We started the day off making some cookies for Santa.

Tired from all the work, Chavonne and Denae had to take a nap.

And little while later, Jakhi helped make some chocolate milk to go with the cookies.

And here he is reaping his rewards from Santa.

We made a bid on another house and ONCE AGAIN we were told that they accepted another offer. We have countered ONCE AGAIN but i have a feeling we will not be getting this house. It’s not that I’m in a rush to buy a home (although O really wants to buy one as soon as possible). I am more so in a rush to feel settled. Since the bed bug fiasco, we have thrown away our couch and our bed and we really do not want to buy new things until we are out of this place. However, I will not be 5 months pregnant sleeping on an air mattress. I still have a lot of my clothes in plastic bags and my other items are in quarantine ( Otilio went MAD when he discovered we had bed bugs and locked everything up). I just want to decorate, organize, unpack, and most of all BUY NEW FURNITURE again. Its hard living in a place where you have one foot out the door. In the mean time, I have been trying to decide how we will decorate our home, whether it be another apartment or a house, once we leave this place. We both love color and the bright walls in our current living room. So while we are waiting to find our home, ill just focus my thoughts on these things:

My inspiration board. All the pictures dealing with home decor are to the left.

The ideas:

Bright curtains

I like the idea of a white or egg shell kitchen with brightly painted cabinets

Peacock colors. I love these colors, from the walls, to the pillows, to the chairs

Saw this couch a while going through the archives of this blog

I really like this chair from anthropologie but its out of our price range and i would be too nervous that the kids would spill something on it.  I would consider buying fabric in a different shade and have a chair upholstered.

This is the house we are currently bidding on

and yep!

and it said yes!

Saw the recipe for this dish here and I really wanted to try it. It was a hit.

Peachy chicken,..the recipe

3 chicken breasts — split
1/2 cup flour
1 salt and pepper
2 tablespoon butter
2 tablespoon oil
1 1/2 cup orange juice
2 tablespoons vinegar
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 teaspoon basil
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
16 ounces peach halves — drained

Directions:

Shake chicken pieces in a zipper bag with flour, salt and pepper. Combine the butter and oil in a large skillet. Brown the chicken in the butter/oil mixture. Place browned chicken in 3-quart baking dish. Combine the orange juice, vinegar, sugar, basil, and nutmeg, and pour mixture over chicken. Cover and bake at 375F for 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until tender. Baste often. Place peach halves between chicken pieces, baste well, and bake uncovered for 15 minutes longer.

Highs and Lows of the last couple of weeks:

My two little nieces stayed over during the thanksgiving vacation. Otilio’s getting better at not going crazy with 3 small children at our place. One night, during Jakhi’s bath, Denae wondered into the bathroom and eventually fell into the tub. We immediately ran in and got her out. There weren’t many tears, she was just a little shocked and very wet.

Since we are such great babysitters, instead of immediately drying her off we went for the camera to snap a picture.

And because she was already wet, we figured we might as well just throw her in.

A nice teacher painted Jakhi’s face at his school and made him a very happy boy.

Otilio had to get a tooth removed. It did not make him a very happy boy.