Keeping up with Fred-n-Sara

I’ve been really bad about posting on Fridays lately.  So sorry!  In Monday’s post I mentioned the spaghetti that Fred’s mom makes and it truly is wonderful.  Here’s the recipe:

Pan Spaghetti

Prep time: 1 hour

Servings: 6-8

Ingredients:

• 1 lb spaghetti, cooked
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 3/4 tsp garlic powder
• 1 1/2 tsp dried oregano
• 2 cups mozzarella cheese (separated)
• 1/2 cup parmesan cheese
• 2 eggs
• 1 jar (25 oz.) spaghetti sauce
• Pepperoni slices (optional)

Set oven to 400 degrees. Grease 13x9x2 pan (I used olive oil spray).

Cook spaghetti according to package.  Meanwhile; mix milk, salt, garlic powder, oregano, 1 c. mozzarella cheese, parmesan cheese, and eggs together in a medium size bowl.  Set aside.

Drain and rise spaghetti and put in pan. Mix spaghetti with cheese mixture. Then top with sauce and remaining mozzarella cheese. You may also put pepperoni on top of cheese if you want (according to DH this is the perfect topping).

Bake at 400 degrees for 30 minutes.

Sheep

This is from one of our many trips to the Akron Zoo.  They have a little petting zoo area and it’s one of Calvin’s favorite parts.

Another whirlwind week gone.  Fred and I have just under a month left until we both go back to work (I’ll be back for about a month or so when Baby J 2.0 is due).  Where did the summer go?!?  It seems like we’ve gotten really busy lately:

• We’ve been working on switching Calvin over to all table food, rather than baby food, and this week we had some fun meals.  One of them being “pan spaghetti” which is baked spaghetti with pepperoni, I’ll post the recipe later, Fred’s mom gave it to me and we love it.  So does Calvin!



• While Fred and my step-brother, Matt painted Calvin’s new room, I took Cal shopping.  We went searching for a dresser to go in his new room, but we didn’t find one.  I think Fred and I are going to have to take a trip to Ikea before school starts back up.
• Fred also worked on making a hinged gate for our deck.  We’ve had an incident or two where Calvin has tried to climb off the deck.  The gate looks great and keeps Calvin safe on the deck, that’s one less thing to worry about now!
• Cal and I visited my aunt and cousin and her kids at my grandmother’s house.  My cousin has 3 kids, a 10 year old boy, a 3 year old girl, and a very busy 2 year old boy.   All 4 of the kids had a great time playing together.
• I had another doctor’s appointment this week, Baby J is growing and growing.  The doctor said everything looks great, no problems in sight. Baby J is kicking me all the time, especially at night; making it hard to sleep.  But that’s just getting me used to staying up all night again, right?
• A friend and I went to our second sewing class on Saturday.  It wasn’t quite what we were expecting.  For a 3 hour class in which we were supposed to make a tote bag, the instructor spent the first 2 hours talking.  Needless to say, my tote bag is not finished and I have to find time to go back to the store to have someone help me finish it.  But, I am getting a refund for the class fee!

That’s about it for us, hope you had a good week and aren’t too disappointed with the unseasonably cool weather we’ve been having in NEO.  I know I’m not complaining this summer (next summer will be different, because I won’t be pregnant!)!

I have no excuse for not posting this yesterday…except I was feeding a craving (of mine and Fred’s) for homemade (I had to make them and then eat them!) chocolate chip cookies after we put Calvin to bed.

Kitty!

Cal loves Jade.  He gets a huge smile on his face every time he sees her and says “Hi” and tries to pet her.  She usually puts up with him for a couple minutes, but ends up hissing at him and walking away.  Here they are on his “big boy” bed after Fred and his dad put together.  Jade was sleeping peacefully and Cal crawled in and was trying to pet her through the bars.  So Fred picked him up and put him on the bed.  Jade fled soon after this picture was taken.

This week was all about getting things ready for Calvin’s new room.  We aren’t planning on letting him sleep in there for another month or so, but we want to have everything ready.

• We (Fred, Andy and I) spackeled and primered the former “office” in preperation for transforming the room into Cal’s big boy room.  While I couldn’t be in the room with all the paint fumes, I worked on painting the closet doors outside; 3 coats of white primer and 4 hours later, they were done!
• We bought the bedding and some decor for Cal’s room at Target.
• I did some major garage sale shopping and got a bunch of stuff for Calvin and some things to make my life in the next year or two easier .

I’ve already talked about all this though, so let me tell you about some of the more entertaining moments of the week:

• I asked Calvin “How did you get so cute?” and he answered “Dada.”  I think Fred’s already gotten to him!  (I’ve asked him this question 3 times since then and every time he says “Dada”.)
• We’ve been working on cutting out all baby food and bottles; he’s down to one bottle a day (night) and only gets baby food when we are out and about (like at a restaurant, I may be overly picky, but I’m not comfortable giving him restaurant food yet, who knows what’s in it!).  One of his favorite foods lately is eggs: