I came home from school yesterday to this beautiful baby splashing away in her own little tub of water - she was having so much fun she barely noticed I had gotten home!
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Dinner
Here are a few of the new recipes I've tried lately.
Monday, May 23, 2011
More Baking
As you already know, I have started baking and selling bread. Right now I only sell three types: banana bread, friendship bread, and cinnamon rolls. The banana bread sells like crazy; the friendship bread is almost like cake, but don't have a huge demand for it; the cinnamon rolls I have made twice now and everyone loves them. The only thing is they are a bit expensive. I am working on a way to adjust the recipe to lower my costs some and sell them for a bit less. 
Then it gets covered with the good stuff...
...and rolled up into a log. Then I cut it into the rolls and place them in the pan to rise for another hour.
Ready for the oven!
Here is the dough ready to rise!
After it rises for about an hour, I stretch it out in a rectangle (pretty big).
Here they are, out of the oven and covered with cream-cheese-butter icing :) Yummy!
Leyla
Yes, my baby's eyelashes are naturally that long and beautiful :) j/k, she likes to play in my make-up while I am getting dressed, so sometimes she plays dress-up too. Here she has mascara on!
Trying to dress herself! She has really started taking an interest in getting dressed lately. But, she wants to put everything on her feet - even her shirts, she thinks are pants! (Don't look at her dirty foot...)
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Mother's Day
My 2nd Mother's Day :) Being a mother is a wonderful gift. Leyla brings so much joy and life to our little family and I am so proud of her! She is an amazing little person and I feel so blessed to be her mother. I can't imagine life without her!!! I love her little hugs and how she pats my back, and plays with my hair with her arm wrapped around my neck, I love how she scrunches her little face when she cries, I love when she gets excited when she sees balloons, or a bird, or a dog...I love just watching her play and trying to imitate me or Marcos, I love her silly dance moves and her squeals when we play chase, I love her sweetness - how she hugs everyone/everything, and I love watching her sleep peacefully in my arms at night. Thank you God for giving me such a wonderful gift!
Here are the flowers Marcos bought me:
Here are the flowers Marcos bought me:
Leyla at 18 Months
Hard to believe Leyla is a year and a half already! She's almost two! Wow.
She is learning and growing like crazy. Her favorite game is transferring water between any cup or container she can find. She loves to "read" and is learning new words! On occasion, she will repeat after me her colors, purple, blue, red, yellow, and green: puh-puh, boo, re, eyow, and ree :) She is still working on those r's! Another new word of hers is "agua," which she says pretty perfectly since it sounds like a baby word anyway! She is learning to count but can't say her numbers yet; she just holds out her fingers and points to each one, saying "duh."
And, she is completely potty trained!! She goes all by herself - says "pee pee" and sits down to go! She jumps up and claps and sometimes even carries the potty to me to show me (that can be a little scary sometimes) so I can dump it in the toilet. She just uses a diaper at night now! It is so sweet, I am so proud of her!
Playing in a mall in Tegucigalpa.
She is learning and growing like crazy. Her favorite game is transferring water between any cup or container she can find. She loves to "read" and is learning new words! On occasion, she will repeat after me her colors, purple, blue, red, yellow, and green: puh-puh, boo, re, eyow, and ree :) She is still working on those r's! Another new word of hers is "agua," which she says pretty perfectly since it sounds like a baby word anyway! She is learning to count but can't say her numbers yet; she just holds out her fingers and points to each one, saying "duh."
And, she is completely potty trained!! She goes all by herself - says "pee pee" and sits down to go! She jumps up and claps and sometimes even carries the potty to me to show me (that can be a little scary sometimes) so I can dump it in the toilet. She just uses a diaper at night now! It is so sweet, I am so proud of her!
Eating a pastelito! Doesn't she look all relaxed and comfy?
