Grow.Make.Brew.Eat

I wrote this post 2 weeks ago. It's been 2 weeks since I've had 10 minutes to sit down and put some pics with this post. The pizza was really good.... It's been forever since Andy & I have really cooked together.  He cooks a lot, especially during the week because the evening after Augie goes to sleep is my prime exercise time. Finally after months of trading dinner and playtime or exercise time we made a pizza! And it wasn't your regular run of the mill frozen deal. We made a gluten free Prosciutto, mushroom, spinach, onion and goat cheese pizza on a garbanzo  bean flour crust. Note: you can still see my swollen lip from my recent dental surgery...  We started with a  quick crust  and tripled it, using a little less water and adding yeast.  We let it sit 30 min as suggested, spread it on our pizza sheet (with aluminum foil because it wad a bit thin) and tossed it on the grill. We threw on some garlic powder, sage, dill and dried gee...

Today was our third adventure to the Discovery Center Museum, since Augie was born. We went just after his 1st Birthday, then again a few weeks ago (and purchased a year membership) and decided a cold, Sunday morning would be a great opportunity to get out of the house.  Augie's 1st Discovery Center Trip-1/21/13 Augie's 1st Discovery Center Trip-1/21/13 At our first visit, Augie was a relatively new walker. It was the first time he had walked anywhere, besides home and school, in his little leather shoes. Now, I can barely keep up with him AND he's almost worn out his favorite tennies.  Where should we start? The shapes & lights are fun... The puzzles are great too. Peg stacking is exciting. Driving a car is even more fun.  And playing house is fantastic!  Andy had as much fun as Augie today... So did I...

We hadn't yet been to the Nicholas Conservatory . Saturday turned into a great day to finally make the trip. Our Saturday plans fell through and after Augie's morning nap we decided it was about time we went to see what the Conservatory is all about. It was really a nice day. Augie loved the plants, as did Andy & I. Andy captured some great flower pictures. The orchids were amazing.   The wee man really loved the water features and the koy fish. I'm pretty sure he was ready to jump right in and go for a swim with the fishies.  Augie especially loved that there was a story time going on to celebrate Dr. Seuss' Birthday. A nice volunteer, named Jan, read Augie "Green Eggs & Ham" while he played with/on Rockin' Ruby, the conservatory's resident tree frog.  We found out that there are frequent events, like story time, and there is always some sort of fun "make and take" craft f...

This was supposed to be a 6 month post, which turned into a 6 and a half month post and well..here we are. Augie was officially 7 months old on August 16th! The past 7+ months have completely flown by. It's obvious by my lack of posting that we have been keeping busy with other things....mainly this guy- We've had some long, sleepless nights, but overall everything is running very smoothly in the Eikstadt household. Augie is growing by leaps and bounds and is healthy as can be. We had his 6 month well child visit with his pediatrician, and he weighed in at 16lbs 4 oz. He's definitely growing! Here is what the little man is up to these days: Sitting up for long periods of time without support Rolling from front to back and back to front and then again and again and again... Army crawling and recently doing "push ups", planks and getting ready to crawl (I'm estimating within the next 2 weeks) Sleeping on his belly! (Ok not all the time, but ...

Yesterday we packed up the car and headed to Madison to the Henry Vilas Zoo . We love this zoo...it's just the right size, is very well maintained and has great animals. Unfortunately every time Andy & I go to Madison the weather seems to be rainy or windy...just downright unfavorable. We were nervous over the weekend, but kept watching the weather which showed the temps in the low 70s and sun. Lucky for all of us, it turned out to be a fantastic day! The weather was perfect! This zoo stays busy all the time so we had a short 2 block walk through the surrounding neighborhood. When we arrived Augie was interested in EVERYTHING. We didn't expect much for his first time. We thought that maybe he'd be more interested in garbage cans and fence posts, but to our surprise he was amazed by certain animals, the trees and of course the people. Augie really liked the Buffalo. He also was very interested in the big fish.  We packed snacks, took our tim...