Leonora and the butterfly

This is Leonora's wind-up butterfly.



She found it one day when we were packing and cleaning our old apartment.




She was making the butterfly fly.



I wish I'd done a video, but here are some cute pictures!

Fresh Strawberry Pie

This is my mom's recipe. I love it! I've decided what makes this simple recipe so good is the lemon!

Ingrediants:

1 cup water
3/4 cup sugar
2 T cornstarch
Juice of 1 lemon
2 lbs strawberries
large pie crust

Mix sugar and cornstarch in a small bowl until well blended. Set aside. Take 3-4 strawberries and smash. Bring water to a boil. Add sugar mixture to water. Blend thoroughly while still cooking. Add juice of 1 lemon. Remove from heat and let cool. Add smashed strawberries. Hull remaining strawberries and place in large pie crust. Pour water/sugar mixture over strawberries. Refrigerate 1-2 hours or until ready to serve.

It's great served with whipped cream! I am lazy, so I usually buy the pie crust. My favorite to use is a shortbread crumb crust, but this is grahm cracker crumb. Enjoy!

Two Months!

Time has gotten away from me! I didn't even realize that I hadn't posted about Isaac's 2 month check up!



Isaac has gotten huge! At least, he seems huge to me. If you were carrying him around all the time, he'd seem huge to you too!! He had his 2 month check up last week and is doing well. He weighed in at 14lbs even (95th percentile) and was 23 1/2 inches long(75th percentile). He has a slightly flat spot on the back right side of his head, so we are trying to encourage him to turn more to the left. Other than that and a case of craddle cap, he's a happy healthy little boy!

First Impressions

Sunday was the first time we attended our new ward. There were a lot of visitors. We kind of blended in with all the other new faces, but I'm sure we'll atract a little more attention next week.

We arrived on time-quite the feat for our family-and settled in for a mostly enjoyable sacrament meeting. When it was time for Sunday School, the first order of business was finding out which rooms the kids were suposed to be in. I found the primary room and took William in to ask where his room was. One member of the presidency took him off to his class. As I was being led away to the nursery with Leonora, I realized that I hadn't mentioned his name. I hoped to myself that he wouldn't be too shy and would introduce himself. After all, he knows his name! I then repeated Leonora's name two or three times to the nursery leader. She can't say her own name. Incredibly enough, when she tries, it comes out a few syllables too long.

The rest of our meetings went well. Isaac stayed asleep the whole time. I found out that a couple who were in my ward when I was a little girl are in this ward. They have children close to my age and it was fun to catch up a little. It's nice to see someone familiar in a new congregation.

After church, we set off to find our children. Aaron found William and brought him to where I picked up Leonora. They both seemed happy and to have had a good time, and both had colored pictures for us. As we loaded into the car, I looked a little more closely at William's paper. I instantly regretted not introducing him properly!

Moved!

Just thought I'd let you all know that we are now residing in our new home! So far, we are very happy with the increased space and asthetics. We've still got a bit of unpacking to do, but it is starting to feel more like a home and less like a storage unit with a kitchen! :) I have some pictures to share, but don't have the time at the moment. We've been busy, so I have lots to post about but not the time to do it. This will have to do for the moment!