This Boy . . .

Loves reading books . . .

Likes to sneak in the pantry to play . . .

Has the sweetest tummy . . .

Walks around holding a sock in each hand . . .

Enjoys cooking . . .

Goes behind this chair to play peek-a-boo . . .

Is a little climber . . .



Likes to make a mess . . .

 Is even cute when he's fussing . . . 

Looooooooooves milk . . .

Is my big eater . . .

Has the sweetest smile . . .

Has stolen his mama's heart!

Bobo was sick the other day and we got to spend the whole day together.  I intended to be productive, but instead we watched movies and snuggled and played (and took pictures) all day.  I have never been so happy to be unproductive!

Mexican Chicken Casserole

I have to share this recipe with y'all!  I made it on Monday night and it was really good.  If you like green chiles you will love it.  And (Erin), it's gluten free!

So I was making Cooking Light's Mexican Chicken casserole which I have seen on like 10 people's pinterest pages.  It looked good.

But when I started making it I realized I had forgotten to get 2 cans of green chiles which is the most important ingredient so I had to substitute it with 1 cup of "green" salsa (aka salsa verde).  It didn't say if it was some green chile sauce or tomatillo salsa and on the ingredients list both were listed.  I opened the jar and it smelled like green chiles so I went with it.  I totally changed up the recipe from the cooking light version and by some freak twist of nature, it actually worked out and was awesome.  It's so easy there's no reason to do a blog post on it.  Here's the recipe:

1 cup chicken broth
1 cup salsa verde (your favorite kind)
1 pound chicken breast, cooked, cubed
1 cup chopped onion
1 block cream or Neufchatel cheese (I used Neufchatel)
12 (small) corn tortillas
2 cups Monterrey Jack or cheddar or Mexican blend cheese (I used the blend)
cooking spray
handful of tortilla chips, crushed (optional)

Cook your chicken however you'd like.  I wanted to grill mine but ran out of time.  I did season it with the same seasoning as I used on my quesadillas but I baked it in the oven.

Preheat oven to 375.  Heat a large skillet over medium heat.  Spray with cooking spray.  Add onion, saute a few minutes, until soft.  Add salsa and chicken broth.  Let it heat up.  Add cream cheese.  Break the cream cheese apart as best you can.  You could use an immersion blender.  Once it's broken down pretty well, add chicken and cook 2 minutes.  Remove from heat.

Spray a 2 quart baking dish (Pyrex) with cooking spray.  Place 4 tortillas in the bottom.  Spoon 1/3 of the chicken mixture over the tortillas.  Top with 1/3 of your cheese.  Repeat layers twice.  Sprinkle crushed chips on top.  Bake for 25-30 minutes (uncovered) or until cheese is bubbly on top.  Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

This is a bad picture after I'd taken a piece out but I swear, it was good.

Pumpkin Patch

Saturday morning we packed up and went down to the Farmer's Market to look at pumpkins.

Look how big these pumpkins are!  They were huge.  They cost $90.

I LOVE this picture.  The scowls are priceless.

Did I mention a few months ago that I don't think my children look alike anymore?  I take that back.  They look exactly alike in this picture.  Please let them have A-Dub's nose.  He has the cutest nose.

There's that sweet smile!

Halloween Decor

Saturday was October 1st therefore it was officially appropriate to put up Halloween decorations!

I need a new fall wreath.  Until then, I thought this witch's hat was cute.

Bats!  Last year I saw this on Made.com and loooooooved the idea.  So cute, so cheap, so fun!  I cut out 50 of these while watching Dateline on Friday night (because my life is so exciting!).

I don't have a ton of Halloween decor for the kitchen so I thought it would be fun to put them there.  I will let you know what kind of tape works best to hold them up.  That is still to be determined.  So far everyday there's been a small batpocalypse on the floor.

My friend Erin's mom sent me this one year.  Isn't she cute?!?

I "borrowed" the idea for this banner from here. 

This guy used to have a friend, who was a cat.  Somehow, his arms both got ripped off.  I asked the chief culprit what happened and she said, "Daddy did it."  Mmmm hmmm.

Eeek!  Kinda gross, but I thought these were cute.  I need to get more!  And find my Martha Stewart stick-on rats.  That is the hazard of buying something on sale at the end of the season. 

I'm really psyched about our mantle!  I got this cute light-up garland on sale at Target one year and I think it looks really festive.

Our living room already has kind of a fall color scheme so I like the way it all looks together.

I love these birds that have been everywhere the past few years.  I think we need some more.

A-Dub and I agree on nothing in terms of decor.  Well, nothing except that we both are obsessed with lanterns. 

There had to be a little macabre.  It is Halloween after all.  Last year, Gigi was scared of it but this year she said, "Mommy, I like that skeleton!" 

Hooray for holidays that are at the end of the month so you can celebrate all month long!