Yesterday I forgot about Jacob's piano lessons and Enrichment night.. . auggghhh the frustration! They were right there on the calendar, Tuesday 24th: get teeth cleaned 12:10pm, Jacob piano 4pm, Enrichment 7pm. So where has my brain gone? I have no excuse like Pregnant Brain or Octeginarianism. Maybe I just found the spot right between the two with Mother of Fouritis.
This month always seems to be the hardest month for me to get through. It reaches that point when I begin to wonder, will the snow ever melt, and the house seem to shrink in size. The kids just want to go outside and play . . . but . . . the past couple days have been soooo wonderful! We sat out on the pouch and read! Then yesterday we noticed tiny little spikes of my tulips starting to break through the ground. It became necessary to make a couple rounds in the backyard to picking up garbage that has blown in and been buried under the snow. It's getting me all giddy for spring!
We all got our bikes out of the garage yesterday, pumped up a couple flat tires, dusted off the helmets and made a couple laps around the block. Afton rode her bike without training wheels for the first time. Dennis even got in on the action and took the kids on a 5 mile ride north of town.
So I guess I'm chalking up my forgetfulness to the fact that we were all enjoying the lovely weather outside. Its just spring fever! I have it!!
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Our Long Weekend
We sure enjoyed a very fun and exciting weekend. This was how it went.
FRIDAY
The kids thought it would be fun to exchange Valentines this year, something we haven't really done in the past. So they made invitations earlier that week and had some of their friends over to our house. They passed our the cards they made earlier that week and had fun playing. That night, we agreed to watch our neighbors' kids as part of a babysitting swap, (they watched our kids on Saturday). We fixed homemade pizza and the kids all ran around a played, again. We finally turned on "Night at the Museum" so they would just sit still for a minute and pretty soon everyone was asleep.
Saturday - Valentine's Day
Dennis went to work out in the morning and took Afton with him. They came home with a big bouquet of yellow roses for me!(One day I'll share the story that started the tradition of the yellow roses.) We had our Saturday dounuts,(Krispy Kream) that were delivered as part of a fundraiser. That afternoon Dennis and I went to the Provo temple together. (We narrowly avoided getting into an accident when a big truck ran a red light in the middle of a pretty good snowstorm. I certainly hope there was a camera on that light.) Afterwards, we sat down to eat at my favorite Chinese Restaurant and realized that we had better get it to go, due to it being Saturday night and we have early morning church. We picked up the kids did a last minute pick up of the house, showers and actually got them to bed pretty early. Dennis and I made chocolate dipped strawberries and enjoyed eating them with our Turtle Pie and drank Welch's Sparkling Grape Juice in our only two fancy smancy glasses! We snuggled on the couch and watched "If a Man Answers" which was so funny! It's an oldie but goodie that we borrowed from the Wallace's.
SUNDAY
We had most of my family come to our house for a little get together and dinner. We pulled out the Harry Potter Clue game, chatted, played air hockey, and just had fun together. (It sure is nice having the additional space in the basement!!)
MONDAY
Because of President's day Dennis didn't have to go to work, so he stayed home and grouted the bathroom shower! Afton went to a birthday party, the boys played with friends and I pulled out some more boxes from the garage and put them away, and actually vegged on the couch a bit.
Wow!!! It was so much fun to play all weekend long, but I've got to tell you that on Tuesday it was pretty hard to get going again!!
FRIDAY
The kids thought it would be fun to exchange Valentines this year, something we haven't really done in the past. So they made invitations earlier that week and had some of their friends over to our house. They passed our the cards they made earlier that week and had fun playing. That night, we agreed to watch our neighbors' kids as part of a babysitting swap, (they watched our kids on Saturday). We fixed homemade pizza and the kids all ran around a played, again. We finally turned on "Night at the Museum" so they would just sit still for a minute and pretty soon everyone was asleep.
Saturday - Valentine's Day
Dennis went to work out in the morning and took Afton with him. They came home with a big bouquet of yellow roses for me!(One day I'll share the story that started the tradition of the yellow roses.) We had our Saturday dounuts,(Krispy Kream) that were delivered as part of a fundraiser. That afternoon Dennis and I went to the Provo temple together. (We narrowly avoided getting into an accident when a big truck ran a red light in the middle of a pretty good snowstorm. I certainly hope there was a camera on that light.) Afterwards, we sat down to eat at my favorite Chinese Restaurant and realized that we had better get it to go, due to it being Saturday night and we have early morning church. We picked up the kids did a last minute pick up of the house, showers and actually got them to bed pretty early. Dennis and I made chocolate dipped strawberries and enjoyed eating them with our Turtle Pie and drank Welch's Sparkling Grape Juice in our only two fancy smancy glasses! We snuggled on the couch and watched "If a Man Answers" which was so funny! It's an oldie but goodie that we borrowed from the Wallace's.
