A Week in Review

    This week has been one for the birds - my poor hubby has worked 14 + every day that I wasn't working (which is only two days during the week).  Therefore, I am home with the littles all by my lonesome ALL day and LATE into the night.  I have some major respect for single moms!!!  I don't think that I could ever do it and be a sober person!!  As I type, I am impatiently patiently waiting for Evyn and Sylas to pass out so that I can go snuggle up with Beccan and get some nap time in.  I figured with the big day we had - up early, soccer game, lunch with the family, birthday party shopping - that they would just fall asleep as their pretty heads hit the pillow.  They just love to prove me wrong!

    Sylas's birthday party is coming up and I'm so excited!  He is going to be beside himself with his presents from Mommy and Daddy.  I planned on practicing his birthday cake in advance, but of course, that plan didn't make it into real life.  I may try this next week, but then what do I do with the cake???  I most certainly cannot keep it around the house.  Suggestions would be appreciated!

    The hubby stood in line for THREE HOURS today to turn in a preschool packet.  Bless his heart.  We aren't even for sure that we will get a spot and won't know until May!!  Keep your fingers crossed, please, because Evyn needs some time away from Mommy.  In addition to that fact, she is brilliant and would do so well in school.  I think she will make a lot of friends and get over this "shyness" in a heart beat.

    I did do the baby food cooking day on Monday.  Silly me thought it would take a few hours at most!  I began officially at 10:15 am....ended officially at 7:45 pm.  Keep in mind, I juggled the cooking with the littles, lunch, playing, laundry, and cleaning.  I still was baffled at how time consuming it was!  I even ran out of tupperware containers for my food!  Thankfully, my sister swung by Walmart and grabbed some more!  I ended up not finishing the squash...I ran out of containers for a second time and he can't really eat those until 8 months any way.  I threw in the single pear because I had it and didn't want it to go bad!  I also didn't use all the peas or green beans.  Here are some photos of the day in the kitchen:

My helpers!



The kitchen about mid-day:



 

The end product!!

    I got:  two pears, four green beans, six apples, six peas, 7 sweet potatoes, three apples & sweet potatoes, four sweet potatoes & green beans, and two peas & carrots.  Whew!!  I'm thinking that by the time he is done with these (and really even before then) we will be working on food that is diced, BUT I had a lot of fun making these.  I also take pride in the fact that I did it!!  They will be handy as snacks in the future.  My hubby came home, patted me on the butt, and then made dinner.  I think that means I did a good job =)



Randomness...

    I've been working on my list of things to do and I've made a pretty good one.  Now to get to the timeline part!!  I'm really bad at starting projects and not setting aside time to finish them.  Just ask my sister - I am in the process of making my nephew a mobile.  I've been in this process for months now!  Due to this, his mobile is first on my list of things to do! 

    I'm still looking into breakfast ideas.  Unfortunately, my littles are pretty picky.  This means that most of my new recipes have be offered a few times before I can even get a bite out of them.  It can be really frustrating!  I am determined to get them to open up their taste buds, though, so I will keep doing what I can.  I am trying smoothies this week, so here's hoping Evyn and Sylas like them!! 

    Speaking of smoothies, I have been doing a little research on juicing vs. smoothies.  I don't really have the money to fork over for a juicer, but I do have an awesome blender.  I need to look into it some more, but I think I may be trying a smoothie cleanse within the next few weeks.  Of course, I'll keep you updated!

    I'm dreading my grocery bill this week as I am probably going to buy out the produce section!!  Not only am I getting our normal fresh veggies and fruits, but I am getting lots of extras for my baby food cook day (which is tomorrow).  I am making Beccan's baby food instead of using the store bought kind.  I've just been making it as I go, but I decided I needed to just set a day aside and make lots of it to freeze.  This would make it easier on me, my hubby, and any family that is over.  I'm actually excited to do all this cooking, as I find the idea of making my own food for him exciting.  I like all the combinations I can come up with!  In addition to his baby food, I am buying fruits and veggies for smoothies (as previously mentioned!).  I'm nervous!

    Evyn had her first soccer game this past Saturday!  This is her first social interaction with a team since she was in gymnastics a couple years ago.  She ended up not playing, but sat on the sidelines taking it all in.  Afterwards, she ran on the field with her Pop-pop and Sylas and kicked the ball all over.  It was adorable!  We are going to practice kicking at home and I am hoping that she will be ready to play next Saturday.  She will know what to expect this time.  Evyn is much like her mommy when it comes to new things and I know that she just needs some time to warm up to it!  She did look ADORABLE in her little uniform!!!  Here she is before she got her jersey: 

    Stay tuned for more cute pictures and more of me learning how to figure out what the heck I'm doing  =)