Oscar Stew

I saw this idea on another blog and put it on my list of fun things to do. Dinner was looking pretty skimpy last night, so I figured jazzing it up in a muffin tin would go a long way.

Here we have grapes, cantelope, grilled chicken and mini bagels with cream cheese. Not exactly a well balanced meal, but when Ryan is out of town the kids are lucky they even get fed. seriously.

I thought they would complain about the chicken, but they snarfed it down without even asking to dip it in ranch. Amazing! Give them a small weapon instead of a fork and throw the food in a rusty old muffin tin and miracles happen.

Brinley is heading for Drew’s “campelope,” Drew was sure to redirect her to her side of the tin.

That bagel must taste like a little slice of heaven. Drew is trying to figure out which morsel of goodness to stab next. mmmmmmm.

I think this is borderline “playing your food” but they ate it all, so I’m a happy mama!

We finally took Rowan in for her 2 month check-up. She is just 9 days shy of being 4 months, way to be on-time! Our regular doctor went on maternity leave and I took my sweet time finding a new pediatrician. Besides, watching Rowan get her first set of shots wasn’t on the top of my priority list. We love our new pediatrician (thanks Rachel!), I think we will ditch the old doc and continue to go to the new place.

Rowan has happy-go-lucky and charmed the doctor. She loved the crinkly paper on the table, and was wiggling around like crazy trying to make noise. She wasn’t too thrilled about the shots, but got over it pretty quickly. She is 11lbs (25%) and 23.5inches tall (50%).

Her cute little band-aid. We need to have a talk with her about those short shorts.

This has nothing to do with her appointment, but I have to sneak in more pictures! I caught Rowan in a good mood a few days ago, she was flashing me all sorts of smiles and funny expressions. She is becoming so much fun lately!

Whaddya lookin’ at?

Do-De-Do. Just hanging out on Mom’s bed.

Whats that smell? Oh, it must be the mustard bomb in my pants. My bad.

Are you going to change my diaper or what?

I’m definitely missing the tiny helpless newborn stage, but it is so fun when they start to interact and play! The kids are having so much fun with her too, they seem to be able to get smiles out of her when I can’t! I think they are already planning ways to gang up on me…

We had to go back to the berry patch last week when the raspberries were ready for picking. The berries were calling to us, and there was no way we could ignore them.

The picking was great, but as you can tell the raspberries will be calling to us again. and again.

Looks like Brinley hit the jackpot. Look at all that red! But don’t get distracted by her red nails!

Keep working you swabs!!! Errr, I mean great job kids!

The kids worked so hard we had to let them take five. A little bit of back-breaking labor never hurt anyone. Apparently Drew would beg to differ. We couldn’t even win him over with a chocolate granola bar.

Our flat of berries. We be jammin!