The day before Spring Break a solid batch of kids were out in her classroom with flu and or flu-like symptoms. I suppose it was only a matter of time before it made its way into our house. There was some midnight waking on Friday with fevers and headaches hitting hard by Saturday. Good news? … Continue reading »
Our celebrating kicks off today with Halloween! We’ll cart the 9yo over to our friend’s house for what has become one of our most treasured fall traditions. Their neighborhood is CRAZY into Halloween with haunted houses, spooky decorations (and sound effects), tables of full-size candy bars, and hundreds of children flooding the street in costume. … Continue reading »
The 9yo is a good eater that understands (intellectually at least) that she must eat lots of different veggies in order to be healthy. That said, she’s still nine and getting her to eat those veggies can be infuriating when she’s going through her picky phases. Ours are more taco-n-nacho than pasta-n-cheese, but they are … Continue reading »
Pear season is here which means that this past weekend, we got our first stab at putting up the only sweet preserve that we really eat – pear butter. We spread it on pancakes, toast and crackers and add little bits to our oatmeal and yogurt on school mornings to help break up the monotony … Continue reading »
It’s Valentine’s Day and although I am not super into the wining and dining version of the holiday that adults embrace, I am a HUGE fan of the grade-school version that brings together our love of crafts and food. Her classmates got a new variation on last year’s Mad Libs Valentines. The little rolls from … Continue reading »
Packing lunches the past couple of weeks has been really challenging. It’s been the same 4-5 lunches, rotated, with little inspiration and planning as evidenced by my daughter’s reaction to her packed lunch today, “Quesadillas? Again?” I have three lunches to make up for my lackluster performances and shall win her over by packing some … Continue reading »
Come join us on Saturday (tomorrow) as we do our best to raise food and cash for the Capital Area Food Bank. LEMONADE FOR FOOD Sunday, May 1 from 3-5PM Saturday, May 7 from Noon-2pm Wheatsville Food Co-op 3101 Guadalupe Street SWAP A CANNED GOOD FOR A GLASS OF LEMONADE! They will be accepting cash/check … Continue reading »
Our daughter has been quite the cook the past few weeks. She’s been baking, taking on dinner, lunch and has in the past couple of weeks hit what I think is a gigantic milestone – cooking at the stove. I want to say that she’s cooked more dinners than I have in the past few … Continue reading »
The day’s almuerzo was a meal of our choice when we were growing up and, perhaps, that is why special occasions have always brought up images of yummy home-cooked favorites. My mom would whip together arroz con pollo when we were younger and, as our taste buds matured, she would spend her day cooking the … Continue reading »
We really need to do this more often. We both love to cook and sometimes it’s really hard to let go of the control in the kitchen – for her and me both. My recipes are mine. Her recipes are hers and the middle ground gets awfully contentious when you put the two of us … Continue reading »
