Rainy parade...but lots of fun

This weekend we were without dad so I was trying to find things to keep us busy. We went to a neighboring town for a parade. The weather was less than cooperative to say the least. We brought the rain gear... but it just was not working. Sooooo being that we were told it started at 10.... and we got there at 9:45..... yet the parade did not start until 11.... I had to do something to keep them happy. I backed my car beside the parade route, opened the back hatch to the pacificia and TADA!!!! It was a little picnic/camping area. The kids were GREAT and waited soo patiently. IT PAID OFF... they got a ice cream pail FULL of candy. Helps that Jackson did not mind standing in the rain and waveing at everyone and Jenna has her parade wave down to a T.. she is ready for the pagents :)
















I am finding one of the hardest things about being at home is figuring out what to cook. Being that I cook gluten free the majority of the time it limits what we can eat. Here is my latest creation and I anticipate we will be eating it again soon. I took the recipe I have from glutenfree ginger girl blog for her all purpose pancakes and added parmesian cheese and some spices to the batter, cooked it up and it was like parmesian pancakes... BUT.. then I took the sliced ham (TIP.... buy the boneless ham from the grocery store $3.25 and bring it to the meat dept and they will slice it for you. I got a TON of sliced ham for $3.25) and a slice of cheese and grilled it in our george foreman.. it was a grilled ham and cheese sandwich.. the kids and i GOBBLED them up!!


My other new creation is poping a hole in the water bottle and putting a straw in it. The kids ALWAYS want to drink from my stuff and with flu and cold season creeping up I am trying to break them of this. Soooo I created something cool for them. Jenna loves it... esp now that she figured out that if she tips it she can play in the water... ok... maybe not the best idea.

Here is a video of Jenna showing off (with my pleading) some of her new talents... and her TEMPER... yep.. she is a passionate irish child... not to mention the italian blood she also has running through her veins.. yep... and intersting combo!