What we've been up to

Hope everyone had a good weekend! Our weekend started Friday afternoon because our daycare closed for half a day for parent-teacher conferences. I slept most of Saturday away (which initially sounds awesome) because my stomach hurt (see, not so awesome). The sleep really helped, so thanks again, hubby! Hubby even took our 21-mo (J) to get a haircut by themselves! Saturday night, I made avocado frosting. Sunday, my sister appreciated the fact that I made cupcakes with avocado frosting, even though they weren't as successful as I thought they'd be. Photos after the jump!

Our 21-mo (J) and I had a lovely lunch at a nearby diner after I picked him up from daycare. Afterwards, he showed Thomas the Train around town. After his nap, I decided to take him to do his favorite activity -- a walk with the stroller! I know, tantrums have certainly arisen over the stroller, but we've also had good experiences. I figured as long as the area where he was pushing the stroller was free of people, we could avoid tantrums over me trying to help him navigate the stroller. Anyways, near our house is a lake with several back-paths leading to it. One particular path is less-traveled, so I let J have the reigns. He pushed that stroller for AN HOUR. I still can't believe that an activity sustained a 21-mo old for a WHOLE HOUR.

Lucky for me, no tantrums! Not even when it was time to go home, put the stroller away, and go inside to wash his hands!!!

Like I said, on Saturday, I was sick in bed. Must have been the same 24-hr bug that took J out of daycare on Thursday. Since next week is Memorial Day, we HAD to get J's hair cut this weekend, so hubby was brave enough to go with J himself. Apparently, watching iPhone videos was not enough to keep him distracted this time, and J ended up crying the whole time! Aw! But at least the hair is out of his eyes and ears.

Later that evening, I had enough strength to make avocado frosting. The recipe was easy enough: avocados, butter, vanilla extract, salt, and powdered sugar.

The finished product on Saturday night was fluffy and buttery, with just a hint of avocado.

But when I was ready to frost cupcakes on Sunday night, the frosting was not so fluffy, was brown, and showed chunks of butter that I thought had been mixed-in properly but apparently had not. FAIL! OH well. This was truly a "it's the thought that counts" kinda gesture for my sister's birthday. I'm glad she was such a good sport, and she was touched by all of your birthday wishes!

The only I didn't get to do this weekend was get to Target to pick up these awesome Todd Oldham paint-by-numbers! But I guess that's what online shopping is for ;).

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Originally posted at expandng.com - What we've been up to