Creamy Pear

Creamy Pear Smoothie

3 cups water

2 Pears

2 small handfuls of walnuts

1 avocado
Juice from one small lemon

a few spinach leaves

2 tsp sugar

1 tsp vanilla

Blend together. It tastes just like creamy pears. Yummy and just healthy enough to feel good and not so healthy that you plug your nose to drink it.

We had eggs and peanut butter pancakes tonight. I think Trader Joe's has the best tasting eggs.

I added a huge spoonful of peanut butter to our pancake batter. It was a simple success.

A Booklet About Love

[with accompanying translations below]

People I Love:

1. mom 2. dad 3. grandma and grandpa 4. cousins Clayton 5. Macey and Mackayla 6. Aunt

Things I Love:

1. soccer 2. sports 3. tv 4. ocean 5. fish 6. baseball 7. chess 

Places I Love:

 1. Hawaii 2. islands 3. legoland 4. Disneyland 5. places 6. ham (....??? I guess if chocolate was a place I would live there.)      

Macey loves mazes. I used to draw her some but now she draws them.

We played chess tonight as a family.

Ben and Cody had beat

Macey and I soundly the other night.

Macey had watched quietly and when she couldn't stand it anymore she surprised us all by suddenly sitting up and silently taking my turn and killing their queen in two moves. And then she added, "It's okay mom, you will learn how to play better." But they still won.

Macey didn't really want to be on my team tonight, but she was for support anyway.

They won again. I decided to play just Cody to humble him.

He won again.

He gloated so bad I finally explained to him how to be a gracious winner.

He said ok and I figured he at least understood until five seconds later

he enthusiastically looked at me and said "I'm awesome!"