Sometimes I Think. . .

I can be unapproachable. I can be firm and offend. I am a strong minded person, I do not want to send mixed messages to my children. So if someone tells my child something that isn't consistent with what I am saying I will correct that.

I'm pretty sure I offended someone at church today when I said "No, he can't." I said this to a lady who was telling my child what he could do today.

I appreciate parents who ask me first. For example: Parents who have wrapped up brownies or something ask me whether or not it is okay to give them to my children. A really messy brownie that will likely end up on my clothes because one child likes to wipe his face on my clothes: I think not. Fruit snacks: most the time yes.

Anyway. . . that's all.

My New Recipe Blog

Check out my new recipe blog:
http://mykitchen-amanda.blogspot.com/

I will be posting my childhood favorites and my new favorites as an adult on this blog. I will also post my kids and husbands favorites and make a note if it is "Kid Approved."

I will try to get 2 or more recipes posted a week.

Amanda

Slaving Away

So yesterday I slaved away in the kitchen after making a menu for the next week and a half and going shopping.

Woohoo! I feel so on top of things. My family will finally get the proper nutrition AND not have to have the same meal over and over. I'm not very creative when it comes to last minute meals.

While I was out shopping I noticed some great deals:
WinCo has steaks for $1.88/lb (My husband has ordered me to go back and get more.)
The price for bananas there is always really good and they usually have pretty ripe bananas that are in good condition.
The eggs were on sale for 98 cents (usually WinCo's price for eggs is a little much.)
The price on oranges was great as well, totally stocked up. We'll be eating a lot of cut up fruit this week.

Yesterday I discovered that Spinach goes really well in my tuna pasta salad. The kids will actually eat spinach because they like to pretend to be dinosaurs eating leafs.

Anyway, I'm just excited to have a week and a half's worth of meals planned out. I'll definately have to keep this up. NO MORE FAST FOOD.

Amanda

Making Your Own Frozen Entrees

I have decided that I am just not that great with cooking ALL the time. Come dinner I think: "Do I have to?" So I decided over the next few days I'm going to pull a Kate Gosslin (before her tummy surgery) and cook a whole lot.

I found some websites on doing this, here is what I found:
Create Your Own Frozen Dinners
Feast in a Flash: Make your own Frozen Entrees

I know that pancakes freeze well from experience. I think I'm going to try this recipe in "The Essential Mormon Cookbook" for rolls. I will see if they taste better than the Rhodes. It says I can freeze the dough, so that is awesome.

If you have ever frozen foods, please feel free to comment and leave tips or recipes. Thanks,
Amanda

Eavesdropping at Night

Nathan and Jason just recently got bunk beds and a room together. The other room was turned into a toy room.

At night now the boys will spend some time talking to each other. My husband likes to eavesdrop on them just for entertainment.

After Jason asked Warren for a flashlight Warren says no and leaves the room just to eavesdrop

Tonight's conversation
Jason: Nathan go get the flashlight.
Nathan: No.

Jason gets up to go to the toy room as my husband hides in there in the dark. Jason walks into the toyroom to get the flashlight. He does not realize Warren is in there.

Warren says: BOO!

LOL. . .

You'll have to keep following for more Eavesdropping episodes. =)

Amanda

Still have a chance

I still have a chance to go with my family to the Festival of trees.

I still want to do that this year as it is a big thing here in Utah and I still haven't done it all this time I've lived here.

Other musts this year are seeing this house:
Christmas Utah
and this house:



Carol of the Bells - 2008 Holdman Christmas Display from Richard Holdman on Vimeo.

Last year we went to Thanksgiving point for their lights and we went to Temple Square.

Another thing we did was go on a little lights tour around our area and then to Winder Dairy. This year we gotta get the scones there. Last year the line was just so long and we were not patient. Winder Lane is all lit up with lights this time of year as well.

Hogle Zoo does Zoolights and we may save that for next year since I don't want to cram everything into one year.

The snow is falling, for a while there it was pretty enchanting. We may just have to stay home tonight because driving is not all that safe. We'll see.

Amanda