Elmo Live, 500 and Pork

This weekend the kids' Nana treated us to Elmo Live which was in town!  

We had such a great time! Emma's favorite character is Abby Cadabby.  I looked everywhere for a cheap Abby Cadabby shirt but couldn't find anything.  This is where good old Ebay came into play! I found a seller that makes iron-on transfers with Sesame Street characters plus the child's name.  I think I paid $4 for it and that included s&h!  I ironed it onto an old shirt that had stains on the front of it....glued on some jewels...and then sewed a pocket on the front to cover a really BIG stain (I believe it was spaghetti...missed it with my spray n' wash!). And voila'... a cheap Abby Cadabby shirt :)

The sellers name is  leesaatultimatetransfers if anyone wants to check them out.

I think Colty enjoyed the show more than Emma... he sat with this look on his face for a LONG time...

During the intermission a man came out with THE MOST GIGANTIC handful (pile, wad, cluster, what do you call a bunch of balloons together? :) ) of Elmo head balloons I have ever seen in my life! I tried to take a picture but it was way to dark...so I lightened it up as best as I could to give you some idea of what I'm talking about.  This picture doesn't even do it justice...it was GINORMOUS!

 

(HA did I mention Cousin It was there? )

We had such a great afternoon... thanks for taking us Nana!

In other news... I've added a little button to the side of my blog.  Laura and Erin's 500 in 2010 Challenge.  I came across this the other day on a blog and thought it looked like a great idea!  It's always fun to have a little motivation and competition.  Although I'm pretty sure I'm in last place since I started 8 weeks behind everybody else!!! :)  So basically I guess I'm trying to encourage other people to join in so I won't be in last place..haha!

And lastly before I forget.  I made the BEST crockpot pork this week!  I never EVER buy pork.  Or really any meat for that matter.  Not much of a meat girl and whatever we do have my parents' graciously give us from their cows.  So I was rummaging through our freezer last week and came across a family size pack of boneless pork chops that my Mom had bought while she was here after Colty was born. Yes, that would be 7 months ago :).  I wasn't exactly sure how to cook them.  So basically whatever meat I don't know how to cook I just throw into my Magic Crockpot and it always comes out delicious:)  Here's what I put into the 

 Magic Crockpot:

MAGIC CROCKPOT MEXICAN PORK (don't be jealous I came up with such a great name)

-Family Pack Boneless Pork Chops

-Water (I think around 2 Cups)

-Taco Seasoning (Around 3/4 a package)

-Cumin (LOVE this stuff! I put in a couple heavy duty shakes)

-Chopped Onions

-Chopped Green Peppers

I cooked it on low all day.  I didn't even have to shred it...it just fell right apart.  We ate on the pork for four days...kid you not!  The first day I served it over spanish rice with a dollup of sour cream on top.  The second day we had it in tortillas.  The third day we put it over salads...yum yum!!! And the fourth day I put the pork and shredded cheese into the center of biscuits (from a can).  Just crimp the edges and bake!
Each day the flavor of the meat grew even more delish! 

Hope everybody has a great weekend!!! Go make some pork!!! :)