Sunday, January 27, 2013
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Fun with Food
There is this "B" word sometimes associated with being a stay at home mom. A word related to dull, uninteresting... you get the point. I wouldn't ever use the "B" word to describe staying home with my kids, I love it! BUT, it is easy to get stuck in a rut. Sometimes it's like being on a hamster wheel, doing the same things over and over again each day. Wake up, feed the baby, change the baby, brush teeth, start coffee, start laundry, unload dishes, make breakfast, feed baby, change baby, read to toddler, change laundry... etc etc. I would be lying if I said there aren't days where I feel slightly unmotivated and "blah", especially days when Tate's traveling and I don't have one single adult conversation or reason to get dressed all day.
Whenever I start to feel that way I just have to find new ways to mix up the days... new crafts for Jace to try, new books for us to read, new music for me to listen to while I clean, new food to make for lunch, etc. New ways to have FUN together.
One of my favorite lunches to do with Jace are muffin tin meals. I started doing these once in a while back when he was a picky eater to help encourage him to try new foods... and they've become something different to do at lunch time once in a while these days.
I love muffin tin meals because:
1) They are great for encouraging picky eaters to try a variety of foods.
2) Great for kids who don't like their food to touch.
3) Good use for leftovers.
4) Offers a healthy variety of foods
and most importantly...
5) It's a HUGE time waster! Jace will sit and pick at the food for over an hour sometimes while I get other things done.
We've done a couple muffin tin meals this week. This one had: rye crackers, swiss and cheddar cheese, turkey and salami deli meat, trail mix, blueberries, fresh green beans, pickles, bananas, carrots, dinosaur shaped peanut butter sandwich, leftover minestrone soup, and fig flavored greek yogurt.
The second one had: tortilla crisps, carrots, celery w/ peanut butter, oranges, cottage cheese, apples, and sandwich making supplies including cut up bread, lettuce, two cheeses and deli meat.
As you can see Jace really enjoys muffin tin meals as well. :)
Whenever I start to feel that way I just have to find new ways to mix up the days... new crafts for Jace to try, new books for us to read, new music for me to listen to while I clean, new food to make for lunch, etc. New ways to have FUN together.
One of my favorite lunches to do with Jace are muffin tin meals. I started doing these once in a while back when he was a picky eater to help encourage him to try new foods... and they've become something different to do at lunch time once in a while these days.
I love muffin tin meals because:
1) They are great for encouraging picky eaters to try a variety of foods.
2) Great for kids who don't like their food to touch.
3) Good use for leftovers.
4) Offers a healthy variety of foods
and most importantly...
5) It's a HUGE time waster! Jace will sit and pick at the food for over an hour sometimes while I get other things done.
We've done a couple muffin tin meals this week. This one had: rye crackers, swiss and cheddar cheese, turkey and salami deli meat, trail mix, blueberries, fresh green beans, pickles, bananas, carrots, dinosaur shaped peanut butter sandwich, leftover minestrone soup, and fig flavored greek yogurt.
The second one had: tortilla crisps, carrots, celery w/ peanut butter, oranges, cottage cheese, apples, and sandwich making supplies including cut up bread, lettuce, two cheeses and deli meat.
As you can see Jace really enjoys muffin tin meals as well. :)
The First Two Months
The title to this post could also be "Two Months of Hibernating and Bad Hygiene". The first two months of Lane's life have flown by in a blur. You can read his birth story here. I have so much to say and share about this time... but since I'm so behind on blogging I decided that first and foremost I need to do a little photo dump of the last nine weeks. Most of the time I just take a quick picture on my cell phone since it's always nearby, so none of these pictures are great quality, but I don't want to forget one single detail of his first few weeks... the way he curled up in the fetal position on my chest for the first week with his soft newborn hair rubbing against my cheek... those first real smiles he started making around Christmas, where one eye would wink shut as his mouth broke into a huge grin... those sweet little coo's he does while looking right into your eyes as if he's telling you something that is so important and so sweet and loving... the way he breaks into a smile from behind his pacifier and then dozes off into a dream... the way he gets so excited when it's time to eat and shakes his head back and forth frantically.
The last two months we've been hanging out at home a lot, sort of hibernating like most new parents do... but we did fly home to Minnesota for Christmas when Lane was 5 weeks old. (I will post a different blog about that soon.) Tate is back to traveling a lot for work, so the boys and I are getting into a routine here at home and it's been really nice to just stay in and enjoy them and all the simple things in day to day life rather than run around all the time. Now that Lane is getting a little older we've started venturing out a little more with walks, park trips, and to friends houses... but with it being flu season and Lane being so young we haven't been going many places where lots of kids (aka germs) are. Thankfully Jace hasn't seemed to notice or care, and really enjoys being at home playing together. Lane has already changed so much looking back at these pictures. Things are so different the second time around... so fast, so fleeting, so precious... and one things for certain, time passing is definitely more bittersweet.
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| First skin to skin, immediately after he was born. |
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| Being weighed and measured. 8.8 lbs 21 inches |
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| After being weighed and measured... first time I really got to look at him. |
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| Happy and tired :) |
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| After his first bath |
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| Jace and his buddy Logan having a sleep over the night Lane was born :) |
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| I could just die of cuteness overload <3 <3 |
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| Late night bonding at the hospital |
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| Heading home! |
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| The sweet "recovery package" waiting for me |
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| Big brother snuggles - first night home |
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| Baby snuggles - first night home |
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| Proud daddy with his sleepy boys <3 |
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| First Thanksgiving |
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| Thanksgiving |
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| Jace's first time holding Lane |
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| Late night coversations |
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| Bathtime! |
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| Jace showing Lane his dinos |
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| One Month |
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| Enough with the pictures!! |
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| Making Lane watch TV |
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| First matching outfits! |
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| Grandma Nancy visits |
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| Drayton Hall |
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| Walking with my boys |
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| Heading to dinner with grandma |
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| Sleeping in the moby wrap |
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| Lots of real smiles - 5 weeks |
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| 7 weeks |
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| Late nights with his seahorse buddy |
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| Sneaking Christmas cookies |
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| Batman! |
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| Getting so big :( |
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| On a walk |
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| Wearing the legwarmers mommy made him |
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| His favorite pastime.. coloring! Inside the lines of course, my little OCD boy ;) |
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| Jace's first time eating a seafood boil |
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| Sleeping at the park while Jace plays |
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| Learning to make funny faces in the mirror |
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| Sleeping with his dino wubbanub... so cute :) |
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| Mean mugging Mommy |
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| Baby and Toddler playdate with Hailey and Evelyn |
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| 2 months! |
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| More mirror fun |
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