Noah's "Birthday"

On Saturday, Noah turned 14 months old. On Sunday we bought Noah his first pair of little boy shoes-- His feet are too big for the shoes in the baby department. I am not sure where the time has gone. When Noah was first born time seemed to go so slow but as I look back I realize just how fast it really went. This month, please join us in praying for Noah.

--Pray that he will continue to reach his physical and emotional developmental milestones

--Pray that the Lord would begin to work in his heart that he would be ready one day to accept Jesus Christ as his personal savior

--Pray that, as parents, we will learn how to work with him to channel his energy and enthusiasm toward good activities and wholesome behavior

A Boy and His Toys

I love this picture. I came in to the room and found him like this.

It was free...

I just got a flu shot for free...the catch? It was administered by a nursing student. Ow.

What do you do...

What do you do with broccoli you don't want to eat? Put it in the cup holder!! What a smart boy.

Homemade Graham Crackers

Here is the graham cracker recipe I use for Noah. I like it because it has minimal sugar and I know what ingredients are in it. Noah likes it because, to him, it tastes like a cookie! Rich and I both agree that these would taste better with frosting :-)

3/4 Cup brown sugar
1/2 Cup shortening (I used butter)
1 teaspoon pure vanilla
1 3/4 cups whole wheat (graham) flour
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup water
Cream together sugar and butter until fluffy. Add vanilla. Stir together flours, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Add flour mixture alternately with water, mixing well after each addition. Chill dough until firm. Divide dough into thirds. Roll out each portion on floured surface to rectangle 1/8 inch thick. Trim to 5 X 15-inch rectangle. Cut into six 2 1/2 x 5-inch rectangles. Make a line down center of dough with back edge of knife. Place on greased cookie sheets. Mark each square with prongs of fork. Bake in 350 degree oven for 10 to 12 minutes or until crisp and edges are browned. Remove immediately from cookie sheets and cool on wire racks.

The hardest part about this recipe was making uniformly shaped crackers. With the scraps I used mini cookie cutters, which worked great. They turned out about the size of animal crackers. That's what I'll do for the whole batch next time.
Enjoy!

Blog Stalker...

Hi, my name is Sarah and I'm a blog stalker. I'm not really sure what the appeal of a blog is, but there's something comforting about sitting on the couch in your jammies (yes, I said jammies) reading about someone else's life. I didn't used to be this way...I blame it on a co-worker of mine. She started catching me up on people we went to college with and then I was hooked. Are you a blog stalker? Do I have a blog stalker??