I have so many little matters to tell you of, that I cannot wait any longer before I begin to put them down.
Nov 19th, 2009 by ECM
Well, my camera battery died and I couldn’t find it ’til last night, and now the computer won’t read my card. So no more pictures until I can figure this out.
Lizzie said “mama” to Derek this morning when he got her up. She hasn’t said it to me yet, but I’ll be trying all day!
(Visualize cute picture of Lizzie here.)
Nov 16th, 2009 by ECM
Nov 14th, 2009 by ECM
Thanks to momadvice.com, the pumpkin recipes keep on coming. This week, Tommy and I enjoyed pumpkin waffles!
Nov 13th, 2009 by ECM
Elizabeth is 6 months old today! Because of all our upcoming travels, she doesn’t get in for her 6-month check-up for another three weeks, so I don’t have her stats yet. She is sitting up on her own all the time now. After two blah weeks of introducing rice cereal, we’re making it thicker, and she really loves it suddenly! For a change of pace, we’re going to start her on pear today. (All those people who say not to let your kids have fruits first because they might get a sweet tooth have obviously never tasted breastmilk…) She is so smiley and loves to have people smile at her. She’s starting to get separation anxiety, even with the sitter I have come every week during my class, but she’s also a big Tommy fan, so if he’s around, it helps.
Elizabeth’s personality is so different than Tommy’s. While she likes to be held more than he did, she’s not a snuggler. She won’t nap on us like Tommy did, and she’s a determined tummy sleeper in her crib (even though we followed the guidelines and kept her on her back until she could roll over). She’s not as active as Tommy was–he was rolling across the room at this stage, but she rarely rolls if there’s entertainment in view (especially her brother playing with his cars in front of her). She never would take a paci, but the starvation method worked to get her to take a bottle, which she does whenever we leave her with a sitter now. Hurray! And her thumbs are her constant companions–usually the right, but occasionally the left. She’s starting to scootch and has a very strong back from living on her tummy so much. I thought she was starting to teeth a couple weeks ago, but the fussiness, drool, and hand-gnawing have gone down, so maybe she’s destined to be a late teether like her brother and her mommy, after all. Basically, we’re pretty glad to have our Little One around! =)
Nov 12th, 2009 by ECM
Red radishes
Beets
Red Leaf lettuce
Brussels sprouts
Carnival squash
Green cabbage
Winesap Apples
Hmmmm…beet cake in the future, and anyone have any good recipes for brussels sprouts? We think we don’t like them, but we really should give them a fair chance…
Nov 11th, 2009 by ECM
Nov 10th, 2009 by ECM
Because really, you just can’t get enough pumpkin. Recipe here. It might be the best thing I’ve made all fall, if you like pumpkin and cornbread. This time, I finally got around to baking up our pumpkins and made the puree myself (with a little help from Lizzie)!
Nov 9th, 2009 by ECM
I tried a Martha Stewart recipe for squash and spinach cannelloni with walnut sage sauce tonight. And I realized that while I’m at this stage in life (with a 6 month old who screams every second of the day that she’s not being held), Martha Stewart recipes aren’t a good idea. Because they take a stinking long time and every pot in my kitchen. (Derek is even now tackling the dishes!) And so far, the two or three I’ve tried don’t turn out or taste that great. I need to concentrate on one- or two-pot meals that I can make in under an hour… at least until the kids are bigger. So I’m purging my recipe stash of Martha Stewart magazine clippings. (I’m leaving the dessert ones, though, because I really would like to be able to make chocolate souffle one of these years.) And I didn’t take a picture of dinner or share the recipe, because none of you have time to make this meal. And if you do, would you mind coming to Chicago for a few days to help out with the kids?
Nov 7th, 2009 by ECM
Today we went apple picking with some friends from church. It took us an hour and a half to get there, but we had a lot of fun! At almost 70 degrees, it was delightful November weather, too! Now I can’t wait to make applesauce and pies tomorrow…
Nov 7th, 2009 by ECM
Rome apples
Red Kuri squash
Kohlrabi
Speckled romaine
Spanish onions
Sweet potatoes
White satin carrots
…and kale