Bread #2, Irish Soda Bread

Tried my second bread recipe of the week. I feel like making bread this week. Which is kind of weird since I really haven't made much bread before. It's an irish Soda Bread recipe from one of my favorite cookbooks, the Passionate Vegetarian by Crescent Dragonwagon. Is that a name or what. It was easy to put together, made the house smell like heaven while cooking, and was very tasty. Well, I don't think Aaron liked it the best but he's not big on raisins.

Ta da...
By far, the prettiest bread I ever made. I felt pretty proud about this one.

We had a pretty rough night last night. This guy....is teething or something. Who knows!! I can't wait till he can talk. He was up a ton. Neither Aaron or I got much sleep. I ended up sleeping with him on the couch out of desperation. I really don't like doing that. I'm kind of a stickler about sleeping habits. I really try to keep the boys in their beds at all times, but I just gave up. Live to fight another day I guess. I'm praying to all sleeping gods tonight for a good nights sleep.

Thankfully, had a great day out at Maggie's house. The boys and I had a great time. Good friends and good times.

Mud mud

This is a new game that Byron has made up. Today, he asked me " Mom, I'm going to play mud mud, is that okay?" I was getting dinner together and said sure! Well, mud mud just means making a big mess as in.......
That's a puzzle, potato head and a basket of books poured on the floor. Not to play with, just to make a mess. The sad thing, is that it actually always looks this way. The only time our apartment doesn't look this way is between the hours of 8 pm and 6 am, when the boys are sleeping.

I tried to get a good pic of the haircut today. It honestly doesn't look any different, but mom has requested so, ta da....I tried taking a group pic with the boys, I think I look silly just all by myself and this is what happened.....

Nothing-to-do weekend

Those can be my favorite kind of weekends. We didn't have anything to do, but filled it with a bunch of great things.

1. Park and Starbucks on Saturday morning. A great combination.

2. Haircut! I got my haircut for the first time since September. No big changes, but just a little trim.

3. Arturros Saturday night and then movie night afterward. Our in house date night.

4. Farmers market and park (again) Sunday morning.

Farmer market apples, yum!

5. Lasagna and bread (homemade, trying this recipe) Sunday night.

6. Last but definitely not least, playing outside in the back yard with the boys.

Signs of spring

Updates

Some updates on the fam...

Waylon:
He is now down to one nap a day. He was definitely ready. He's taking one 1 1/2 to 2 hr nap each afternoon. His third molar is still on the way. We're all anxiously awaiting its arrival. He had a 5:15 am wake up time this morning that I'm praying was just due to teething. He continues his reign as babyzilla. Nothing is safe around him, unless the door is closed. Thank goodness he hasn't figured that one out yet. Just at dinner the poor guy spectacularly fell out of a chair. Just a couple new words. He says ow, tattoo, bye and I think nite nite now.

Byron:

He is still taking one nap a day also, although periodically he will skip it. We had soccer class this afternoon and he did great. I even saw him pass the ball to another little boy once. We did go one time and he didn't want to participate. He isn't sure what to make of an actual game, but loves the drills. He now loves to tell stories and talks all the time. He used to ask "How?" for everything and now has switched to the more standard "Why?" in response to anything I say. He calls his brother Way.

Aaron: He is really enjoying his research year at U of C. The hours are great. He recently started studying for another stage of the boards he has to take in early July (oh joy). He's also waiting for his licensing to go through for the state of Georgia. That has been a spectacular pain in the butt, but I guess it's good. You don't want just anyone to get licensed. He had to submit 3 different DNA samples. (just kidding)

Cindy: Everything is great with me. I'm really excited about our trip to Savannah in 3 weeks! I had a doctors appointment for my eyes, again, this week. All is fine. Just a little irritation that is being treated with some steroid drops. My eyes will be huge!! I've been reading a great book by Barbara Kingsolver (one of my fav authors) about food and eating locally. They talk about making their own cheese and I'm really excited to try it sometime soon. I have yet to order the cultures online.

Our day

It was in the low 40's today. It was absolutely heaven. It felt more like 80s. Guess where we went this afternoon?





It felt so good to be outside.

It's done!

My latest craft project that is. I was crocheting a blanket for some friends of ours who had a baby this last December. Here it is!
They live in Boston, hence the sailboats. I'm really happy with how the colors turned out. These are fun to do.

The boys were absolutely wild today. How could such sweeties be so crazy??
I cannot wait for Haas park to open back up.

Hello March

Isn't that crazy. March! I can't believe it's March already. I am so excited. This is the month that we go to Savannah!! Woo hoo! Ok, not until the 25th, but that's only 25 days away. I spent the boys nap time today calling our realtor and a bank. It's a little daunting thinking of buying our first house, but I'm so ready. I don't think I'm going to have that moment where you get freaked out about signing yourself up to be in so much debt for so long. I'm ready for it! Bring it on! I want to be in debt forever!!!! ( just kidding, don't freak out you Dave Ramsey fans)

Had a great weekend. Nana Renee left on Saturday morning (crying a little here). But, we had a great visit. We're trying to plan something of a girls weekend in late April. My spring seems to be filling up fast already. Bye Nana!!

Popa Pete and Nana Caroline came into town on Friday to help watch the kiddos while Aaron and I went to the opera. It was awesome. I really loved it. We saw the Marriage of Figaro. I didn't know it was so long, but I loved every minute of it. It was 3 hrs and 45 min. Aaron was a little antsy by the last act. He said he's just not made to sit in one place that long. The Pederson fidget gene always gets him. He is a great husband though. The opera was my valentines day present. It was incredibly thoughtful of him. I'm ready for more opera now. Hope they have some in Savannah.

Here's some cute pics of the boys trying on their new swim outfits for Cancun. Byron loved the sharks and kept asking to wear his trunks. Waylon was less enthused. I think he definitely looks like a tourist in his trunks with his slippers here.