Soundtrack to cook to: I'm still sooooo into Michael Jackson's Xscape. When I hear a song/album that I like....I listen to it over, and over, and over, and over until my craving for the music is finally satiated. (This could go on for weeks.)
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| Alex, being a goofball and impersonating some squirrels from his book called, Those Darn Squirrels. (A really hilarious children's book....you've gotta check it out.) |
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| Joseph, giving William his morning milk. :) |
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| The boys, smooshing their faces in the stairs while I water the plants in the garden. |
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| Silly little guys! |
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| Love these crazy kids! |
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| Alex, getting his height measured. He loved that the nurse was wearing a Batman hoodie. :) |
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| (Since Alex is looking at the camera in this picture, I'll post his stats here:) Alex's 4 year old statistics: Height: 96% percentile (43 lbs) Weight: 92% percentile (43.25 inches) BMI (body mass index): 69% percentile *He passed his vision and hearing test with flying colors. SUPER funny story: When the nurse was giving Alex his hearing test, she said, "Ok, tell me when you hear the beeps." Then, she proceeded to play a series of beeps that he listened to intently and silently, without responding. Nurse - "Alex, did you hear any beeps?" Alex - "Yes! I heard lots of them!" Nurse - "Ok honey, well, you have to TELL me each time you hear a beep, ok?" Alex - "Ok." Nurse - "Alex, did you hear beeps this time?" Alex - "Yep! I heard ALL of them!" Mommy interjects - "Ok Alex, let's practice. Every time I say, "beep," you have to say, "Beep!"" Alex - "Ok." Finally, he got it....but it was seriously hilarious because he was sitting there, and I could tell that he could hear the beeps. He just didn't understand what to do. Too cute! |
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| William's 1 1/2 year old statistics: Height: 96% percentile (34.5 inches) Weight: 96% percentile (29.6 lbs) Head Circumference: Still off the charts (over 100%), but it's starting to plateau, so it's all good. |
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| Joseph shared his froyo with William. |
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| Happy Joseph with happy William :) |
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| So sweet :) |
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| Alex enjoyed his own froyo. It's always chocolate with small peanut butter cups, gummy bears, and rainbow sprinkles. ALWAYS. |
Ingredients:
- 2 large avocados, pitted and peeled
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/3 cup milk (of your choice, you could use almond, rice, or even coconut)
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 pinch ground cinnamon
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| Place all of the ingredients into a food processor and blend until completely smooth. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes before serving. |
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| I had to make the chocolate pudding look a little more appealing, so I added some rainbow sprinkles to it for the kids. Look how beautiful it is! It's very rich and very chocolatey. There's definitely a certain "Je ne sais quoi" once you take the first bite in regards to the background flavor and texture. But otherwise, it's actually quite delicious. A small serving is just enough to satiate that chocolate craving you might be having. (And you don't have to feel guilty about it!) |
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| Alex enjoyed 2 bowls of this stuff! |
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| He kind of reminds me of Burt Reynolds with his pudding mustache. :) |
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| William enjoyed three large spoonfuls and insisted on feeding himself. :) |
My sister was over that night, and she helped me look up a recipe on how to prepare these at home. As she was reading recipes, she also read that one should be careful when he/she is preparing the fiddleheads, because poorly prepared fiddleheads can lead to food-borne illnesses. I.was.terrified. We found a very simple recipe, but I was overly cautious, as I didn't want to poison my family with poorly prepared fiddleheads.
So, disclaimer: TREAD LIGHTLY AND BE CAUTIOUS when preparing fiddleheads.
Ingredients:
- 3 cups fiddleheads
- 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- Salt, pepper, garlic powder
- 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- Water
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| Trim the ends of the fiddleheads and place them in boiling water for 15 minutes. |
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| After boiling them, toss them in a saute pan over medium/high heat with the extra virgin olive oil, salt, pepper, garlic powder, and lemon juice and cook for another 4-5 minutes. |
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| Tasty! They're a nice change to your typical side dish and are an interesting novelty. They have the texture of a nicely cooked green bean with a similar flavor. *To be quite honest, I was so terrified of getting my family sick, that I boiled the fiddleheads for 17 minutes, and that was definitely too long. They were a little on the soggy side, but the sauteeing definitely helped afterwards. The kids absolutely loved them, though. William kept asking for, "Moh!" (more) |
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| Uh-oh! Wheerrrre's William?? |
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| There he is! |
William, identifying his body parts.
I've definitely been trying to take it easy and stay off of my feet, since I was "lectured" by the tech that helped fit me into my boot. It kept shifting and was giving me a bruise on my leg, so I asked her to look at it. She told me that I was "too active" and had to slow down, as I'm technically not supposed to be bearing any weight on my right foot anyways. I pointed to the boys and asked her, "How am I supposed to not be active when I'm chasing these two guys around?" She said, "Well, you're going to have to try your best." So that's what I'm trying to do....I'm trying to slow down as much as possible and stay off of my foot so it can get better sooner.
Let's hope this works so I can get back to my normal activity with the kiddos.
Until next time...
Love and kisses,
Nikki
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