Marcus and I have always had a hard time deciding if Caleb was telling the truth or not. If Alec cries and we ask Caleb why, he usually says that he hurt himself. So, Alec is starting to communicate a little more now. His speach is getting better now and he can tell us himself now what happened.
So yesterday I bought some Toy Cars for Alec and placed them on top of the towel rack in the bathroom. I told him that when he pees in the toilet, he can have one of the cars. He REALLY wants these cars too! They are from his favorite movie, Cars (Lightening McQueen). He's been sitting on the toilet and trying his best to go pee, but so far he hasn't.
Caleb of course is his biggest cheerleader! He's been helping him out with taking his pullups off, and coaching him on the toilet. They were in there this morning and Alec was sitting there trying his best to pee! It had been a while when Caleb brought the trainer toilet out and said, "LOOK, Alec peed!!!" Although Alec wasn't around and was not as thrilled... I called Alec out... pointed in the toilet and said, "Alec what is this?" He looks down and says, "Ummm, Caleb Pee?" Hmm...
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Friday, May 1, 2009
Monday, April 27, 2009
Soft Pretzels
April 26 is National Pretzel Day! I LOVE pretzels! I used to help my dad make sourdough pretzels which takes days to make but are sooooo good! I didn't have days though, I had hours, and the recipe below take about an hour and a half! They are pretty good too!
Ingredients
4 teaspoons active dry yeast
1 teaspoon white sugar
1 1/4 cups warm water
5 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup white sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1/2 cup baking soda
4 cups hot water
1/4 cup kosher salt, for topping
Directions
In a small bowl, dissolve yeast and 1 teaspoon sugar in warm water. Let stand until creamy, about 10 minutes.
Ingredients
4 teaspoons active dry yeast
1 teaspoon white sugar
1 1/4 cups warm water
5 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup white sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1/2 cup baking soda
4 cups hot water
1/4 cup kosher salt, for topping
Directions
In a small bowl, dissolve yeast and 1 teaspoon sugar in warm water. Let stand until creamy, about 10 minutes.
In a large bowl, mix together flour, 1/2 cup sugar, and salt. Make a well in the center; add the oil and yeast mixture. Mix and form into a dough. If the mixture is dry, add one or two tablespoons of water. Knead the dough until smooth, about 7 to 8 minutes. Lightly oil a large bowl, place the dough in the bowl and turn to coat with oil. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. In a large bowl, dissolve baking soda in hot water.
When risen, turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and divide into 12 equal pieces. Roll each piece into a rope and twist into a pretzel shape. Once all of the dough is all shaped, dip each pretzel into the baking soda solution and place on a greased baking sheet. Sprinkle with kosher salt.
Bake in preheated oven for 8 minutes, until browned.
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Take Your Children to Work Day!
I have been looking forward for months to get a chance to take Caleb to work with me. While officially only Children six and up could be signed up, I cheated and signed Caleb up. I mean he will be six this year :)
We had a blast, and he gave me a workout as we walked from my office in CC 3 to CC 2 where most of the events took place. He got to pick out an Earth Balloon, play games on the AOL KOL website, watch the movie Racing stripes, and watch me do work as well. Of course plenty of snacks and drinks were consumed as well. Caleb was much more interested in my office, and what I did then the other activities :)
Beginning of the Day, Caleb with some other kids after registration:
He was bored in this group, but did smile for me:
He was so good all day, and so proud to be there:
Mr. Armstrong, our new AOL CEO, pay attention. My boy can really push the AOL brand. You should give him a Job, this is all Caleb:
Back at CC2, and Caleb working on a craft project:
I thought this was funny, it reads "What makes you LOL?" And it shows how our kids interpretation of language will change to include text slang:
Caleb doing another craft, I had to give no advice. He does crafts with Mom so much that he just started doing it on his own:
Flintstones on the projector while various activities were going on:
Caleb playing the "Booger Bowling" game on KOL @ kids.aol.com:
Getting ready to watch "Racing Stripes":
Caleb and his Earth Day balloon:
We had a totally fun and great day, and I did actually get work done as well. The kids.aol.com cartoons came in handy as he watched them on one monitor, while I did work on the other. I hope he got to see that a job means hard work, but that it can be fun as well :)
We had a blast, and he gave me a workout as we walked from my office in CC 3 to CC 2 where most of the events took place. He got to pick out an Earth Balloon, play games on the AOL KOL website, watch the movie Racing stripes, and watch me do work as well. Of course plenty of snacks and drinks were consumed as well. Caleb was much more interested in my office, and what I did then the other activities :)
Beginning of the Day, Caleb with some other kids after registration:
He was bored in this group, but did smile for me:
He was so good all day, and so proud to be there:
Mr. Armstrong, our new AOL CEO, pay attention. My boy can really push the AOL brand. You should give him a Job, this is all Caleb:
Back at CC2, and Caleb working on a craft project:
I thought this was funny, it reads "What makes you LOL?" And it shows how our kids interpretation of language will change to include text slang:
Caleb doing another craft, I had to give no advice. He does crafts with Mom so much that he just started doing it on his own:
Flintstones on the projector while various activities were going on:
Caleb playing the "Booger Bowling" game on KOL @ kids.aol.com:
Getting ready to watch "Racing Stripes":
Caleb and his Earth Day balloon:
We had a totally fun and great day, and I did actually get work done as well. The kids.aol.com cartoons came in handy as he watched them on one monitor, while I did work on the other. I hope he got to see that a job means hard work, but that it can be fun as well :)
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Fritter Fun
A few years back, my grandmother gave me and my sister a bunch of family recipes. They were typed up on index cards and were not always the easiest recipes to follow but OH SO GOOD! My favorite out of all of the recipes is the fritter recipe. I've made it a lot, and my kids love them too! So, today I decide to make apple fritters and I'm getting everything out to make them...
