Food, Glorious Food

Wow, I haven't posted in a month...

Wade is Mr. Foodie now, he loves almost everything he has tried, thankfully.  We did start with cereals - brown rice and oatmeal at 4 months and he took to those just great. 

As far as "real food" goes, he has tried:  apples, bananas, apricots, mango, kiwi, cantaloupe, butternut and acorn squashes, peas, green beans, sweet potatoes, avocado, and, of course, the infamous puffs (which Nathan calls "huffs").  The only thing he has not been a fan of is the avocado, which totally surprised me.  I have been making most of the food and have become a HUGE fan of the Magic Bullet - makes whipping up some food a breeze.

Cleaning Schedule

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With two young ones and working part-time, I feel as though I am always one to many steps behind on the home front.  Often times I feel like my house looks like similar to an episode of Hoarders.  Before Wade arrived, I set in motion a "schedule" to follow on certain days to really clean certain areas.  That schedule fell by the wayside quickly after he arrived, I would try but many times the room of the day did not get touched.

The last two weeks the kids have been sick, causing me to be majorly sleep deprived, so the house most definitely suffered.  Something had to be done...I revised my schedule to include daily room tending to the kitchen and daily laundry.  Friday and Saturday became catch-up days, and I shuffled some of the other days around to what I will hopefully stick to.

Today, I found a Real Simple article on addressing the kitchen I found to be really good info and wanted to share. 

Enjoy!

Brotherly Love

Snow, snow, snow

Book Recommendation

I just finished an amazing book:  The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.  Biographies are usually not my thing, but this was a bestseller on Amazon and the library just happened to have it.  It is relatively heavy on science, but the story is so interesting.  Highly recommended.

p.s.: I assure you a post on the kids is coming soon.  Wade is 5 months old today!!

Happy New Year!!

Wishing you the Best in 2011!

Christmas Baking Plans

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I have high hopes for whipping some holiday treats up...We shall see how things develop this week.

My criteria was quick and easy...On my list are the following:

Chocolate Cinnamon Fudge
Cinnamon Pretzels
Cake Batter Chocolate Bark
Poor Man's Toffee - with saltines (I have made it with Cheez-its and it is delicious)
Peanut Butter Blossoms