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Monday, October 12, 2009
Monday, October 5, 2009
Your Thing
Danger Boy and Kid Catastrophe were watching Lady & The Tramp in the living room while Tired Mom was on the computer. DB says to me, "Mom, you left your THING on my spot over here!" I turn my head to see him waving my bra over his head. I had to giggle a little at the image.
I debated whether to tell him the real name for it, but decided my 5 year old little boy did not need to know the real word for bra yet. He can call it "thing" for now ;)
I debated whether to tell him the real name for it, but decided my 5 year old little boy did not need to know the real word for bra yet. He can call it "thing" for now ;)
Friday, October 2, 2009
Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies
Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies
1 stick butter
1 cup dark brown sugar (I use Splenda brown sugar blend)
1/2 cup white sugar (I just use regular Splenda)
1 cup pureed fresh or canned pumpkin (I think fresh pumpkin tastes better, see below for roasting instructions for sugar pumpkins)
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup white flour (I use a whole grain flour called Teff flour)
1/2 cup whole wheat flour (again I use more Teff flour)
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg (I skip this)
3 cups rolled oats
Heat oven to 350. Beat together butter and sugars. Add pumpkin, eggs, and vanilla. Beat until blended. Mix in combined flours, baking soda, and spices. Stir in oats. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased cookie sheet or baking stone. Bake 10-14 minutes (depending on how big you want them). I also put them in mini muffin pans for a fun shaped cookie muffin.
Roasting Sugar Pumpkins
Buy a sugar pumpkin (little pumpkins, sometimes with little black spots on them)
Cut it in half and scoop out the seeds
Put on a pan with water in the bottom (about an inch) shell side touching the water and cover exposed insides of the pumpkin with aluminum foil.
Bake at 350 for 45-60 minutes.
Take out, let cool. Scoop out all the flesh, and put it in your blend with a little water to puree. You can also pour the water that will accumalate in the "bowl" into the blender. 1 sugar pumpkin makes about 4 cups. You can also make pumpkin bread or pumpkin pancakes (see allrecipes.com for those recipes!)
1 stick butter
1 cup dark brown sugar (I use Splenda brown sugar blend)
1/2 cup white sugar (I just use regular Splenda)
1 cup pureed fresh or canned pumpkin (I think fresh pumpkin tastes better, see below for roasting instructions for sugar pumpkins)
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup white flour (I use a whole grain flour called Teff flour)
1/2 cup whole wheat flour (again I use more Teff flour)
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg (I skip this)
3 cups rolled oats
Heat oven to 350. Beat together butter and sugars. Add pumpkin, eggs, and vanilla. Beat until blended. Mix in combined flours, baking soda, and spices. Stir in oats. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased cookie sheet or baking stone. Bake 10-14 minutes (depending on how big you want them). I also put them in mini muffin pans for a fun shaped cookie muffin.
Roasting Sugar Pumpkins
Buy a sugar pumpkin (little pumpkins, sometimes with little black spots on them)
Cut it in half and scoop out the seeds
Put on a pan with water in the bottom (about an inch) shell side touching the water and cover exposed insides of the pumpkin with aluminum foil.
Bake at 350 for 45-60 minutes.
Take out, let cool. Scoop out all the flesh, and put it in your blend with a little water to puree. You can also pour the water that will accumalate in the "bowl" into the blender. 1 sugar pumpkin makes about 4 cups. You can also make pumpkin bread or pumpkin pancakes (see allrecipes.com for those recipes!)
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Bunny Rabbit Chased by Monsters
The kids were running from the front yard to the back yard yesterday, and when I followed them for a few minutes I figured out they were pretending to be bunny rabbits chased by monsters. Part of the "game" was also to sneak inside and get cookies to eat outside. I let them continue with said game only because they are extremely healthy cookies. So healthy that I wonder how I've gotten away with getting the kids to actually eat them (mwa ha ha ha ha ha!)
The bunny game was especially funny since our big orange tom cat Nutmeg (or Nutty) was running with them everywhere with his big fluffy tail poofing out behind him. Here's a pic of one of the weird places Nutty was sleeping the other day.
The bunny game was especially funny since our big orange tom cat Nutmeg (or Nutty) was running with them everywhere with his big fluffy tail poofing out behind him. Here's a pic of one of the weird places Nutty was sleeping the other day.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Super Muddy
She looks like such a little lady in her "rainbow hat" as she calls it, until you see she's covered in mud. Mud mud mud mud mud.
Danger Boy and Kid Catastrophe have also been digging these finger puppets that come in the kids meals at Jack in the Box. I love to go to Jack in the Box for the Chicken Fajita Pita, and every time they see QQ or V in the back seat, they just give them a kid's meal toy for free! It's great having such SUPER cute kids that people just throw things at their feet ;)
Monday, September 21, 2009
Amazing Bump Update!
I, Tired Mom, got her first ultrasound, and the Amazing Bump is 9 weeks along not 8! Yay! Only 5 more weeks of morning sickness instead of 6! The new due date is April 26th.
Friday, September 18, 2009
Church Picnic
Church picnics are the best! I forgot to blog about this a few weeks ago. Plenty of food, lots of fun for the kids, and Tired Mom got to play softball for the first time in a long time! I love softball, I just never get to play. I got to pitch, and I hit the ball a few times. I even made it home!
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