food blogging for coworkers.

So Darcy and Alex didn't believe that I could make pizza on a bbq. To prove them wrong I thought I would food blog it. :)

So you start with pizza crust dough. SOOO easy. 1/2 c water and that box of mix. Stir then rest for five minutes. (This is two boxes worth)
Next you knead it for a few minutes.
Roll it out all romantic like, it is Valentines day after all.
Prepare your toppings. Or if you are like James, you could just do this stage and eat cold pepperoni for dinner.
Toss it on the bbq. :) (see it does work!) Here it has already been flipped over, I didn't leave this batch on long enough to get the lines though. About 4-5 minutes per side. After you flip it you add the toppings and then close the lid for 5 minutes. Opening it to check on it will slow the melting of the cheese.

Tada! Pizza heart for the hubby and pizza face for the Jamesie.

(Mine was cooked up with sausage, grilled onions, and peppers, much tastier than the boys pizza.)

seriously hearts her kid.

James is developing such an unique and cute little personality. I'm totally loving it and wish that I could capture it all on film so I will never forget.

My favorite things from today:

He found our mini baseball bat. He took the bat over to the sliding glass door and swapped out the big similarly shaped wooden stick for the mini bat as our new security system.

Then we were cleaning up his letter squares and one is missing. So we walked to each bedr

oom and looked for it. In each room I said "nope" and moved on. A few minutes later he walked to each room and in his VERY sweet voice said "no" and then moved on to the next room until all rooms were checked. So cute.

From the last comment it is clear he has learned to say "no" but he hasn't learned it in the obnoxious way. He mostly just says no when he doesn't want more food or what not. So it is cute and nice to have him communicate better.

Currently he is wandering around the house "talking" on my cell phone.

He loves our new house, as do I. It is so nice to give him space to play and run and be silly. He also has room to enjoy his little chair which he loves to lounge in while reading books.

This week we are having Sam stay with us. It will be a nice trial period to see how James does with a dog in the house. Hopefully he will like it since we are getting him a puppy for his birthday this spring.

Also, Jason's mom totally came over and put these super cute flowers in! So sweet!

And now some extra pictures:

I bought this shirt for James about a month after I found out we were prego. I thought it would be YEARS before he would fit into it. And yet here he is wearing it. My baby is growing up. I can't believe how big he grown up he is getting.

He is also developing a silly little personality and knows how to use his cuteness in his favor.

Things he can do:

- He can say "hi" "cat" "woof" "mama" and "dada"

- He can work sign "more" "please" "milk" "food" and I feel like something else but I can't remember.

-He understands a TON of what we say to him which is awesome.

- He can find Goodnight Gorilla anywhere in the bedroom

-He can find the gorilla, elephant, and lion on each page of Goodnight Gorilla

-He knows where his head, shoulders, knees, toes, ears are and my nose mouth and eyes. He likes to poke me in the eyes.

-He loves his cat and dog.

-He loves to give his cat and dog a snuggle.

-He is awesome.

On non James news:

-I'm half way done with my Masters

-I'm doing conferences next week which is exhausting just thinking about it

-I'm having fun making a lot of handmade Christmas gifts this year. Pictures to come after they have been given.

-It is looking more like we wont have a house by Christmas. BOOO. BOOO times five thousand.

-Next week I'm going to make pumpkin pies from pumpkins not cans. sweet.

-This week I finally redeemed my birthday gift from Jason: one full week of not having to any dishes or have to hear Jason complain about doing dishes. It is sweet.

-Yesterday I had to change ZERO diapers.

-I think that is all for now.

James is awesome.

How I want to spend my nights, but what I must do instead.

Before Christmas I have to:

-Write five IEPs

-Write 35 sets of progress reports

-Give 15 sets of reading grades

-Write a ten page paper on visual arts including two lesson plans, one to be taught

-Sew a bunch of Christmas Gifts

-Hopefully close on a house, pack, move, unpack, decorate, and create a happy home for Christmas.

But instead all I would really rather do is spend my evenings sitting on the couch and read the book I just got sucked into. Ok, well read my book and the last thing about finally getting a house.

And now for a cute picture. James like his mama also likes a good book:

James is 15 months old this weekend, which is ridiculous. He has gotten to become a fun and exciting little boy. He likes to climb, dance, giggle, and sign. He has learned to sign "food" "more" "please" "water" "up" and "bye." It is cute. Sometimes he even says "more" "food" "please." We are still working on words out loud, sometimes he will say "da" for dog and "ca" for cat when he sees a picture of them. When he sees a cow he says "mmmmmmm." Bedtime is my new favorite, for about two months now our routine is read Jesus Storybook Bible and then Good Night Gorilla. Jason reads the bible while I feed him a snack. Then I will say "go get Good Night Gorilla" and he knows what I'm asking and will go find it. Last night he found it under the mattress at the side of the room which is impressive since Jason and I didn't know where it was.

On a personal note, work is kinda stinky this year. However, I lost ten pounds this summer!

On a house note, still none yet.

I redecorated our blog! Yippee!

Now if only I could figure out how to do different formates for the pictures.