Healthy snacks...

I thought I would share a few of my favorite healthy snacks. This is great for breakfast too! All you need is Vanilla low fat yogurt, almonds slivers(or chopped), craisens, and apple slices. You can use different variations of this depending on what you have too. I have used grapes, raisins, walnuts, and bananas too. Delicious and nutritious!!

Another one of my favorites is veggie pizza. You need reduced fat crossiants, reduced fat cream cheese, 1 dill packet, and what ever veggies you choose. We usually use broccoli, carrots, and cauliflower with a little shredded cheese on top.

Almost every weekend I make mini quiche in our muffin pan. You whisk together the eggs or egg whites with salt and pepper, in a separate bowl have turkey sausage chopped, onions and peppers(I cook onions and peppers and then add the sausage in frying pan. Then spoon the egg mixture into each individual muffin cups about half full, next use about a spoonful of the sausage mixture(I usually add colby jack cheese to mixture too)until cups are full. Pop in the oven at 350 for about 10 min or so, you can tell when they are done just keep a close watch.

Enjoy!

Easter Menu...

This year it will just be Jake, Soph and I for Easter so I decided to put together a yummy dinner even if it is just the 3 of us:) I found a recipe for tangerine-glazed ham and baby carrots on foodnetwork.com! I haven't eaten ham in years, but this sounded so good I am going for it! Next up, roasted asparagus with parmesan! I wanted to incorporate a couple of my favorites so we are also having scalloped corn and cheesy potato casserole! I am still working on a dessert...anyone have any ideas???

To potty train or not to potty train...

I have been going back and forth since Sophie turned 18months(February) about when I should start potty training her. It always seems like there is a better time. We put it off because of our trip home last week thinking it would be better to go for it without the travel inconvenience, but now with Jamaica just 5 weeks away I am not sure that is the best idea.

Jake is deploying shortly after our wedding and I am not sure how she will react to him being gone. I am hoping to have her trained before her birthday, but when will we find the time???

Sure looks like she is ready by these pics though doesn't it!? HA!

Catching up...

I have been trying to get better at posting more often, but the weeks just seem to fly by! So instead of posting everything in the past few weeks I will give a recap.

Our visit home was awesome as usual! We fit so much into one week I can't believe it. First, we celebrated my Dad's birthday. So glad I was able to be home for that. Mom's birthday is in April, but I was able to give her gift to her then too! We also had a great visit with Uncle Rod, Amy and sweet Colin. It was so great to meet the newest addition to our family! My sister was so kind to throw me a surprise bachelorette party! It was so great seeing everyone! Sophie had so much fun showing off all her tricks and silly personality for everyone. I think she liked the bigger audience!

All in all a great trip and looking forward to our next excursion...Jamaica!!!!

Our sweet pea...

I have to say this is the most fun age so far with Sophie! Every stage I have loved for different reasons, but now her little personality is so stinking cute!! Sometimes she just looks at us with these expressions that our priceless! I really am learning more about her everyday. She is definitely a girl who knows what she wants!

Dance...dance...dance!

I have to say I am really enjoying teaching Creative Movement. Both classes are great for so many reasons. My Monday night class is small with just 3 kids and my Wednesday class is a full house with 12!! We are just getting into ballet terms and demonstration and I am really proud of how well they are catching on! I will bring my camera next week and post pictures of sweet the tiny dancers:) We have our recital in May and I think is going to be so adorable to watch 15 3-5 year olds dancing their little hearts out!

RSV

Well I guess it was bound to happen eventually...Sophie is sick with a respiratory virus called RSV. I've read up on it and it is actually very common in young children. It brings about an awful cough and congestion. Sophie has never even had a cough so to hear her coughing like she is just pitiful. Jake and I feel so helpless not being able to make her better. So for now our strategy is even more hugs and kisses to nurse our baby back to health!