Tonight Ichiro did the cooking… while watching Nascar… Whatever, I’m not going to complain, if he wants to cook in the living room, so be it! As long as I don’t have to cook.
7
May
Tonight Ichiro did the cooking… while watching Nascar… Whatever, I’m not going to complain, if he wants to cook in the living room, so be it! As long as I don’t have to cook.
5
May
I LOVE the fact that Noby’s in preschool. I love how much he’s grown verbally. I love how many new friends he’s made. I love the two hour break I get 3 days a week! And I LOVE that I get to make cute, fun, crafts for the teachers!!!! I finally have an excuse to make things I find on the internet!! I’m having so much fun!! This week was Teacher Appreciation Week so of course I knew I was going to make something. I started to search Pinterest (AGAIN, If you are NOT part of Pinterest… GET ON IT!!) for something fun to make them. I found several ideas that were similar, they all involved a water bottle of sorts. Here they are…
Domesticatedlady.com posted these about TEA-riffic Teachers…
frillsfluffandtrucks.blogspot.com made a pocket tag with a cute saying about quenching the child’s thirst for knowledge….
And my favorite was from lisastorms.typepad.com. She gave some great insulated cups with lemonade and ice tea inside.
So I decided to combine all the ideas and this is what I came up with…
The gift bags with a “Happy Teacher Appreciation Week” tag…
I went with these sport water bottle filled with both lemonade and iced tea mixes. Noby has 4 different teachers and I was able to find these bottles in 4 different colors. Each bottle has a removable ice pack that they can freeze to keep their drinks cold. It’s hard to tell but the tags I made say, “Thank you for helping quench Noby’s thirst for knowledge! You are a wonderful “ade” in all the children’s learning! Thanks for being such a TEA-riffic teacher!”
I’m very happy with how they came out and the teachers loved them!
3
May
Recently I was talking to an expecting mother about why homemade baby food was the right choice for our family. She asked if was really worth all the work. Was I really saving money? I told her that it was all about how you did it. I explained that for certain foods I decided to introduce to Koji, the foods that were considered the dirty dozen, I wanted to make sure they were organic. And if I just ran to the store to buy organic, sure it could be expensive. But the way I went about buying these foods made it easier on the wallet. I have a list of foods and the appropriate age that they should be introduced to your child. When I showed up at the store, I check to see what organic items were on sale that week. For example one week I wanted to introduce apples. Well when I got to Whole Foods I saw that organic pears were on sale. Both pears and apples could be introduced at 6 months. So that week we decided to start pears. Another week we went to the store and both organic sweet potatoes and organic carrots were on sale. I purchased both, made the food and then froze both. When the three day test period for the food was up, I had the other food in the freezer to introduce. I guess what I’m saying is to buy organic, buy on sale.
Last week I found small bags of Organic carrots on sale for $1. I purchased 3 bags, cooked them up and threw them in the food processor. So for $3 I made 13 and a half meals! That comes to .23 cents a meal! Not to bad if you ask me!
Also sweet potatoes were on sale for $0.69 a pound. I baked about 8 potatoes and was able to make 22 MEALS! The potatoes cost about $4.30 making each meal about .20!
So the saving is really there. But making the food is so much more to me. I just plain enjoy it. I like finding the deals, cooking the food and turning it into baby food. As I was making the carrots and sweet potatoes I actually thought to myself that I love doing this and would love to do it for other people. I enjoy it. I know it’s not for everyone but for me it makes me happy to know that I’m doing this for my child.
2
May
Today the boys and I headed outside to work on the flower gardens. Noby was such a great little helper! He pulled the weeds and placed everything we clipped in the garbage bag. As for Koji? Well, he just chilled and waited for us to finished!
1
May
Today we were invited to celebrate with Lana as she turned 3 years old!! It’s hard to believe because it seems like only yesterday we were visiting Neils and Rebecca at the hospital! It’s crazy how the years are flying by! They had the perfect weather for the party and at their new house, they have the PERFECT backyard for a party! We started with a delicious brunch and then headed outside where the kids ran around, blew bubbles, played baseball, frisbee, rode bikes, you name it they had it!!
Cake Time…
Me and my boys…
Thanks for letting us celebrate with you!!!!