Author: Allie Zottola

Fort Time, Two Seconds Later, and What Would You Do?

We decided to build a fort this morning using our couches, scarves, and a blanket. Pretty impressive, I know 😉

Toddler in fort

We did important things in it like playing with Sadie’s toy trucks, snuggling, and reading books. She especially loves Biscuit books lately. 

Toddler reading Biscuit and the Big Parade

Don’t worry, we were safe because Malcolm and Niva supervised the whole ordeal very closely!

Black cat laying on couch fort

Husky and toddler in fort

After we read and played in the fort, I decided to put Sadie’s hair in pigtails. I just love how cute they look. 

Toddler with pigtails

Every time I style her hair, this is what happens about two seconds later…

Toddler pulling hair out of pigtails

They sure are cute while they last. My theory is that she gets so excited to have her hair done that she wants to see it, so she takes the hair band out, lol. 

I have a question. In the first picture of Sadie with her pigtails in, there’s a bunch of produce on the counter behind us. Jimmy’s co-worker gave him:

  • Ten pounds of red delicious apples
  • Ten pounds of pears
  • Five pounds of russet potatoes. 

What a blessing! At first I was thinking I would process the apples into a few batches of apple pie filling or apple sauce, maybe store the pears in our cellar, and make twice baked potatoes with the potatoes. But now I’m kind of thinking I should ask our neighbors if they need or want any produce! Or maybe I’ll do a bit of both cooking and giving away.

What would you do?

Do you have any recipe ideas for an abundance of apples, pears, and potatoes?

Mess of The Day and Eating Each Other’s Food

Remember me talking about messes in this post? Here was the mess of the day yesterday…

Toddler playing with toilet paper

Sadie got into our linen closet and played with the toilet paper and paper towels. If that happened a month or two ago, I probably would have cried due to the scarcity of those items! I’m never taking toilet paper for granted ever again.

I can’t stay upset with her for long because that smile just gets me every time.

Toddler smiling while holding baby doll crib

I found her baby doll crib in Jimmy’s work laundry basket after it had been missing for a week or so and she was beyond happy to be reunited with it. She loves all things baby doll related. Another love? Books!

We’ve been reading in our backyard lately and it’s so relaxing to just spread out a blanket and read book after book.

Toddler reading books in grass

Okay, onto food talk.

For some reason, Sadie and Niva only want to eat each other’s food. Niva will do anything to get Sadie’s food and I can’t tell you how much dog food Sadie has consumed.

We feed Niva and Sadie runs and stuffs handfuls of it into her mouth before we can catch her.

Toddler and husky

We make Sadie all sorts of healthy, delicious meals and she thinks dog food is way more interesting and throws her food to Niva. I yi yi!

On another food note, I made a double batch of chocolate chip cookies today. They were for a graduation party we’re going to tomorrow. I had some leftover, so I kept a few and packed up the rest in a box and Sadie and I delivered them to our local police officers!

Chocolate chip cookies

What’s your favorite type of cookie?

If you have kids, have they ever ate pet food?