Daily fav 3: routine

1). This whole back to school and work thing is going to be hard to get used too. But I do know that having my boy away for the day makes seeing him at 3:10 even a bigger joy! He gets off the bus hot, tired, and hungry! 

Breck story: as we are laying in bed I ask him how rest time went today.  

B:" we have to lay down but don't have to sleep.  I lay next to Miranda. I smiled at her.  Oh, she's got the cutest smile!"

I bust out laughing! This boy.  

2). Lundons day two w grandma daycare and oh boy is she pooped out! All the one on one attention has this girl in heaven.  Two days of three hour naps! And still in bed early! We love grandma time. 

3). Eight o' clock pm

Yup that's right.  Both kids sleeping. Maybe this new schedule is a good thing.  Only problem is I'm ready for bed as well! Here's to a happy school year for all!!

Daily fav 3: New beginnings 2015

1). Fall of 2015 brings lots of new to the Barrick household. Moms new job at Mighty Dragons Preschool as a teacher starts today! Wish me luck!

2). This babe starts his first day of kindergarten.  Please time, slow down. 

He was so excited to ride the bus that mom and dad had to meet him at school! Lots of tears on moms part today! Let's pray it gets easier! After school he rand off the bus and straight into my arms. Best.  Feeling. Ever.  His first day went Great.  When grandma Shirley asked if she could come help in his classroom he told her they already have a grandma in the class helping, but maybe if she dies! Ekk. 😁

3). Lundon started daycare with grandma Nina! She is loving the full attention she gets! She even took a three hour nap because she was so worn out!

Yeah for grandmas! Lucky us!

Daily fav 3: end of summer & baby boyhood

1). This sweet boy will be starting school tomorrow after being home with his mom for five years.  This can't be. Where does the time go. 

2). This princess will be giving up her crown of baby of the family in February! Ready or not.  This is her look after catching mom holding another baby at the park. 

3). All these sweet kids and their moms enjoyed an end of year potluck picnic at the park! Summer of no schedules, alarm clocks, and clean clothes is over! 

Cookie goodness

I post these cookies probably once a year on here. But I swear.  They rock!

You won't be disappointed. 

Bake 10-13 minutes 

Nothing like a pile of cookie goodness!

Sweet Lundon

This girl is my world. She is sweet and spunky all in one little tiny person! I love her personality and boy does she have one. A girl with few words but many many expressions. Oh sweet Lundon. 

Most days she sits in the step, stares out the window/door, or grabs a hat or her boots and insists you put them on her. She loves being outside!! And how can you say no to that face!!!

Both my babes love the outdoors. They are different kids when they are out side. Happier.  Less crabby. No fighting.  And sleep like Angels at the end of the day. 

Now we just need some spring weather so we can be outside even more with less layers on!

Easter 2015

The Easter bunny thought she was clever this year! And maybe had more fun then the kids planning the Easter basket hunt!

There was a trail of eggs that led to the baskets and started with chewed up carrots in the floor.

Then took the dyed hard boiled eggs and cracked one open and "ate" one. Breck wasn't happy about this!

The left foot prints in the window! Breck thought this was so funny! And Lundon kept pointing and giggling! Success for the Easter bunny!

Which led to their baskets full of sugar! Why do we do this to our kids (our selves)!

Breck enjoyed the hunt! Matching eggs "resurrection eggs" numbered into the egg carton!

The end was the story of Jesus' death and the day he rose again! Cute idea found in Pinterest of course! (Sorry about the scary pic of Jerod!)

Lundon didn't get the whole point of it besides the jelly beans!

Then off to the barricks for an egg hunt and lunch! Lucky kids searched for a hundred eggs full of candy and one with one dollar in it! ( Breck found it and was so excited)

We enjoyed family time and Breck was so excited to see his best buddy Jordan!

It was a great time. Wonderful time of the year!  And memories made!

Then we went home for naps!

Happy Easter.  Love the barrick bunch. 

Silly boy

This morning durning breakfast Breck was doing his show n tell project "drawing a healthy food". Nothing like waiting till the last minute mom!

Anyways. 

I said what are you going to drawn. 

