How high?

How high can you jump?

The title to this post is, YUMMY!

It's hard for any family to find one food that everyone in the family will eat.  It's even harder if said family has a picky eater (or two).  Dinners at the our house are not always welcomed by all members of the family.  There is one member in particular (we'll call her Juliana) who is extremely picky and decides that she doesn't like a food before every taking a bite.  So when I find something that everyone likes, it's a home run!  Enter Turkey Taco's!  Everyone loves them, they are healthy, and fun.  I've been making them almost once a week since the discovery of them being liked by everyone.

On the less healthy but just as fun side we have cupcakes.  I love to make cupcakes and every time I make them I am trying a new recipe.  I made Lemon Cheesecake cupcakes this weekend and they were just as good as they sound.

The frosting was the best part, butter, cream cheese, sugar, and lemons... yummy!

A little bit of Boston.

We've been living in Connecticut for over four years now, but there are some days that it still feels strange to be over 2 hours away from Boston.  Steve and I lived in Massachusetts together for 10 years, and both our kids were babies there.  We spent a lot of time in Boston before the kids were born and now we barely ever get to visit.  Last weekend we were going up to Quincy for Steve's cousins babies first birthday party and decided to head into the city first for a little bit of lunch.  The kids always think going on the "T" is so much fun, when you live in the sticks you don't have public transportation options.  So we picked up the "T" in Quincy and headed into Boston.   We went to Faneuil Hall for lunch, since they have my absolute most favorite chowder there!  Then walked around for a bit and even got to see a yo-yo show by a world champion yo-yo-er (not sure if thats a real word).

After that it was off to the party in Quincy.  The kids loved the "T" ride back and the party was super fun!

Yes, I let them go to school like that!

Friday was mismatched jester day at the kids school.  I had completely forgot about it, but luckily Juliana remembered.  She was dressed one side like winter and one side like summer.  Tyler just came up with his own thing, there is no suggesting anything to that boy, because he knows what he wants and that is that!

Kids took my camera on the beach....

And here is what I found when I was going through the videos (it just makes me laugh, it's so typical them).  The video quality isn't so great.

Comfortable?

Sometimes you have to find comfort wherever you can!

Another fun vacation.

We just returned from 8 days of sun and sand in Aruba.  As always it was a great family time.  I love when we travel and it's just the four of us and we don't have any interruptions (tv, phones, video games, etc...).  It's family time that I hope the kids will remember forever.  It helps us bond as a family when there are no dishes to be done, laundry to be washed, or rooms to be cleaned.  Our day started off bright and early on a Monday morning, we left the house at 5:30 am and drove to NYC to catch our flight.

The flight was uneventful (even though Tyler hates the take off) and before you knew it we were in Aruba.  The kids couldn't wait to get in the pool, it's the first thing they did.

The next morning we headed to Linda's Dutch Pancakes, and they were just about the yummiest thing I've ever eaten!  We actually went there twice and I am already missing them.  The kids both got pancakes with candy, doesn't get any better then that.

The days kind of all blend together for me but we did so much.  We played on the beach and built sand castles.  Steve and I kind of have an unspoken routine at the beach, I play in the sand with the kids and he swims in the ocean with them.

We also explored the island a bit.  We went to a donkey sanctuary that was really neat and different.  It's always nice to get the kids away from the resort and see some of the more local culture.  They got to pet the donkeys, feed the donkeys, and learn a bit about them.

We also went to some fun restaurants and walked around the stores.  We saw a water show and the kids rode some bumper boats.

We also visited the California Lighthouse and saw some other beautiful scenery.

We even learned about how Aruba Aloe is made in the tour of the factory.

We also did a photoshoot while on the beach.  I bought one of my better cameras and my favorite lens.  I am quite happy with the results, even though the kids were intent on doing their own poses.

Yet another fabulous Teebagy vacation is under our belts... I wonder where we will go next time?

She's got the fever...

So Justin Bieber is the big thing in music for little girls these days.  Reminds me of my own obsession with The New Kids on the Block (which hasn't gone away).  I took Juliana to see the Justin Bieber movie "Never say Never" not once, not twice, but three times.  It was actually quite good and entertaining.

Here is a picture of her and her friends the third time I bought her:

Yesterday was his (Justin Bieber's) 17th birthday, Juliana and her friend Kerri had a little birthday celebration in honor.

I would definitely say she's got Bieber Fever!