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It's not a bird, or a plane, it's a....frisbee! Beautiful weather found us outside skipping, walking, jogging and teaching Miss P how to throw the disc last night. Great way to spend an evening. Loving all this light at night, totally extends the day for the working mom and dad. : )
Which one are you???
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In other news, I have a few books I'll be highlighting soon. Whenever I want to learn something, or be inspired, I've always turned to a book. One of the books on my 'to get' list is 15 minutes outside by Rebecca Cohen. While perusing it online, I happened across the author's site, which includes an online show all about learning how to have more fun outside with your family (or in some cases, finding more outside time for you). Check it out!
Does everyone in the world already know how to make chicken tacos? Thought so! I'm still on a cooking learning curve, but made these tonight and E said they were restaurant quality. : ) This is also the first time I made something without following any kind of recipe (although you'll see this is so not complicated.)
Soft Chicken Tacos - make 'em light or luscious
ingredients -
one boneless, skinless chicken breast
salt
pepper
few garlic cloves
half onion
flour tortillas (luscious) or
corn tortilla shells (light-er)
shredded cheese
your toppings of choice - lettuce, tomato (light)
sour cream, guacomole (you got it - luscious)
Steps:
1. Salt and pepper up that chicken breast and cook at 375 for 30 minutes
2. Meanwhile, dice up your garlic and onion
3. When chicken is done, let it cool, then shred
4. Throw the garlic and onion in a skillet and cook for a couple of minutes, then add chicken. Cook it on low for 10 - 15 minutes to further season.
5. Now if you want to make these luscious, lightly butter both sides of a flour tortilla and fry on stove. Just cook it enough to get that light golden shade. Make as many as needed. If you want to go light, simply open up your corn tortilla shells.
6. Scoop chicken into your tortilla and add cheese and other toppings, making it light or luscious. Enjoy!
How do you make chicken tacos?
Had so much fun at my Stella and Dot party last night! Our neighborhood had a power outage from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m., so the first hour of the party was by candle light -- not the best for checking out jewelry. Thank goodness for daylight savings and big windows! For once, though, I was actually ready for the party on time. My friend and Stella and Dot 'stylist' commented on my flair for styling the food table. All my entertaining books aren't for nothing! Eventually the power popped back on, and I had lots of fun dishing with my friends and going off my diet. : ) I have such fun girlfriends and there was a nice, lively energy in the room. Laughter, laughter, laughter. For those of you who haven't heard of it, Stella and Dot is a San Francisco-based vintage, whimsical, fun jewelry line only available through home trunk shows and online. Check it out!
Do your kids do this? P loves to 'display' treasures and cr@& all over her room in shoe boxes and nooks. I got inspired to clean it up with her and started by gathering the piles onto her bed.
She totally played me by fussing over keeping items like this 'flosser in styrofoam.' So I sent her to chill with daddy while I finished the job.
Sucker!
Here she is, a clean room later, modeling this belt and bracelet (did she make the bracelet?) All that is left is that tub of magazines on her bed to look through. (She has outgrown Disney Princess and is now reading American Girl. The end of an era! Her number 1 mag though is Puzzle Buzz. We live for Puzzle Buzz!)
Today was a big day for performances. P's junior dance class had their little show, which was adorable. They danced disco, rock 'n roll, and hip hop.
P really has the shake your hips down. Wonder where she gets it? : )
She also really had the smiling stage face!
I loved their hip hop routine. 
So did she.
Then tonight was the first grade musical, Bugz. Love this show!
We didn't have good enough seats (rookies!) to get any good pics during the show; this is just after. P's babysitter even came spontaneously tonight - so sweet.
P's class is the dragonflies. The musical tells the story of a group of insects (all the first grade classes are named after insects). Anyway, the insects are all planning to join a picnic. There are songs and speaking parts and P got to use a puppet. During a firefly song, the lights are cut and all the children turn on miniature flashlights.
I love first grade! I think P and her teacher do too. : )