And he replies without hesitation "Avacado on toast".

This makes me laugh because my sis introduced me to this a couple minths ago and I'm totally addicted.  I eat Avacado toast for lunch every single day (no lie)!

So he dug through his crayons looking for the perfect green! That's my boy. 

And this pic is a keeper.  

Here are five pieces of toast with avacados on them and in the middle "what an Avacado looks like so the kids know mom". 

Rainbow

We had a spring storm come through last night!

Lundon freaked out about the thunder and clung to me. 

Breck refused to eat dinner because he was to interested in the storm. Asking tons if questions about why it's loud, why the lightning, why the rain????

So I tell him. 

What I was told when I was little and scared of storms. 

The thunder is God bowling with our grandmas, grandpas and loved ones. 

The lighting is a strike. 

And the rain is tears of laughter form having so much fun. 

Why not. Sounds amazing to me. 

And because he didn't eat supper we decided to go to Dq? Okay that doesn't make much sense now that I write it. But this mom wanted a treat.

We got stuck in the storm eating our treats and on our way home we saw a beautiful rainbow. So we jumped out and took a picture!

He is my sunshine! 

Adventure four: movie time!

Did I tell you already how much I have enjoyed spring break!

I LOVE hanging out with my loves... 

Although today was a bit challenging. He bugs her.  She bugs him. She gets into everything because she is one. He gets into everything because... He is a boy! Same old story. New day. But wouldn't change it for the world. 

Today I had a date with my Brecker! Lundon stayed home with grandma for a much needed nap while we visited the Hutchinson State Theater. 

We love the cheap theater. 

Tickets are $2.50

Movies are new ish.. To us because we don't ever see movies or rent them! So today we saw Paddington Bear. 

Super cute movie. Lots of action so the kids loved it. Funny so the kids loved it. Plus wasn't so cheesy that even I loved it. 

All week we have been able to hang out with some pretty amazing friends too. The kids are having a blast and us moms are enjoying some adult interaction time. I think the only problem is...I've gained ten pounds because if all these fun play dates. 

Totally worth it!!

Kids had a Dance party at the end.  Yup we were those people at the theater! Ha!

Breakfast on the go!

Im always looking for easy breakfast foods and I think I've hit another successful one!

Kids loves them. I love them.

Recipe:

8 crescent rolls

4 eggs

4 slices of cheese

4 sausage links

Preheat oven to 350

Roll out crescent rolls 

Scramble eggs. Cut cheese and sausage in half. Fill creacent rolls with eggs cheese and sausage. 

Wrap them up! (Most of them I was able to pinch sides to cover the stuff inside and make a little ball)

Bake 15 minutes. 

I doubled my recipe and threw them in a freezer bag so we could heat and eat on busy mornings.  

So good! Enjoy. 

Adventure three: Kids World

Why haven't I heard of this before...

Man, we have been missing out on some good fun. 

A church in Willmar offers free indoor play  on Wednesday mornings from 9:30-11:30 

It's. Amazing. 

It's a big open space. With a huge indoor jungle gym for big kids.  Small jungle gym for little kids. A tree house with games. A tree trunk hid out. Big blocks. Dance mat and music games. Big squishy bean bags. An open gym area for riding toys and balls, hula hoops, and jump ropes.

Did I mention... It's FREE!

So worth the drive every wednesday aid you can. We will be seeing a lot more if this place this summer when I'm off.  

Had lunch with peeps then home for naps!

Winner winner. 

On the downside: 

I caught a nasty cold and feel crummy. But it won't stop me from having fun with my favorite people. 

Oh and another downside.  I love love my job, but I could so stay home and play/teach these fun little sponges all day.  

I've been hinting this to Jerod lately...he either isn't getting the hint or is ignoring it!!!

Adventure two: Learn and Play Cafe

Our spring break adventure brought us to Hopkins to the Play and Learn Cafe! It's a new indoor playground and cafe ALL KID FRIENDLY. Super cute.  Super fun. 

We joined a couple other litchfield friends here. The older kids took a class where they made cities and tested them out on a tray of marbles to represend an earthquake. 

They had a blast! 

