The Cluttered Pantry
I’ll divulge a little too much about myself and tell you that when the world around me starts to press in, starts to feel uncontrollable (I am a self described control freak) I tend to organize my pantry. I’m not speaking in some metaphorical code here, I mean I actually go through [...]
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January 5, 2009 # 9:57 pm # Parenting # No CommentWe’re starting the new year with both girls finally healthy again. It seems like we were passing out cough medicine and motrin by the bucket for a while there.
Life is hectic, not more than I guess you’d expect for a family with two toddlers, two dogs, and a small corporation to run. But hectic, [...]
Fruit and cream shake for toddlers
December 21, 2008 # 7:18 pm # Recipes # No CommentFRUIT SHAKE
(makes 2 servings)
1 cup whole milk
1/2 cup baby rice cereal (dry)
1/2 cup fruit (any type)
2 teaspoons honey
1 tbls heavy cream
Mix all ingredients together in a blender and blend on high until smooth.
Meatloaf Plus+
December 21, 2008 # 7:16 pm # Recipes # No CommentMEATLOAF
(makes 12 toddler servings)
1-1/2 pounds ground beef or turkey
1/2 cup nonfat dry milk powder
4 tablespoons wheat germ
1 can condensed cream of mushroom soup
1 cup bread crumbs
1/4 cup chopped onion
2 eggs, plus two egg yolks slightly beaten
1/2 teaspoon salt
dash of pepper
1/4 cup fluid whole milk
Thoroughly mix all ingredients, except 1/2 of the can of soup and [...]
We knew those snow suits for Siberia would come in handy!
November 13, 2008 # 11:52 am # Parenting # No CommentTime IN!
November 13, 2008 # 6:23 am # Parenting # No CommentSo!
Yesterday we set a household record… Not for the number of Dora the Explorer Pullups we changed, nor for the increadible number of times each girl climbed the coffee table to jump on the big sofa (our version of an indoor jungle gym), and not even for the staggering amount of food being consumed.
The record [...]
One Month
November 8, 2008 # 8:05 am # Parenting # 2 CommentsTomorrow, we will have been home with the girls one full month.
Last night we followed our usual routine (sesame street watching after diner, some play time with the many toys downstairs, clean up time which is mostly everyone tossing toys back into the baby jail, potty time, change into PJs, sitting/squirming through Daddy reading [...]


