Baked Sweet Potato Fries

I hate sweet potatoes.

Like. Yuck.

Unless you bake them with a lot of butter and sugar, I'm not touching them.

Unfortunately, they are a SUPER FOOD (which means, they are like, really really good for you). So, in an attempt to make me actually eat them I went on a recipe search.

I'm not exactly sure how I came upon this recipe (maybe it was pinterest, maybe random recipe searches online), but I know the seasoning is straight from Miss Paula Deen.

And they are DELICOUS!

So, if you are in need of some sweet potato in your life, here you go!


Baked Sweet Potato Fries

2-3 medium sweet potatoes
Olive oil

Seasoning: 1 Tablespoon salt, 1 tsp garlic powder, 1 tsp ground black pepper

1. Cut sweet potatoes into fries
2. toss with a little olive oil
3. sprinkle with seasoning
4. Bake on a foil-lined sheet at 350 for 25-30 minutes

YUM!!

Enjoy!

The Turners

Reed update - 3 years!

Height: 40 inches (the Dr. thought this was wrong, as she looked back at the data and saw he was 35 inches last year. We re-measured and, sure enough, he was 40 inches. He grew 5 inches in a year! Crazy.)

Weight: 32.5 lb

Hair: Blonde

Eyes: Blue

Food: We are still on the toddler diet. A.K.A. eat everything one day and nothing the next.
Current food faves:
-tea (southern boy)
-chocolate A.K.A. choc-wit
-chicken
-carrots
-cheese
-Anything un-healthy: as we have been potty training, he got LOTS of treats as motivation

Sleep: Reed finally gave in and decided to nap again. Not every day, but almost every other day he will nap. And still, NEVER in his bed.
 



Temperament: Reed is a happy boy when he gets to do what he wants. He is full of energy and doesn't always know where to channel it. In summation, he's a 3 year old boy.

 

Reed loves:
-Jumping, running, going fast

-Going to church: we are there at least 3 times a week and he loves playing with friends and going to the playground.

-Being silly

-Movies: Current favorites include The Little Mermaid and Tangled



 

-Taking toys from Melanie

-His grandparents: we travel to DFW a lot and he loves driving up to one of his grandparents' homes. I think he knows he will get spoiled.

-The garden: more specifically, he loves watering the garden and pulling tomatoes off the plant.

-Trains!
 

 

New adventures:
=Big boy undies! That's right, we are potty trained. He is going to 3 year old preschool this fall which he has to be out of diapers for, so we figured the summer was as good a time as any. It's been a process, but a good, constantly improving one. What a big boy!!




=First out of town vacation for Mommy and Daddy: We got to take a rare trip just the two of us and Reed and sissy stayed with grandparents for 4 days. They did great.

=Singing: Reed loves singing more than ever. You can almost always understand what song he is singing.



Enjoy!

The Turners

Melanie - 18 months

 

Height: 33.5 inches

  

Weight: 28.6 lb
 

Hair: Blonde

Eyes: Blue

 

 

Food: Sister-girl LOVES to eat, and most of the time it's whatever someone else has. She regularly whines until she gets a bite off someone else's plate. Some of her faves include: yogurt, carrots, peas, beans, and blackberries.

Sleep: Sleeping through the night and one nap a day at 1pm.

 

Temperament: Melanie has perfected the fit. She'll start small with just whining, but by the end it's a full-blown lay-on-the-ground-and-scream fit. She is really good at it. But most of the time she is her happy self.
 

 

 

 

Melanie loves:
-Going places: when someone leaves and doesn't take Melanie, the fit as described above begins.

-When Daddy gets home

-Books: We read tons of books and she has to sleep with one

-Movies: Tuesday night is movie night, and this girl gets SUPER excited! She will point and scream at the TV

-Babbling: it's adorable until she gets frustrated that we don't know what she's saying

-"Wrestling" with brother: it's hard to teach an almost 3 year old not to push over and lay on his baby sister when she's squealing with glee the whole time.




Mel dislikes:
-Eating food off her own plate: Other people's food is much better

-Being tired: more often than not she will tell us when she's ready to go to sleep

-Being disciplined: but who does?

New adventures:
-Walking 100% of the time. She is everywhere!

-16 teeth! I think we're done until the 2 year molars. YAY!

-First ponytail! Her hair is out-of-control-in-her-face-all-the-time. And the ponytail is adorable!

-Lots of babbling

-Still in size 4 diapers and now in 2T clothes. My goodness.



-Current vocabulary:
"Ma-Ma"
"Da-Da"
"Ba-Ba" (bye-bye or Bubba for Reed)
"Na-Na" (banana or Nana)
"Hi"
"Rah rah rah" (rock-rock)
"Muh muh" (milk)
"Boooh" (book)
"Buuh" (blankie)
"Naah" (snack)
"Cheee" (cheese for the camera)
"Baa-Bee" (baby)
"Haaaaaah" (hot)

Here is a side-by-side picture:

Here is the monthly chair pic:

Enjoy!

The Turners