Not because I'll listen, but....

Carter or Taylor for baby girl? GO-

If you're a hater of androgynous names or presidents too bad for you :)

Yum Yum Yum

I've made some good recipes of late and just wanted to document so I can remember when I'm looking for something for dinner......(and if you happen to benefit as well, than happy day):

First experience cooking chicken thighs. Hurricane weekend--even though it's pretty rough getting hard liquor in NoVA and we had to do without the jack daniels, this was AWESOME..so much so we served the leftovers to friends the next day.

http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2011/08/peach-whiskey-barbecue-chicken/

and I finally figured out how to make some good mashed potatoes that weren't oddly textured.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchens/perfect-mashed-potatoes-recipe/index.html

Sometimes I struggle to follow directions but mashed potatoes is one place where it is NECESSARY

Fish tacos we whipped up after church one day and cory couldn't stopped raving. The mango was AWESOME.

http://www.thecookingguy.com/cookbook/recipe.php?id=299

I used tilapia instead of tuna and it was great. Cuz I'm cheap like that.

This was delicious and easy. We used goat cheese instead of gorganzola..cory doesn't like stinky cheeses :( I really could have just eaten the candied pecans all day.

http://www.ourbestbites.com/2011/09/pear-blue-cheese-salad-with-candied-pecans/

Quiche with every possible unhealthy thing ever in it. Very good. Although I think I should have halved it because it's still in our fridge and even good stuff gets old after awhile. I took out about half the cheese, used milk instead of half and half, and only used a little bit of bacon. I also added potatoes and slightly less spinach because I had some I needed to use up. Still good, although with the potatoes it probably is best for breakfast/brunch.

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/clarks-quiche/detail.aspx

(Harrison refused to eat this until last night on our third round of leftovers...and of course he said it was yummy until I gave him a bite with spinach/mushrooms :))

First day of Preschool

My little baby had his first day of preschool last week. He LOVED it. No problem getting dropped off, just didn't want to leave :)

We love the little preschool he will be going to 2 days a week in the morning. His teacher is awesome and he's already gotten to know the cute kids in his class. It's a co-op and next week I will be there helping out. I get to come up with a snack for 8 two year olds that involves a fruit or veggie and has no nuts, milk, eggs, or corn products......oh yeah and somehow ties in the unit on zoo animals??? FUN!!!!

here are some pics cory took the morning of the big day (I was at work already but he went in late so he could be there :)).

His hair was done at one point...somehow always sticking up within like 5 minutes...

ummmmm.......

Hang up your bag and get your picture to put in the class!

He's carrying his snack cup with a worm he collected the day before to feed to the class' prayng mantis...not that those eat worms but we couldn't find any crickets, so....

Fun Stuff

I've been working a lot of overtime saturday afternoons lately. This gives us good motivation to get out of the house and do something fun together in the morning. YAY.

We took Harrison on a "pirate" boat tour of the potomac in alexandria. He was SO excited to see the pirates and go on the "pirate ship" but then when push came to shove I think they made him a little nervous....

Lunch afterwards at BGR. Harrison's grilled cheese was delicious...my fries were great as was Cory's burger...my southwest burger...strange....

What? Isn't this what YOU do while waiting for your food?