SAHM OCD ETC.

 

I have talked to a few other moms about this tendancy that we have to latch onto something and make it an obsession, bordering on OCD. Maybe we are just bored. Maybe we feel like the world expects us to take a stand on something. Maybe our brains are tired of firing on those same synaptic pathways:
Path A: That sound is Curious George, you may relax the children are not trying to shove chopsticks into their brains through their noses.
Path B: That sound is silence *WARNING* Children are most likely eating something they found while pulling up the corners of your carpet, Symapthetic nervous system please ramp up.
Path C: That smell is poo.
*Sigh*
Well some women craft(guilty). Some women are helicopters(not guilty). Some women turn into hippes(guilty-ish, darn you death-rocket hot dogs, oh yes and sugar). Some women turn into germ-a-phobes. Whatever.
My current obsession is with phthalates. Hence, Al get's his lunch in a glass jar. I am pretty sure I am far more concerned about this than I should be, but it does give me something to do! Now if I could just get the girls to drink out of glass baby food jars without spilling them or getting into bar fights (you know broken bottle menacing in a toddler fist).

Tender Heart

 

Tenna and Andi both love the Baby Bumblebee song. We were singing it last night as we were cleaning and getting ready for bed. For the second time through I told them to get their bumblebees out to catch. We all buzzed our fingers and caught our bees. I began to sing the song, but Tenna "released," her baby bumblebee and waved bye bye. Then she reprimanded me and said "don't squish it, baby bumblebee!"

Happy V-day and puppy love

 

The girls had a wonderful morning opening cards and gifts from Grandma's and Grandpa's. They enjoyed coloring and stickers, but most picturific was the fun with some stuffed animals... I love the way little kids kiss, yes, both these pictures are of Andi kissing her puppy.

 

Valentine for Daddy, etc

 

Yesterday the girls made valentines to put on daddy's backpack. (I heart attacked him while he was in the shower this morning and forbade him to take off any of the hearts while he is at school, mean huh?) The girls had fun and Andi suprised me. Tenna has been doing really well with her colors so I make sure to discuss them with her. Andi, being the prom queen that she is, knows pink. I asked Tenna what color she wanted next...Lellow. Ok, Andi what color for you....Purpul, umm noooo white. I just looked at her in shock. So I pointed to the purple and asked "this one?" She nodded and said "purpul." That kid never ceases to amaze me!

 

Here are more care package photos. Tenna LOVED her "big mommy horsey," (should I be upset that it's always "big mommy?")

 
 

Flu, the season of romance

 

There are few things that really get under my skin as far as the actions of others go. The biggest exception at this stage in my life is when people bring sick children to play groups/gym daycare/nursery, basically anywhere where the moms in charge cannot politely refuse them and no one can control their exposure aside from being a winter shut-in.

Walking-ish Andi

 

Nicole requested some walking pictures of Andi, so here they are. Some of you may be suprised to know that andi is still on all fours most of the time. She is very cautious and will only walk to impress at the moment. I think a lot of it has to do with being very attached to mommy and daddy. I don't mind, but she does look so cute and grown-up when she walks.

 
 

More toddler insight

 

Tenna isn't one to entertain herself for any reasonable period of time without getting into trouble, so I was curious when I heard her shouting "don't take away!, No!" when sister was with me in the other room. I wandered in to see what was up. She was surrounded by crayons and had been coloring in some Living Scriptures books Nicole gave us. I thought HOW she colored it was very intruiging, so I asked her what was going on.
She responded "she no share it baby."
I proceeded to explain what the picture was and what it meant. Maybe not so wise, but possibly helpful when she wants to run away from me in the store. So she began to color the mothers face green, because "she is good, and guy is bad, No guy, don't take away baby!"

Michael

 
Michael (Al's little brother) came home on Tuesday from a mission in El Salvador. This is the best picture out of our bunch. Thanks for working so hard!

Yum

 

I must apologize for the photo, I really need to learn how to take good food photos...
This was our yummy dinner a few nights ago and I need to keep this recipe, so I decided to record it here! Albert got the recipe from a co-worker, but I changed it so much that I know I will not remember how to make this again if it isn't on record.

Ingredients:

2 chicken breasts (large)
3.5 c water
1 med onion chopped
3c white grape juice
2T dried basil
2 quarts (about 2 large cans) diced tomatoes
1 c milk
2 c whipping cream
2 large handfuls of leafy greens (I used spinach and arugala)
salt and pepper to taste
Parmasean cheese to sprinkle on top

Instructions: Sautee onion in a small amount of butter or veg. oil until clear. Add water and chicken and boil until chicken is cooked. Remove chicken to chop. While chopping add grape juice and dried basil. Simmer until volume is nearly halved. Re-introduce chicken and add the tomatoes. Brind back to simmer. Add milk and cream, bring back to simmer. Add leafy greens, salt and pepper, sprinkle with cheese and enjoy!
I am luck enough to still have jars of tomatoes from our garden, but I think it would still be good with store bought, you may want to add a bit of lemon juice though.

A toddlers perspective

Tenna: Gamma, I go potty!

Grandma N: Good job Tenna! You are such a big girl!

T: No, I not big.

G: You're not?

T: No, these guys (pointing to the rest of the family) big. Tenna little girl.

She then proceeded to point to say each of out names and say how big we are. Hehe I love toddlers

For my sistas

 

So this picture is for Sarah (who is so jelous of our snow, not) and Nicole (who got a snow day for church yesterday becaus of 3-4 inches). We have had about 13-15 inces in the last 24 (on top of the foot we had sitting on our lawn before this storm) hours and it is still going. Nice storm huh?