Saturday School and the Unisex Boots

Today Bailey and Gregory's preschool had SATURDAY SCHOOL! It's the day when the parent who least goes to school gets to go to school with their son and/or daughter. And this year both Bailey and Gregory got to take Daddy to school! Yes, Mommy was left behind to fend for herself. :)

Gregory not so sure why Mommy can't go to school too

But of course Bailey is all smiles!

Gregory warming up to the idea

Both happy as clams taking Daddy to school

I got the scoop about Saturday school and it sounds like they all had a great time. The kids tell me Daddy even went on the twisty slide!

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THE unisex BOOTS

While Daddy and the kids were at Saturday School I went searching all over town for snow boots for the kids. Okay, we're in the middle of winter, you'd think finding snow boots would be easy. Well, it isn't. SO when I went to Walmart and saw these boots for $15 I almost did a jig in the middle of the store. They had 5 left - all size 11. Perfect! Bailey wears a 10 1/2 so these will work. I go and look at a few more stores to see if I can find a pair for Gregory - no luck - so I come home. I show Clark the boots and tell him they are $15 and does he think Gregory would be able to walk around in a size 11 and he tells me they are GIRL BOOTS and he can't wear them. I'm thinking they are black and a boy can wear them so I have Gregory walk around in them and he's fine. I put on his snow pants and they totally cover most of the boot so I show Clark and he says okay. I run back to Walmart with Gregory and now they only have 2 left! We pick up one and now we have two pairs of black size 11 boots. Was traveling to the snow always this much work??

Happy Birthday, Grandpa!

We celebrated Grandpa's 72nd birthday today at Aunty Kristin and Uncle Bob's house. Daddy stayed home to work on our kitchen counters (again unsupervised and no kiddies bothering him.) He got a lot done so it is really starting to look like we may be done tomorrow! Whoo hoo! Uncle Ryan also had to stay home cuz he has pink eye! Back to the party. We had a nice lunch, yummy cake and the kiddies had a great time playing together. Gregory was so pooped he fell asleep on the way home!

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Puddle Jumping

Well, we haven't seen much of the sun this week. In fact, it's been raining ALL WEEK! I'm so sick of the rain and so are the kids. They've been going stir crazy so every day (almost every day) when there's a break in the weather we've been going puddle jumping!

Oh! Do we actually see the sun?

YUP! We saw the sun today. AND tomorrow the forecast is for NO RAIN! Whoo Hoo!

Valentine Decorations

While Gregory was at school this morning, Bailey and I took a trip to our favorite craft store to look for Valentine decorations. Bailey picked out some foam hearts with foam stickers to decorate them with. We also found a banner we could make together. After we picked up Gregory they quickly ate their lunch and started making heart decorations.

Vegan Banana Bread

I've been searching for a good vegan banana bread recipe for some time now and I think I found one I like! I found the recipe here and am actually looking forward to trying some of her other recipes as well. Today while Bailey was at school, my little baker and I made a couple of loaves and they are really delicious!

Dairy, Egg and Nut Free Banana Bread

Make sure your bananas are nicely browned, because very ripe bananas produce the best breads. Make one for now, and freeze the other for later.
Yield: 2 loaves

1/2 cup dairy-free margarine
1 1/3 cups granulated sugar
1 1/2 cups mashed ripe banana
3 tablespoons water
2 3/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup dairy-free buttermilk (1 c. of soy milk mixed with 1 T. vinegar. Let sit 5-10 minutes)
Preheat oven to 350ºF, and spray two 8-inch baking pans with dairy-free baking spray.
In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine margarine, sugar, bananas, and water. In a medium bowl, combine flour, salt, and baking powder with a wire whisk.
Alternate the flour mixture with the buttermilk, starting and ending with the flour mixture. Pour into prepared pans, and bake 50 to 60 minutes, or until cake tester comes clean.

Cool completely before slicing