name and the X to "sign" his work. I haven't figured out why he needs both. The letters at the bottom "OAM" apparently they say "HULK." The black bumps he drew on Hulk's arms are his biceps. Reese was very adamant that I notice the biceps. I love that he has teeth and hair and toes!!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">He is very proud of his artwork and we must save EVERY.SINGLE.PAGE he draws or colors, even coloring book pages. He discovered one in the recycle bin once and had an absolute conniption fit. I assured him I had no idea how that outrageous mistake could've been made and we pulled it out...hooray.<br />I am sure we are neglecting some other skill to focus so much on this one, but I am so happy with his drawing. This time last year I was a little worried all his preschool classmates were drawing stick people or other things that looked like beings while Reese's artwork looked like scribble. I am quite relieved that not only has he caught up but I think he's doing super well. We are very proud of our in-house artist!<br /></div>Heather Benzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01467755518238501433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3695266793979701625.post-3192850458196719422012-04-16T01:58:00.000-07:002012-04-16T01:58:00.716-07:00Menu Plan Monday<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTX3OH_ANdnnBOGsLLYKfHHDCYLa_1b1gYyqI3E2RjNuxchIqZtAtmSNBebQB9abN814MomImDip0RHeSE_R57Mr7ceJp3VDY3yWjYMCWd3EuXurd-YOMDc8progXE2MiDIgYCqVcyUcY/s1600/menu.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTX3OH_ANdnnBOGsLLYKfHHDCYLa_1b1gYyqI3E2RjNuxchIqZtAtmSNBebQB9abN814MomImDip0RHeSE_R57Mr7ceJp3VDY3yWjYMCWd3EuXurd-YOMDc8progXE2MiDIgYCqVcyUcY/s320/menu.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730065062458450530" border="0" /></a>Monday: Smoky Chicken Tacos (using leftover chicken from Sunday's dinner)<br />Tuesday: homemade chicken soup using broth from Sunday's chicken<br />Wednesday: Ham, Cajun macaroni and cheese, mixed veggies<br />Thursday: leftovers<br />Friday: pork and veggie stir fry with brown rice<br />Saturday: leftovers<br />Sunday: Pork Chops, mashed potato, broccoli<br /><br />Get more diner ideas at Organizing Junkie!Heather Benzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01467755518238501433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3695266793979701625.post-84348587207128681362012-04-15T00:01:00.000-07:002012-04-16T00:25:06.832-07:00Happy Easter!!!<div style="text-align: center;">We started the morning off with our egg hunt!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2W9B34Mo8CPuFMEx6GjJ99EeCPjPFWc5el9ivCxsQRGFUApNTJABkB4O2gV66Ua7o63LJB4ug1QPeIgF5G6WzpPiqX9FhsbuA-qCNm7lkPMAx6KY5w7vSIGoYFrZm0AxaIGznm0KrjIs/s1600/IMG_5937.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2W9B34Mo8CPuFMEx6GjJ99EeCPjPFWc5el9ivCxsQRGFUApNTJABkB4O2gV66Ua7o63LJB4ug1QPeIgF5G6WzpPiqX9FhsbuA-qCNm7lkPMAx6KY5w7vSIGoYFrZm0AxaIGznm0KrjIs/s320/IMG_5937.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731892877824606898" border="0" /></a>Then we hunted for the Easter baskets. Gus excitedly showed his dad his Angry Birds shirt. He was SUPER excited about it.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcaPRZdHDoNm24lO9sReEIlCO_j7Xq5KbWGPIDwLKyplQ5R6WjRD-wwDjTdSVbddCMvpc91xseFTZWZLgNnk5nbZnci9qnl7DmFSR01UH0GmtT5FfCkjx3umYcpXJ4JYso2TUR2tTe1wU/s1600/IMG_5942.