Poor little Jeffrey has been sick for 3 days now so we have been sticking around the house.... meaning it was a perfect Drop Everything and Read kind of Day. This is how I started my morning... and exactly how I ended my day... Jeffrey and Jack ended up sleeping at the same time so Caleb and…
Since we were mainly home-bound this weekend, because Jeffrey was sick, I decided to make a yummy Sunday breakfast... Strawberry Cream Cheese French Toast... I came across the recipe for Angel Food Cake French Toast with Cream Cheese and Strawberry Syrup. Normally I use fresh strawberries so I thought I would try my hand at…
This weekend has been pretty low-key because we have a sick Jeffrey. He was acting happy on Saturday morning and helped daddy plant some apple trees! One for him and one for Jack. These tulips are mine to be planted - my mom gave them to me for Easter - and I cannot believe how beautiful they are! I've…
Today was supposed to be a fun day for Jeffrey and I, to get together with friends, while daddy stayed home with sweet Jack. Then Jeff woke up sick! Poor kiddo. So instead mommy took Jack out - to at least avoid him coming down with the stomach bug too. We had a nice afternoon with friends…
It was a "fun-filled" morning of Spring cleaning. I cannot believe how many dirty hand prints and marks there are around my house with two little boys living here. I kept thinking I was done - ready to sit down and relax... and then there was one more wall to be wiped down, chair to…
I love planning meals based on the ingredients I have in my fridge and cupboards... and by what needs to be used up before going bad. The feeling of "not wasting" is wonderful! Since we don't have a microwave I can't thaw anything out very fast. Being caught up with Spring-cleaning and two little munchkins running (and crawling) around - I forgot…
I have always loved Chinese Almond Cookies with vanilla soft serve ice cream to finish off a buffet... But I have never thought to make them! Seeing as it was Chinese Almond Cookie Day I figured I better give them a try. I found the recipe on Food.com. It makes 60 cookies so I cut the recipe in…
Today was exhausting - I woke up crabby and just couldn't get in the right mindset. I ended up packing up my boys to go to the post office (to ship a banner... yay!), pick up a few things at Costco...and hopefully cheer up some. Thankfully I did! I wasn't in the mood to do much…
I'm reading through a stack of non-fiction/ self-help books I picked up at the library. The first book I read was "The Way of Serenity: Finding Peace and Happiness in the Serenity Prayer" by Father Jonathan Morris. Father Morris breaks down the Serenity prayer... I'm sure you know it: "Lord, grant me the Serenity to accept…
Today was International Beaver Day as well as National No Housework Day and National Coffee Cake Day! Phew... lots to celebrate! I honestly couldn't celebrate the "No Housework Day." I needed to fold the laundry my boys had strewn about the living room... and vacuum and sweep AGAIN so Jack wouldn't eat every random crumb or dirt particle…
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