Category Archives: Nico

Oct 20

New Recipies with Nico: Brownies

I love to make Brownies from a box, but every once in a while I run out of the mix and that is when someone requests this family favorite dessert. I searched for an easy recipe for Homemade Brownies. I found one that called for everything that I keep in the pantry, so I can make them at a moments notice. Let’s see if the boy’s will eat them…

You’ll need two bowls, one for the dry ingredients, and one for the wet ingredients.

The finished product looks pretty good, but let’s see if the kiddos will eat them.

My hubby and the kiddos loved the brownies cake-like texture, but I wanted something with a little more chocolate. I will keep this recipe handy though, just in case I run out of the mix.

Oct 19

Nico in the City, One More Time

On Saturday we went to visit my Brother Rob! We also got to visit his adorable kitties too.

I had a plan for this trip to Rob’s. I needed to pick up a few presents for James Birthday, and our anniversary too. I knew that Rob would have some pretty good gift suggestions, also Rob doesn’t mind driving all of us all over the city!

We were headed up North to shop a few stores, and we ran into a lot of traffic. Rob told us that Barack Obama was in town for a Rally, and we couldn’t believe the crowds. My Mom found out that there were 100,000 people at the Rally.

I love the city. There are amazing Fountains everywhere you look, and art work around every turn.

The shopping is fun, but honestly I love just walking around the city and viewing all of the amazing buildings. Dylan loves architecture too, he would look out of the window at all of the tall skyscrapers, and say “oh wow”.

Rob and I always have to visit the Plaza. It is by far one of my favorite places. There are beautiful fountains, incredible shops, and even a few places to get an iced coffee.

Before we headed back to Rob’s, I had to get an Vanilla Iced Bliss Coffee at Latte Land, they are so tasty!

The day was so much fun, and I really appreciate Rob letting us visit for the day. Thade is still talking about the city non-stop today, and we can’t wait to visit again!

Oct 19

A Little too Much Fun

This weekend has been a blast, but I’m paying for it today… On Friday I went to MOPS, and then later in the evening Shaunna invited me to a Girl’s Night Out. We all met at a friend’s house for Chick Flicks, Popcorn, and Ice Cream. It was a fun evening, but I stayed up a little too late.

On Saturday I was up way too early, but I thought it would be great to get out of the house and go and visit my brother. I called my Mom and she said she was up for the trip too. It was a great day, and I even finished up my Anniversary/Birthday shopping for James, and made quite a dent on my Christmas shopping list too. The boys had a great time, and I can’t wait to share all of the cool pictures from the day.

We made it home a little late though, and I was exhausted, the kiddos were too. I stayed up a bit to watch Saturday Night Live, and then I was just too tired to stay awake any longer. At 3:00 a.m., my stomach had different plans for me. I was up with an evil stomach ache and tummy troubles until 5:00 a.m., not too cool.I am just so sick of this flu, and today I am still feeling awful.

I’ll be staying pretty close to home today, and just hoping that I’ll be back to normal tomorrow. This flu has to end sometime, right?!?

Oct 18

Dylan Has Taken Over the House

Recently I have taken down a few of the gates/barriers that have kept Dylan out of the Kitchen and Dining Room, so Dylan has a lot of new found places to play. Good for Dylan… He now has more room to play, good for James and Thade they no longer have to maneuver around the barriers, bad for Nico though… Every room is a mess, and I am cleaning endlessly.

So the de-cluttering begins again, as does my desperate search for storage options to keep the house manageable. I’m off to go clean (again), Dylan has taken out all of the coloring books in the dining room.

Oct 17

Well the Kids are Better

Thade was feeling pretty good this morning, and ready to go back to school. I had a MOPS meeting to go to this morning, and Dylan wasn’t really in the mood to go. This was probably the morning that he would have slept in, if I would have let him. I was glad that we went though, the meeting was fun, and the breakfast was tasty.

When I went to pick up Thade at school his teacher sent home the Firefighter handouts from Wednesday. There were stickers, pencils, and even a Firefighter helmet for Thade. She even sent one home for Dylan so he could play Firefighter too.

I was feeling good this morning, but this afternoon I’ve kinda bottomed out, and I’m starting to feel wonky again. I’m almost caught up on all of the dishes though, so I’m pretty happy about that. I’m trying to take it easy, but the house has gotten away from me with this cold, at least the kiddos are feeling much better.