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcaPRZdHDoNm24lO9sReEIlCO_j7Xq5KbWGPIDwLKyplQ5R6WjRD-wwDjTdSVbddCMvpc91xseFTZWZLgNnk5nbZnci9qnl7DmFSR01UH0GmtT5FfCkjx3umYcpXJ4JYso2TUR2tTe1wU/s320/IMG_5942.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731892871996841090" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Reese has been asking for this Spiderman dvd since Christmas. He asked again on his birthday. The Easter Bunny finally came through. He loves it!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXjoBPdz2CZpWTA0bgE0hfRlGViN1GsxxAYxlovBZ5K03D0F1Xe8fd2fOlVCjXiHBtEiiGwsg9ugld5OOFbUycoGwAw6haeFHsLsntJII4Glk495EpEfqW-qcmRB6yz2DRVrClUFO5jSk/s1600/IMG_5944.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXjoBPdz2CZpWTA0bgE0hfRlGViN1GsxxAYxlovBZ5K03D0F1Xe8fd2fOlVCjXiHBtEiiGwsg9ugld5OOFbUycoGwAw6haeFHsLsntJII4Glk495EpEfqW-qcmRB6yz2DRVrClUFO5jSk/s320/IMG_5944.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731892862710452450" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">His Darth Maul Pop bobblehead joined his Star Wars bobblehead family.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghpW32dXLODrHI984OzdpJugbk1uRr57a5SPkHi7SN_VpqHqDgk_D26quom49ILkc1dkYjt-f245CNRWH4vrjVnIr0nlWhbkp1LUwtDxrmmwQkjeOmB9Hr9fKWDukU6DkxxHg7eIbcVLE/s1600/IMG_5947.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghpW32dXLODrHI984OzdpJugbk1uRr57a5SPkHi7SN_VpqHqDgk_D26quom49ILkc1dkYjt-f245CNRWH4vrjVnIr0nlWhbkp1LUwtDxrmmwQkjeOmB9Hr9fKWDukU6DkxxHg7eIbcVLE/s320/IMG_5947.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731891612659344418" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Reese announced he knew a good place for them to be. He decided to put them on top of his preemie diaper, hat, wristband shadow box.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIQ20zwwMT9dAxcvj7nZUkJ5gn6urKZ9KuPfTIZ6CZ7hrdfqdzr6ez7LXCEH1AosJDgU8O6z5QZ9dW03Rw0Ut7yetqTlY9of9Pw9IVyQevvDPQhF_5FcJTmchOjZIkl9zCDCHi9zK7GW0/s1600/IMG_5948.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIQ20zwwMT9dAxcvj7nZUkJ5gn6urKZ9KuPfTIZ6CZ7hrdfqdzr6ez7LXCEH1AosJDgU8O6z5QZ9dW03Rw0Ut7yetqTlY9of9Pw9IVyQevvDPQhF_5FcJTmchOjZIkl9zCDCHi9zK7GW0/s320/IMG_5948.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731891576668784450" border="0" /></a>He was very happy with his Easter morning.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRESW2_wE4GM42Kzj4JQkNvL16qr7bw_TknXO6bqtP_dDTvwcH-eocs_7PhgBelxMnVrgt6prs10aSQWjTYogqOuC-oUtcRcFJJ_HifOW3ewoijBlN115VaB0aZ257ca9ySvRRafFNgYk/s1600/IMG_5949.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRESW2_wE4GM42Kzj4JQkNvL16qr7bw_TknXO6bqtP_dDTvwcH-eocs_7PhgBelxMnVrgt6prs10aSQWjTYogqOuC-oUtcRcFJJ_HifOW3ewoijBlN115VaB0aZ257ca9ySvRRafFNgYk/s320/IMG_5949.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731891569195313890" border="0" /></a>We went to church with Kyle's parents. I should've asked his mom to take more than one photo because I hate the double chin look I'm sporting!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzv0e-UNGnLjjWuPazoWaGjz__zrodRVcvKG_0Ol6UqHBJgAx7pOK65SM-5hxXTDhaphI3FKpW3m-zKBRrPezteEJ4GSZoGQ43uqB2lJ9f4wwlK8pjgAEWgaDAGfRCUjs8M5MQAPABCiU/s1600/IMG_5953.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzv0e-UNGnLjjWuPazoWaGjz__zrodRVcvKG_0Ol6UqHBJgAx7pOK65SM-5hxXTDhaphI3FKpW3m-zKBRrPezteEJ4GSZoGQ43uqB2lJ9f4wwlK8pjgAEWgaDAGfRCUjs8M5MQAPABCiU/s320/IMG_5953.