Daddy's Day Off

Since Chris gets about four days off a month we try to make those days as fun, relaxing, and memorable as possible. So on this day off we started out by sleeping late... John-Paul let us stay in bed until after 8am! After a healthy breakfast of homemade yogurt and granola we headed off to the local Put-Put place. We thought going early in the morning would make it enjoyable in the excessive summer heat, but we thought wrong.





John-Paul did a great job playing his first game of put-put. He made several holes in one (by dropping the ball directly in the hole) :0)

After put-put we went to lunch at Star Pizza, Costco, and St. Arnold's Brewery. All in all we had a full day of fun with Daddy!

Heat Advisory and Saving Energy

So for the past few days we have been under an extreme heat advisory. With the extreme heat a record energy use has caused the City of Houston to ask people to cut any non-essential energy usage or a black/brown out might occur. I decided to take that to heart yesterday and refrained from washing clothes, running the dishwasher (except for once that night), opening the back blinds, leaving most lights off, and not cooking dinner :0) So when Chris got home I informed him of my decision to follow the request to save energy. We decided our civic duty would be to go to Red Robbin for dinner.

For those who aren't familiar with Red Robbin they have unlimited french fries! We tried to get John-Paul to eat some healthy avocados, but he opted for the fries. I guess I can't blame him.

Look at those cute guys enjoying the heat advisory and request to save energy. I can't wait to add one more to the bunch :0)

Strawberry Yogurt

This week I decided to try making yogurt! I found a yogurt recipe you make in the slow cooker, so I tried it. (http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/2008/10/you-can-make-yogurt-in-your-crockpot.html) I was a bit scared as I was making it because I was half a cup short of whole milk and had to substitute that half a cup with 2% milk. I let the yogurt sit in the fridge for a day to solidify a bit and then I tried it. I fed some plain yogurt to John-Paul and it was a bit sour. I added some blended strawberries and it was OHH SOO YUMMY!!!!!

If anyone decides to try something new I would suggest making some yogurt at home. It tastes great, it is easy (as long as you make it in the crockpot), it is better for the environment, and it is soo much cheaper than buying it in the store.