by the chimney with care
in hopes that Saint Nicholas would soon be there.
Merry Christmas everyone!
Monday, December 22, 2008
And the stockings were hung...
by the chimney with care
in hopes that Saint Nicholas would soon be there.
Merry Christmas everyone!
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Inspiration found
After seeing the cookies on my sister's blog and receiving a little care package from her as well, I was able to finally make a batch of traditional Christmas cookies.
Now... who can help me get my cards finished?
Now... who can help me get my cards finished?
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Addicted
Yep, we have an addict in our house. Okay, maybe more than one. I have admitted before and I am not ashamed. Ice cream is my friend. Could be my best friend... any who... on to the other addict.
The other night I was attempting to make a birthday dinner for Kevin when he arrived home. Avery was going crazy in the kitchen. Screaming, falling, crying, general craziness. Kevin picks her up and she clings to him like there is no tomorrow. We think... so sweet. Daddy's little girl.
He tries to put her down. No go. More screaming, more tears.
He finally asks me "what is up with her?"
She is hungry. She sees me cooking, and wants to eat NOW!
He deals with it for about a minute more before he decides that she can no longer wait to eat.
He goes to the closet... pulls out a box... her eyes glaze over and the grin appears.
"Yuky Charms"
"Yuky CHARMS"
"YUKY CHARMS!"
She flies to the table while exclaiming about her beloved cereal.
The kid loves her charms.
Today I pick her up from "playing with friends", her little playgroup daycare and on the way home she falls asleep. We get home, I extract her from her seat, and she mumbles in her sleep "yuky charms."
Oye. This is why I never bought sugar cereal for the other two. I guess your standards change by the third child.
The other night I was attempting to make a birthday dinner for Kevin when he arrived home. Avery was going crazy in the kitchen. Screaming, falling, crying, general craziness. Kevin picks her up and she clings to him like there is no tomorrow. We think... so sweet. Daddy's little girl.
He tries to put her down. No go. More screaming, more tears.
He finally asks me "what is up with her?"
She is hungry. She sees me cooking, and wants to eat NOW!
He deals with it for about a minute more before he decides that she can no longer wait to eat.
He goes to the closet... pulls out a box... her eyes glaze over and the grin appears.
"Yuky Charms"
"Yuky CHARMS"
"YUKY CHARMS!"
She flies to the table while exclaiming about her beloved cereal.
The kid loves her charms.
Today I pick her up from "playing with friends", her little playgroup daycare and on the way home she falls asleep. We get home, I extract her from her seat, and she mumbles in her sleep "yuky charms."
Oye. This is why I never bought sugar cereal for the other two. I guess your standards change by the third child.
Monday, December 15, 2008
-18 degree weather...
calls for some really really good soup recipes. Don't you agree?
Here is the Cowboy Potato Soup recipe I promised some of you...
6 strips of back (diced)
1 onion diced
3-4 potatos cubed
chicken broth to cover (4-6 cups)
1 can cream of mushroom soup
garlic, butter, salt and pepper to taste
shredded cheddar to top the soup
Brown bacon. Add onion and brown slightly. Add potatos, seasonings and broth. Cook uncovered, on low heat for about an hour or until potatos are tender. Add mushroom soup. Serve topped with lots of shredded cheddar cheese.
Yum!
Cream of Wild Rice Soup
1 large onion, chopped
1 large carrot, shredded
1 celery rib, chopped
3-4 T butter or marg
1/2 cup flour
8 cups chicken broth
3 cups cooked wild rice
1-2 cubed cooked chicked breasts
salt, pepper, rosemary
In a large saucepan, saute the onion, carrot, and celery in butter until tender. Stir in flour until blended. Gradually add broth. Stir in the rice, chicken and any spices. Bring to a boil over medium heat, continue to stir until thickened. Cook 3-5 minutes longer and serve.
Enjoy and keep warm!!
Here is the Cowboy Potato Soup recipe I promised some of you...
6 strips of back (diced)
1 onion diced
3-4 potatos cubed
chicken broth to cover (4-6 cups)
1 can cream of mushroom soup
garlic, butter, salt and pepper to taste
shredded cheddar to top the soup
Brown bacon. Add onion and brown slightly. Add potatos, seasonings and broth. Cook uncovered, on low heat for about an hour or until potatos are tender. Add mushroom soup. Serve topped with lots of shredded cheddar cheese.
Yum!
Cream of Wild Rice Soup
1 large onion, chopped
1 large carrot, shredded
1 celery rib, chopped
3-4 T butter or marg
1/2 cup flour
8 cups chicken broth
3 cups cooked wild rice
1-2 cubed cooked chicked breasts
salt, pepper, rosemary
In a large saucepan, saute the onion, carrot, and celery in butter until tender. Stir in flour until blended. Gradually add broth. Stir in the rice, chicken and any spices. Bring to a boil over medium heat, continue to stir until thickened. Cook 3-5 minutes longer and serve.
Enjoy and keep warm!!
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Happy Birthday
to Kevin!
Unfortunately he is on another hockey trip, so we have to celebrate tomorrow.
Unfortunately he is on another hockey trip, so we have to celebrate tomorrow.
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Procrastination
Apparently procrastination is an inherited trait. I haven't done any studies on it, so I can't be completely sure if it is a nature or nurture type of thing... but somewhere down the line my kids got it.
Yep, I am a well known procrastinator. Anyone that really needs something from me needs to give me a deadline. Not an "around this time" deadline, a strict "has to be done or people die" deadline for me to get it done. I do it with work, with school work,with Christmas wish lists, with anything really. And today, I went through the roof when my kid did it.
