halloween 2016

curtis had to work on halloween this year so we went trick or treating with a friend of mine and her two littlest kids. we had a great time despite a few melt downs from quinn. she was supposed to be sky from paw patrol but somehow at our church's halloween party half of her costume was lost so we had a last minute run to target where she decided on peppa pig. i loved watching them get excited about each piece of candy! brooklynn was the cutest nerd ever! before we started trick or treating we stopped by the fire station that had a bunch of activities for the kids to do! it was awesome!

photos from life lately

i keep saying i'm going to get back to blogging & then something happens that prevents me from doing it, you know, being lazy & watching too much tv. but i for real want to get back at it. i really do miss doing it but i have been having a hard time finding my flow again. hopefully i can get it. i think i have struggled since there was so much i wanted to blog about that i missed but i've decided i am just starting back up right here right now & i am not going to try & back track. but here are a few photos from the last few weeks that i just thought were too cute to not share. so here they are & here's to trying to find my flow.

playing

the weather here has been so nice that we have been spending a lot of time at the park.. we don't have a super nice park by our house so we have been venturing out trying to find nicer parks around katy. we found one that we absolutely love close to my friend's house. it's a little bit farther than we'd like just to go to a park but we love it. hopefully we can find one we love a little close for quick trips. finding a good park is really important, with a 4 year old and an 18 month old there needs to be things that work for both kids to enjoy! quinn loves slides so much and she loves to be able to get up the steps and get to the slide by herself. i love exploring this new town so it's been fun going on a hunt to find fun parks! and i sure love playing with these girls of mine!

mini biscuit pizzas

okay this is something new that we tried for dinner tonight and it was amazing. my kids are pretty picky eaters and it's always a struggle to find something that both of them will eat. pizza is great and brooklynn likes it but usually the crust of the pizza is too tough for quinn to eat. so tonight we tired little personal pizzas made on flattened out biscuits... not only did they taste super yummy both my kids gobbled them up AND brooklynn had a blast helping me make them.

all you need is..

1 can biscuits (you can use whatever kind you like)

2 cups of pizza sauce

3 cups of motzerella cheese shredded (or more depending on how much cheese you like)

toppings of your choice (pepperoni, bell peppers, sausage..)

the steps..

-preheat the oven to 400 degrees

-grease a cookies sheet (or two if you want to cook a lot at the same time)

-flatten out each biscuit on the cookie sheet to about 5 inches in diameter (do this right on the cookie sheet it's too hard to move them from a plate to the cookie sheet)

-spread pizza sauce on each biscuit

-sprinkle cheese on each one

-at toppings of your choice

-sprinkle more cheese on top

-bake at 400 for 7-10 minutes

and there you have it, the easiest mini personal pizzas you will ever make! and they are seriously so good! this will be a staple in our family meals for years to come!

i hope you enjoy!