Denver Museum of Nature and Science ~

 

Went down to Denver this weekend for an Early Childhood Education Science conference at the Museum of Nature and Science.  I love that place!  Learned all kinds of fun new things to try with the kiddos...cant wait!  On my off time, i got to hang out with some fabulous ladies...Kendall and Christy!  It was a quick trip but a good time!  Jordyn spent her weekend at Grandma and Grandpa Bruens house, so it was just me down in the city.  Been a looooong time since i did that!  It was fun, but i sure missed her.  I think we'll have to take another trip to the museum again so i can take her next time!

Aebleskiver ~

I finally got a chance to try my new Aebleskiver (also spelled ebelskiver) pan i purchased when we were in Solvang, California!  I was a little nervous about how the pan would work and flipping the batter, but they came out great and the family gobbled them up!  One batch made 22 of these, and thankfully i took a photo of this one...the last one, before Justin devoured it!  I filled them with raspberry jam...but there's a savory recipe with basil and cheese that im excited to try!  I have a feeling i will be making these often!  :)

Rainbow Loom Girl ~

Jordyn got this Rainbow Loom for Christmas last year, but has recently become interested in making all kinds of new bracelets...so she has been sitting in the living room for the last few days working away!  I enjoy watching her be creative!  And im glad she has discovered the internet for tutorials!  Cant wait to see what she creates!

Vacation Days ~

 This is how we spent the rest of our holiday break...lots of pajama time...computer games...

 cuddling with catnip...and general goofiness!  :)  Never mind that Jordyn has a whole living room floor full of new Christmas toys...she found the cat toys more interesting!  If we had a cardboard box her vacation would have been complete!

 We occasionally went outside to enjoy the pond though...Justin the human zamboni was hard at work while Jordyn worked all day on this giant snowman!

Hugs!

New Years Day ~

 Happy New Year!!!  I prepared a dish of black eyed pea salsa with chips for munching in the morning...no recipe...i just threw in the things i love!  But looking at the photo you can pretty much duplicate the recipe!  :)   Then i headed over to Connies to enjoy martinis and laughs!

 Jan joined us for a martini...her first martini ever...but of course it was more along the lines of a sweet martini with the fancy flavored vodka!  Ill stick to dirty thank you!  It was great to catch up with the girls...we havent had a chance to hang much since school started so we had fun!  Mary and Glenn joined us for a cocktail later too!  And of course Emma tried to drink my martini when i wasn't looking...little stinker!

All in all a pretty mellow day!  Jordyn spent the night at grandma and grandpa Bruens house, so the day was ours to do with as we wished!  It was spent with good friends and lots of laughs!  Happy New year everyone!!!