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731891561801052674" border="0" /></a>Then we had dinner at Kyle's parents house with both our families and Kyle's mom's best friend's family. I couldn't get my camera to focus on my mom's deviled chick.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAP1MeZEjjC6V8UERD1rVKHxsGDir0ABe4WwB8BwusNBLtU8h3TcGANY7AmoTfSUv4BY53kpgUAvzPKN-bFcZ0A2rvMBh2QiCk1ex6X_jJs2WAtA4j2Gw0ActwjyCliALxUDox-gcu2uA/s1600/IMG_5951.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAP1MeZEjjC6V8UERD1rVKHxsGDir0ABe4WwB8BwusNBLtU8h3TcGANY7AmoTfSUv4BY53kpgUAvzPKN-bFcZ0A2rvMBh2QiCk1ex6X_jJs2WAtA4j2Gw0ActwjyCliALxUDox-gcu2uA/s320/IMG_5951.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731891552936572578" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">We finished with the individual rainbow cakes.<br />Easter turned out to be the best weather of 2012! It was a perfect sunny day and the mountains were crisp and clear. Why can't I remember to take photos of the people and the mountains?!?!!?<br /></div>Heather Benzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01467755518238501433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3695266793979701625.post-4009829305541008992012-04-10T01:02:00.001-07:002012-04-11T01:47:52.783-07:00Easter Prep<div style="text-align: center;">Saturday night we did our Easter prep. We did potluck style Easter dinner with our parents and Kyle's mom's best friend's family. Our potluck contribution was dessert. We made<a href="http://runwithglitter.blogspot.com/2011/07/jar-of-happiness-for-my-birthday.html"> individual rainbow cakes</a>.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS72wh-LjOOINXJlKfTn33KWiiYVKKXXoc55ffZinTO8-jzwRVFQ1ChgU1G0bjJalEdHC68WfNLbIviAMHpJPgcB9CWqOq2Gakzy3nJ-PiQdC3GyUhczMQerv3kpEscm-rQLgWGvYM7Ag/s1600/IMG_5926.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS72wh-LjOOINXJlKfTn33KWiiYVKKXXoc55ffZinTO8-jzwRVFQ1ChgU1G0bjJalEdHC68WfNLbIviAMHpJPgcB9CWqOq2Gakzy3nJ-PiQdC3GyUhczMQerv3kpEscm-rQLgWGvYM7Ag/s320/IMG_5926.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730051782355026226" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Gus is not much for taking turns. He screamed "NO, me do it! Me do it, too!" every single time it was Reese's turn to add something. Reese doesn't like to crack eggs so he let Gus do all 3, but it was not enough. Of course the nano-second the bowl came back to Gus to add something it was all sunshine and rainbows again.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ufX6PrefGuxTDlm0eXbVzXNyR70Dobz-3FmzDa0MhAAYE63DsULi285CO_xDDpEqk69L-Mrb56J0SpTt_Sn_SxwAzZ1uyGpZe2aexx4c7KErsSsa0mSpMWus6h0hQ6t_ezovfRWNftc/s1600/IMG_5927.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ufX6PrefGuxTDlm0eXbVzXNyR70Dobz-3FmzDa0MhAAYE63DsULi285CO_xDDpEqk69L-Mrb56J0SpTt_Sn_SxwAzZ1uyGpZe2aexx4c7KErsSsa0mSpMWus6h0hQ6t_ezovfRWNftc/s320/IMG_5927.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730051787142973778" border="0" /></a>We made white cake, divided it into 4 bowls, added pink, purple, yellow and blue dye then layered them into 8oz. wide mouth mason jars about half way. I baked them on a cookie sheet about 3 minutes more than the cupcake instructions.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPH4YUm0qj__K9SG0zdO7hY8Z-wsxkL_cniILLncny6RpvF7UNU-vHoUbO2hUAF9uC3Q6kpeTqvSrYl5eQYcskNCqt4xPtoMhpT-eAb3zhS8-ZMhu431h2G0Ms9GQZvd18oOrc-C0c-ZQ/s1600/IMG_5928.