My favorite pics from the past couple of weeks

I have been a picture taking slacker lately, but here are some pics I LOVE from the past couple of weeks...

Feta Stuffed Peppers

This is Thursdays nights dinner. I got the recipe from a friend and Corbin and James LOVE it.

Stuffed Peppers with Feta

1 cup water
1/2 cup uncooked Arborio rice (I just use plain old minute rice and it turns out fine. I have no idea what Arborio rice is, so if you know, please enlighten me lol)
2 red/orange/yellow bell peppers, halved and seeded
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 bunch of green onions, thinly sliced
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning (here I use Italian dressing mix. It's a dry mix that comes in a packet. I already have a ton for another recipe and don't have Italian Seasonings, so I improvised)
1 teaspoon salt
1 pinch ground black pepper
1 tomato, diced
1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese

DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Lightly grease a baking sheet. Place the peppers cut-side down on the prepared baking sheet. Roast 25 to 30 minutes in the preheated oven, or until tender and skin starts to brown.

In a medium saucepan, bring water to a boil. Stir in the rice. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 20 minutes. Remove from heat, and set aside.

Heat oil in a medium skillet. Cook the onions, basil, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper in oil for 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in the tomato, and cook for 5 minutes. Spoon in the cooked rice, and stir until heated through. Remove from heat, mix in the feta cheese, and spoon the mixture into the pepper halves.

Return to the oven for 5 minutes. Serve immediately.

What do Turtles say?

According to Corbin, turtles say "dude! Sweet!"

I think we may have watched Finding Nemo one too many times lately.

It's been a while since I've talked about what Corbin is up to lately...


~ He is talking so much! Everyday he learns a new word. Today he came up with "I want some cheese!" clear as day. Of course sometimes he says things we would rather him not say. Two days ago, he started yelling "stupid!" from his highchair. It was really funny, but of course we couldn't let him know that. Daddy let him know, in no uncertain terms, that if we heard that word again, Corbin would be spending some time in his corner.

~ Potty training is going great! Last Sunday, we let him wear underwear to Grandma's for dinner, and he had no accidents. Yesterday, we were out for over 2 hours and his diaper was dry when we got home. It's really starting to sink in and I think we will be out of diapers - at least while awake - very soon. He is taking his first trip to the store in underwear today, so we're praying for no accidents.

~ Corbin is currently addicted to Chocolate Milk. He asks for it all day long - "chocat malk! chocat malk!". If we give him regular milk, he walks to the fridge, points at the Hershey's Syrup and yells "Chocat Malk!!!!"

~ A moment ago, Corbin was crawling behind me, pushing a truck, saying "set! go!" A bug got him and he yelled "no! Tickle me!!!" and ran off quite upset that this big dared to tickle him!

~ Corbin's favorite time of day is when Daddy comes home. He loves his daddy. In fact, frequently during the day, he goes into our bedroom to see if daddy is "seeping" in there. It's pretty cute.

~ Corbin is also becoming quite good at soccer. If I can't kick the ball with him for some reason, he will kick it against the wall so it comes back to him and he can kick it again. He's deserted his truck and is doing this as I type.

Well, he has now realized that Mama isn't doing anything "important" and is pulling on me to come "kit da socar baw" with him....

Foto fun

Corbin is an artist...