~ I was able to get the beet stains off the floor using Magic Eraser. I love that stuff!
~ Emma is joining Daisy Scouts, and I volunteered to be in charge of cookie sales for her troop. I had to go to an informational meeting about it earlier this week, and I left feeling a little dazed and overwhelmed. They told us that the goal for each girl was to sell 125 boxes! Luckily, when I talked to her troop leader, she said I could keep it as low key as I want, which is a big relief. Still, if you get a hankerin' for some Girl Scout cookies in the next couple of months, keep us in mind.
~ I love fall! Love, love, love it! We've been going on lots of walks, during which the kids collect a multitude of leaves, acorns, twigs, etc. Their favorite thing to do of late is paint those objects with fall colors. I am plenty happy about that because it keeps them busy for a long time. Noah is surprisingly meticulous and will spend a good ten minutes painting a single acorn.
~ I made a great discovery today. I love banana bread, and because we often have overripe bananas that no one will eat, I make it a lot. I particularly like this recipe because it uses a lot of bananas - six bananas for one loaf! - but I don't like all the butter that goes in. Today I did a little experiment and replaced all the butter with peanut butter and then added about a tablespoon of oil, and it turned out great! I had to cook it a pretty long time, but it's really good. There is quite a bit of of sugar, but I feel much better about eating 1/2 cup of peanut butter than 1/2 cup of butter, and since I use whole wheat flour, I'm telling myself that it's actually pretty healthy!
~ Last week one morning we woke up and it was 59 degrees in here so I turned on the heat. Where do you keep your thermostat? Right now ours is set on 64. It's fine for me (although I am usually hot when everyone else is comfortable) and no one is complaining, but sometimes Allie's little nose feels really cold. I can't remember where I set it last year.~ Noah discovered our return address stamp, and he now he likes to be covered with our name and address at all times. Yesterday he got out of the bath and immediately ran to the kitchen and stamped up his legs again before I could get his clothes on.
~ I still love Emma's lunch box and am having fun packing her lunch, but the novelty of taking pictures has worn off, so these will likely be the last ones you will see. (I can just see my brother heaving a big sigh of relief!)Banana slices, celery with peanut butter, pistachios, and black-eyed pea salad.
Orange slices, green beans, Yakisoba Chicken (this was SO good!), and home fries.
More black-eyed pea salad, raspberries, mashed sweet potatoes, and olives.
7 comments:
i wish my kids would eat that delicious food! we are soooo limited on lunches b/c they are terribly picky, BUT they are trying new stuff & getting better all the time.
My Emma is also a Daisy. Your Emma will love it!
1. I don't remember what we set our heat on, but I know I am always cold in my house.
2. Your banana bread sounds great and got so many five star reviews. I intend to try it too.
3. I love the darling lunches. This morning your dad and I were guessing that out of all 600 kids at St. Thomas Moore, Emma is the only one eating roasted beets for lunch!
Sarah...David allows our heat to be on 68 at all times, so I'm guessing that your heat is super cold for most people. I believe that the norm is 72 or so.
I'm glad you got the beets off the floor. I love magic erasers. :-)
I use my own version of this banana bread http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Almost-No-Fat-Banana-Bread/Detail.aspx ( I double the amount of bananas, half the sugar and usually use whole wheat flour or half whole wheat, half white) I like that it doesn't have any oil in it. :-)
And our thermostat is still set for AC right now, but in another month or so when we get to cooler weather, it will be set to about 67.
Ooh, Steph, that recipe looks great! I'm going to try it next time.
Youre such a good mom packing all those healthy looking lunches. I love magic eraser too and banana bread. I think you can use apple sauce in place of butter-I know you van use it in place of oil. Turns out really good.
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