A Week In Our Lives-February 25, 2013

It's been a pretty uneventful week for us. We tried to make the best of a gloomy, rainy day by driving around looking at houses we saw on Zillow and Trulia. We aren't quite ready to buy yet, but a girl can dream. So far it looks like we can't find anything in our price range for the specifics we are looking for. New Jersey is a tough place for real estate. It's quite depressing. There was one house we liked but the town it's in may be a little iffy.

On Sunday, I went out to brunch with some friends to catch up. Hudson Tavern in Hoboken has the best breakfast sandwich ever! Once I got home, I went into full Oscar prep mode. I made those delicious pretzels you saw yesterday. Finally when 8:30 rolled around, I plopped in front of the TV with my pretzel and a big glass of wine! Yum!

I don't have any pictures from this weekend, but I do have a video I shot tonight if Landon making the most of Laundry Day.



He loves throwing himself into the pile of laundry. It's so cute!

Savory Sunday-Rosemary Pretzels

Happy Oscar Night! Hope you all enjoyed the theatrics of the show. I'm so glad that Argo won Best Picture and Jennifer Lawrence won Best Actress. Both were well deserved! In preparation for our awards-watching, I made this delicious recipe. I saw somewhere this past week that someone was doing a "PJs and Pearls"Oscar watching party. This was our PJs and Pretzels party.

Kids in the Kitchen

Cooking has been quite difficult lately. Long gone are the days where I could set Landon up in the bouncer or jumperoo just outside of the kitchen while I worked my magic. Instead, every night when I try to make dinner, I get accosted with whines, arms around my legs so I can't walk, and the "pick-me-up" flailing motion.

My latest solution has been to include Landon in the cooking process. He is so satisfied doing it and it helps me keep an eye on him. I've been pulling up a step stool to the counter and he climbs right on. Sometimes I just set out a handful of raisins or goldfish for him to munch on while I cook and other times, I let him get right into the action.

While I was making rice crispy treats, he helped stir and throw marshmallows in:

Movie Review- Identity Thief

We saw Identity Thief this weekend. I love Jason Bateman and I love Melissa McCarthy, so this is a great combination in my book. 

A Week in Our Lives-February 18, 2013

Thank goodness for 3-day weekends! We've had two in a row and could really get used to it! 

After an entire week of a sick baby, Landon finally seems like he's getting back to normal. In the past week, we've been to the doctor 4 times! The first was for his 18-month visit, but then 2 sick visits and another visit for a shot later, hopefully he's done with the doctor for a while! 

On Saturday, we took advantage of our Groupon for a year-long membership to the American Museum of Natural History. We saw the Planetarium, North American Mammals, Ocean Life, Planet Earth, and Dinosaurs. When we weren't holding him up to the dioramas, Landon was sitting straight up in his stroller in awe. He loved the museum. Unfortunately, he fell asleep a minute before we got to the Dinosaur room. 

Landon's first NYC taxi ride

Savory Sunday-Creamy Mushroom and Wild Rice Soup

Since Bartek and I have given up sweets for Lent, I decided to transform Sweet Tooth Sunday into Savory Sunday. For the next six weeks, I'll be sharing yummy recipes for appetizers and entrees that I love. Today I decided to go with this recipe for Creamy Mushroom and Wild Rice Soup I tried a few weeks ago. It's a quick and simple soup that has so many delicious flavors melding together. 

A Week in Our Lives-February 11, 2013

Hi Everyone! It's been a busy few weeks for me at work. I've been preparing for a presentation I give three times a year. It was last Tuesday and I'm so glad it's over! I get a chance to breathe! I wasn't able to post last Monday because I was away from my computer so this will be two weeks of updates.

Last weekend, my little guy turned 18 months old! I feel like that's a huge milestone month because now he's officially a year-and-a-half. For people that don't have kids, I feel like they are always confused when parents refer to their children's age by month. Before Landon, I always found it strange. So now, until he gets closer to 2, I'll say he's a year-and-a-half.

Sweet Tooth Sunday-Raspberry Whipped Cream

The unfortunate timing of Lent and Valentine's Day means that we're celebrating V-Day early this year! We will be giving up all sweets for Lent so we need to load up before Wednesday!! I realize that technically since every Sunday is a little Easter, we don't really have to give up Sweet Tooth Sundays, but since we normally have leftover desserts for a few days after, I don't want to waste anything. For the season of Lent, I'll switch over to "Savory Sundays"and I'll be making some delicious non-sweets on these days.

For our last Sweet Tooth before lent since I love my husband so much, I decided to give him the dessert that he wants, which was something fruity. He's been on chocolate- and peanut butter-overload from my past Sweet Tooth Sundays. So this Sunday, it was all about him. This was a light and very easy dessert inspired by this recipe here.

Sweet Tooth Sunday-Avalanche Bars

Happy Super Bowl Sunday! If you're in a bind to make a last minute treat for Game Day, this is really simple. Its a spin on the traditional Rice Krispies Treat.