Yes, it snowed even as far south as Dothan, AL. I really tried to get a picture so that I could actually prove that we had snow flurries, but it didn't really work all that well. If you look really hard at the house across the street you can almost see the small flurries against the brick.
Because of the snow today, I felt the need to post a picture of my kids outfits yesterday. It was actually over 70 degrees yesterday. Lucius was out playing soccer with Tom (he was supposed to have a game today that got cancelled) and Maggie even got to wear her new sandals. And the this morning we wake up to freezing weather and SNOW flurries. Really strange.
Due to the weather we were stuck inside all day. The fam and I did venture out to Sunday School and Church; however, I didn't think that I need to get either of the kids back out today. It REALLY made for a long afternoon..... Made much worse by a sixteen month old who has two new teeth coming in on the top of her mouth. She hasn't been herself for the last couple of days.
Around four I started to get restless, so I turned the kids over to Tom and made my way to the kitchen. I started out by making a huge pot of sloppy joe mix to put in the freezer. This is Lucius's favorite meal and I like to have extra on hand. Then I went about making muffins. The first two batches were a mix...whole grain Blueberry and whole grain banana nut. BUT for the last batch I did actually make a dozen muffins from scratch. They are Peanut butter Banana muffins that Lucius really likes. Here is the recipe:
1 cup firmly packed light or dark brown sugar
1/2 cup natural peanut butter
1/2 cup carrot or cauliflower (pureed)
1/2 cup banana puree
1 large egg white
1 cup whole-wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt.
Preheat oven to 350. Coat 12-cup muffin tin with cooking spray or line with paper baking cups. In a large mixing bowl, combine 1/2 cup of the brown sugar with the peanut butter, your choice of vegetable puree(I prefer cauliflower), banana puree, and the egg white, using a wooden spoon. Next, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together. (You can put in a Ziploc back and shake....I found that this is easier). Add to the bowl with the peanut butter mixture and stir just to combine (the batter will be a little lumpy-do not over mix.) Add the remaining brown sugar and stir only once or twice.
Divide the batter among the muffin cups and bake until the muffins are lightly browned and a toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the center, approx. 15 minutes. Turn the muffins out onto a rack to cool.
These will store for several days at room temperature or you can wrap them individually and freeze for up to 1 month.
Prep time: 10 minutes Total: 35 minutes
This recipe is one that I got out of the cookbook: Deceptively Delicious by Jessica Seinfield.
Hope everyone had a fun and safe day. It seems like a lot of people got snow today in the south!
This is a picture of the necklace that I absolutely love. I've decided that if I don't win the giveaway, Tom WILL be getting me this for Mother's Day.
On Saturday we found the hammock that Tom and I got on our honeymoon up in my parents attic. (The honeymoon was in Mexico...not the attic!) After a quick trip to Wal-mart we were able to get the supplies to hang it up! The weather is great for hanging out in the backyard and we spent the entire day playing in the sand, swinging, taking turns sliding, and chasing the soccer ball.
You might think that this is a picture of a used car lot. Looks can be deceiving though!!! This is actually a shot of our back yard. Oh yeah, and there are even two more cars in the garage. Right now, at this very moment, we have nine people crammed into my parents 4 bedroom house. My nephew is visiting on his spring break, as well as my youngest brother. The rest of us are here all the time.
Recipe: 2 cups cold water, 2 cups white flour, divide into separate plates or bowl and add 1 drop of food coloring to each bowl.
We set up the kids table in the garage to keep the mess to a minimum. The only colors that we had were red and green, but the red turned pink. I found that mixing pink and green makes a kind of purplish mauve color.
This has to be the best picture ever that I have taken of Maggie, and of course she has one of Lucius's old shirts on instead of one of her cute pink ones! My mom and I also had to add the pink bow because she looked too much like a little boy!!! sshhhh don't tell Maggie......one day she will eventually get some hair.
"Oh no Mommy!"
We had a great time! Next time we are going to get a roll of paper so that they can make an even bigger mess! Hopefully next weekend it won't rain. We are planning to get some sand for the kids' sandbox.
Of course Maggie loved to be outside watching Lucius play ball. She even got in on the action at the break.
Tom had grown up playing soccer and has been counting down the years, days, minutes for the chance to get to coach his son and daughters. I think that he found it a little bit more than he expected on his first coaching experience. But I'm sure that next week will go more smoothly.
Lucius did a really good job of keeping the ball in front of him. He only grabbed the ball with his hands a couple of times!!!
Because of the snow today, I felt the need to post a picture of my kids outfits yesterday. It was actually over 70 degrees yesterday. Lucius was out playing soccer with Tom (he was supposed to have a game today that got cancelled) and Maggie even got to wear her new sandals. And the this morning we wake up to freezing weather and SNOW flurries. Really strange. 
