I've tried a few new recipes in the last week, so should bother to write about them.

First was Mushroom Risotto, which I made last Monday after Andrew & I got home from his afternoon appointment, since the boys were still off at Corwin's karate class with their aunt. It was a hit with all the adults (including Sarah), though Corwin ate two bites ( Read more... )

This week's crock pot experiment ought to make those of you familiar with my eating habits very proud! It had both broccoli (which I have been training myself to eat small amounts of when it's steamed) AND cheese in it. And I liked it ( Read more... )

This past week's new crock pot recipe was Creamy Chicken, which really should have been described as "Creamy Chicken Soup" instead. The basic recipe called for 3 chicken breasts, chopped onion, (not nearly enough) mushrooms, 2 cans of cream of chicken soup (undiluted) and 14 1/2 oz of chicken broth (which I upped to 2 cups, since it seemed silly ( Read more... )

Tonight I had the first vegetarian dinner I've had in a LONG time...if ever ( Read more... )

So as testament to how fast kids grow and change when they're in the 1-year-old age bracket, we left Corwin with his grandparents for four days while we went to Dragoncon this past weeekend. When we picked him up on Monday, I'd swear he looked sligtly taller and skinnier than I remembered ( Read more... )

Oh boy, was today a doozy.

Corwin seemed to be doing better health-wise, in that his nose had pretty much stopped running, though he was still a fountain of drool and bibs were still needed for that. ( However, behaviour-wise he was a pill. )

I'm writing from our hotel in Lafayette, LA tonight. We left the beach house around 10:30 this morning and arrived here about 5:30 this evening. Corwin was fussy this morning (apprehensive about us packing up and getting ready to leave I guess) but has been fine all day once we got in the car and got on the road. Lunch was at a Barnhill's buffet ( Read more... )

The dried apples y'all introduced Corwin to are in fact available at Whole Foods here. They had several other dried fruits by the same company in stock, but no apples. I asked a fellow shopper who was perusing the said fruits at the same time I was if she knew if they normally carried the apples as well, and she said they do. I picked up a ( Read more... )

I have been meaning to post a Corwin update for several days now, but it keeps getting put off in favor of Christmas prep of one sort or another.

( He is crawling fairly regularly now. And standing. And making attempts at walking. )

( This part is probably only exciting if you're also a parent, or you're one of Corwin's relatives. )