That's Just Silly

It's begun. The silly face. It started off with just Clay doing it, but now that Courtney is copying everything we do, the silly face would soon come. And it did.

She's silly at Aunt Brookie and Uncle Jo Jo's house.

We're silly while doing laundry. (The Nick Nolte hair was in full effect that day!)

We're silly when Mommy is trying to snap a cute 23 month picture.

We're silly on Monday's!

She may be silly, but she's our sweet Ladybug!

Two for Tea

Yesterday Courtney and I were at home for the day. We had below freezing temps (low of 2 and a wind chill of -15) here in the area and school was called off. I know that sounds silly to some of you out there. Keep in mind, we don't normally have such cold temperatures so some kids don't have proper coats to keep them warm. All they wear is a sweatshirt. It also doesn't help when kids only have t-shirts and nothing warmer to wear. See where I'm going with this? It was better to keep them at home just to be safe.

Anyway, back to my story.....

Courtney and I had a great day at home. We watched too much Noggin (Dora, Franklin, Little Bill, etc). We went down the slide, read a lot of books, spent forever brushing our teeth and lunched over leftovers. We also had our very own tea party. Here are some pics of our high tea experience.

First we pass out the teacups.

Then she insisted on pouring the tea. Just look at that concentration.

CHEERS!

Take a sip. Yummy!

Don't forget the treats. What will it be? Cherry pie or cookies? (On a side note, I bought these at the arts and crafts show at church. Aren't they cute?)

Ahhh.....cookie. Good choice!

This was the kind of grin I had on my face. I love sharing in these moments!

New Year, New Recipe

I found this recipe online and decided to try it out. The best part is that it's in the crockpot! Clay and I both enjoyed it. It's a keeper!

Crock Pot Chicken Tortilla Soup

1 can black beans, drained
1 can corn, drained
1 can diced tomatoes (14.5 oz size - southwest style, if possible)
1 packet enchilada sauce mix (or if you can't find this, mild taco seasoning works well too)
1 1/2 C water
1 can (8 oz)tomato sauce
1 can ( 10 3/4 oz) cream of chicken soup
2 C milk
3-4 boneless chicken breasts (I only used 2 chicken breasts)

In crock pot, mix the enchilada packet together with the water and tomato sauce. Add cream of chicken soup and milk and whisk together until smooth. Add chicken. Pour drained black beans, drained corn and diced tomatoes on top of that.Cook on low 6-8 hours.Before serving, take out chicken and shred or dice, then put back and stir it all together. Serve with sour cream, shredded cheddar cheese, lime, avocado, or tortilla chips.

I used 4 chicken breasts and really I only needed two. Once I shredded it, we had a lot! I think it could use a little more heat to it so next time I'm going to add Rotel to it. But that's just me.

I hope you enjoy it as much as we did!