friday fun!

 yes, i think we all know this is my favorite day of the week, besides saturday and sunday of course!! so here are some pictures from our week...

 

 my little loves, they have my heart completely. now when I tell lucas, hold your brother's hand he'll go and find caleb's hand and they'll walk...holding hands. cute as can be. and my heart just stops right there. can love grow any more in that single moment?

 

 preparing for monday. found hospital books in the children's area. finding a george hospital book was a bonus.

 

 i could hold him forever.

 

 our breakfast tradition. smoothies. inspired by auntie jen.

 

how we make our smoothies:
first add some fruit. our favorite happens to be bananas, blueberries, strawberries, pineapple, mango, and blackberries. (I buy some of it frozen at trader joes for dirt cheap! at safeway a small bag is almost 10 bucks...at trader joes a bigger bag is only a couple dollars total! what a steal. plus it lasts for weeks!!! we make a special outing, lucas and I, while Caleb does OT about every two weeks.) I'm kinda obsessed with trader joes. Healthy food is so cheap there!!

next we add our yogurt and milk. This week we had plain greek yogurt (hardly any sugar) and get this...23 grams of protein! I personally don't like yogurt, but mixed in a smoothie you can't even taste it. Plain greek yogurt happens to taste like sour cream in my opinion, but it tastes delish in a smoothie! The boys love yogurt which I'm happy about :) Probiotics!!

Last we add our milk and mix it up in a ninja mixer (I found at target awhile back for 20 bucks)

OKay that's it!! Tastes delish. Caleb actually drinks it all! which is huge for him since normally he won't drink anything for breakfast. It's super healthy. And best of all, it is a blast to make. Is it sad that every morning I wake up I'm so excited about smoothie making with my boys??

Lastly, some video clips of the boys this week :) click here It is random and please ignore my annoying voice and Caleb acting like a strange 3 year old for parts of it (hello. tongue thing?) and well, this is mainly for me to remember their sweet voices at this age and their weird antics. (and to try and get lucas captured saying all his animal sounds and some of his words.!!)

Here's how I'd sum up our week.
smoothies. trains. driving. OT. pre op apt. more smoothies and trains. more driving. more OT. and finally, finally, FRIDAY! Our beautiful home day where we do whatever we want. We relax and we play in the backyard and we get excited about the weekend!

So, Happy Friday!

also, I have to say, how funny and how perfect God's timing really is. It's been tough emotionally for me with caleb's surgery looming in just a couple days, I am so grateful for God's peace and for friends and family. Sometimes when you need them the most they appear with offers to bake casseroles or watch lucas, they lift up prayers and they offer hugs, they send care packages and letters. I'm so grateful for angels on earth.




blessings on you this weekend ;)