Logan the Little Baker

I love to bake!  Logan is really liking to help out in the kitchen, so we decided to bake cookies a while back.  I asked Logan what kind of cookies he wanted and he replied "hot dog cookies".  He's obsessed with hot dogs...  I decided chocolate chip cookies sounded better.  I remember baking chocolate chip cookies with my Mom growing up and it was so fun!
Logan and I had a blast with the cookies.

Logan was really good at dumping the chocolate chips in (and eating them)

Cookie hands!

Logan showing off his handiwork.

The finished product.  Yummy!

Logan was sure to do a taste test for me.

We also whipped up some homemade ice cream sandwiches.  These little things are delicious and very kid friendly to make.  You can find the recipe here.

Logan giving our baking a thumbs up!

Stirring, stirring, stirring.

These are so good.  I think I ate most of them...



Logan's Dino-rific 3rd Birthday Party!

Boy, oh, boy!  Did we have some fun with Logan's birthday this year!  Last year was fun, but this year was awesome!  He was really into his birthday this year.  We prepared for his birthday by singing "Happy Birthday To Me" over and over and over and over...followed by blowing out of pretend candles. 
He picked the theme several months ago.  Dinosaurs.  Of course.
With my handy dandy new Silhouette machine and help from Pinterest, I made a good portion of Logan's party decorations and favor boxes.  I had one small hang up when the blade broke and I had to overnight a new blade so that I could get everything ready.  I'm pretty sure Jeff thinks I was a little crazy about the party, but Logan and his guests all had a good time and loved it!
I was pretty busy with things during the party, but between my Dad and I, we got a few pictures!  (Ok, a lot of pictures!  Bear with me.  This isn't even a quarter of the pictures my Dad took.)

The Happy Birthday Banner and the cake table (before the cake arrived)

I got this idea from Pinterest but modified it a bit by using our Wedding vase, dinosaurs, and glass beads!

Favor boxes and Dinosaur party hats!  I cut each and everyone of these on my cool machine! 

I made fun little signs for all of the foods.  I found the name ideas on the Internet for the most part, but I did come up with the "Tea Rex He's not Sweet" for the unsweetened tea!

Besides Brontosaurus burgers and Dino dogs, we also had Raptor salad (pasta salad), Dino bones (pretzel sticks), Dino Toenails (bugles), Fossil Fries (potato chips), and an Herbivore Section (veggie and fruit tray).

The cake turned out amazing!  Thank you Something Sweet!!

Logan and his Pappy getting ready to party!

Jacklyn was not too happy about Jeff holding her!

Cortland had a lot of fun!

I think Great Grandma Jenny's face is priceless in this photo!  Logan was attacking Lillie with his new dinosaur!

Here's a fairly decent shot of the birthday shirt I made for Logan!

I'm not sure how Veronica got the dino hat on Logan's head, but I was glad to get a picture!

Don't you just want to kiss those cheeks!?!

Baby Jacklyn was extremely popular!

There was a lot of pass the baby going on!

Yes, Logan is dipping his carrot directly into the dip container...and yes those are awesome dinosaur socks he has on!  My mom sewed them for him!

The bubble machine was a huge hit with the kids!

"Pop"

Priceless!

Logan and Addy always in constant motion!

Logan sampled the icing before we lit the candles!

Logan was so cute when everyone was singing "Happy Birthday".  He cheesed like this almost the whole time!

All that practice paid off

"Yummy!"

Lillie kept licking her icing off and coming back for more!

I'm pretty sure the kids were super happy with the party!

Opening his new bounce house from Nonna and Papa

Logan had lots of help opening presents

Don't worry, Logan did not hit Lillie with his new baseball bat!  He was just practicing his hitting stance.

Lillie and Logan check out the Cars laptop

Our little dinosaurs!

"Hooray!"

This was one VERY happy Birthday Boy!

Mom & Me Book Club Fun: The Kissing Hand

I'm a bit behind (ok...a lot behind) on getting this post done.  This was our April book club meeting.  Sadly, Logan and I missed the March one, but I hear it was an awesome time also!  Katie and her kiddos hosted this time.  They picked "The Kissing Hand" by Audrey Penn for the book. 

I had never read this book (and I think I may be the only one out there who hasn't...), but it is such a good book!

Katie reading to the kids.  They were so good about listening to the book this time!

 Katie found the cutest idea for snacks.  She cut pizza crusts into hand shapes and then each child got to make their own personal pizza.  The kids loved this!

The hand pizzas and the topping choices!

Logan and Addy putting their toppings on

 After getting their little bellies full, we headed outside to do the craft for the day.  Katie had cut out shapes so the kids could make raccoon faces and then they used finger paint to put their hand prints on the paper.  Amazingly, the kids remained extremely clean!!

Addy shows off her hand print!

Logan's finished product!

We had a great time.  The weather was amazing, so the kids were able to play outside together for a while too.  I think they were all sad to leave!
Thanks to Katie for an awesome book club meeting!

Logan Gets What Logan Wants (AKA Purple Hot Dogs)

Jeff, Logan, and I went to Chili's for lunch a while back.  Acting like the big boy he is becoming, Logan wanted to order for himself.  I think Jeff, the waiter, and myself were quite shocked when Logan's order was for "Purple hot dogs please."
Yes.  Purple hot dogs.
Chili's doesn't have hot dogs, purple or otherwise, so we had to promise Logan purple hot dogs for dinner.
When I got home, I googled "purple hot dogs" and got a big fat nothing.  Apparently, no one else has ever wanted purple hot dogs. 
Well, Logan is my little boy and I try to give him anything he wants, so I set out on a little science experiment.
Purpose:
To feed a cute little boy purple hot dogs for dinner.

Hypothesis:
Hot dogs can indeed be dyed purple.

Materials:

Hot dogs and spaghetti.  The first set of hot dogs has spaghetti poked through little pieces.  The second hot dog has holes poked in it.  The bottom hot dog is just a plain hot dog.

Red and Blue food coloring in a pot of water!

Procedure:

Boil, boil, boil!

Observations:

Hot dogs do not dye well, but spaghetti does!

 Conclusions:

The purple spaghetti made the hot dogs appear purple enough for Logan.

Logan inspects the plate carefully.

A satisfied customer!

Bottom line:  Hot dogs are very hard to turn purple, but Logan was still a happy kiddo at dinner time!