My husband and I got a date night this month and we decided to grab a quick dinner and then take a couples dance class currently offered at the studio I teach at. We really enjoyed it, I didn't think my husband would have been as into it as he ended up being, he had fun with it and seemed genuinely bummed when we didn't continue going every saturday lol. We will definitely be making time to do it again :) It had been about 5 months since we had a date so we were well over due, when I explained to our boys that we were going to go out for a little while and that their sitter would be coming over to hang out with them My 5 year old was thorughouly confused,"You're going somewhere alone?" "Why yes, mommy and daddy need some time out together too." His respones... "Oh for romance!" it was priceless...lol.
Yes son... For romance! If not that, just for the sake of our sanity!
We did a fun project for Valentines day at my 3 year old's playgroup that I want to share. Way cute and easy for little hands.
Heart shaped bird feeder
All you need: Cardboard cut out heart, margarine, and bird seed, hole punch and ribbon.
We just punched a hole in the top of the heart (you can use scissors too), layed out a paper towel and covered both sides of the heart with the margarine and then sprinkled the seed over it. strung the ribbon through the hole and hung it up. We don't have any trees in our yard so our porch rail had to do :)
Everytime we walk up to our front door my 3 year old walks up to the bird feeders and says "Oh mommy, look at my Vantines" lol
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I took my first wack at fried chicken earlier this month, and we've had it every week since then, has definitely been a HIT! With my mcdonalds and KFC loving guys I am happy to find a homeade version of a favorite. Thanks Pinterest.com!
I get a pack of boneless skinless chicken tenders and marinade them in:
1 cup buttermilk
1 1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon paprika
*If you can do it overnight than GREAT, A few hours works good too
For the breading mix together:
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 heaping teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon black pepper
3/4 teaspoon garlic powder
3/4 teaspoon paprika
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
3 tablespoons buttermilk
Heat up a large pot of 3 cups vegetable oil. Line a baking pan with aluminum foil and another one with paper towels. Take each tender out of the marinade and coat it with the breading mixture, really press them into it to get a good coating, then lay them out on the aluminum foil pan. Then I transfer the tenders to the pot 2-3 at a time, flipping them, and getting them golden brown, then remove and lay out on the pan of paper towels.
A fryer would probably work great for this too, I am hesitant to use my fry Daddy for anything I bread myself though, lol, plus the large pot allows me to do more at a time.
And WOW! These turned out GREAT!
This was a good month, went by too fast like they always do. I had my whole first month of classes at my new studio and am absolutely loving it. It's always humbling being somewhere new, starting with a new studio, new kiddos and hoping everything goes well, and I was not dissapointed. I'm at a beautiful facility with the greatest people. Full classes with great kids with loads of potential, already planning for the spring recital and I just know it's going to be great!
Landon tackled potty training this month, we had a late start with the move and getting settled and well just gaining the energy to face it, took a little bit but he is doing awesome! We've seen some grusome days of course, scrubbing underwear and the play room floor, but he has gotten the hang of it and I can't complain. We also signed Aiden up for Tball this month, so he will be starting that next month sometime, his first experience playing a sport so we are super excited, last week we got him a tball set, his bat and glove... gosh they grow so fast!
"Happiness is in the taste, not in the things themselves; We are happy from possessing what we like, not from possessing what others like." -La Rochefoucauld
