More Aftyn Talking

Aftyn sure has found her voice! It is very difficult to watch TV when you hear this girl talking so loud!!!

And here is a video of Aftyn and G having a conversation.  Pretty adorable.

Siblings and Friends

I love watching Quincey and Maiya play together.  I do not love to watch them fight together, but they seem to go hand in hand, unfortunately.  Yesterday Quincey got a package in the mail with a little sticker book from his sweet Sunday school teacher.  Maiya was so jealous that she burst into tears and as dramatically as she could threw herself on the floor and beat the ground with her fists.

Q with his very own mail. 

 I left her alone for a little while before I picked her up and tried to console her.  While I was holding her, Quincey came and handed her the book, it made her calm down instantly.  I was grateful that he was willing to let her look at it, so I told him so.  He looked a little sad and said, I really didn't want to give it away, but I felt like that was the right choice to make Maiya happy.  Then he suddenly got this idea.  He went in his room and grabbed a book, then he went outside and left the book in between our screen door and rang the doorbell.  Maiya went and picked it up, and was thrilled that she was getting some mail from her brother! This, of course became a game that they played for awhile, and it made them both so happy. 

I am so grateful that they are learning to love each other and to serve each other.  I have really been trying to make a point to remember these kind of great stories, because they help me to not get so frustrated when they are fighting over the silliest things.  Because they really do play well together the majority of the time. 
Like in this video for instance.

German Chocolate Mug Cake

My mom gave our family a 5 minute mug cake recipe for Christmas a couple of years back and I LOVE it and I make it a lot when the kids and I need a quick and yummy sugar fix.  So, today I made a German Chocolate one.  It was so delicious!!!!  and I need to remember the recipe so, here it is.

5 minute German Chocolate Mug Cake



Put into a large microwavable mug then stir:
1 egg
3 Tbs. milk
3 Tbs. oil
2-3 drops Coconut extract

Add the dry ingredients and mix well:
1/4 C flour
1/4 C sugar
2Tbs. baking cocoa
1/4 C Caramel Bits* or mini chocolate chips (or both!)
1 Tbs chopped pecans
1-2 Tbs shredded coconut

Microwave for 3 minutes at 1000 watts.  Invert on a plate and top with caramel syrup.

If you've never seen caramel bits before, they look like this....

They are in the baking aisle, and I love their tiny size and that I don't have to unwrap!