Feb26

Hot Tub Cleaning 101

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Alexander is helping me get the hot tub all cleaned up for the party.  It's snowing outside, but we'll have new crystal clear water for everybody!!
 
 
Mommy's little helper.
 
 
Spraying off the filter...eww, it was dirty!
 
 
Now the filter gets to sit in a chemical bath until it's nice and clean.  If you look really close you can see tiny snow flakes!
 
 
 
 
After all that hard work, Alex and Mom have little snow ball fight.
 
 
On a side note, we got a new couch for Jeremy's office.  Mom doesn't spend any time in this room during the day, so it's nice for her to "retreat" from the rest of the house (ehem...job) after the kids are in bed!  More pictures of the room remodel to follow in future blog posts! 
 
 
Mom now gets to run on the treadmill with the TV on...it's great!
 
 
 
 
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Tracy said:
 
Awww...cute pictures of Alex!  And I love the new furniture and your retreat.  It looks great!
 
 
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Feb4

Inspired by Sister-in-Laws

Posted by Jill Rule Categories:

My sister-in-law inspired me to dust off our bread maker this week.  We've had a house full of delightful fragrances so far…and I haven't bought bread in over a week!  These pictures are of Alex helping mom make pizza dough.  We found a recipe that called for minced garlic, olive oil, basil, and oregano – what fun!  We also have some homemade pizza sauce we're trying.  Tomato sauce and tomato paste are way cheaper than buying the premade stuff, or even spaghetti sauce!

 

Don’t get me wrong, I’m no “Suzie Homemaker” but I like to save a buck here and there, and feed my family with ingredients I can pronounce!

 

Here is Alex watching the dough being mixed...he doesn't know I'm watching him yet.

 

Here he is once he's realized I'm talking pictures.  :)

 

On a side note, Alexander is doing wonderful at the whole potty training process.  He's only wearing pull-ups at night and those are dry most mornings!  Farewell Huggies, you've been a great friend for the past 8 years. 

 

 

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Tracy said:

 

Oh, to be done with diapers!  :) 
What kind of breadmaker is that?
 
2/4/2009 6:21 PM 
 

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Jill said:

 

I hear ya on the diaper homefront!
 
The breadmaker is a Cuisinart CBK-200 2-Pound Convection Automatic Bread Maker.  I got it on Craigslist for $40.  Not a steal like your $13 one, but still a pretty good deal based on the retail price.
 
2/5/2009 11:08 AM 
 
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Peter said:
 
Alex staring at the bread making process is not unusual, even for us adults.
 
2/8/2009 9:00 PM 
 
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Aunt Robyn said:
 
Sounds fun! Isn't home-made pizza dough the best?! 
 
2/9/2009 12:38 PM 
 
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Jill said:
 
The homemade pizza crust was SOOOO good!  The whole cookie sheet of pizza was GONE in one night!  If anybody wants the recipie email me....it tasted better with the pepperoni than the pineapple & ham.
 
It's already Feb. 12th already?  WOW!!!
This year is going by way too fast.
 
2/12/2009 9:40 PM
 
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