What's Cooking

Boeing and I did a lot of cooking this summer. His interest in food clearly comes from my side of the family (Kent says it is an Olympic event for us). I can sit him on the kitchen counter while I gather the items and go about following our new recipe. This summer we tried grahan crackers from scratch, as well as granola bars. Boeing is loving granola bars lately (and oatmeal daily for breakfast), so I wanted to show him they don't just magically appear in a box from the store. They were quite delicious!
Graham Crackers



Granola Bars




Zucchini from Papa's garden; we made olive oil pie crist and put some eggs and cheese with the zucchini. It made for a nice dinner and breakfast the next day.

Anytime I pull out the parmesean cheese, Boe wants some in his dump truck. Silly!

Boe loved it! He is really a good eater, always eating his veggies off the plate first.

We were given some fresh peaches, so we HAD to make peach pie!



I had recently read on a cooking blog about putting an egg onto the bread of any bready type food for some added protein. Thought we would try it in leu of meat in our quesidilla. It was very good. The fresh garden tomatoes on top didn't hurt either!

My Birthday

Although Kent had to work on my birthday, the day did not go uncelebrated. Before Kent left for a day trip, we met Auntie Amy and Uncle Bubba at Portos Cuban food for breakfast. Later, GrandmE and GrampE took Boeing and I out to an old favorite for chips, salsa, and margaritas (and some dinner too).

Boeing was a bit upset that he did not get presents on someone else's birthday. Luckily I had a little something to make his day special too!

Kidspace Museum

Although it was a warm one, our day was filled with fun. Boeing especially loved the many outdoor water activities and said that the ant hole was his favorite. Mommy's favorite was watching Daddy try to lead Boe through the ant hole - priceless!!




Boe entering the ant hole...

...Daddy entering the ant hole! What a great dad; gotta love it!


Trying on some of the safety equiptment - love how the goggles pushed his cheeks down!

Simulating a land slide (or erosion). Again, Boeing loved the water that could be turned on for this display to flood the hillside.


OMG did Mommy break a sweat. I mentioned that it was hot, right? Dang hot!

Summer Family Field Trips

It is great having Kent home on occasional weekdays. We have been trying to take Boeing somewhere new to experience fun (additional fun) and have been able to avoid large weekend crouds. So far we have hit the La Brea Tar Pits and Kidspace Museum.



Some of the displays were a bit graphic!


There was a little arbooretum in the middle of the museum and it was really cute; Boe loved it!



View of Pit 91. Apparently they number the pits by how many crates of asphault are hauled out to go through for fossils. The pit is currently closed for a few years while another pit is getting explored.

Ate our picnic lunch on the beautiful grounds.

Last Day of School

There is a parent education class at the local continuing education campus that we have been taking Boeing to since he was five months old. It is such a great program and we have made some really great friends. Kent has been able to take Boe to class this year and last year while I am at work, however, I was able to go to the last few classes since our school district gets out earlier!
Kent is very popular with all of the kids.

Making Orange Juice

After dropping Kent off at the airport for his month long training on the new jet, Boe and I stopped in at Portos Cuban Bakery for some delicious cheese rolls. Anyhow, they had a cool orange juicer that took the oranges from whole to juice. Boeing thought this thing was great. A few days later we picked some of our neighbors oranges and made some fresh orange juice. I tell ya, it is like drinking candy; so good!





I especially love how this activity allowed Boe to see how things are not just bought at the store. When we were finished he know that the orange peels went into our compost! Such a proud mama!

Doctor Visit

Boeing's doctor is leaving her position to move across the country with her new husband. Althouth we are very happy for her, we are so sad to see her leave. Boe recently had another bout with his asthma, so we made a last visit follow up. It is so scary thinking about finding someone who took such good care of our little guy. The waiting room was lots of fun for Boeing, and Daddy too.


After his visit and vaccination, we went to The Coral Tree for lunch. They have some great, healthy and organic selections. Of course we had to get chocolate cake, as it was part of the gift certificate from Nama and Papa for Father's Day.