The Big Boy Bed

We got Dylan a big boy bed last week ( I think we picked it up on Wednesday?), it sat downstairs airing out for a few days and Dave finally got it up in Dylan's room on Friday. Since then we have been trying to show Dylan that the bed is for sleeping in and not just jumping on, but we had been unsuccessful until last night. He finally went to bed in his big boy bed and stayed there until he woke up this morning (after 8am)! I was already on my way to work, but Dave said he was up getting ready and heard Dylan open the door to his room and say "hello" so Dave stuck his head out our door and said hi to Dylan. (and told him how proud he was of him for sleeping in his big boy bed all night)
We have kept the crib in Dylan's room so it is rather full with the crib, Dylan's new full size bed, change table, rocker, toy box, armour, etc. Hopefully this will be the beginning of the end of Dylan's crib and we can finally take it down and get rid of it. (It's a drop side crib and apparently they are dangerous, so IF we have another baby we will be getting a new crib. BTW, we haven't had any problems with the drop side on our crib and Dylan has shaken the hell out of the crib).
So, wish us luck tonight that Dylan sleeps in his big boy bed again! (and let me know if you see any fire truck sheets, because I am having a terrible time finding them, all I've seen is a fire truck quilt, not quite what I'm looking for).

Two-Fer Tuesday

Boats anyone? Here are some of my favorites from the builder (and my former employer) Kadey-Krogen.

Annapolis Boat Show 2006.

Krogen 54' my favorite Krogen design. Check out this article to find out more on the Krogen 54'.

Changes

I'll be making some changes to the layout of the blog over the next few days so bear with me!!

Cinnamon Bread!

This blog is supposed to have some cooking isn't it? :) I love to bake, I didn't do much baking over the summer except for Dylan's birthday cake and just cooking at home. Usually I forget to take photos of what I've cooked or baked, but not today! I made The Pioneer Woman's Cinnamon Bread and it turned out awesome! I love bread, cake, cookies, etc and decided that since I don't usually make bread other than quick breads I should try a yeast bread. I also use the excuse that since it's generally just Dylan and I around during the day it's hard to bake anything that is time consuming. And I will admit that it was difficult to get the first part of the bread done. I had to stall our morning plans for a little bit while the milk and butter cooled and the yeast did it's magic, but after that it was pretty easy to get the bread done.
And here is the result!

Huge!!! I let the bread rise as long as it was supposed to before I baked it, but it rose quite a bit more. I think next time I bake this bread I will use two pans! Here's a link to The Pioneer Woman's Cinnamon Bread recipe. Enjoy!

Fall Festival & missing Greek Fest

Yesterday Dylan and I went to our churches fall festival and had so much fun! They did a great job with the festival, there were activities for all ages. Crafts, bounce houses, games, a pumpkin patch and more. Dylan had a great time picking out his (free!) pumpkin, playing in the toddler town bounce house, riding the train (pulled by a lawn mower) and driving Little Tykes cars around the parking lot. Unfortunately, I forgot my camera and the pictures from my cell phone aren't that great, so you don't get to see any photos.
We also had lunch at the festival, Dylan ate his entire hot dog and a cookie. The best thing was that EVERYTHING was free. We did leave a small donation, but I don't think I heard anyone asking for them, there was just a non-descript box marked for donations. I always feel more apt to leave a donation if it isn't preached to you the entire time you are at an event.
This weekend was also Greek Fest. We have went to Greek Fest for the past 3 years, but since Dave had to work all weekend we didn't make it :( I am pretty sad about missing out on Spanakopita, gyros and Greek lasagna. Knoxville doesn't have any Greek restaurants that I know of, so Greek Fest was my chance to have some of the Greek food I love. Any Knoxvilleians know of any good Greek restaurants in the area?

Two-fer Tuesday

 Just before Dylan's first Halloween.

Part of last year's Lion Halloween costume. He liked wearing the costume on Halloween,

 in this picture, not so much!

Future Chef?

We're hoping so...maybe at least he'll make dinner once in a while!