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPH4YUm0qj__K9SG0zdO7hY8Z-wsxkL_cniILLncny6RpvF7UNU-vHoUbO2hUAF9uC3Q6kpeTqvSrYl5eQYcskNCqt4xPtoMhpT-eAb3zhS8-ZMhu431h2G0Ms9GQZvd18oOrc-C0c-ZQ/s320/IMG_5928.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730051802889839570" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Since we were taking them to Kyle's parent's house the next morning I just put the mason jar lids and bands on to keep them fresh and easily portable.<br />*****<br />Once the boys were in the bed we did our Easter morning prep...egg collecting baskets in the bedroom doorway. Since I wanted them to go to sleep I didn't tell them there would be an egg hunt. So I wanted to make sure the boys didn't miss the baskets. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd_EeR7VOAoCQn-QY7b2dluch2ieoILS_lC5YkiW2H1mi5bX9B032RrdKkhc31AYRpLRzU2Uk71iuXMeR_VbmCP_xi_k-oJ88yNyH8eX6U3ED0Fi_381j1Okv0RNIcK9kv7iFoyDJY7Pg/s1600/IMG_5929.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd_EeR7VOAoCQn-QY7b2dluch2ieoILS_lC5YkiW2H1mi5bX9B032RrdKkhc31AYRpLRzU2Uk71iuXMeR_VbmCP_xi_k-oJ88yNyH8eX6U3ED0Fi_381j1Okv0RNIcK9kv7iFoyDJY7Pg/s320/IMG_5929.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730051817947693138" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The eggs were "hidden" with care.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbmnKOPnns6tsK1PGLfOi5mBixovTLiDJgWMb37ZJE7wxfB7nLV4KyZJJ-1As61fR4jjMWnf-aVIGuFM-Fz8IpdnRojz2LBPSUmjsro1UD8XnYePcBNLv4mpY1eRGn3QnZzF6Zn2UQsTs/s1600/IMG_5930.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbmnKOPnns6tsK1PGLfOi5mBixovTLiDJgWMb37ZJE7wxfB7nLV4KyZJJ-1As61fR4jjMWnf-aVIGuFM-Fz8IpdnRojz2LBPSUmjsro1UD8XnYePcBNLv4mpY1eRGn3QnZzF6Zn2UQsTs/s320/IMG_5930.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730051824451943426" border="0" /></a>I was awakened I am sure before dawn to Gus' face and a basket in my face, "what's this, Mommy?!?!?!" I about hit the ceiling I jumped so far. So we got up and egg hunted. Since we didn't see any baskets I told them they must've caught the bunny in the act of hiding the eggs, so they better get back in bed and close their eyes so he could finish with their baskets. And they did!!! We slept for about 2 more hours!<br />When we got up I asked Reese if he found an Easter basket. He said "No, but we did our best to close our eyes, we really tried." He seemed to completely accept that there would be no Easter basket. Bless his heart he was so sweet. I suggested we check the basement and they quickly found their loot!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzVBSXnmehcoZA9Md2KtoPcm7YbYyBYVqgwD8iuYHi1MfxRopmg5er9z-zu26Az8ONZ6O7g0WnoPb7p29r7H07aGqoyd8Nza0UWcjpmkXSn50robWYFUpkZI_tq2YIVix1L1fMluQS6f8/s1600/IMG_5932.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzVBSXnmehcoZA9Md2KtoPcm7YbYyBYVqgwD8iuYHi1MfxRopmg5er9z-zu26Az8ONZ6O7g0WnoPb7p29r7H07aGqoyd8Nza0UWcjpmkXSn50robWYFUpkZI_tq2YIVix1L1fMluQS6f8/s320/IMG_5932.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730053056363020754" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Easter Bunny left a little candy, a C3PO Pop bobblehead, angry bird shirt and Muppets Treasure Island for Gus.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2mzveRzAG08p84tqz9YAGy99U6FDiJCjK2yiOXEyZx8J95YOsG09zVR7UN06dFY3JV9dYtn0Mz3ae6S0JgjDQ-Kd_31OhD1xYRZEvEV4PNQtMiptB2abP67RpBQXSel9XFHHw53O97mk/s1600/IMG_5933.