This Little Piggie

The other day Elijah was playing with our toes and saying the "This Little Piggie" rhyme

His version went like this...

"This little piggie went to Mr. Marcus's

this little piggie went to church

this little piggie went to Mr. Bobbys

this little piggie went home..."

It was hilarious!

He is really expanding his vocabulary- its amazing the things he comes up with.

I have yet to post videos on this blog because I cant quite figure it out

but I will soon...

I need Marks help. 

I have a bunch of Elijah singing some songs.

Its a must hear, especially for the grandparents!

Welcome, Julia

Little Julia Keller Endyk arrived in the world on Sunday!

She is the daughter of Valerie and Bobby Endyk who are gonna rock as parents! 

Bobby is SO good with little kids and will make a great dad and 

Val is gonna make a wonderful mommy!

Your fist baby is such a memorable experience! 

We are SO happy for them as they embark on this lifelong journey of parenthood! 

We were able to visit them and met Julia- the girls were SO SO excited!
They even wrote about it in their weekend journals for school.

It was a good feeling to hold that little baby and not have a burning desire for another newborn.
My big family feels complete to me and that is a good thing.
It did however bring back good memories of my big kids being little ones...
it goes by so fast!

Pinkberry

My wishes have come true- we have a Pinkberry right here in downtown Denver.

It is an amazingly delicious frozen yogurt shop.

You choose the flavor and size and you can add as many toppings as fit in a cup! 

They had everything- barrels of fresh fruit, crunchy granola, fruity pebbles, mounds of candies

oh it was wonderful!

And it was reasonably priced- $2.50 for a small little cup- not bad! 

And the decore is SO cute- very fresh and retro!

I need to find another reason to go downtown so I can get some more of that creamy goodness!

Sweet Slumber

The other night I caught this picture of my twins in sweet slumber and 

memories of crazier times flashed thru my head.

They LOVE to sleep together ever since birth. 

They shared a crib until 6 months. 

Once they had their own beds at 2yrs, 

I would always find them sleeping together in the morning,

so now at age 6, we dont fight it. 

They sleep together every night. 

They cuddle each other and snuggle up every night.

It is so sweet.

I am SO happy that I was able to experience twins.

The bond is amazing and will never be broken.

 And dont ask me whose who during sweet slumber. 

Looking at these pictures present and past,

I still cant tell...

Ellas "First day of school"

I love that I can spend some one on one time with my Ella teaching her. I miss going back to school as a teacher. It was So much fun to prepare for 3rd grade back in the day:) But now, I have the cutest little student ever and its still fun to create an hour of learning for her. We were going to do preschool this year but it doesnt quite fit in the budget, so maybe in December, she can start going a few days a week

So,

until then.....

Her teacher is Mommy.

Today we worked on numbers (1,2,3) , writing, painting, bible story, and a craft.

The craft was making flower crayons.

She peeled the paper.

We broke the crayons.

We baked them in the oven at 250 degrees for 20 minutes

in a silicone mold(garage sale- 50 cents)

.

and ta-da!

New flower crayons...

 Pretty cool morning!

and I even got tomorrow all figured out for her too- very productive indeed!

Chocolate Chip Biscotti

These biscotti were absolutely amazing and VERY easy to make. 

I have never tried biscotti because the recipes I've gotten are SO long and complicated.

But thanks to Lunch In Paris (that french book I read) 

I found an easy recipe that is So yummy!

So here it is....

1/2 cup pecans ,chopped

2/3 cup oil

1/2 cup sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla

2 cups flour 

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 cup mini chocolate chips

cinnamon and sugar mixture to garnish

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Beat oil and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla. Add dry ingredients. Add chips and pecans. Line a baking sheet with foil and form two loaves with the dough. Sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. Bake for 25 minutes. Remove from oven. Cool for 5 minutes. Slice into 1 inch thick slices. Lay slices on their side and put back into oven for 10 minutes. Flip onto other side and toast for another 10 minutes or until golden brown. 

Makes about 12-14 biscotti.

One Month Later

I am just a tad bit late in posting pics from my twins 6th birthday- but here they are 1 month later:)

Special thanks to our own personal photographer, Megan, for awesome pics!

We decided to do a luau party this year- complete with leis and limbo!

The girls invited about 15 friends so it was quite a big party:)

We played several games

And ate cake and ice cream...

Happy Birthday sweet girls!