Catching up and Fresh Look

Please excuse me as I post about things that happened about 2 months ago...I am way behind and need to catch up!  Also freshened up the blog with a new header and picture! One of my New Year resolutions was to blog more often so here I go!

Dillonisms

If I don't write down these cute little sayings that make us smile, I will completely forget...I am going to start posting Dillonisms each month on cute or funny phrases we hear around the house!!  :)

Talking about climbing up stairs- "I uping!" or "Go up, up, uping!"

Almost every day, he tells me something he likes- "I like choo choos"  or my favorite- "I like cupcakes!" with a mouth full of cupcake :)

One night while taking a bath- "I poo-pooed...yucky!!!!"  Luckily, he didn't actually poop in the tub :)

He is always telling us to sit down-"mommy sit, daddy sit, Dillon sit" He wants us to all sit together on the couch or on the floor to read.

Before we leave the house, he tells the dog " Doggie, go poo poo."

New Ride

Taking his cousin out for a cruise in his new car!

Mother-Son Date night!

Chic fil a never ceases to amaze me. Tonight they had a mother- son date night where you signed in, were sat at a table, had menus and were waited on like a restaurant. There were lights hanging, violins playing, free gifts, roses for the moms. Dillon loved the classical music and even jammed out with it. This boy can dance to anything! Loved my date with my sweet boy! Thanks CFA for being so awesome!!

Gettin Messy

We love getting messy at our house so we tried homemade gak for the first time! Just cornstarch, water and foodcoloring. Dillon requested purple and green, his favorite colors. He had a blast and did not want to clean up. I think the best part was watching his face when the gak would ooze through his fingers and toes...hilarious!! This is such an easy clean up too, rinses right off skin and we just rolled up the tablecloth and sprayed it outside!

Easy Peasy Yogurt Pie

Today was a good day for baking since we were stuck inside from the yucky hurricane (even though we did go out to the grocery store and mall). I wanted to make my favorite summer dessert one last time before summer is over and the warm comfort foods take over the kitchen!  My mom made this pie many times when I was growing up and it didn't last long!!  Basically, all the pie contains is yogurt and cool whip! See, so easy! I use the small pre-made graham cracker crust, one small container of lite cool whip and two containers of yogurt. My mom always made blueberry or raspberry flavored with real berries mixed in. This time I made a berry and a key lime. I wanted to try something new and see how key lime yogurt would taste!  Its pretty good and satisfied my key lime craving, but I still think berry is my favorite!  Once you mix the yogurt and coop whip together, pour into the crust, cover and freeze for a few hours. Enjoy!!

Earthquake!

Aftermath from the quake we felt in Durham today!!!! Oh wait...no, that is from two tornadoes named Dillon and Zoey :)

The Cupcake Truck

Durham is well known for their food trucks and Daisycakes is probably my favorite! Who doesn't love cupcakes on your way to the farmer's market?! They are opening their storefront in Oct which is pretty exciting. Speaking of food trucks, we are going to Durhams biggest food truck roundup on Sunday at Durham Central Park. There will be 15 trucks ranging from The Grilled Cheese Bus (um yes please) to Locopops! I love Durham!!

My Handsome Boy

Dillon was such a stud in his tux and converses at my Brother-in-law's wedding! So proud of him and Stella for making it down the aisle!

Blueberry Picking

Some of the moms in our play group met the other day to go blueberry picking! I have been so excited to take Dillon since he LOVES blueberries and I really wanted to make blueberry muffins, pancakes, pie, etc. (I didn't make any of the above, we ate them all already, ha!)
We headed out to Patchwork Farms in Chapel Hill, which is a great family owned farm with very nice owners, lots of blueberries and the best part...its fenced in with play structures for the kids!  It was a soak-through-your-shirt-with-sweat kind of day so we didn't stay long. Dillon had fun stuffing his face and helping me put a few in the jug.

We will probably go back and bring Evan this time so we can bring back triple the amount and have enough to freeze!