Welcome Summer 2010!
// June 16th, 2010 // 1 Comment » // blog
Apparently I’ve taken a “blog-cation” for the past few months…or maybe it’s just this thing called school that stole my attention. Whatever the case, I am hoping to get back on the blogging horse and get writing! In the short week (and a half since I didn’t finish this post right away) that I have been on summer break, one (of the many) things I have done is make a digital scrapbook layout of some summertime goals. One goal is to blog at least twice a week…so, can I do it? Maybe if I get into that habit I’ll actually continue once school starts again in the fall at the end of July!
A quick update: the beautiful “little man” in this photo is almost 10 months old (ohmygoshibetterprepareforhisfirstbirthday!!!), has 5 teeth with 3 more coming in (thank you, God, for teething being remarkably smooth for us, really…really…thankful!), is crawling around (and pretty much finds anything he’s not supposed to get into rather than the plethora of toys out for him), and pretty much shovels any food placed in front of him into his mouth (seriously-not a food he hasn’t enjoyed thus far).
The last week and a half has been wonderful! I have been able to spend so much time with my husband and baby boy. I have long been wanting to try some new recipes…particularly from some easy cooking sites I stalk. I have expressed to Grant on more than one occasion that I wish we had a bigger kitchen, and freezer, so I could make a bunch of meals to put in the freezer. Then, when the craziness of life hits we have great meals easily accessible to us! Well, I did go ahead and make a few things, since having a larger kitchen probably won’t happen for awhile. I made a batch of whole wheat pancakes in Gavin sizes so we have something quick to pull out and heat up for him for breakfast or snack time. They were delicious for breakfast and then I froze the leftovers! I also made some mini sweet potato muffins, also a hit!! In the same week I cranked out homemade apple-pear sauce (again much in the freezer, frozen in ice cube trays so there are smaller portions to thaw), parmesan chicken, and shredded BBQ chicken. Of what I made, all are “keepers” as far as the recipes go. Delightful! Another one of my goals for the summer is to cook more, so far, so good…I just need to keep the momentum going!
