Sunday, October 25, 2009
Homemade Food
Well, the older I get, the more I learn about myself. One thing I know about myself is that I LOVE to bake. I'm not the best at cooking, but baking makes me feel so good. I love to make things from scratch, knowing that it is providing better quality than processed food from the store.
Some of my most loved items to bake:
bread, blueberry muffins, coffee cake, pumpkin bread, walnut bran muffins, bagels, buttermilk biscuits, mock cinnabon cinnamin buns, chocolate chip cookies, granola, Thomas Jefferson biscuits, and more.
One thing I've learned lately is that when wheat is ground, it looses about 75% of its nutrients within 72 hours. A friend of mine suggested that I order wheat grains (some people call them wheat berries) from a company in Montana called The Montana Wheat Company. She let me have some of her wheat berries to grind at home. When I baked the bread, it tasted almost like white bread. The wheat was sooo good.
Another thing I've learned is that I can make my own vanilla. Vanilla is so expensive in the grocery store, but so cheap and easy to make myself. I now will have enough vanilla to last for years!! I found the recipe for homemade vanilla from my book- Super Baby Food. A friend lent this book to me when I had Eliana. That is when I became aware of making my own baby food. So when I had Nico, I bought the book for myself. One meal that the Author recommends is Super Baby porridge. She says that when she brings her kids to the Doctor, they tell her that she has the healthiest kids they've ever met.
I love making the most of being a stay-at-home mom!
Saturday, October 17, 2009
On Thursday, we were out and Sammie asked if she could buy herself a milkshake (with her own money). I said, "Yes".
As Sammie was enjoying the last few sips of her shake, she turned to me and said,
"Boy, it feels good to be me!"
Sometimes things purchased with your own money taste so much better.
Friday, October 16, 2009
My Little Three
Sammie thought her stage would make make a great backdrop for pictures!! Now why didn't I think of that? Nico is now 8 months old!! Isn't that hard to believe?
Sammie at Teatime. This is one of the girls favorite times...probably because they know they'll get candy.
Eliana, dispite being 3, has never broken one of these antique teacups. She is very gentle. Ya know what? I wouldn't even be that mad if she did, because we are enjoying them...if they just sat up someplace high, then we couldn't enjoy using them.Saturday, October 10, 2009
Thumbs Down
Apparently, Yvonne used to put her thumb on things like this, so when Nico started doing it Paul made sure to snap some pictures.
Friday, August 07, 2009
I Want Healthcare, yes I do. I Want Healthcare. How about you?
Well, here I am in the Sanford Herald! On Tuesday, I heard about The Americans for Prosperity coming to our city. They were trying to show opposition of Pres. Obama's healthcare reform bill.
If you know me, you know I support healthcare reform and I'm not going to let this group make it look like everyone opposes his plan. So out I went with Nico on my back, Eliana in the stroller and Sammie by my side.
We held up 2 signs stating,
"My parents survived cancer because of government run healthcare" (referring to my in-laws) and "Healthcare premiums up 120%.....Wages up 29%. How long will you last?"
Boy, did I get some opposition. You would think because I was the ONLY one out there, that people would've left me alone but they didn't. Some people told me to,
"Go back where you came from!"
This I thought was too funny, because I'm from the south.
Others came up and said accusingly,
"You're not American, are you?"
or
"You're not from North Carolina are you?"
I just answered them and they went away.
The best one was a lady who decided to stand right in front of me, trying to block my sign. I shifted to the left and then she got in front of me again. We went back and forth until she stepped on my feet because she was so close! I said,
"Don't hurt me."
which got a waaaa-like baby sound from her. Then after we started to argue, someone from the organization came over and told us we shouldn't be interrupting the protest. I said,
"Well, she is stepping on my feet!" (I felt like I was tattling to the teacher). So he pulled her aside and told her not to disrupt my free speech.
After that I, for the most part, stood quietly with my sign..... well, except for Sammie and Eliana yelling,
"We're Canadian" in the beginning.
There was also one time when the speaker was making some sort of anti-healthcare reform statement and we booed.
If you are interested in reading the article, you can go to www.sanfordherald.com
Friday, July 31, 2009
Just Can't get it Right
Sammie: "Why do they call the little Einsteins by that name?"
Mommy: "Because Albert Einstein was a genius and so people who are very smart might be called an Einstein."
Sammie: "Am I an Einstein?"
Mommy: "Of course, you're very smart. You are an Einstein. Eliana, you're an Einstein too."
Eliana: "No, Mommy. I'm a fashion model."
Mommy: "Because Albert Einstein was a genius and so people who are very smart might be called an Einstein."
Sammie: "Am I an Einstein?"
Mommy: "Of course, you're very smart. You are an Einstein. Eliana, you're an Einstein too."
Eliana: "No, Mommy. I'm a fashion model."
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Christmas 2006
Getting this picture from Yvonne reminds me of how much I would like another picture of the whole family. I sure hope we will be able to go up this year to Canada and see all the cousins together.
