Mama Made: Coat pajamas!

I finished my first pair of pajamas for Little Guy! I think they turned out nicely! Little Guy helped me pick out the fabric (aren't the penguins cute!) and I picked out the pattern. We used flannel so they would feel cozy. The only problem is that they are too big! I used the toddler size 1 pattern, but these are definitely too big. Ah well, I guess we will put them aside for next year! 

Pajamas!

Don't I look cute!

Felt Christmas Tree

I love Christmas! It is one of my favorite times of year. I am excited to spend Christmas with Little Guy this year. He will turn 18 months on Christmas, so I hope that he can start to enjoy all the fun and festivities this year. To help him get ready, we put up a felt Christmas tree! I got the idea from Pinterest (I love Pinterest!), pinned from this blog, Sol and Rachel do a blog.


I bought felt by the yard to make the tree. Daddy drew the outline of the tree, and I cut it out. Then I cut out packages, ornaments, and lights from the felt. I decorated some with sparkly pom poms. When Little Guy woke up from his nap, he came down to see the tree.  He really seemed to enjoy it!

Little Guy and Mommy getting the ornaments.

The felt did not stick as well as I thought it would, but I'm hoping as he plays with it the fabric will loosen up and will stick better. I should note that this does not bother him at all. He will pat whatever he is putting up a few times, then move onto the next thing. It is very cute!

The presents go down low.

 

This ornament goes up high.

Look at the beautiful tree!

 What are you doing to get your little one ready for the holiday season?

Whole wheat pancakes with sweet potato puree

So I have written previously about how I like to pack Little Guy's food with goodness. I have made Veggie Muffins several times (last time I made a double batch so they would last longer) and Broccoli Bites (I put chicken in some of these to add a little extra protein. I am also going to try making a small batch with cauliflower instead).

I wanted to make pancakes that were really nutritious too. Pancakes are super easy for us in the morning for Little Guy, since we are trying to get out of the house to get to school.  I can make a batch of these over the weekend, then freeze them and thaw enough for breakfast that morning.

Whole Wheat Pancakes with Sweet Potato Puree

 This recipe makes about 36 silver dollar sized pancakes.

 1 cup whole wheat flour

1 Tbs brown sugar

 2 tsp baking powder

1/2 cup sweet potato puree

1 cup milk

 2 Tbs oil

1. Combine the flour, sugar, and baking powder. Make a well in the center, set aside. Combine the sweet potato puree, milk, and oil. Add sweet potato mixture to flour mixture. Stir just until moistened. Add additional milk to thin out batter, making it pancake consistancy, if necessary.

2. Pour desired amount of batter onto hot greased skillet. To make silver dollar sized pancakes, pour about 1/8 cup batter per pancake. Turn over when batter bubbles on top. Cook 1-2 minutes on second side.

Here is the pancake batter.

Look at those yummy pancakes!

Mmmmm, mommy! These are good!

Fall activities

Yesterday we did two fun fall activities. First, we made a fall snack mix. Then we raked and played with leaves.

We made snack mix for Little Guy's teachers at school. I thought it would be a fun treat for them right before Thanksgiving and it was something that Little Guy could easily help with. I got the idea from this website, found on Pinterest.  In our snack mix we included:

• Corn Chex
• Cheese crackers
• Crunch'N'Munch
• Pretzels
• Reece's Pieces
• Candy corn
• Chocolate chips

I would pour an item into a measuring cup, then Little Guy would dump it into the big bowl. After we added all the ingredients, we mixed it all up with our hands. Little Guy really liked helping to scoop the mix into jars! We made enough mix to even give daddy his own jar!

I love scooping! Franklin the Turtle is helping me!

Don't these jars look pretty!

Later in the afternoon, we went into the front yard.  We only have 2 smallish trees in the yard, but they sure put out a bunch of leaves!  So mommy started to rake, and Little Guy roamed the yard.  He played with his little pumpkin from Halloween for a little while, and even helped mommy with the leaves a few times.  He would get big handfuls and try to put them in the bags.

Here are some leaves, Mommy! Where is the bag?

This is a lot of leaves!

Help me out of the leaves!

It was much harder to rake while keeping a 17 month old entertained!  What fall activities are you up to?