Callens cute voice

It is so fun looking back and watching videos of callen when he was little. His voice is so cute. I love when he talks and is all serious about it. When I try to video him when he knows I am he usually doesn't say much. So if I hide the camera it usually goes better:) he gets real distracted in this one:)

Granola bars

I found a great granola bar recipe on Pinterest and had to try them. Yum. They turned out sooo good. It's almost time for another batch! Easy to adapt to whichever kind you desire too! I did make some adjustments to my batch.

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup coconut oil, real butter can be substituted (where to buy)
• 1/2 cup raw honey
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract (homemade)
• 2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats (where to buy)
• 1/8 cup flax seed, milled or whole (where to buy)
• 1/4 cup good-quality mini chocolate chips (where to buy)
• 1-2 TB fresh ground peanut butter (optional)
• handful dried fruit and/or nuts (optional)

Instructions

1. Heat your stove top to medium heat.
2. To a saucepan over medium heat, add your coconut oil and honey. Stir to melt and combine.
3. The oil and honey will start to bubble. When you see this, keep watch as it will soon take on a nice amber color, but do not let it get to dark or you will have made candy.
4. Once you get a nice rolling bubble, let it go for about 30 seconds to a minute and then turn off your heat and add your vanilla.
5. Add in the oats, flax seed, and optional peanut butter. Stir together until combined
6. Line a 9x9 pan with parchment paper (be sure to have some extra hanging off both sides).
7. Pour in the oat mixture. Using the back of a spatula press down about 1/2 inch until mixture is smooth.
8. Sprinkle chocolate chips, nuts, and/or dried fruit over oat mixture. Place in the fridge for about 30 minutes to cool.
9. The cutting process: Remove the pan from the fridge. Use the extra parchment hanging off sides as handles to pull your entire granola out of the pan and place on counter. It will be a solid piece. Cut width-wise into one-inch sections. Then one long cut down the center of the pan. This will allow for 12 individual servings all equal size.
10. Note: This recipe can easily be doubled for 24 using a 9x13 pan.
11. Store in an air-tight container in the fridge.

http://livesimply.me/2013/06/05/homemade-no-bake-granola-bars/

Sparkle shoes

Couldn't pass these little sparkle shoes up at the consignment store this week:) 

Tent

Ashely and Steve got this tent for callen for his birthday. Since I was cleaning and organizing his room out this week, I thought it'd be good to switch things up. So I took the tent down in the corner of his room that I made, moved this and that and then put this tent up. For some reason he needs the tent out of his room at night. But he has so much fun in this! 

Tired out

This is what these cold winter nights usually look like around here. 

Rash

What started to be a little diaper rash one day, turned into an awful one the next morning. It has been a terrible rash:( I have felt so bad. But, when callen was her age he got a really bad one too. So, this time around it's been a little easier knowing what to do and what not to do. Lots of airing out, lanolin, coconut oil, chlorine free diapers, baking soda baths...all those things have been helping! She's still as sweet as can be through it all. 

Colds

Maelyn had a cold last week. Fever and congestion. Not sleeping great at night and not really being all that settled. Her naps in the day were pretty good so as I checked on her one day, couldn't help but take her picture~