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2mzveRzAG08p84tqz9YAGy99U6FDiJCjK2yiOXEyZx8J95YOsG09zVR7UN06dFY3JV9dYtn0Mz3ae6S0JgjDQ-Kd_31OhD1xYRZEvEV4PNQtMiptB2abP67RpBQXSel9XFHHw53O97mk/s320/IMG_5933.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730053066267872978" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Darth Maul Pop Bobblehead, angry birds shirt, Season 1 of the Amazing Spiderman cartoon and a Scooby dvd. So glad we got only a few candy items because the bunny left a TON of candy at the grandparents' houses.<br />We have so much candy it's ridiculous! This year we discovered no one likes Junior Mints. Really, none of them will eat them. They aren't my favorites or anything, but who doesn't like Junior Mints in pretty Easter colors? Gus was overjoyed with his purple peeps though. He carried them to church and to the grandparent's house.<br /></div>Heather Benzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01467755518238501433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3695266793979701625.post-34527647812453795342012-04-09T00:40:00.000-07:002012-04-11T00:58:27.750-07:00Menu Plan Monday<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCwxLaazlHS5etHgfNmUxSlJjvP-zUE0cmeCf7sEC1S6hSsn5XKcWlvCnd0xjKSL38dQC1dwfnmFkxWFPBU4yjrsx74B9XTlHQ6ispOfds4TRBdvJncabuQE4HUi3-EF0VNgOx7JBUin4/s1600/MPM_Button.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCwxLaazlHS5etHgfNmUxSlJjvP-zUE0cmeCf7sEC1S6hSsn5XKcWlvCnd0xjKSL38dQC1dwfnmFkxWFPBU4yjrsx74B9XTlHQ6ispOfds4TRBdvJncabuQE4HUi3-EF0VNgOx7JBUin4/s320/MPM_Button.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730045033258820594" border="0" /></a><br />Monday: <a href="http://joyinmykitchen.blogspot.com/2012/03/red-pepper-chicken-sausage-pasta-bake.html">Chicken Sausage Pasta Bake</a> - YUM!<br />Tuesday: leftover pasta bake<br />Wednesday: Jambalaya with turkey kielbasa<br />Thursday: <a href="http://joyinmykitchen.blogspot.com/2010/04/ham-and-potato-casserole.html">Ham and Potato Casserole</a><br />Friday: Nachos - I use ground beef, green chiles, corn, black beans and diced tomatoes<br />Saturday: leftovers<br />Sunday: Roasted Chicken, <span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span>baked potato, broccoli<br /><br />Check out what's for dinner around the blogosphere for more ideas at <a href="http://orgjunkie.com/2012/04/menu-plan-monday-april-912.html">Organizing Junkie</a>.Heather Benzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01467755518238501433noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3695266793979701625.post-19202877643865188822012-04-06T21:21:00.003-07:002012-04-06T21:27:50.637-07:00Awesome Deal<div style="text-align: center;">The April Special for Thirty-One is a great one!! For every $31 you spend you can choose apurse for 50% off!! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTMRJFUQ9qF5Ztzo8c37og4wKyMfYUjtJUc6_mCyjJl5G4HiCxtAyibiQCSmuzmwG380dcD1gxcJes0W8YK49TsaknnvpDehNuqyPze-PL3lbyF7WuN7FbyQAUAbLg6BnPrdgu9lpbZxM/s1600/thirtyone.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTMRJFUQ9qF5Ztzo8c37og4wKyMfYUjtJUc6_mCyjJl5G4HiCxtAyibiQCSmuzmwG380dcD1gxcJes0W8YK49TsaknnvpDehNuqyPze-PL3lbyF7WuN7FbyQAUAbLg6BnPrdgu9lpbZxM/s320/thirtyone.