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Kingston


I thought I would take a few minutes to make a post about Kingston since my huge following of blog readers have been begging me for a blog post. I still have a post to write with Kai’s birthday interview but I wanted to make a post about Kingston first since I haven’t yet.

It just so happens that today he is sick. Therefore, this is the most still he has been since he started walking at 10 months. That’s right, even though my firstborn made me wait 17 months before taking steps by himself, Kingston only gave me 10 months. He quickly learned to run and hasn’t stopped since. Now being 37 weeks pregnant, I can barely keep up with my 17 month old child.

Kingston has a personality of his own. That kid loves to run, pick his belly button, and go insane. However, he barely talks. I guess at this point he doesn’t see a point in it. I think his favorite word is “ball.” But he only has a very small list of words that he says. This kid loves to eat, all the time, almost every food but hot dogs. And he loves books. It’s that part of his personality that reminds me of Liam. And his craziness reminds me of Kai. A good mix of both.

I guess I haven’t posted in a while because I knew I was going to write about Kingston but felt bad that I didn’t have a long list of things to say. I may not have a lot of words to post about him but I do love that kid and what he adds to our family. Oh, and pictures. I have those. Which speak more than what I can write because he is super cute and full of personality which I can’t explain in writing.

So here are those pictures—
Ending with a picture from today to show how sweet a sick sleeping baby can look

mom and baby

 

cute baby

 

mom and 3 boys

 

dad and baby

 

three boys

 

baby boy

 

baby pointing at light

 

cute baby faux hawk

 

3 brothers

 

baby boy eating donut

 

sick baby boy sleeping on couch
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Homemade hot chocolate


Since today was the big snow storm, I wanted to let the boys have a special treat, hot chocolate. Unfortunately (for them) we don’t ever drink it. I quickly googled a recipe for homemade hot chocolate and picked Martha Stewart’s recipe. Her recipe makes 92 servings. Besides not needing that much, we didn’t have enough cocoa to make it. So I halved the recipe.
(For my future self)
I used
1 3/4 sugar
1 cup cocoa
1/8 cup dark cocoa
1/2 tablespoon salt

The dark cocoa was only because I ran out of regular cocoa. Anyway, I sifted it all together to get rid of lumps and stored it in the cocoa container I had just emptied. The recipe calls for 2 tablespoons after heating up a cup of milk. We each had about half. Then we added our marshmallows and enjoyed! I wouldn’t normally drink it but I wanted to try it. It was actually really good and I would be happy to make a cup for anyone who comes over 😉
Anyway, now to follow up with some blurry iPod pictures.
Kai begged for this special cup that Maggi gave me for Christmas. Liam just got what I gave him. I am not pictured because it was a lazy day–I was not camera ready.
And Kingston misses the fun because he naps. Coming soon–a post about Kingston. Because he doesn’t have a post dedicated to him yet and he is hilarious!

brothers with hot chocolate

 

toddler drinking hot cocoa

 

cute toddler boy smiling

 

little boy smiling

 

little boy drinking hot chocolate

 

little boy with messy face