About a month ago, Dillon was assigned a unit ending project, "Home, Sweet Home". He needed to create an early pioneer home that truly represented knowledge learned during the unit of study, Colorado History. It could be a tee pee, a sod house, a early cabin, a fort, you get the picture, right?
I first heard about the project when I accompanied his class on the field trip to the Colorado History Museum. His teacher casually mentioned to me something about talking to my group about their projects as we walked through the museum. There were some great examples there a sod house, a tee pee, and an early log fort. I told her that Dillon had not mentioned it to me yet, and she replied not to worry it wasn't due until after Thanksgiving.
I leaned over and asked Dillon about it. Yep, it was true. He had decided to do a project where he created something(forgive me, I think the original idea was a fort, but I could be mistaken) out of legos. Okay. We have some time.
I asked him about it again later on. Yep, he was going to get to it.
Sunday night I remembered again. It is due sometime this week.
Today I pick them up from school, we get home and dutifully both Dillon and Bailey work on their homework. Literacy done. Math done. Even some language arts done.
Dillon wants to play on the computer.
Bailey wants to watch Christmas shows.
I walk downstairs to sit with them when I remember to ask Dillon if he brought home his guidelines for the project. Nope, they are in his desk at school.
Oh, by the way, it is due tomorrow.
WHAT??????
HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND???
A MAJOR PROJECT AND YOU WAIT UNTIL THE NIGHT BEFORE TO EVEN BEGIN TO WORK ON IT???
Okay, not a great moment for me as a mom. Remembering many a time, I did the same thing. Still do. (Yes, I am really up at 1:30 in the morning. I just finished up a quiz for a class that was due.)
It is on Kevin's side of the family as well, right Katie? Won't mention a thing about 2:00 am candle making Christmas eve ;)
So I send him down to the lego pile and he comes back with a 4 inch high wall.
Not gonna cut it.
So we get to work. What are your ideas? What do you want to build? What does that mean? What else is included? etc...
Okay, what can we reasonably do at 6:30 at night when your bedtime is at 8:00?
I must say... as much as I hate it that he did this... I kinda like how it turned out.
It is a Colorado gold mine. He has a miner, walls full of gold, an all important fan to filter out the bad air, and even a little store next to the mine with a clerk selling pick axes. Apparently they did that alot. The miners needed an easy place to get their supplies and turn their gold into pink money. I never heard of that myself, but we'll go with it for now.
Here is the outcome...
And don't forget the paper that is due along with it.
Yep, I am a well known procrastinator. Anyone that really needs something from me needs to give me a deadline. Not an "around this time" deadline, a strict "has to be done or people die" deadline for me to get it done. I do it with work, with school work,with Christmas wish lists, with anything really. And today, I went through the roof when my kid did it.
About a month ago, Dillon was assigned a unit ending project, "Home, Sweet Home". He needed to create an early pioneer home that truly represented knowledge learned during the unit of study, Colorado History. It could be a tee pee, a sod house, a early cabin, a fort, you get the picture, right?
I first heard about the project when I accompanied his class on the field trip to the Colorado History Museum. His teacher casually mentioned to me something about talking to my group about their projects as we walked through the museum. There were some great examples there a sod house, a tee pee, and an early log fort. I told her that Dillon had not mentioned it to me yet, and she replied not to worry it wasn't due until after Thanksgiving.
I leaned over and asked Dillon about it. Yep, it was true. He had decided to do a project where he created something(forgive me, I think the original idea was a fort, but I could be mistaken) out of legos. Okay. We have some time.
I asked him about it again later on. Yep, he was going to get to it.
Sunday night I remembered again. It is due sometime this week.
Today I pick them up from school, we get home and dutifully both Dillon and Bailey work on their homework. Literacy done. Math done. Even some language arts done.
Dillon wants to play on the computer.
Bailey wants to watch Christmas shows.
I walk downstairs to sit with them when I remember to ask Dillon if he brought home his guidelines for the project. Nope, they are in his desk at school.
Oh, by the way, it is due tomorrow.
WHAT??????
HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND???
A MAJOR PROJECT AND YOU WAIT UNTIL THE NIGHT BEFORE TO EVEN BEGIN TO WORK ON IT???
Okay, not a great moment for me as a mom. Remembering many a time, I did the same thing. Still do. (Yes, I am really up at 1:30 in the morning. I just finished up a quiz for a class that was due.)
It is on Kevin's side of the family as well, right Katie? Won't mention a thing about 2:00 am candle making Christmas eve ;)
So I send him down to the lego pile and he comes back with a 4 inch high wall.
Not gonna cut it.
So we get to work. What are your ideas? What do you want to build? What does that mean? What else is included? etc...
Okay, what can we reasonably do at 6:30 at night when your bedtime is at 8:00?
I must say... as much as I hate it that he did this... I kinda like how it turned out.
It is a Colorado gold mine. He has a miner, walls full of gold, an all important fan to filter out the bad air, and even a little store next to the mine with a clerk selling pick axes. Apparently they did that alot. The miners needed an easy place to get their supplies and turn their gold into pink money. I never heard of that myself, but we'll go with it for now.
Here is the outcome...
And don't forget the paper that is due along with it.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
diagnosis
After two days on the couch and in bed, numerous naps, no food except a frosty, lots and lots of advil, and two doctor's visits including one with an hour long wait in the waiting room with a two year old, I have a diagnosis. Which is the same as what I said at 6:00 Monday morning. I have strep.
Yuck.
Yuck.
Monday, December 1, 2008
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