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728509405958777362" border="0" /></a>This photo shows the skirt purse with a pink skirt (50% = $22.50) and the retro metro bag (50% = $26)<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTWw8iTxjtiN87YzTgrASZoijjdDetvhyN-ELDD0836nRUf9XkAygZwDc85BHo5MTSQSVQWoxGe3Sz-hulqTK6tbcRmW3zfW9wmmx3X3KmT4mGL3tylgjJAtK3eE37s9KqwBS6JhR2wUQ/s1600/CARGO+PURSE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTWw8iTxjtiN87YzTgrASZoijjdDetvhyN-ELDD0836nRUf9XkAygZwDc85BHo5MTSQSVQWoxGe3Sz-hulqTK6tbcRmW3zfW9wmmx3X3KmT4mGL3tylgjJAtK3eE37s9KqwBS6JhR2wUQ/s320/CARGO+PURSE.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728509410048494738" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The snazzy new cargo purse (50% = $31)<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwvtCUHPGVnsNbGx9yCGJIWqXYodRgi9p5I6IjvtFGbnouLjBtcWhsO1RBc_RJY9WLHT63zXpBb490_FvZit4GAUBe5kABusdGOJy2N9V_lm1N-9k7P2Jb_FUlHbFEc1gj_v2ktBVNjxI/s1600/31purse.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwvtCUHPGVnsNbGx9yCGJIWqXYodRgi9p5I6IjvtFGbnouLjBtcWhsO1RBc_RJY9WLHT63zXpBb490_FvZit4GAUBe5kABusdGOJy2N9V_lm1N-9k7P2Jb_FUlHbFEc1gj_v2ktBVNjxI/s320/31purse.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728509417470174226" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The demi purse (50% = $14.50)<br /><br />There are more purse styles and fabric options to choose from. You can see a catalog online at <a href="http://www.mythirtyone.com/HBenza/">my site</a>. Send me an email and I'll get your order for you!<br /></div>Heather Benzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01467755518238501433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3695266793979701625.post-44466379162392671922012-04-05T20:36:00.000-07:002012-04-06T21:30:46.079-07:00EASTER EGGS<div style="text-align: center;">The boys slept at Gigi's last night. They woke up at 7am...we never get up before 9am at our house, so they were tired. I convinced them to lay down for a rest with not too much complaint because I said we couldn't color eggs until after the resting. Within 15 minutes they were asleep. When Reese woke up almost 3 hours later he immediately popped up in bed and announced "I'm ready to color eggs!"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu5M9ijB1rMzgHPLMkOtAteqzyO_ft0RqvzWX5bqvbh_waLk_AnrhSwJ1416diSV-vdX213IzVf35HzBK2pxrxsboUfUpDLkIetMc5Jc0BvZvWWFU8-nwKLgdaAedDKncqUDddlTac8LM/s1600/IMG_5909.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu5M9ijB1rMzgHPLMkOtAteqzyO_ft0RqvzWX5bqvbh_waLk_AnrhSwJ1416diSV-vdX213IzVf35HzBK2pxrxsboUfUpDLkIetMc5Jc0BvZvWWFU8-nwKLgdaAedDKncqUDddlTac8LM/s320/IMG_5909.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728498896916895714" border="0" /></a>We used a jumbo muffin tin and <a href="http://www.heyjenrenee.com/2011/04/kool-eggs.html">koolaid as dye</a>. My safeway had a very limited assortment of koolaid colors which kind of surprised me.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI5AdEbHU-bpBfDsXDJud45SfoqKFGpHs78DY6PYEMNPok2kXGrrExUpthP3GHny8oBlv1ghXzLMyr9l2gYodQvIDcFx6oCr71dmeIlJ4TyErtkfOzKYUwi7sA-yqinHJRIKNfYDPEfiM/s1600/IMG_5912.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI5AdEbHU-bpBfDsXDJud45SfoqKFGpHs78DY6PYEMNPok2kXGrrExUpthP3GHny8oBlv1ghXzLMyr9l2gYodQvIDcFx6oCr71dmeIlJ4TyErtkfOzKYUwi7sA-yqinHJRIKNfYDPEfiM/s320/IMG_5912.