Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
A Milk Run...with the Family
Milk and yogurt is all we went into Aldi for...we ended up with $80 in groceries! It started out with a deal on eggs that I called my mom about asking if she wanted some...she did. Then we found a deal on bananas. Phil thought we needed some canned tomatoes and some more fruit so we bought a couple flats of them. Phil wanted some ramen for emergency lunches to keep at the school. A couple bags of water softener salt. Then oranges decided they needed a new home, finally I decided some cheese sticks and lunch meat for good measure to round out the cart.
Monday, February 22, 2016
A Warm Spring Day...In February!
Snow one day and 60s later in the week. The story of Indiana weather and life. I enjoyed being able to wash the cars, though with the huge long lines at the car wash I ended up doing it myself in the driveway, it was 66 degrees! We turned on the whole house fan and opened up all the windows and pulled in lots of fresh air, and hopefully got rid of all the germs from the winter in the process, so tired of everyone being sick! Phil took the kids on a walk down to the neighborhood park to play, while I took care of the much needed cleaning of the vehicles. The kids had a blast playing in a remaining pile of leaves in the yard that had gotten missed over the fall, I was hoping they'd blow away and not be my problem anymore, but alas Karma got me there...
Nora playing in the leaves |
Pete making the big pile to jump in. |
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Sunday, February 21, 2016
An Actual Snowy Day!
This year has been pretty sparse on the snowfall for us. We've managed to be missed on about every system and lake effect possible this year. Some people are thrilled with that but not me, I bought new snowboots and coats for the kids only to have them sit in a closet all season long! Finally we got some last week, though by Friday and Saturday it was in the mid 60s for temperatures...don't you love Indiana weather?! It was Nora's first time really getting to enjoy playing in the snow, Dexter had a hoot in it even because it wasn't too deep to touch his tummy, and Pete of course had a blast playing in it!
Nora helping Daddy shovel snow |
Dex in his sweater |
Snowy Selfie |
Family Selfie. If only Pete had a better expression on his face it would have been great. Looks like he is ready to sneeze! |
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Saturday, February 13, 2016
MommyCon Chicago Ticket Giveaway!-closed
MommyCon! MommyCon! MommyCon!
Nora during Chicago MommyCon 2015 |
Personally it is a chance to spend time learning about issues with being a parent, including cloth diapering, breastfeeding, babywearing, sleeping (the baby/kids that is), and other issues with being a mom and parent in these times. I loved the speakers last year and felt that I was able to learn new things that encouraged me to try new things that I hadn't done with either of the kids. This year it is going to be even more exciting! They are expanding a bit more into early childhood for those who are out of the baby/toddler phase of parenting and putting some more Mom-focused areas into the program because you are your own person too. There will be 80 exhibitors in the hall to find new products, shop, and learn more about. The Keynote speakers this year at Chicago include body positive photographer Jade Beall of the Beautiful Body Project, Sally Kuzemchak of Real Mom Nutrition, Jennifer Labit, CEO of Cotton Babies, and acclaimed actress and YouTube sensation Angel Laketa Moore. I've heard and know of some of these speakers but others are new to me so I'm excited to meet some heroes and find some new favorites in the parenting scene.
One of the great MommyCon sessions from 2015 |
Cloth Diapering 101 from last year |
Nap Time Project: Valentine's Heart Banner
Pete came home from preschool wanting to make and string together hearts for grandma's house, because she didn't have ANY Valentine's Day decorations. Nora was snoozing away so we started working on it. I couldn't find the construction paper but did find scrapbooking paper so we used it, which they turned out cute enough I went ahead and laminated them for multi year use. I folded and drew the line for Pete to cut on and he cut everyone of those hearts out, which for a preschooler I'd say was pretty good. I ran them through out laminater and ended up cutting them out of the lamination because I doubted Pete could cut a border around them, that's a bit more advanced. I used my sewing machine to string them all together, it went much faster than punching holes and tying!
Supplies Needed:
Scrapbook paper, 4 hearts per sheet so plan accordingly
scissors
pencil
lamination supplies
sewing machine
Draw the lines for your hearts, and cut. I could fit 3/4 of the hearts in each laminating sheet and laminated them. Cut apart leaving a border around each one. Next sew about 1/2 inch to the edge do a couple stitches with nothing there then add the next heart and sew into it another 1/2 inch. Make the banner as long as you'd like or needed.
Pete cutting out a heart |
Showing off the finished product |
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Monday, February 8, 2016
Happy Valentine's Day!
Saturday while walking my laps at the YMCA I was checking out the local facebook classified ads and found a deal on a Ford Ranger Pick up truck. I took a screen shot of the information and sent it to Phil. He called the guy about it and set up a time to check it out. We picked it up today after Phil got done at work. This is Phil's absolute dream truck so he's pleased with the purchase.
Sunday, February 7, 2016
Crazy Cake
1 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup all purpose flour
3 TBL Cocoa powder (unsweetened)
1 cup sugar (or 1/2 cup Zing baking blend sugar substitute)
1 tsp Baking Soda
1/2 tsp salt
3 TBL applesauce
2 TBL oil
1 tsp vinegar
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup water
Preheat oven to 350. Mix all the dry ingredients together. Add in the wet ingredients and mix until just smooth, don't over do it because it will turn out flat once baked. Bake in a greased 8x8 glass pan or 12 cupcakes. Bake for 35 minutes for a cake and 18-20 for cupcakes or until knife comes out clean.
This is my go to cake for Nora with her egg allergies and I've switched it to be a bit healthier and it turned out extra moist and delicious with the changes. I don't feel too guilty eating it or giving it to the kids either!
4.5 weight watcher smart points
1/2 cup all purpose flour
3 TBL Cocoa powder (unsweetened)
1 cup sugar (or 1/2 cup Zing baking blend sugar substitute)
1 tsp Baking Soda
1/2 tsp salt
3 TBL applesauce
2 TBL oil
1 tsp vinegar
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup water
Preheat oven to 350. Mix all the dry ingredients together. Add in the wet ingredients and mix until just smooth, don't over do it because it will turn out flat once baked. Bake in a greased 8x8 glass pan or 12 cupcakes. Bake for 35 minutes for a cake and 18-20 for cupcakes or until knife comes out clean.
This is my go to cake for Nora with her egg allergies and I've switched it to be a bit healthier and it turned out extra moist and delicious with the changes. I don't feel too guilty eating it or giving it to the kids either!
4.5 weight watcher smart points
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
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