Just because...

Sheila (known as "Lale" by Cohen and Channing) bought these furry boots for Channing when she was born. They finally fit her and we put them on her with this weekend's cold snap!
My baby is growing up!

Love those big eyes!

My new love and this week's pics of the kids!

This week I used a gift card I got from my Dad and bought a special new surprise for my kitchen. Can you guess what it is?
Let me zoom out just a little...

Does this tip you off?

Yes, here it is!! I finally splurged and got a new Kitchenaid Mixer. Many of you probably know that Red is the new hot color for this beloved mini-appliance. But I just couldn't bring myself to get the red. I don't have a single stitch of red in my kitchen, so I decided to go with the classic silver to match my fridge.

If you have any great recipes for cookies, breads, etc that I can try out with my new mixer, please leave them in my comments. I'm dying to try some new recipes!

So, the last time i did an entry without pictures of the kids, I got in trouble. Here's a few pictures from this weekend.

We took the kids to the new Purple Cow in Allen on Saturday night. Cohen made sure he told everyone in the restaurant, "This is where purple cows live!" Not sure how he came up with that?

It was finally good enough weather to get Channing out.

The other day I told Cohen, "Your sister is so cute, I could just eat her up!" He looked at me very seriously and said, "You can eat Channing up, but please don't eat me up!" I tried to hold a straight face.