Chicken Nuggets

We ate chicken nuggets for dinner tonight, and they were soooo good! I thought I would post somewhat of recipe for those of you interested.

3 chicken breasts cut up into nugget size and coated in a mixture of thyme (about 1 tsp.), Parsley (about 2 tsp.) and honey mustard (about 1/2 to 3/4 cup). Then in a ziploc bag, combine about 1 cup of panko whole wheat breadcrumbs, paprika (about 1 tsp.) and some salt and pepper. throw chicken pieces in and shake up. Cook at 400 for about 10 minutes and flip. Cook until done. It really depends on how big your nuggets are. We loved it and it was an allergy friendly, healthy version of chicken nuggets that my kids always want. I will try some ground flaxseed or wheat germ in the breadcrumb mixture next time just to add a little more to it. I served it with steamed asparagus, which my kids and I love and Will refuses to eat. The great thing about this recipe is that you can cut up and put in the honey mustard mixture whenever you have time and just do the breadcrumbs when you are ready to cook dinner. I am always excited to find a dinner that I can do that with. My kids always turn into beasts around 4:30 every single day and it makes cooking dinner so hard. Anyway, one more recipe for my cookbook!

Potty Time

Every mom knows that it is just a fact of life. Once your child reaches a certain age, they begin accompanying you to the bathroom. With my first child I was a little uncomfortable with it in the beginning. Then it became a natural part of my day. If I went to the bathroom my child followed me. Then came number two. She also had some odd fascination with my bathroom activities that I just couldn't understand. But, I obliged and talked to those two cute little faces who watching me pee and asked me questions about it. How fun, okay not really, but still a fact of life for us mommies. Now, with my third child of potty training age I have had to draw the line. He has been following me into the bathroom for a few months now and always wanting to flush for me when I am done. Then we wash our hands together. Well, he took it a step too far tonight. He was playing with the toilet paper and tore some off. Nothing new, he does this all the time. I correct him and tell him that the paper is not to play with it is only for wiping when you are finished pottying. I bet some of you can guess what came next. He thrust his hand full of toilet paper between my legs as I sat on the toilet. He wanted to wipe me! I refrained from screaming out loud and simply removed his hand and told him to LEAVE, immediately. After getting him to leave and closing the bathroom door behind him, I recuperated from the shock and unpleasantness of it all. I made an announcement to my children upon exiting the bathroom that mommy would be using the bathroom all alone from now on. I mean really, there has to be a line somewhere and my son just crossed it.

Silly Boy

I am getting rid of my girl's clothes that the girls have outgrown. There is a consignment event called Divine Consign that happens twice a year at the convention center. There are 60,000 baby items and hundreds of thousands of women attend each year. I went last year and found some great deals. So I signed up to be a consigner at the event this year. I wash and steam the clothes every chance I get. Liam happened to wake up from his nap a little early this day and was having so much fun playing with the steamer. (Don't worry, when he woke up I turned it off and unplugged it.) He was riding it like a horse, driving it like a car, playing hide and seek. It was hilarious. I loved watching him come up with different things to do with the steamer. He is getting so big and he is so smart! He woke up the other day and firmly declared that daddy was a boy and mommy was a girl. He loves to tell people that he is a boy everywhere we go. I have no idea where he got it from, but he knows who is a girl and who is a boy. He is also soooo sweet. He always says please and thank you. He now calls his sisters by name and asks to give them kisses before bed if they have forgotten. Okay, I'll stop now and save more about my precious boy for another time. Lost is back on :)

Ice, 2 Weeks Ago

Again, a little late, but the ice was so pretty that I really wanted to put them up! This was almost noon after the sun had been out for a while. The second day things were really bad because it iced over again and everything was really slick. I went out to take pictures the next day and slipped going out the door so I came back in with no pictures to show for it :)

Nin's Visit

Will's aunt, we call her Nin, was able to visit us a few weeks ago. She brought king cake and books galore! We had a great visit and Will and I were able to go on a date while she was here. Again, this was several weeks ago and I am just getting it up here!

Page's Tea Party

These are almost a month behind, but I really wanted to get them on here. We had a tea party at the house for Page's last and final birthday party! We had a blast. I made orange cranberry scones, chocolate chip banana bread, sugar cookies, cucumber and dill and egg salad sandwiches as well as pb&j roll ups. The girls all wore their princess dresses and Will's mom, our neighbor Jordan, and myself all wore ball gowns as well. Will's mom made crown and bracelets for each girl and decked out the table with her crystal and china. It was fancier than my own wedding! It was beautiful and we all had a wonderful time. Thank you for all your help, Nonna, it was a very memorable birthday!

Having to Say Goodbye

One thing that stinks about waiting so long to get the pictures up is that there is no commentary. I can't really remember all the cute things that were said or done. I blame it on the move. We have been so busy trying to move in and celebrating the holidays with so much family that I feel like I am forever behind on everything! Maybe next month will be more low key and I can get some things caught up on. We really enjoyed seeing all of our family this year especially since we didn't think we would see anyone! We had a wonderful Christmas and New Years and hope you all had the same!