Cupcake storytime

Every week we meet with my good friend Kristin and her sweet daughter Susannah (she is 6 months older than Dominic). We take them to the cupcake shop for storytime every week where they hear a story, do a little craft and eat a little cupcake and Kristin and I get to catch up. I love our playdates!

Sunday School

Dominic loves going to Sunday School! He looked so adorable this morning with his little Bible under his arm that I had to take a picture. He loves singing and dancing to his "Jeje nay" (Jesus music) and reading his "Bibo" (Bible) and talking about "Jeje and Go" (Jesus and God). He loves to pray and thank God for things every night before bed. Most nights he thanks Jesus for Mommy, Daddy, Wu (Ramsey), Tinny (Dustin), and anything else he encountered that day. He also knows that Jesus loves him and wants him to obey. Sometimes he will asks to pray that Jesus will help him to obey! He has such a sweet little heart. And just tonight at bedtime he said that he loves Jesus!

Making Strawberry Jam

Dominc was a big helper when we made jam a few weeks ago. I decided to try an experiment and make 3 batches of jam...one with white sugar, one with honey and the last with sucanat (an unrefined sugar that is below..really healthy). We were also making freezer jam which is SO MUCH EASIER than canning. I just boil the sugar and mixed strawberries with pectin, let it set on the counter for 24 hrs in a plastic container and then put it in the freezer. It's that easy!
Dominic had a great time eating, mashing and stirring the strawberries.

You can see the difference in color based on the sweeteners we used. The one Dominic is stirring is made with white sugar, the one to the right in front is made with honey and the one to the left of that in front is made with sucanat.

Below is the suacanat mixture. It is slightly brown in color as the sugar is unrefined and unprocessed and has more of a molasses taste...definitely not as sweet as sugar.

Once the jam was ready to eat, Dominic helped me make a loaf of bread. This is our family's favorite recipe and lasts only about a day and a half when I make it. This is the main bread that we eat.

And finally, Dominic is eating the final product...homemade bread with homemade jam. After tasting all of the jams, our family decided that we actually like the one made with sucanat. It is not as sweet of a jam and you taste more of the strawberries because it is not overpowered by the sugary taste!

Dominic around the house

Dominic loves playing with lego (his duplo set). He is pretty creative with it and loves making airplanes and trucks. He and Dom play lego together a lot.
Dominic also loves to draw. With markers, crayons or finger paint, he covers every inch of the paper, front and back. He is very careful with his coloring and particular with the types of colors he uses. When he first started coloring, marks would appear on the floor, chairs, walls, tables, almost everywhere, but thankfully we have trained him to only draw on paper now!
Dominic loves books. We read his favorites multiple times a day. Right now he loves the book I love you forever, Elmo books, anything with trucks, Thomas the Tank Engine and Curious George.


Dominic loves stuffed animals and carries his little dog all around the house with him. He sleeps with 3 stuffed animals, 2 toy giraffes, and 2 little trucks and has to make sure they are covered up. There's barely room for him in the crib! He also loves reading to his animals...very cute!

Dominic loves being outside, even in the cold, rainy weather.

Daddy's ties

My Little Helper

I have Dominic help me in the kitchen and with other chores as much as possible. It keeps his busy little hands occupied and out of mischief. And he also LOVES helping out. Even with dishes!
We make bread at least once a week. Later on that day Dominic was awfully quiet, so I went to see what he was doing and he was trying to make bread himself in the crockpot! He had even found a package of yeast and put it in there too...he is a very busy boy!

Snow Day

We had a late snow day in February this year! It was fun to have Dom home for the day and we all played in the snow. Dominic loves the snow!

Valentine's Day

We love going to Willamette Valley Vinyards for their Pinot Noir and Chocolate festival which happens every year on Valentine's weekend. This year we got a babysitter and went with George and Teri and had a great time!