What a great tip!

I wanted to share an awesome tip I found in a magazine. I tried it tonight and I thought, "Pure GENIUS!"

My three year old Addie is not a good eater lately. Kyler was the same way at that age, but he grew out of it. I figure Addie will too, but I wanted to make things a little easier while we are going through this stage. In the magazine Real Simple, it has an idea of what to do when your child eats little or none of their meal. Let the child roll dice to see how many more bites they are to take, and then they're done. Addie had so much fun rolling the dice, she ate everything on her plate!

Lake Powell on Labor Day

Who could pass up a September trip to Lake Powell? Even though we were there in July, we had a blast again this time over the Labor Day weekend. The kids LOVE Lake Powell (just as much as the adults) and jumped in the lake with their life jackets over and over and over. Ahhh, Lake Powell is my favorite place!

Kyler is a 1st grader!

Last Thursday was Kyler's first day of first grade. He was really excited! (Mom was even more excited!) It was a little strange to have Kyler gone all day. Addie seemed a little lost without her best friend and was a little leech-y to mom. When I asked Kyler what his favorite part of the day was, he said lunch! Kyler is not nearly as picky about food as he used to be. He had nachos for lunch his first day, hmm. Mike said, "Nachos are considered lunch?" Put some milk and fruit with it and I think it sounds alright. First grade is starting out great!