A letter sent to my sister today.
1) I love Thriftbooks.com
2) We had sun today for the first time since I can remember. NOT sun breaks, actual blue skies. All afternoon.
3) I ate too many cookies today.
To my sister:
We spent our morning at the co-op- Mimi started a "My Gym" class today with lots of tumbling and stretching and dancing with ribbons. Ernie started a writing workshop- lots of stories and thinking like a writer. Ernie also takes a Science/Art class (study the diaphragm and lungs and then build a model, etc.). We LOVE our co-op!
Home for lunch and Cocoa's nap, and I pushed the girls out the door to enjoy the sunshine. We ended up at the park, and Daddy (home sick with a flu/cough) drove Cocoa over when he got up from his nap. Came home for some painting time for the kids and pizza-making time for me (and nap time for Daddy.)
I have a favorite crust for the weekly pizza night (makes a super soft, un-chewy, crust) but the last few weeks I've been using socca as my pizza. Oh my goodness is it good- just chickpea flour and water with some olive oil and salt, cooked like a pancake in a super hot, oiled, pan. I threw in some garlic and dried basil tonight, in honor of pizza night, but topped it with leftover chicken mushroom curry (and some cotija) from last night's dinner. I was a happy girl tonight. The chickpea flour was easy to get- I just ground up a bag of garbanzo beans in the grain mill. Thank you Bobbi for the recipe! You've saved my pizza nights :o)
The kids took baths after dinner (much to their chagrin- Friday is supposed to be pizza and movie night. They NEEDED baths.)
I finally snapped a picture of a sleeping Cocoa this week. The girls go to bed around 8, but he doesn't get ready for bed till 9 or so. In the past month, his crib has gotten pretty full- there's the soft baby blanket from Nana, and then the enormous duck he likes to sleep on from Nana Great. The hot rice bag on his feet, and a little soft blanket square in his hand from Mama Papaya, and his stinky frog (a Scentsy Buddy) from Nana Great in his other. Then two star-casting light up animals, one from Santa and the other from Uncle Bear. THEN you kiss his nose goodnight and leave. He loves it in there. I wish he'd STAY in there at night, but I'm glad bed time (and nap time) is so easy!
1) I love Thriftbooks.com
2) We had sun today for the first time since I can remember. NOT sun breaks, actual blue skies. All afternoon.
3) I ate too many cookies today.
To my sister:
Just ordered Chalice, Beauty, Rosedaughter, and Gluten-Free Girl's first book. Less than $20.
And then went and used a $40 gift certificate that Rae gave me and ordered a sewing book and some embroidery patterns.
Spent alllllll afternoon at the park. WOOT! And, my cookies are really, really good. (1 c. PB, 1 c. sugar, 1 egg, 1 tsp vanilla. Mix it all up, bake 10 minutes at 350 on a silpat. Don't forget to smash them with a fork :) I used my smallest scoop. I highly suggest scooping a huge amount of my raspberry jam on top and then shoving it in your face.
We're going to survive February. Aren't we?
Mimi saw a plane on the way to the park.
We spent our morning at the co-op- Mimi started a "My Gym" class today with lots of tumbling and stretching and dancing with ribbons. Ernie started a writing workshop- lots of stories and thinking like a writer. Ernie also takes a Science/Art class (study the diaphragm and lungs and then build a model, etc.). We LOVE our co-op!
Home for lunch and Cocoa's nap, and I pushed the girls out the door to enjoy the sunshine. We ended up at the park, and Daddy (home sick with a flu/cough) drove Cocoa over when he got up from his nap. Came home for some painting time for the kids and pizza-making time for me (and nap time for Daddy.)
I have a favorite crust for the weekly pizza night (makes a super soft, un-chewy, crust) but the last few weeks I've been using socca as my pizza. Oh my goodness is it good- just chickpea flour and water with some olive oil and salt, cooked like a pancake in a super hot, oiled, pan. I threw in some garlic and dried basil tonight, in honor of pizza night, but topped it with leftover chicken mushroom curry (and some cotija) from last night's dinner. I was a happy girl tonight. The chickpea flour was easy to get- I just ground up a bag of garbanzo beans in the grain mill. Thank you Bobbi for the recipe! You've saved my pizza nights :o)
The kids took baths after dinner (much to their chagrin- Friday is supposed to be pizza and movie night. They NEEDED baths.)
I finally snapped a picture of a sleeping Cocoa this week. The girls go to bed around 8, but he doesn't get ready for bed till 9 or so. In the past month, his crib has gotten pretty full- there's the soft baby blanket from Nana, and then the enormous duck he likes to sleep on from Nana Great. The hot rice bag on his feet, and a little soft blanket square in his hand from Mama Papaya, and his stinky frog (a Scentsy Buddy) from Nana Great in his other. Then two star-casting light up animals, one from Santa and the other from Uncle Bear. THEN you kiss his nose goodnight and leave. He loves it in there. I wish he'd STAY in there at night, but I'm glad bed time (and nap time) is so easy!
1 comment:
Wow, the kiddos have really grown! They are all so sweet. :)
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