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Hi friends!!! Welcome to the newest Day In The Life post! It was a fun one to put together! Thanks to Julia for reminding me to do it, I can’t wait to read everyone else’s days!
Wednesday, April 19, 2017
Brandon – 32 years old
Liz – 31 years old
Jude – 3 years and 12 days
Ezra – 1 year and 3 days
Ellie – 9 years old
Addie – 6 years old…
What a weekend! It was such a nice long weekend with the holiday, I was not ready to go back to a routine today!
We started our weekend fun on Thursday at story time at Chick-fil-A where I (I mean Jude) made this awesome bunny craft! And we played and chatted with lots of friends, always fun!
And while we played, BTR took advantage of a day off and made this picnic table for Jude and Ezra! He actually made two, the other is a gift for someone else. But if you are local and want one, let us know! It didn’t take him very long and it’s made out of composite so it should last for basically forever.
Friday night BTR and I had a date night at Perennial for their Société du Chêne anniversary party! It was fun and tasty!
Saturday afternoon we finally dyed our eggs! Which means I also successfully hard boiled said eggs. I’m pretty impressed with myself about that.
And then late (late late late) Saturday night I finally started baking Ezra’s birthday cake. It was originally supposed to be five layers, but I ended up only stacking and icing three of them. And that was plenty!
We woke up bright and early Easter Sunday morning and headed to church, where both boys semi-behaved! Then we came home to find our Easter baskets and bunny eggs all over the yard!
Both boys were so excited to see all the fun gifts the Easter bunny brought them!
This wagon was a big hit!
Jude couldn’t contain himself collecting all the bunny eggs in our yard. He shared a few with Ezra.
Then in the afternoon, we had our parents over for lunch and cake to celebrate Ezra’s birthday!!
Pictures with four people are hard haha. This is the best we got!
We went to bed early Sunday and had a lazy play day on Monday since Brandon was still off from work.
Today we are hanging around the house and getting things done. We’ve got a big party to prep for in two weeks! Plus I’m being crazy and saying we are having a yard sale this weekend! Yikes!
I hope you all had a wonderful holiday with your family!
Past Easter Weekends:
Easter 2015
Easter 2016
Even though both boys have April birthdays, I decided a Cinco de Mayo birthday party would be so much fun! So we are gearing up for a big birthday FIESTA at the end of the month and Brandon and I have been testing different recipes of food we want to serve that day. Clearly, there will be tacos. Lots and lots of tacos. And probably some margaritas.
While we will have traditional ground beef tacos at the party, I also wanted a chicken option. So we came up with green chile chicken taco boat recipe! That’s kind of a long name, just go with it.
Lately, I’ve been shopping with both kids during the day. I know, I’m a bit crazy, but it gets us out of the house and then home in time for long afternoon naps! If I put E in the top and Jude in the basket everyone seems pretty happy. As long as I avoid the toy section. :) Last week we headed to Walmart to get all the ingredients to test out our chicken taco recipe!
Old El Paso offers LOTS of different shells for your taco needs. I grabbed a few options, but I was most excited to try the Mini Taco Boats!
After texting BTR 398473 times to make sure I had everything, we came home and I got started on the prep. You start with your raw chicken breasts and then poke them with a fork a whole bunch. There might be a technical name for that, but I am unaware of it. Professional chef right here! #sarcasm
I then put the chicken in a gallon sized bag and added two cans of green chiles. I zipped that bag up, mixed it all around, and stored it in the fridge for a few hours to marinate.
So you could cook your chicken multiple ways (oven, grill, slow cooker) but we decided to use our new smoker!
And yes I needed BTR’s help with this part because the smoker still intimidates me a little.
He loaded them up on our Green Mountain Daniel Boone Smoker at 250 degrees.
After about two hours he checked the internal temp to make sure they were fully cooked (they should be 165 degrees) and then brought them inside.
I sliced the chicken into strips, but you could shred it too. Then you can get creative with your toppings! I filled the Old El Paso Mini Taco Boats with shredded lettuce and then the chicken. I topped the chicken with shredded Monterey jack cheese, diced tomatoes, avocados, and sour cream. But obviously, taco toppings are endless!
BTR and I both loved these tacos and can’t wait to make them for our fiesta in a few weeks! And even if the actual invite doesn’t say it, there will be margaritas with our tacos!
Recipe Shopping List:
Old El Paso Taco Boats
Chicken Breasts
Can of Green Chiles
Shredded Lettuce
Shredded Monterey Jack Cheese
Avocado
Tomato
Sour Cream
While most people were celebrating Easter today (and we did too), we were also celebrating someone’s birthday!
I kind of can’t believe Ezra is one. I seriously think I had him yesterday.
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You probably already know this by now, but I have a serious holiday themed book problem. So I wanted to share a few of our favorite toddler Easter books!
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