Monday, September 24, 2012

Baking


I've been really into muffins lately. It started when I was trying to find good healthy things for Abigail to eat for breakfast. I found this recipe for morning glory muffins and tried it out. I changed it slightly. I use whole wheat flour, 1/2 cup of sugar, and left out the nuts and raisin for Abigail. They turned out great. Then second time I made them, I wanted to add more good stuff (veggies) so I shredded up a zucchini and threw it in. I also used less oil. They were still delicious. And I felt pretty good about eating a muffin that had apple, carrots, zucchini, and a minimal amount of sugar.
Then I saw a recipe for butternut squash apple hazel muffins and I had to try it. I made one batch following the recipe pretty closely, and then I used the left over squash for a batch of morning glory muffins. Both were delicious.

Sunday, September 23, 2012

One of my favorite things

The fair!

 I love the fair so much. I couldn't wait to take Abigail. I wanted to show her all the animals. When we got there we went into the petting zoo first. She loved it. She went around petting all the goats like she does the dogs. I think it was totally worth the 16 dollars to get in and 5 dollars for parking :)



We also looked at the cows, chickens, bunnies, and pigs. I think she liked the cows the most. Then we made our way over to the art exhibits because I enjoy checking out the art too.
In a few years she'll be tall enough to go on the zipper, and then we'll really have some fun!


Sunday, September 9, 2012

It's finished!

About two months ago I felt like I needed to sew something for Abigail. I found a simple peasant dress pattern online and started sewing. I finally finished it last night! When I started making the dress it was supposed to have long sleeves, but I made the sleeves too tight and then didn't have enough material to make another set of long sleeves, so it ended up with short sleeves :)
Now it's time to start working on a halloween costume!

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Long Beach

We had a pretty nice day out. The aquarium was a little busy, but the weather at the beach couldn't have been better!

on the way there
feeding the lorikeets
watching the sharks
enjoying the beach
Later when we got home, Abigail added another word to her vocabulary, "bite," as in, "what you're eating looks good and I would like a BITE."