Green Eggs and Ham!

We started our St. Paddy's Day week off right this morning with some better-than-the-traditional Green Eggs and Ham:

Avocado Bacon Scramble

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• Ingredients:
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• 4 eggs
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 medium ripe avocado, peeled and cubed
• 1 tablespoon butter or margarine
• 3 bacon strips, cooked and crumbled

Directions:

• In a bowl, beat eggs. Add milk, salt and pepper; stir in avocado.
• In a skillet over medium heat, melt butter or use nonstick spray. Add egg mixture; cook and stir gently until the eggs are completely set. Add bacon and stir to combine. (Serves 3 .)

Of course we also had to include some time with Dr. Seuss:

Does anyone else have any fun St. Patrick's Day traditions?

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17 months

A helper

I walked away from a quilting project, only to return to find birds camped out on my quilt top... nothing was disturbed, just two little birdies who decided to say hi.

But pretty soon there was walking
and lying down
and rolling
and hiding :)

Slide

Ethan's gotten the hang of going down the slide with minimal help from me. He can climb up the stairs, walk across the platform, and is learning how to sit down at the top of the slide (I have to help with that part usually). He also tries to say slide, but it sounds like "ssssslah" and he always says it in a whisper...it's too cute!

Finishing projects

That's been the goal around here lately! And here's one I've finally finished after a loooong hiatus from quilting :)

It's a small lap-sized quilt that is getting shipped off to my grandparents in California. The fabric is called Tranquility, by Moda... I just love the mix of colors. I used Kona Cotton in Cream for the sashing. It's a basic stacked coin pattern from Moda Bake Shop's website. I did minimal quilting since I have another stacked coin quilt in progress that I plan on quilting all over with wonky straight lines, and I like do try new techniques with each project!

A few more pics:

Ethan's favorites

Here are Ethan's favorite books these days at 16 months:

16 months!

I took these yesterday to mark Ethan turning 16 months old.

Oh mom!

Yes, here's an obligatory bath picture...  I wanted to see how long Ethan would keep that dry washcloth on his head... About 10 minutes!  Why do silly experiments on my son?  I can't say for sure other than boredom and curiosity, I suppose.

Food Adventures

Ethan has become a little more eager and willing in his eating preferences, which is a relief! Some days I feel like he really only eats pbj sandwiches, yogurt, cheese, and apples! While I know he really does eat more than just that, it's frustrating to feel like you're not feeding your kid a range of the right vegetables, fruits, proteins, etc.

Anyway, it seems like Ethan is still making good strides towards eating new things. This past week included spaghetti and meatballs, cheese tortellini, cilantro rice and cuban black beans, grilled mahi mahi, and a little bit of pulled pork!

Good job, my little one.

Thanks for the laugh, Fred Meyer

Too funny... Not quite cool enough to buy as a joke, but picture worthy for sure!