Last night Brayden threw up in the middle of the night all over himself and his bed, pillow, etc. I love Lysol and washing machines. This morning he had a bath and threw up all over in the water so I drained it and we started over. I've spent the day giving him small amounts of Pedialite every 10 minutes. He loves the stuff, but have you ever tasted it? That stuff is NASTY! I bought one bottle of unflavored and two orange flavored. We started with the unflavored. Maybe the orange will be better.
At lunch I made him chicken noodle soup but only after I ruined the first batch. "How do you ruin canned chicken noodle soup?" you ask. Well I'll tell you. First you start preparing lunch in full realization that you need to go the bathroom. You throw the pan on the stove and turn on the wrong burner while you run down the hall to the bathroom. I was in the bathroom for probably no more that a minute and was rushing to wash my hands and get back to the stove when I hear Brayden say, "Uh, uh." (Uh, ow) He is starting at the stove where a roll of paper towels is sitting happily melting my burner handles (which are mounted on the back of the oven) and sending nice blacky-gray pieces of burning paper towel sailing into the air and all over my house. I panic and turn around in a circle three times. Yah that helped! Then I grab a bowl from the sink and and fill it with water. I managed to turn off the burner by stupidly knocking the flaming roll over with my hand and then I started pouring water all over the fire. Luckily it worked and I put the fire out without the entire fire department. I don't remember the roll of paper towels being there before I left for the Lou but they didn't just appear out of thin air did they? I don't remember turning on the wrong burner but it was the only one on when I got back and there was a brightly lit roll of gleaming paper towels right on top of it. Our poor defenseless soup was defiled by raining ash and bits of paper towel that so rudely invited themselves in to it's Mmmm Mmmm goodness. We tried again a second time and Brayden did get his lunch. Most of my days are filled with a variety of tasks but today was extra special. I got to be a nurse and a firefighter all in the same day.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Monday, December 1, 2008
Thanksgiving
What a boring title, sorry I don't know where my creative spark went.
I made 15 pie crusts and about 12 pies. You'd think that they would last a while and we'd get sick of them, but we only have 3/4 of a lemon meringue left. What can I say. They were yum!
We had Natasha, her daughter Zeela and the Jensen family over for Thanksgiving. The Jensen's did the turkey, homemade stuffing, veggies, and gravy. We made a veggie tray, mashed potatoes, Grandma Lucille's rolls, and PIES! Natasha brought fruit cake cookies. We all had a great time eating and playing games. None of us had the time off work or the money to go see our families during the holiday. It was nice to have friends to spend the holiday with.
I told the kids if they would help clean the house that I would make them any kind of pie they wanted and they could help make it. Tia chose lemon meringue, Ian chose banana cream, Ellayna chose pumpkin chiffon, and Brayden chose to just eat some of all of them. I also made a apple, cherry, and a chocolate. The children really stepped up. They swept floors, mopped floors, picked up, did laundry, dishes and dusted. I told Chris we need to have pie more often.
I enjoyed having my husband off work, and my kids off school. I cried when they all went back this morning. Chris and I had time to talk, cuddle, laugh, and play games. We (Chris) also got some things done in the yard. He mowed up all the leaves and spread them in the garden areas. I bought 45 bulbs for the flower garden in October but haven't got around to putting them in. Chris planted them all for me on Saturday. He wasn't going to tell me but I caught him doing it. He just wanted me to think they planted themselves. Chris and I had time to spend with the kids and just enjoy being a family. We popped popcorn and ate it while we played Zonkers, we made paper snowflakes, we watched movies, we kept the fire in the fireplace going most days because it was cold, we talked and laughed and had tickle fights, planned a Secret Santa, etc.
I can't wait until Christmas break! I have most of the Christmas shopping done so we can sit back and enjoy each other the whole month of December.
I made 15 pie crusts and about 12 pies. You'd think that they would last a while and we'd get sick of them, but we only have 3/4 of a lemon meringue left. What can I say. They were yum!
We had Natasha, her daughter Zeela and the Jensen family over for Thanksgiving. The Jensen's did the turkey, homemade stuffing, veggies, and gravy. We made a veggie tray, mashed potatoes, Grandma Lucille's rolls, and PIES! Natasha brought fruit cake cookies. We all had a great time eating and playing games. None of us had the time off work or the money to go see our families during the holiday. It was nice to have friends to spend the holiday with.
I told the kids if they would help clean the house that I would make them any kind of pie they wanted and they could help make it. Tia chose lemon meringue, Ian chose banana cream, Ellayna chose pumpkin chiffon, and Brayden chose to just eat some of all of them. I also made a apple, cherry, and a chocolate. The children really stepped up. They swept floors, mopped floors, picked up, did laundry, dishes and dusted. I told Chris we need to have pie more often.
I enjoyed having my husband off work, and my kids off school. I cried when they all went back this morning. Chris and I had time to talk, cuddle, laugh, and play games. We (Chris) also got some things done in the yard. He mowed up all the leaves and spread them in the garden areas. I bought 45 bulbs for the flower garden in October but haven't got around to putting them in. Chris planted them all for me on Saturday. He wasn't going to tell me but I caught him doing it. He just wanted me to think they planted themselves. Chris and I had time to spend with the kids and just enjoy being a family. We popped popcorn and ate it while we played Zonkers, we made paper snowflakes, we watched movies, we kept the fire in the fireplace going most days because it was cold, we talked and laughed and had tickle fights, planned a Secret Santa, etc.
I can't wait until Christmas break! I have most of the Christmas shopping done so we can sit back and enjoy each other the whole month of December.
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