Snow

We got some snow last Sunday and N2 were quite excited as we have not had much snow this year.  N2 and Brian went outside to play for quite a while in the morning.  They were really excited to see the snow plow!  Brian said that they made seats along the driveway towards the road to sit and wait for the snow plow to come by.  Luckily the snow plow was accommodating!  Natalie waved at the snow plow too!

Yay for snow plows!

Pork roast

Marcie wanted me to make a pork roast as one of our food challenges.  I finally got around to making it on Sunday.  I decided to go for a crock pot recipe because it was easier!  I found this recipe for Parmesan Honey Pork Roast and decided to try it.  It was pretty good!  I think it was a little too sweet so maybe tone down the honey.  Also make sure to only cook it 6-7 hours because I cooked it longer and I think the sauce burned a little.

It's not the most photogenic of a dish!

Slow Cooker Parmesan Honey Pork Roast

1 (2-3 pound) boneless pork roast
2/3 cup Parmesan cheese
1/2 cup honey
3 Tbsp soy sauce
2 Tbsp dried basil
2 Tbsp minced garlic
2 Tbsp olive oil
1/2 tsp salt
2 Tbsp cornstarch
1/4 cup cold water

Spray the slow cooker with non stick cooking spray.  Put the pork roast in the crock pot.  Combine Parmesan cheese, honey, soy sauce, basil, garlic, olive oil and salt.  Mix together and then pour over the pork roast.  Cook on low for 6-7 hours.  Remove meat.  Transfer sauce to a saucepan.  Skim off the fat.  Bring the liquid to a boil and combine the cornstarch and water.  Add the cornstarch/water and cook until sauce is thickened (it took mine less than a minute to thicken).  Serve over pork roast.

Firefighters

Noah received a fireman's raincoat for Christmas but it hasn't gotten much use.  Then one day they discovered the jacket.  Noah even had to wear it to the grocery store one day!

What's Wrong With These Pictures?

Yes, it's January and my pussy willows are blooming.

Boxes

I finally have my computer so now I can post pictures again!  I ordered diapers from Amazon the other day.  I did order 2 different kinds.  Normally each box comes individually.  Not this time.  We got a ridiculously large box-way too big for the 2 diaper boxes inside.  But boxes are great fun!  N2 had great time playing in this box.   Most recently we've colored on the box.  That's fun too.

You have to vaccum the box, didn't you know that?

It's our "monster box." When you get closed inside the box, you become a monster!

How many people can fit in the box?



Goth

Natalie can look back at these pictures and reminisce about the time that mom and dad made her look goth.

(Really she ate a sugar cookie that had been decorated black.  I can't remember which kid wanted to decorate with black but they decorated a gingerbread man with black sugar).

Sledding!

We finally got snow!  N2 were very excited and wanted to go out and play.  They were home "sick" the day that it snowed so they went out for a little bit.  There wasn't enough snow to sled so we had to wait until Sunday to go sledding.  We have a slight hill south of our house that leads into the neighbor's empty lot.  That's where we sled last year.  They used to go all the way across the lot but this year they didn't go very far!  Here are some sledding pictures.