This morning I went to get the baby and found that he had stripped from the waist down! He was all smiley and so proud of himself. What I am still trying to figure out is how he slept all night. He had to take the diaper off pretty early in the night as it was almost completely dry! Geez, if I knew sleeping in a urine soaked bed was the key to getting to sleep all night I would have let him sleep naked a long time. Ok, I'm kidding! Can you imagine the mess that would have created and the money that I would have to spend on mattress replacements?? Thankfully, Rory was still home and I was able to hand off lord and master of the pee-pee to him. While Rory got pee-pee monster settled in the tub I stripped the bed and cleaned the carpet...
Next on the agenda was getting some breakfast. I decided that bacon and eggs would be a great Monday breakfast. All goes well with cooking breakfast...then I decide that it would be nice to go ahead and put something in the crock pot for dinner tonight. I remembered that there was this recipe that I found on Pinterest that I wanted to try. It sounded simple and I had all the ingredients: Chicken, cream cheese, corn, rotel and black beans. I got the chicken out of the freezer and started unwrapping it--it was wrapped in press and seal and then put in a freezer bag. Shouldn't be a problem, right? Well somehow one little bitty piece of plastic was stuck between 2 pieces of chicken. As hard as I tried I could not pull it out and running it under water did not help either. I was trying to avoid defrosting it in the microwave because that would mean one more dirty dish that I would have to look at. By this time the eggs were starting to get cold and the pee-pee monster was wanting more than the milk I gave him 15 minutes ago. So I washed my hands(because who wants to get salmonella at 8:30 in the morning??) and started feeding the pee-pee monster. Ding the microwave went off and I still could not get this blasted piece of plastic from between the chicken pieces! I was contemplating just cooking it that way and whoever found the plastic at dinner would win a prize! Finally after several minutes in the microwave and lots of hand washing in between(because I am still feeding pee-pee monster and trying to jerk this little piece of plastic out of the chicken every few minutes) the plastic is released and I do a happy happy joy dance and throw all the ingredients into the crock pot. I feel on top of the world because every few seconds I am mentally reminding myself to turn on the crock pot--and it works because I remembered to turn it on instead of leaving raw chicken and various ingredients in a cold pot all day long--don't laugh you've done it too!
The next thing I know shoes are being tossed at me by the pee-pee monster. He's also carrying around one of his tennis-shoes. This means, 'take me outside'. I put my shoes on and he brings me another pair of shoes and insists that I put them on, too. Finally after about 15 times of putting the shoes away and trying to explain to a toddler that you can only wear one pair of shoes, I think he gets it. Meanwhile, he is still walking around with only one of his shoes on...
It is a beautiful day today. The humidity is low and it's not even 70 degrees yet. I've taught pee-pee monster to run when I say, 'on your mark, get set, go!' He thinks it's hilarious and runs as fast as he can while trying not to stumble because he's giggling so hard! Then the dreaded neighbor dog shows up...I don't mind dogs, but this dog is the most annoying yappy little dog I have had the pleasure of knowing. Oh course pee-pee monster loves this dog and makes a beeline for the fence. Thankfully, today I was able to direct his attention elsewhere and we did not have to talk to the annoying, yappy dog. So, we started running again and we found this little butterfly. The picture is not all that great because I only had the camera on my phone. If I had gone inside to get the camera I would have never found the butterfly again.
After a few more times of 'on your mark, get set, go!' I decide it's time to come in because there are mounds of laundry to do today and son #1 will be getting up and we need to get the school day started. While I was gathering laundry, son #1 is in the garage getting a waffle out of the fridge in there(he doesn't eat eggs, but I did cook him some bacon)and the pee-pee monster somehow manages to close and lock the door out to the garage...I walk out to start laundry and son #1 is opening the garage door so he can walk around to get back in the house. Great! pee-pee monster knows how to work the locks on doors...
While son #1 wakes up and eats breakfast the pee-pee monster and I go to his room to play and read books. Son #1 loved books and we could read for hours. Pee-pee monster, well he is all about figuring things out and getting into all the trouble he can before he can be found out. I did manage to get a couple of books read to him today. One is a classic The Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson and the other is Yummy Yucky by one of my new favorite children's author Leslie Patricelli.
Laundry is going, floors have been vacuumed, pee-pee monster has had a nutritious lunch of ham sandwich, grapes and milk and for now he sleeps and we all relax a little bit...and the day is only half-over...Do I have any volunteers to clean the kitchen and bathrooms because I have my sights set on Algebra and The Three Musketeers with son #1 oh yeah and I've got to make that peach cobbler today!
Dinner Tonight
chicken breasts--they can be frozen just make sure all the plastic is removed!
1 pkg cream cheese
1/2 bag of frozen corn
1 can of rotel
1 can of black beans
Place chicken in bottom of crock pot and cover with other ingredients
Cook on low all day. I'm going to serve mine w/tortillas and rice
Peach Cobbler
Ingredients
8 fresh peaches - peeled, pitted and sliced into thin wedges
1/4 cup white sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
2 teaspoons cornstarch
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup white sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
6 tablespoons unsalted butter, chilled and cut into small pieces
1/4 cup boiling water
MIX TOGETHER:
3 tablespoons white sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Directions
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
In a large bowl, combine peaches, 1/4 cup white sugar, 1/4 cup brown sugar, 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon, nutmeg, lemon juice, and cornstarch. Toss to coat evenly, and pour into a 2 quart baking dish. Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, in a large bowl, combine flour, 1/4 cup white sugar, 1/4 cup brown sugar, baking powder, and salt. Blend in butter with your fingertips, or a pastry blender, until mixture resembles coarse meal. Stir in water until just combined.
Remove peaches from oven, and drop spoonfuls of topping over them. Sprinkle entire cobbler with the sugar and cinnamon mixture. Bake until topping is golden, about 30 minutes.
Hummingbird Food
boiled water--enough to fill your container
1/4 c. sugar for each cup of water--make sure you use sugar and not a sugar substitute
few drops of red-food coloring
By the way, don't know how you do it! :)Dog next door is appropriately named ...js. and, my second wife is Wonder Woman :) obviously!
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