Archives for October 2008
Rice, hair & givaway…
I was on the Blessed Nest blog and today’s post was on hunger. Donna had a link to Free Rice. Free Rice is a site where you answer vocabulary questions and for every question you get correct they donate 20 grains of rice… I thought I would just do a few… 1200 grains of rice later I had to stop because Eli wanted lunch (so demanding…ha). I also learned that…
slapdash = haphazard
flotilla = small fleet
My Inspiration…
You may or may not know that Eli’s Lids is inspired by my son Eli. He is just too funny and is still inspiring me everyday.
First, he was eating meatballs and green beans for breakfast (for breakfast! his mom must be crazy!). He started singing “meatballs, meatballs” I thought that was just hysterical and started singing along… then I see what he is doing…
Later, he was giving me something with an empty hand saying “boog“… yep he was handing me a booger! Which I thought was pretty cool because he didn’t wipe it on anything. No picture of the booger, sorry.
I heart this kid!
Random baby food tips…
I haven’t done a baby food blog in a while but rest assured I’m still making it. I have a few more tips to share in no particular order…
- If the veggies I blend are too thick I used to use good old H2O to thin it down. Recently I had a few cucumbers and I thought “What the Hey? I’m throwing this thing in the blender” (because that is what I always think when I see a cucumber). The result was total watery greeness. Great for thinning down thick veggies and it has a bit more nutritional value than water. Plus I’m all about giving my little gal as many tastes as possible. I have also used grapes but if you do, be sure to fish out any skins that might be floating around!!
- If you want to add a bit of healthy fat to make their coats gleam then hard boil some eggs and add the yoke (not the white!) into the blender. (Thanks for that tip Amber)
- We have found that in the blender vs. food processor debate the blender wins hands down. No surprise big chunks of sweet potatoes for baby!
- At your local warehouse store there should be giant bags of frozen veggies. Mine has a 5 pound bag of mixed veggies (corn, carrots, green beans and peas) for only $3.88. That makes a C$#% load of baby food!!! and the pieces are super small for little fingers when they can start to feed themselves.
- FYI – baby food should only be kept in the fridge for about 3-5 days. So only make a bit at a time. I have gotten into such a grove that it doesn’t take more that a couple of minutes to whip some up. I use the frozen veggies (mentioned above) so that speeds things up A LOT.
No reason for this picture… except that I like it and Eli is in his Lid!
Matching is so in…
I think matching is awesome… and I don’t mean cordinating… I mean full on same fabric dresses for the girls and same fabric button down shirts for the boys matching… parents included! I may have been meant to be a mom in 1983… oh well…
Comic pumpkins are cute…
Tomboy (aka girls) Halloween Tees
Pink (I know) but with a bit of edge! Just like the boy’s Halloween tee, the Tomboy Halloween tee can be worn the week of Halloween or year round. Long sleeved 100% cotton pink thermal with an adorable heart fashioned to look like a skull sewn on the bottom left. AND because I just couldn’t decide what I liked better, I created another option… three heart/skulls sewn front and center. The hearts are sewn on with contrast black thread and have black “awesomeness” sewn all over. Tee is pre washed and frayed around the edges of the hearts.
Crayon fun…
I love crafts!
Eli is finally getting to the age where we can start to create things together and I LOVE it. This is a crayon project straight from my childhood.
Recycle (I’m so Green) broken crayons and the ones with the tips worn down… because we all know we only use the nice sharp ones!!!
Peel the wrappers off all the crayons. I did this the night before (with help from my hot hubby) and it really helped. Hot Hubby used a razor blade to slice the wrapper and they came right off… huge time saver!
Separate the crayons by color and grab a cute toddler (yours I hope!).
Preheat oven to 225 and put the muffin tin in for about 5 minutes for the rainbow crayons and about 10 for the solid colored crayons.
Pull out and let cool. If you are in a hurry, put them in the fridge or freezer. Be sure not to drop them… that clean up would be grueling…ug…
This was so fun! I hope you enjoy it too 🙂