Violet Knows Best

We had a funny conversation with Violet yesterday.  

Glenn:  Violet, do you look like Mama, or do you look like Dada??

(pause)

Violet:  Like Violet!

By the way, we must have told her that she is sassy too much lately, because today in the car she told me, "Mama, I'm sassy!"  Amen to that, sister.

Violet Gets Wet

We hardly ever bother to dress Violet in a swim suit when we got to the beach, because she is usually so scared of the water she never gets close.  Yesterday she surprised us by grabbing Glenn's hand and dragging him to the water as soon as we got there!  She loved letting the water wash up over her legs.

After a few waves went up to her arm pits, we took pity on her (she was shivering like crazy) and took off her wet dress.  Naked babies are the cutest anyway.

And then, my favorite part!  She was so cold she needed to be cuddled!  And I savored every moment, because that hardly ever happens.

Putting my Mothers' Day gift to good use

We bucked tradition and had pizza night on THURSDAY!  Crazy, I know. 

You guys, the pizza pan Glenn got me for Mothers' Day made our pizza SO good!  Seriously, it was the best pizza I've ever made; the cast iron just really improved the texture of the crust.

I made one of my favorite pizzas that I hardly ever make (I blogged about it here).  I'm glad I did because it was the best it has ever been because of the new pan.

And since we are on the subject of food, here are a couple of other good things we've eaten lately!  (Sorry, I know I've been posting a lot of food pictures lately, but our new camera takes such good pictures of food!)

These edamame dumplings (from the book Sprouted Kitchen) were awesome:

And this salad (from the book Plenty) was delicious. 

I think I am going to make both the salad and the dumplings again next week because they were so good.

Outside

I just love this little person so much.

Violet and I spend A LOT of time out on this porch.  I'm glad Glenn took these pictures today to document our favorite place to hang out.

The Zoo with Dad

Last week, Glenn took Violet to the zoo.  Hannah and Sofia went with their dad too, so Violet was basically in heaven.  Her 3 favorite people and her favorite place!  While they were at the zoo, Brittany and I got our nails done.  It was a good day for everybody.

Apparently the camel was the place for picture taking:

Violet likes to look at the animals, but we always end up spending plenty of time at the park too. 

The best Mothers' Day

I am the luckiest mom!  These two did a great job of making me feel special on Mothers' Day.

As soon as I woke up in the morning, I got to open my present from Glenn.  He got me a cast iron pizza pan!  I have been complaining about not having a pizza pan ever since we started our tradition of having pizza every Friday, and the one he got me was way better than what I would have bought for myself!  I can't wait to try it out.  Come faster, Friday!

Glenn is so sweet.  He made me breakfast and brought it out to me on a tray!  I made him pose for a picture.

Glenn and Violet also gave me a VERY sweet card.  And Violet colored a picture for me!  Behold:

I just love that smile.  And I know I'm biased, but is that a good drawing or what?  Take a closer look:

Thank you for everything, Glenn and Violet!

Our food lately...

If you care, here is what we've been eating lately.

This pizza was a winner:

We go to the farmer's market every week, but all winter didn't buy much. But this last week the summer produce was out in full force!

The strawberries were so good and so cheap, and I was told this was the first crop of tomatoes of the season!

If you don't love oatmeal, but realize that it one of the healthiest and least expensive breakfasts around, you should try overnight oats!  I did this week, and it is my new everyday breakfast!  Also, it is soooooooo good with those amazing strawberries from the farmer's market.

(basically, you just mix 1/2 cup of oats with 1 cup of almond milk at night in a tupperware, and then put it in a bowl with berries and a little sugar the next morning. I love the texture, and it is nice not to have hot oatmeal now that it is warm outside.)

As for the tomatoes, I had this amazing salad for lunch.

I used the basil from my own plant!  This salad was so good that Violet ate tomatoes for the first time!  She just kept asking for more, and I was so proud.