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728498924728843922" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Each boy got to do 6 eggs. Gus was WAY into. Reese was a nice brother and gave one of his to Gus so they did 7 and 5...everyone seemed happy.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTR_Ot-n__8cj2c-skucScEcITZzY2ZvUYVlWydogefi6K6r7SWh1864sRxRMy9_zzbGXGcrPtbrznM-cA1pGhbHRQL9PnCPuBnCu_utOBiNtme4cax635Hbk9L1Bbc1SmicyiPhBxMbI/s1600/IMG_5914.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTR_Ot-n__8cj2c-skucScEcITZzY2ZvUYVlWydogefi6K6r7SWh1864sRxRMy9_zzbGXGcrPtbrznM-cA1pGhbHRQL9PnCPuBnCu_utOBiNtme4cax635Hbk9L1Bbc1SmicyiPhBxMbI/s320/IMG_5914.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728498931948126418" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Gus still looks not quite awake.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRbxjvbxloN3sFKKFuP0Ni3fro5Knie9mOOMxLzWOGYhz4_uEscAzgsFB06Kw_pqOo7kRRSdwXWgXPddUBzZC4qNZ4Id261oEGnI0fXxu2nNDo0b8EdbjgPuQllBtlmll84V9FA9muhzg/s1600/IMG_5919.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRbxjvbxloN3sFKKFuP0Ni3fro5Knie9mOOMxLzWOGYhz4_uEscAzgsFB06Kw_pqOo7kRRSdwXWgXPddUBzZC4qNZ4Id261oEGnI0fXxu2nNDo0b8EdbjgPuQllBtlmll84V9FA9muhzg/s320/IMG_5919.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728500728842018930" border="0" /></a>He perked up to taste his koolaid tinged fingers.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN5hl7m09BzG5O_tSjNa1IQzGdjdaCBhAG0q82nOSydpI_78kF5Xcuz0jUwB3DJ3cDljJwioFGmjUvvhsDbKFJjLsS7AFxbQi_UBlQaHvzLBLXBeE3yc_X8C3TllIGBgbELKAQpTYsWeI/s1600/IMG_5915.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN5hl7m09BzG5O_tSjNa1IQzGdjdaCBhAG0q82nOSydpI_78kF5Xcuz0jUwB3DJ3cDljJwioFGmjUvvhsDbKFJjLsS7AFxbQi_UBlQaHvzLBLXBeE3yc_X8C3TllIGBgbELKAQpTYsWeI/s320/IMG_5915.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728500705171132882" border="0" /></a>Reese promptly got busy drawing, coloring, and cutting out artwork.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikhXAlmQJLYTy2Q82wTH4wOesNXvJ0FeOhfYyUQSOavDOaWWGfc-eNtAlA8aYLP60WkiqEdkj4_KKXWkqzoDpeTqMldTl1sNIIs1mHOOEi-VEaN5kEWPq2uazfu162Ir9JXlbWtSpvbgk/s1600/IMG_5916.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikhXAlmQJLYTy2Q82wTH4wOesNXvJ0FeOhfYyUQSOavDOaWWGfc-eNtAlA8aYLP60WkiqEdkj4_KKXWkqzoDpeTqMldTl1sNIIs1mHOOEi-VEaN5kEWPq2uazfu162Ir9JXlbWtSpvbgk/s320/IMG_5916.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728500713667934162" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOi1JLcKBdpNK30xTDY4xW9lapqN5klBZ-ZJgR5G1LulsjFXlH5N6ONsQ7i6l9mrboY57lXsKgybiRtXDQj4faPXQ3TqmuetEdOR2eB6q_tM_PrmnOKidcfbofyY136qXzMBG_dmdpzwI/s1600/IMG_5923.JPG"><span><span></span></span></a>Reese's rendering of our eggs sitting in the carton to dry.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin7ZDJTFg-EMKlWxJi7zakEgDwhKYC2FnNvq8NnDW5atzj1xv6NP-E07wPTTEezfG1CPQYzgZk1sjFIL13ElLN2yn1aWWtyV6dDZiYb5XBVQC0rr6vTHxHVnaMiOsqpWhzq2wfcyhkuuQ/s1600/IMG_5924.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin7ZDJTFg-EMKlWxJi7zakEgDwhKYC2FnNvq8NnDW5atzj1xv6NP-E07wPTTEezfG1CPQYzgZk1sjFIL13ElLN2yn1aWWtyV6dDZiYb5XBVQC0rr6vTHxHVnaMiOsqpWhzq2wfcyhkuuQ/s320/IMG_5924.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728500752458894898" border="0" /></a>Tada! Our completed colored eggs.<br /><br />Um, yeah I need to google silver polishing methods for my Nana's Easter basket.<br /></div>Heather Benzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01467755518238501433noreply@blogger.com0