Kid Conversation

Hazel had just spit up on me with The Frog nearby-
me: (to Hazel) Are you trying to slime me, Hazel?
The Frog: She's trying to turn you into a burp monster.

Emergency Preparedness Month!

I was looking at my calendar, and apparently (probably last September when I was doing crazy nesting things) I decided February would be Emergency Preparedness month!

ok.  let's do it!

So, I thought I'd share some of the emergency preparedness things I learned during my nesting episode last fall.

# 1:  I found an awesome site the helps you learn about emergency preparedness and also tons of recipes to help you rotate through it.  Turns out, if you bake with powdered milk/buttermilk and powdered eggs, you actually save money!  I'm not the type to drink powdered milk or eat powdered eggs as scrambled eggs for breakfast, but I've done quite a bit of experimenting the last few months and in most cases for baked goods, and even some cooked foods, you cannot tell when you substitute powdered milk for regular, etc.

So, if you are at all interested in storing extra food to be prepared in case of emergency/disaster/job loss or you would like to save money and time cooking for your family, you should totally check out Everyday Food Storage.

#2: I also found this cool "meal in a jar" idea from Chef Tess Bakeresse that I haven't explored at all yet, but have been meaning to.  Check it out!  I can see it being a great way to throw dinner on the table super fast, when you don't have anything planned.

anyone else know of any other great sources?

Kid Conversation

Peach came running to me in tears
Peach: The Frog clawed me (sob)
Me: (picking her up and sensing a learning opportunity) How did that make you feel?
Peach: Sad.
Me:  So, what can we learn from this?
Peach: Cry.

not exactly the lesson I had in mind...

Kid Conversation

I was at Lowe's with Peach and The Frog and despite losing sight of The Frog many times while shopping, we all managed to end up at the check-out line together.  Being distracted by trying to decide if another line would move faster, I suddenly realized I didn't know where The Frog was.  I assumed he was probably looking at something nearby, but when he didn't show up after the transaction was  complete, I started getting nervous.  I started walking up and down the main aisle, looking down each one, trying to find him.  Nowhere!  By this time I'm convinced he's been kidnapped and I was trying to figure out how to break the news to Jay when a thought occurred to me to check the car.  Turns out, he was playing on the flat-bed carts people had abandoned in between the two sets of doors leading to the outside.

Me: The Frog!!!  You scared the heck out of me!!!
The Frog: (laughing) I scared the hiccups out of you?

When I got home from Lowe's, I proceeded to make use of the screws we just bought, and had the drill and bits and lots of other tools out.

Peach: I like these drill bits.
Me: (sensing she wanted to take them all out) Please just look at them, ok?
Peach: I wish I could get drill bits like these when I'm a mommy...
Me: (not giving in to the cuteness) You do, huh?
Peach: These drill bits are my favorite color...

now you see what I'm up against!!

Train Smuggler

Hazel was lying on the ground while Peach played with trains.  I was off quickly doing something-or-other and thought nothing of it.

At Hazel's nap time, wrapped her as always and she was having quite a hard time falling asleep.  Eventually, though, sleep won over.  Sadly, she woke up only 30 minutes later... it had taken her long enough to fall asleep, that I figured I could feed her again and so I unwrapped her and took her to the changing table.  While carrying her unwrapped, I felt something hard on Hazel's stomach!  Her little outfit has a cute (but unnecessary) double-handed pocket on the front (like a pull-over hoody might have) and when I reached inside, I pulled out a train.

I still feel bad about making her fall asleep with that lumpy train in her pocket.