imagination

Goofy faces and popsicles

We made a paper chain to count down the days till someone turns 3!

And now some dancing.

Ethan has a great imagination. Lately he loves pretending that he's someone else... an animal, a person from a movie, or me. Today we played that he was me and I was him. I asked him what mommy says and he dove right into a fabulous impression of me. "Ethaaaannnn, I don't have any kisses today! Where's my kisses??" I pretended to run away and not want to give him a kiss and he tracked me down, pulled me close and said "I need some kisses. I'm gonna get my kisses". So funny, he does a great job mimicking.

Happy Valentine's Day!!

Happy Valentine's Day :) We had a fabulous dinner of pink pancakes, and pink milk. I tried my luck with two new recipes, one for dinner and one for dessert. Dinner was a smashing hit! Dessert was not. Not quite a pintrocity, but I won't be trying to make cake in a crock pot again. No one ate very much and the rest went into the trash.

Pink pancake batter

Place settings.

Ethan getting ready to dig into his pink meal

Good thing we all LOVED the new pancake recipe. A little back story... when Steve and I were dating I made him pancakes that turned out horribly. Burned on the outside, still doughy in the middle - a complete disaster! We still laugh about it today! We both love restaurant style pancakes. Breakfast is definitely my favorite meal to eat out. I have tried so many copy cat recipes and buttermilk pancake recipes to try to make them at home (even Martha's buttermilk pancake recipe, and I love Martha), and they're never nearly as good. 

I had almost given up after almost 10 years of looking at new recipes and trying them here and there, then always reverting back to bisquick. Not bad, just not really what I was looking for. Then as I was looking through recipes on The Pioneer Woman's blog (I love her!) I came across her pancake recipe. I was tempted as she also said that she was obsessed with finding a good pancake recipe. One that makes it worth the calories :) I love them! So worth the extra effort to make from scratch. If you also like pancakes, this recipe is worth trying out.