Coconut glazed salmon, sweet pea and mushroom risotto plus Pina Colada.

One great dinner!

Pretzel crusted chicken

Something I made by my self. Combining few different recipes and idea in one.
We had some pretzels at home and nobody wanted to eat them. So I took about 15 pretzel sticks and stuck them in the food processor.
Then you prepare 3 plates

1. With flour + spices
2. egg+milk mix
3. Pretzel + Parmesan cheese (don't have to add cheese)

I had 3 large chicken breasts. Flatten them a little bit and cut in strips.
Then dip each strip in every plate and fry it.
Delicious! 

Ocean in the bottle

Small kids project we did a while ago.
You will need a bottle, some rocks, small toys or anything you want to be in your "ocean". Water and oil. Food coloring.
We did 2 bottles - one with vegetable oil and one with baby oil.
With vegetable oil bubbles are a little yellow, but moving faster, but also more foamy.
With baby oil it made "ocean" brighter, no foam, but items don't float as much.
If you flip or shake the bottle, you will see how bubbles trying to go to the top almost immediately.

The Mall day

August 2015
We started with the Movie theater. Jeremy's first time there and he did great! He watched for a while and then fell asleep.

Jeremy 10 months old

Weight - 16 lb 7 oz - 7450 gr
Trying to stand all by himself, but can't eat.
No teeth, no crawling, no sleeping through the night :)

Homemade snow!

Last night we decided to do something fun and we made snow! Kids won't have much chances to play with it in Georgia at any time.
It was very easy to make
3 cups of baking soda
1/2 cup of conditioner
All mix together and done!

Barnes and Noble with Tinker Bell

Every week our Barnes and Noble story time is having a different theme. First one we ever went to was this one - Tinker Bell. First kids were listening to the story, then doing some crafts and finally meeting Tink!

Lanterns parade - Atlanta Beltline

This was our first time at the parade and we liked it a lot! Coming back next year for sure and making our own lanterns. 
Parade was on Atlanta Beltline. A lot of people, but there was plenty of room to watch and not get stepped on. 
My camera refused to take any pictures, everything was blurry and dark, so I had to use my phone which did pretty good job.

We parked by Ponce City Market and walked to the Beltline from there. 

Lanterns parade - Atlanta Beltline 2015 videos

Still working on the pictures. Didn't get much. My camera refused to focus on anything so I had to use my phone. 

But at least I was able to take two of this videos. It was a lot of fun!

Volunteering at CHOA

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston was our location. Program is called Young Friends and  made for kids K-5 to help sick kids in all kinds of different ways - making cards, decorations for room, toys etc.
This time kids were making pinwheels for kids with Asthma and other lungs problems. They can blow on it and made their lungs to be healthier.
Girls loved it! I think it is important for kids to do this kind of programs. They learned a lot, especially that there are special kids in this world, but they are still kids and like doing the same stuff at them.

Focus week 2 - math

We started with the multiplication table. First just some basic understanding that 3x3 will be the same as 3+3+3. Thank you to Pinterest where I found a lot of different work sheet and material how to learn it the best way.

Here is the best way to explain multiplication in a few different ways.

9/11

Never forget

Build-a-bear field trip

Ashley's first field trip and first bus ride! She loved it!
As a class they decided to pick a dog and not a classic bear. And they called her Ariel! Now each child one at the time will be taking this dog home for a weekend, take her places and take pictures to share at school later.

Charleston, SC

We fell in love with this city. One weekend was over way to fast, I can easily spend a full week there.
I wouldn't call Charleston a kids friendly, but we still had fun. We liked walking around this old city and just looking at the buildings.
City was found in 1670. Cobblestone streets, horse-drawn carriages, beautiful buildings pre-Civil war era.
We started our walk at the Waterfront park. We parked near there and walked everywhere from there. There was no need to drive and re-park. Everything is close by. It took as maybe 2 hours to walk through entire downtown area.

Waterfront park

Jeremy's doctor appointment

Last week we finally made it to our pediatrician for 9 months old visit.
Weight - 16 lb - 7 kg 260 g
Height - 26 1/2 inch - 67.3 cm
He received first half of his flu shot, now need to come back in 4 weeks for second half.
Everything was good except for the low iron. So now he is on additional vitamins and hoping it will go up.
Started looking for different car seat, big boy kind :) Got down to 2, need to pick one and get it until the end of September because I have 25% off coupon.

My loves

I just can't believe how big my baby is on this pictures. He looks more like a small toddler and not just a baby and especially not a preemie... Growing up way to fast

Ready for bed

                                           

Charleston, SC - hotel and drive

Last weekend of August we decided to spend in Charleston, SC. It was also our anniversary weekend. Charleston is only a little over 4 hours drive from us, which was a plus. We left early in the morning, stopped only once to eat breakfast and feed Jeremy. But next time we probably will eat at home and then just drive, would be much easier.

Crayon covered seashells

Today we tried a new project and it was fun! First time we had some complications along the way, but got better at the end.

Focus week 1 - Science

Starting this year I decided to do even more work with Emily at home. Well, not just Emily, Ashley too, but mostly Emily. I have a book started already where I am planing different topics for different weeks. We will focus on 1-2 big things each week, sometimes maybe even for 2 weeks. As of right now its all going well, we did Science first week and now doing Math. But I will cover Science a little more.
Science week we split into 2 parts

1. Matter - this one she started at school and we continued at home. 
2. Stars and planets - we did camping on our backyard and it was perfect time to get out telescope out and learn some more about planets and stars. 

                                                                             

SCIENCE