Some Cute Pictures

I made beef stew the other night, a sort of simple version in the crockpot. No potatoes (too many points and I didn't have any) but I put onion, green bell pepper, yellow squash, carrots, cubed beef, broth and a can of tomato sauce. Olivia liked it--and Lucas at least tried the meat and said "mmm!"

I forgot to get any pictures of them eating butternut squash, but here's some of the squash---they love it and so do I! Hard to peel and cut but worth it:

I used melted light butter in a small pot, and only put about an unpacked 1/3 of a cup of light brown sugar...(after I found that 1 packed cup is 23 WW pts...this way a loosely packed 1/3 is about 7 pts, and that's for the whole recipe, + ~3pt for the light butter total.The easiest way to calculate it is say the whole dish is 10 pts, and then divide it into 5 servings, at 2 pts each.) Lots of Vitamin A!

And the babies were sort of restless so I gave them some crayons and paper plates to draw on. They liked it a lot. I tried to help Olivia hold the crayon and color but she just wanted to gather all of them to hoard for herself. Lucas was happy with one at a time and made a pretty drawing. Some of it actually looked like he was trying to write what resembled letters, rather than just scribbling, which is what it became in the end. He would "write" something and say "Lucas!" and then write and say "mommy!" Then I used the double sided tape I had (for the dress I wore to that audition---didn't want my boob coming out..) and let them tape them to the wall.

Lucas (below) : "See, how I blended these hues here..."









































And Lucas' second week at his faith formation class went very well. He loves telling me what he did that day...in random blurted out words that he happens to remember....there's always a "Janice" in between each word lol. She's such a sweet lady and both Lucas and Olivia enjoy her. Olivia did well in the nursery and played and helped clean up the toys. Lucas, who is now in a class with older pre-k kids, is adjusting well. He told me he did puzzles, read books, colored, and watched a veggietales movie--this week they learned about David and Goliath and made these bibles. It's always so cute to go in and see him sitting in a line with the other kids watching a movie, and then the assistant calls his name to tell him I'm here and he gets up and holds her hand :) It makes me feel like he's going to be ready for school even though its about 2 years away.