Over the last few weeks, I’ve tried several new main dish dinner recipes. Three of the four were definately worth repeating, one was not. Try one or two out for yourself. These came from Southern Living and MyRecipes.
We won’t be trying All-In-One Spaghetti again. I suspected that the noodles in this might not perform well, and I was right. Not one of my better productions, but I’m going to blame some of it on the recipe.
The new official olympic swim suits are out, the Lzr. I believe it stands for “laser” because the swimmers should be able to cut through the water so much more effortlessly. I’ll say this – I hope they aren’t made available to the general public. This could be MUCH worse that lycra leggings and crocheted over-tops ever were. Take a look. No, wait… don’t look. These should come with a rating system. We might as well just spray them down with silicone and let them go – Who needs a suit? YIKES! Did I mention that the ladies will also wear the suit? Odd that the color blocks should be so strategically placed.
We are planting an herb garden this year. In addition to being tired of paying ridiculous prices for fresh herbs, I thought the kids would enjoy doing this. We started our project yesterday and will wrap it up today. If all goes well, I’ll even have some pictures. “But what did she learn?” you may be asking yourself. I learned that corriander comes from a well know herb. Two years ago I asked my mom what I could substitute for corriander because I didn’t have any. Neither of us really knew from where is was derived. NEWS FLASH: corriander is collected as the seed of the Cilantro herb. Who knew?
What was the green stuff oozing out off the corner? It looked suspicious, and an uninformed observer might have been concerned when Claire turned her head sideways, smiled and licked it. “What is the mystery substance?” you ask. “And where is it coming from?” Why, that’s the Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream Claire ate for dinner and she really liked it. She didn’t let any of the drops get away. What could be better after a round of Whole Grain Cheerios?
It’s been a busy week here, so we thought we’d share a few photos of last weekend’s “Egg Hunt”.
Claire plays in the egg bin.
Sam helps Claire “find” and egg. 
Sophie in between events.
Wilson’s lootThanks to Grandma, Claire is sporting a new “do” these days. The kids love it, and it does keep her hair out of her food.
After Sophie, Sam and Wilson spent a few minutes mapping out the backyard, Sam spent the better part of last night and this morning preparing a treasure hunt for Sophie and Wilson. He wrote and hid clues this morning. He was somewhat disappointed when they zipped through his entire puzzle in a few short minutes.
Next time, we’ll be sure to write more difficult clues!
Dear Mark and Chloe,
Overall, today went pretty well. None of the children had major meltdowns, and I don’t think we lost any of them. Not for an extended period of time, anyway.
Our biggest difficulty today was when we tried to take the kids to the SuperHappyFun-atorium. Someone looked up directions to the wrong -atorium. After a 45-minute drive, we pulled triumphantly into the parking lot of a fitness center. Not a SuperHappyFun-atorium. Then, with the three older children in various states of sadness and with Piper actually whimpering with weariness, we went back home. We’ll try for SuperHappyFun again tomorrow.
Fortunately, the Navigation Complication was the most frustrating part of the day. Here’s photographic evidence that the rest of it wasn’t half bad … Continue reading
At Nichole’s suggestion, I tried Picnik for a little photo editing fun this evening. It was really neat, but I think I spent more time on the computer than I should have. However, I now have a FREE account at Picnik, and you should too!
