A Cute Little Box

Henry's teacher sent home a note about two weeks ago, asking us to send in a decorated box for their Valentine's Day party. Because we were packing for Disney and then out of town all last week, we were a few days late getting started on his box. We worked on it Tuesday afternoon and then took it to school on Wednesday {I think everyone else brought theirs in on Monday}. Actually, Jason wrapped the box for me Monday night {he is much better at that kind of thing...straight edges and nice creased lines...than I am}. Henry and I decorated his box the next day with lots of red and white stickers {and few things that had to be hot glued on}.

His box turned out pretty cute, considering we just used some old craft stuff I had around the house. I think I may save this box and let him use it again next year, because you know they will be doing the whole Valentine mailbox thing in Kindergarten too!!

Henry had his very first Valentine's Day party at preschool today.

And I forgot my camera.

But I did get this picture of the inside of his Valentine's box and all the goodies he brought home.

He got all kinds of cute stuff....pencils, candy, bubbles, and cards! I think I am going to keep one or two or the cards....since these are the first Valentine's he has gotten from someone other than me or Jason!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

Homemade Baby Food

Eli has been ready to eat baby food for a while now.

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But every time I feed him the store bought stuff {which has only been like 4 times} he seems to get a weird rashy place on his face.

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So, I decided I should stop torturing my child with yucky baby food and make him some homemade stuff instead.

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I looked for some 'recipes' for homemade baby food online, but all I found were a few sites that told you to peel, core, slice, boil, and puree the apples. I may not be a cooking genius, but I kinda already knew to do that part....I guess I just wanted to make sure I was doing it right!

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I picked up a 5 pound bag of apples at the store yesterday and started working on my first attempt at applesauce around 5 yesterday afternoon.

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Eli was hanging out in the stroller watching me prep the apples.

I put the applesauce in some glass container and then stuck all but one of them in the freezer for later. This morning I tried to feed Eli some of the applesauce, but he wasn't too impressed. He actually gagged a few times, so I think that the applesauce may be too thick. I guess I will have to either thin it out a little bit or try to process it a little more to make it smoother.
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While we were waiting on the apples to cool a little, I made him some bananas {which he really liked!!}. The bananas were a lot easier to make because all you have to do is process them {no peeling, chopping, or cooking}. Eli may be eating a lot of bananas especially if he keeps gagging on my applesauce!!

Wordless Wednesday

Not Me! Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

I did NOT spend all week at Walt Disney World in Orlando Florida.

It was NOT super cold all week, and it definitely wasn’t record low temperature for Florida.

I did NOT eat way too much junk food and way too many sweets. I would never do that. I always eat healthy salads and fruit, always. No chocolate chip cookies, caramel apples, rice crispy Mickey’s, or ice cream for me. Never.

I did NOT bribe my kids to get them on rides at Disney World that they were scared to ride on. {They DID have fun once they got on the rides!!}

I did NOT wear shorts this week in 30-degree weather, hoping that it would ‘magically’ get warmer than the weatherman said it would.

I did NOT pay $20 to get the boys’ faces painted at the Magic Kingdom. I would never spend that much money on a little bit of face paint just because we had an hour to kill before our reservation for dinner.

I was NOT super ready to come home by the end of the week.

We're home....

and SICK!!

So instead of making my head hurt even worse {I have a major sinus infection/cold} by trying to remember what we did all week in Disney, I am going to give you all a quick day by day overview and then post some pictures!

Friday, January 30th:

Packed. Loaded the car. Drove 8 hours. Checked in at POP Century. Explored Downtown Disney. Rode the monorail. Ate at Chef Mickey. Met Mickey, Minnie, Donald, and Goofy.

Saturday, January 31st:

Got up early. Went to Disney's Hollywood Studios. Tortured Henry at the Muppet's 3D movie. Rode on Toy Story Mania 3 times{our favorite ride the whole trip!}. Ate at Pizza Planet. Met Buzz Lightyear, Woody, Lightning McQueen and Tow Mater. Bribed the boys {with a Light Saber} to ride Star Tours. Watched the parade.

Sunday, February 1st:

Ate a Supercalifragilistic breakfast with Mary Poppins. Went to the Magic Kingdom. Rode every ride in Fantasyland at least twice. Skipped lunch and ate popcorn instead. We all rode Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. Watched a parade. Ate more candy and junkfood. Rode all the rides in Tomorrowland {except Space Mountain, the boys weren't tall enough}. Sort of watched the fireworks. Got back to the hotel around 11:00 pm.

Monday, February 2nd:

Went to Animal Kingdom. Saw some animals on a safari. It rained all day. Wore ponchos for most of the day. Ate Asian food {not my favorite!}. Saw a warthog having surgery. Took the wrong bus {and ferry}. Ate ice cream. Took a nap. Drove to Wilderness Lodge. Had a wonderful Dinner.

Tuesday, February 3rd:

Went to Epcot. Rode Soaring 3 times. Got stuck sideways on Test Track. Visited Mexico, Norway, China, and Germany. Ate GREAT Mexican food and a delicious churro. Rode on the Nemo ride. Froze in shorts while waiting on the firework show.

Wednesday, February 4th:

Went back to Hollywood Studios. Rode on Toy Story Mania again. Watched half of the Indian Jones Spectacular. Ate at Pizza Planet again. Grant and Jason rode Tower of Terror. Watched the parade again. Took a nap. Ate dinner at the Rainforest Cafe with Jason's work friend. Bought some SUPER good chocolate.

Thursday, February 5th:

Went back to Magic Kingdom. Froze. We were the very first people to ride Dumbo. Rode more rides in Fantasyland. Rode on the Jungle Cruise, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Aladdin. Bought socks for the boys to wear as gloves. Took a trip around MK on the train. Got soaked on Splash Mountain. Found a paintbrush on Tom Sawyer's Island {and got free ice cream!}. Watched most of the Spectromagic Parade.

Friday, February 6th:

Packed and loaded the car. Went back to Epcot. Rode the Nemo ride again. Visited Canada, United Kingdom, Japan, France, Italy, and USA. Ate lots of snacks {we had 12 credits left to use in one day}. Drove home. Got Eli. Went to bed exhausted.

We had a SUPER time at Walt Disney World. But we are glad to be home....now if only I could get everything unpacked!

P.S. I will probably post more pictures when I start feeling better.

P.P.S. If you enjoyed reading about our adventures at Disney, head over to Andria's blog and check out all the fun she and her family had at Disney during Christmas.