SUNDAY
We had most of my family come to our house for a little get together and dinner. We pulled out the Harry Potter Clue game, chatted, played air hockey, and just had fun together. (It sure is nice having the additional space in the basement!!)
MONDAY
Because of President's day Dennis didn't have to go to work, so he stayed home and grouted the bathroom shower! Afton went to a birthday party, the boys played with friends and I pulled out some more boxes from the garage and put them away, and actually vegged on the couch a bit.
Wow!!! It was so much fun to play all weekend long, but I've got to tell you that on Tuesday it was pretty hard to get going again!!
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Mulligatawny
Here is another recipe post. I found this one in Family Fun Magazine, which I have been subscribing to for quite a few years now. (They are also at FamilyFun.com) I enjoy soup as well so I tried this one out on the family last night. It is flavored with Curry so if you like it you would love this! Out of the 6 of us 5, approved. The one who didn't approve, has become quite the picky eater and did have to sit at the table until it was gone. He did without gagging this time which is really saying something if you knew his track record. Dennis and I were laying it on pretty thick though, things like, "some kids only have one meal a day and in other places they eat raw fish and rotten duck eggs and dog meat and chicken legs, and pig snout. You should be grateful for what you have to eat." (aren't we terrible). I think he did great just eating through all that visual commentary. Here it is. It does simmer for an hour so plan accordingly.
Ingredients
4 tablespoons butt or 2 tablespoons olive oil
1 onion, chopped
2 carrots, chopped
1 celery stalk, chopped
1 green pepper, chopped (we omitted this one because I don't like green peppers and they give Dennis headaches.)
1 apple, cored, peeled and chopped (nice twist!)
1 1/2 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breast, chopped
1/2 cup flour
2 to 3 teaspoons curry powder (I only used 2 and though it was plenty, but Dennis said he couldn't taste it very much.)
5 cups chicken broth
1 (14 1/2 oz) can diced tomatoes, drained
salt and pepper to taste
2 cups cooked, hot rice
1. melt the butter, or heat the oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add the onion, carrots, celery, green pepper, apple, and chicken, and saute for about 15 minutes. Turn the heat to low.
2. In a small bowl mix together the flour and curry powder. Add the mixture to the pot, then stir and cook for 3 to 5 minutes. Add the chicken broth and tomatoes. Partially cover the pot and simmer the soup for about an hour, stirring occasionally. Add the salt and pepper to taste.
3. To serve place about 1/4 cup of rice in a bowl and ladle the soup over the rice. Makes about 8 cups.
If you try it let me know what you think.
Ingredients
4 tablespoons butt or 2 tablespoons olive oil
1 onion, chopped
2 carrots, chopped
1 celery stalk, chopped
1 green pepper, chopped (we omitted this one because I don't like green peppers and they give Dennis headaches.)
1 apple, cored, peeled and chopped (nice twist!)
1 1/2 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breast, chopped
1/2 cup flour
2 to 3 teaspoons curry powder (I only used 2 and though it was plenty, but Dennis said he couldn't taste it very much.)
5 cups chicken broth
1 (14 1/2 oz) can diced tomatoes, drained
salt and pepper to taste
2 cups cooked, hot rice
1. melt the butter, or heat the oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add the onion, carrots, celery, green pepper, apple, and chicken, and saute for about 15 minutes. Turn the heat to low.
2. In a small bowl mix together the flour and curry powder. Add the mixture to the pot, then stir and cook for 3 to 5 minutes. Add the chicken broth and tomatoes. Partially cover the pot and simmer the soup for about an hour, stirring occasionally. Add the salt and pepper to taste.
3. To serve place about 1/4 cup of rice in a bowl and ladle the soup over the rice. Makes about 8 cups.
If you try it let me know what you think.
Friday, February 6, 2009
More Painting
Now that things are wrapping up in the basement it was time to move on to the girls room. Afton has been so excited to paint her walls. She wanted one wall pink and the other one purple. I, being the painting phobic that I am, was hesitant to do anything with colors at all. I'm afraid that I won't like it once it's up and that will be that. Well after staring at paint cards for over a week I finially took the girls with me to Stringham's and mixed up the pink and purple paint. By the way they were soooo nice to the girls while we were there. Lauren, I think was his name, gave the girls popcorn and even bought them gummy worms and chocolate. When we got it home I opened the cans and about died. I thought it was going to be way too bright, but when we got it on the walls it turned out to be just right. We got right to work and now I'm so glad that we did it. It looks like such a fun room! Now we get to decorate it with big funky flowers and stuff. I repainted Afton's bed and then she moved right in. Now it's on to my school room!!!
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