And the price was right! Breck was $11.00 for class and playtime and $5.00 for Lundon to play. Worth it for some afternoon fun. 

There was an indoor climbing set, slides, trikes and scooters, baby area with ball pit, kitchen set and more! 

This was just so neat.  I have always talked about having a fun place like this in Litchfield. A place where kids can play during the long winters and got summer days. And moms can come watch their kids and sip on coffee and delicious cupcakes and meet up

With friends.  What do You think?! 

After we left it hasn't kept swirling my mind. I may contact this mom and pop shop and she what and how they did this. ( we saw the owner was a young lady and her husband was there cleaning up toys at one point) (think Jerod would do that for me?! Heehee) 

Either way. Another fun. Successful. Day. 

TBP Lundon's Mohawk

That's it!

Just need to remember this stage.  Nope, I didn't spike it.  It's all natural. 

Although It could be because her big brother gave her a hair cut at one month old whole dad was watching them and mom was at a meeting. 

I'm not blaming dad.  Not really. 

TBP

Here I am again. Playing catch up. So it's obviously easier to post recent events but  what about the big things that happened this past year! I realized after talking to a friend that I am ill. She wanted to start a a blog and I encouraged her saying how fun it is.  She reminded me that she checks mine often to see if I have blogged and unfortunately doesn't find much as I haven't blogged in a long time. I told her how I get anxiety over this.  I lay in bed and think of how much I love blogging, but am afraid to do it again because I missed so much in the past year and feel so bad.  I blogged Breck first four years and poor Lundon, I think I made it to maybe six months. Ugh. But again.  I love going back and reading posts about my boy, life, family! AND I absolutely love reading my friends blogs! So...

After much thought. I decided just do it. Blog. Blog when you can. The only one beating you up is yourself. And it's better late then never. So. Let's. Try. This. Again. 

So blog posts that are from the past year will be TBP Throw Back Posts! 

This is kind if where I left off.  Oh sweet babies!!!!

Ham and cheese roll ups

Sorry for all the foodie posts! I've been pinning on Pinterest forever and actually get to try all these meals out with my special helper!

So all u need is three ingredients:

Can of pizza dough

Ham

Cheese

Spread dough out 

Add ham and cheese

Roll up

I then cut mine before baking. It makes it easier to know if it's done and easy to cut if done before hand. 

Bake 350 15 minutes

Eat!

I took left overs and put in freezer bag and plopped in freezer for easy lunch meals! Kids loves them. So did I!

Spring break: adventure one

I am five hours into spring break week and loving every second it! 

Today is a beautiful sixty degree day and sun shine, perfect for outdoor fun. 

I decided to take the kids to Youngstrom Woods, a hiking trail just outside of town. The kids spent two hours running around and enjoying the fresh air!

I sometime dread going outside with a toddler in tow because I feel as though all I am doing is chasing her out of trouble. It was so great to be able to let her run wild in the woods with little worry. She loved it as well!!

And these two! More like brothers then cousin make their own adventures and make me laugh. Here they were hauling a branch to make a fort. Breck was to tired so he used the stroller! Love them. 

And fresh air means....

Tired kids....

Rest time!

Monkey bread breakfast cups

I think I found a breakfast winner!

We made these this morning. It was super easy and the kids helped too. 

We are always looking for breakfasts ideas.  Ones that can go in the freezer, thawed, and eaten!

Recipe:

2 loafs of frozen bread (unthawed)

1/2 cup sugar

1tsp cinnamon

1/2 cup butter (one stick)

1/2 c brown sugar

Cupcake tins (foil work best/if paper spray cooking spray)

Oven to 350 bake 15-17 min

Place cupcake tins in pan (spray if needed)

Mix sugar and cinnamon in zip lock bag

Cut bread into 24 strips

Take each strip and cut into pieces and drop into zip lock bag to shake. 

Pull or and place in cupcake foil.

Continue with all 24 pieces. 

Heat butter and brown sugar.  Let boil one min. 

I used an ice cream scoop to pour 1/2 scoop of mixture over each cupcake foil  

Place in oven 15-17 min 

Put in freezer bags when cooled and put in oven for a quick breakfast or snack!!