Kid Craft Friday: Winter Olympic Torch

I saw this idea on Pinterest and thought it was such a cute idea to get into the Winter Olympics spirit! We made an Olympic torch with a paper towel roll, some paper, paint and Ethan's hand prints.

You need a few sheets of white paper to put the hand prints on. I used a combination of orange, yellow, red and white paint for Ethan to swirl his hand in. He put his hand in and then I helped him press down his hand on the paper.

Once you are done with the hand prints, let them sit and dry completely.

Then I cut them all out and taped them into the paper towel tube that I had covered in paper.

I just kept layering up so it looked like flames.

Then I added some Olympic rings to the torch base.

Our little Olympic torch bearer!

Go USA!

Winter Olympics 2014

I'm so excited the 2014 Winter Olympics are starting this weekend! I've always been a big fan of watching the Olympics. My favorite events of the winter Olympics are ice skating, skiing, bobsled, luge, snowboarding, speed skating and hockey. There are less events in the winter Olympics then the summer ones but they are all really exciting events to watch. We are going to miss most of the first weekend of events since we're going to be in Lake Geneva but luckily they don't have too many finals that first weekend. I have a fun Olympic-themed craft to show you tomorrow to get your little ones in the spirit too, go USA!

NBC has a full schedule of events here.

Wordless Wednesday: Our kid sleeps like a total weirdo!

New Recipe: Pizza-Stuffed Zucchini Boats

I found this recipe on Pinterest and thought it looked like a great, healthy alternative to pizza. I love zucchini and I loaded mine up with mushrooms along with a little turkey Italian sausage. These were super easy to make too. I halved this recipe and it worked great.

Ingredients
4 zucchini
1 tablespoon olive oil
8 ounces ground turkey (I used 1 link of hot turkey sausage)
1/2 teaspoon oregano
1/2 teaspoon basil
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
1 1/2 cups marinara sauce
2/3 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

I added fresh mushrooms to mine as well - make sure to cook them first because of the water

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper; set aside.
2. Cut each zucchini in half horizontally, then carefully scoop out the center of the zucchini, reserving for another use, leaving about 1/2-inch of zucchini on the skin.
3. Heat olive oil in a saucepan over medium high heat. Add ground turkey, oregano, basil, salt and pepper, to taste. Cook until browned, about 3-5 minutes, making sure to crumble the turkey as it cooks; drain excess fat. Stir in marinara sauce until heated through, about 1-2 minutes.

4. Add ground turkey mixture to each zucchini and sprinkle with mozzarella. Place into oven and bake until the zucchini is tender and the cheese has melted, about 10-12 minutes.
5. Serve immediately and enjoy!

Weekend Recap

Thank goodness January is over! Now we hopefully just have one more month of Winter to get through. We didn't really do a whole lot this weekend. It snowed all day Saturday and Sunday was Super Bowl so we were pretty much home bodies both days.

On Friday I did get Ethan out of the house though. I took him to a place we've never been before, Yu Kids Island in Woodfield Mall. I had heard good things about it so I thought we would try it to do something different. Ethan loved it! He had a ball running, climbing, sliding and jumping through all of the fun areas.

Ethan's favorite part was probably the slide!

He also really loved the balloon lofts

It was a lot of fun and a good workout apparently because Ethan slept for 3 and half hours that afternoon! We will definitely be back to play again. Friday afternoon I worked on some Etsy orders while Ethan napped.

Friday night we went to Bonefish for dinner because we have a few gift cards to use for there. We had a yummy dinner and then headed home so Ethan could play a little more before bed.

On Saturday we woke to, what else, but more snow. Ugh! 

We went to breakfast and then did our grocery shopping for the week. Ethan wanted a quick look at the snow.

Apparently that was exhausting because Ethan fell asleep on me after we got home! He hasn't done that in over a year!

The rest of the day we just hung out and played with Ethan. We also worked on booking some vacation things for our trip in May, just 102 more days! This guy can't wait to be lounging on the beach instead of the couch!

Sunday was Super Bowl and we didn't really have a whole lot of plans except making a few appetizers to have for dinner that night. This little guy was ready for some football!

We made some Mickey waffles for breakfast and Ethan had fun stirring and playing with the batter. He is really getting interested when we cook. I want to get him a step stool so he can help more.

Breakfast is this little guy's favorite meal of the day!

We spent most of the day playing and reading with Ethan and then I had do get some work done during his nap time.

Then it was time for the big game. We made some appetizers for dinner and they were really yummy. We made pizza roll-ups, blt cups, and buffalo chicken dip. I'll be sharing the new recipes soon. They came out great.

The game as most of you I'm sure are aware was a blow out and actually pretty boring. The commercials weren't that great either. I worked on a project for work most of the game. I hope all of you had a great weekend. We are supposed to go away next weekend to Lake Geneva but there is talk of getting 24 inches of snow (UGH!) between now and next weekend so we'll see how that plays out. Have a good week everyone!

Super Bowl!

The Dworianyn house is rooting for Denver, go Broncos!

Our week in pictures: 1.26

1. More cold, it's never ending!

2. A cute picture I got sent of Ethan at daycare.

3. Love my new bangles representing my loves.

4. Trying ThredUp for the first time to try and get some money for a lot of my clothes that are too big and still have tags on them! Sending some handbags too. I'll let you know how it goes!

5. Ethan has been building with his Duplos like crazy lately.

6. It's looking very lovey dovey around here!

7. Storytime before bed with Dada

8. Planes banners have been going like hotcakes on my Etsy store!

9. Ethan had so much fun at Yu Kids Island yesterday!