Scrumptious chicken!

So my grown up is trying to cook healthier stuff that is still tasty. Well last night she made some GOOOOOD chicken! It's best with boneless skinless chicken thighs, but you can use boneless skinless chicken breasts that have been sliced in half through the middle.

6 chicken thighs (or 6 chicken breast halves)
1 can cream of chicken soup + 1 can water
1 packet dry ranch mix

Put all ingredients in crock pot, stir together, and cook on high for 3-4 hours.

Serve with mashed potatoes pr steamed broccoli. Spoon a little sauce over your chicken and vegetables. Yummy!!

My first recipe!

I LOVE BAKING! And my grown up has been trying to perfect her own simple cookie recipe and today she did it! Here it is:

1 cup sugar
1 cup peanut butter
1 egg
1/2 bag chocolate chips (optional)
1/3 package instant vanilla pudding

Cream sugar and peanut butter. Mix in egg. Add chocolate chips, if desired.
Add instant pudding, mix well.

Roll dough into 1" balls and place on ungreased baking sheet. Use the back of a spoon to flatten to 1/2"-3/4" thick.

Bake at 325 for 16-18 minutes

Let cool 3+ minuted before removing from baking sheet.

Oh happy happy day!!

My grown up has really made an effort to "connect" with me today! She did our makeup really pretty, and cute hair, and we wore one of her husband's shirts that she really likes and I like too!

Oh, and to make the day EVEN BETTER while she was getting the baby ready for a nap, we heard the doorbell ring. When we opened the door, there was a little box outside from "Milani" (a makeup brand). It was FULL of MAKEUP! Apparently my grown up won a giveaway and didn't know!! Yippeee!!!!

I put pictures here of my grown up's pretty eye makeup, and of all the stuff we won!

Christmas Time and Rebellion

Ok, well it's Christmas time!  We decorated the our Christmas tree last week, well it's not totally done yet, but we did a good bit of it.  I got a little sad because I remembered what happened to all Nana's ornaments.  But Laura's Aunt gave her a whole bunch of really nice, collector's ornaments to start using and pass down to Penelope.  So that's really special.

My grown up has not lost anymore of her pregnancy weight.  I think she is scared to not eat enough to feed Penny.  I haven't really helped either.  We have been baking pretty often, because it's so much fun! And then I eat almost all of what we baked.  :(  But she hasn't been paying much attention to me, and eating the baked goodies makes me feel better.  I need to make her pay more attention to me, I know it will make her feel better.  She just feels so overwhelmed being a mommy, wife and homemaker.  I wonder how I can help her. 

I'm not the youngest one anymore

It's been a long time since my grown up has let me write on here!  But she's been super busy because she has a BABY now!  I'm not the youngest little girl in her life anymore, but that's ok because I have a LOT of fun with little Penelope.  My grown up lets me come out to play a lot more now.  I think sometimes she misses grown up stuff too though, like taking her time out shopping or spending extra time on her hair and make up in the morning.  
We both miss wearing pretty make up every day, but time just doesn't permit it all the time.  And I miss all her cute clothes, but she's trying hard to look cute in stuff that fits her right now as she's losing her pregnancy weight.  It's a process.
Hmm...I think we just heard the baby wake up from her nap, that means it's time to go for now.  
<3


     

she's pregnant....

So my grown up is 7 month pregnant, and starting to run out of cute clothes.  I'm not so happy about that.  She does make every effort (MOST days) to make us look and feel cute, but yesterday I just wasn't feeling it!  I miss wearing her cute jeans and vests.  But I know that it won't take long for her to lose the baby weight after her beautiful little girl joins us.  So I guess I just need to be ok with it for now.  I mean, she does her best, right!  AND it's for a VERY good reason.

Her little girl's name is beautiful too, I LOVE it!  Penelope Rose.  Isn't that precious?  I sure think so!