Homemade Pancakes and Ribs!

Last night I had trouble sleeping, I don't know what it was but I found myself tossing and turning and saw almost every hour throughout the night so when Liam woke up early, very unexpectedly, I changed his diaper, put him back to bed and couldn't fall back to sleep. So I got my work out in pretty early and was feeling good but feeling sore, my hubby and kiddos and the dog were still sound asleep so I had some me time just relaxing on the couch, enjoying the quiet! It was very nice. It is not very often where I find my house full and quiet. I went back into the bedroom a little later and noticed that Chloe was waking up. She said, "momma can I snuggle with you and watch some tv?" sooo sweet! Of course! I love when she wakes up so sweet like that. 
We snuggled for awhile and then decided to make some breakfast


Day 5 Chloe Quote: "momma I am going to be the best big helper ever!"
I've been wanting to try to make pancakes from scratch for quite awhile so thats what we did. First we made the bacon! then moved onto the pancakes. You could definitely tell the difference between the store bought mix and the batter that we made and they were pretty delicious :) Unfortunately I have no picture from our first try because I couldn't find the camera and when I went to use my phone I saw that the battery was dead...but that just means I will have to make them again... and soon!! :) 


The day went on and we got a few errands done and enjoyed the day with Sean. He had the day off which was unexpected but very nice :) 
We've been wanting ribs so he decided to give them a shot for dinner tonight. He put them on the grill around 1 o'clock this afternoon and smoked them all day. He didn't take them off the grill until we got home from dance class tonight which was around 5:15ish. They were AMAZING! I really love ribs but don't order them much if we go out to eat because I don't want to be messy and then unexpectedly have to take of something the kids need so it was really nice to have them for dinner and them be so good. They fell right off of the bones and weren't real slimy, they were PERFECT! And Sean was very proud :) we paired it with mac n cheese and red potato salad! YUM!

mmmm sooo yummy! :)

I feel like my word of the day is unexpected because as I think of what to type next I realize I've used the word a few times in this blog already and was just about to type that tonight we have an unexpected visitor lol. Well it's true, we do. Our friends one daughter is sick and mom needed to take her to the doctor and asked if her older daughter, Emily could stay with us. We really hope that little Hannah is better soon but are very happy to get to see Emily and Chloe was ecstatic to hear that she could finally have a sleepover with her friend. The girls have played, watched movies, shared popcorn, did their hair and have taken pictures and videos with Chloe's Leapster camera. Oh boy I'm not sure I'm ready for her to be at the age where all of this happens but it was fun to see them having so much fun together! 






<3 Liz