Alec keeps saying, "What's that mom, what's that?" I answer and continue to get things ready. I get out the mixer and his eyes get big and he says, "I do it mom! I do it!"
My kids love to help me in the kitchen and it's usually Caleb who gets to do the mixing... but since Caleb was at school today... I told Alec he could help. We mixed all of the ingredients and I walk away to grab a clean hand towl from upstairs... I come back and I walk over to the sink... meanwhile...
Alec: "I did it mom, I did it! Look!"
ME: "I know, good job, thanks for helping!"
Alec: "Mom, look I did it!"
... I started washing my hands and looked over ...
...Alec is pointing inside the bowl of Fritter batter...
Alec: "I did it mom! I did it! TA DA!!!!!"
...I walk over... look in... Alec had added more flour...
ME: "Oh great Alec! Thanks for... helping.... "
...Alec gives himself a hand of applause...
So, Below is pretty much exactly what I got on my index card. I usually put about 1 1/2-2 cups of flour in. Today however, I have no clue how much flour was in there... and I added a little milk! Ha ha!
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Corn Fritters
Ingredients:
1 egg
little milk, about 1/4 cup milk maybe a little more
1 can corn (drained)
1 scant Tbsp Melted butter or oil
t tsp salt
2 dashes of pepper
Flour: enough to hold together nicely
4 tsp sugar
2 tsp baking powder
You may also use Apples, Bananas, peaches or pineapple - Mom Maybelle
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Alec keeps saying, "What's that mom, what's that?" I answer and continue to get things ready. I get out the mixer and his eyes get big and he says, "I do it mom! I do it!"
My kids love to help me in the kitchen and it's usually Caleb who gets to do the mixing... but since Caleb was at school today... I told Alec he could help. We mixed all of the ingredients and I walk away to grab a clean hand towl from upstairs... I come back and I walk over to the sink... meanwhile...
Alec: "I did it mom, I did it! Look!"
ME: "I know, good job, thanks for helping!"
Alec: "Mom, look I did it!"
... I started washing my hands and looked over ...
...Alec is pointing inside the bowl of Fritter batter...
Alec: "I did it mom! I did it! TA DA!!!!!"
...I walk over... look in... Alec had added more flour...
ME: "Oh great Alec! Thanks for... helping.... "
...Alec gives himself a hand of applause...
So, Below is pretty much exactly what I got on my index card. I usually put about 1 1/2-2 cups of flour in. Today however, I have no clue how much flour was in there... and I added a little milk! Ha ha!
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Corn Fritters
Ingredients:
1 egg
little milk, about 1/4 cup milk maybe a little more
1 can corn (drained)
1 scant Tbsp Melted butter or oil
t tsp salt
2 dashes of pepper
Flour: enough to hold together nicely
4 tsp sugar
2 tsp baking powder
You may also use Apples, Bananas, peaches or pineapple - Mom Maybelle
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Thursday, April 16, 2009
Jinxed
Marcus and the beans have been through so much this winter - pneumonia, asthma, bronchitis, stomach bugs, runny noses, ear infections, allergies... I was just thinking to myself last week how fortunate I have been to get by the winter with no more than a small cold. I should have knocked on some wood because this week my throat started to get sore and scratchy. Sure enough... I have strep throat! DOH! Good thing those antibiotics are still FREE and I'll be past the contagious stage by tomorrow!
Another note: I took Caleb in to see the doctor this morning also. He was complaining about his ear hurting and he was crying a little too. He seemed to be in a lot of pain and he was coughing a little too... Last we checked he wasn't fully over the pneumonia, and we just recently ran out of nebs to give him so I thought, "two birds!"
Sure enough, he has an ear infection and he's still a little wheezy, so we got the neb refill and some antibiotics. This is the last round of nebs before they will put him on another dose of steroids. Hope to be putting this stuff behind us soon!
Another note: I took Caleb in to see the doctor this morning also. He was complaining about his ear hurting and he was crying a little too. He seemed to be in a lot of pain and he was coughing a little too... Last we checked he wasn't fully over the pneumonia, and we just recently ran out of nebs to give him so I thought, "two birds!"
Sure enough, he has an ear infection and he's still a little wheezy, so we got the neb refill and some antibiotics. This is the last round of nebs before they will put him on another dose of steroids. Hope to be putting this stuff behind us soon!
Brought From School
Caleb brings some of the best things home from school and I really should blog about them more. I love to hear his story behind his work too! Today, he brought home this big "Caleb-Made" book titled, "My Nursery Rhyme Book"
It has 4 rhymes - Humpty Dumpty, Baa Baa Black Sheep, Little Miss Muffet and Hickory Dickory Dock. Each one has a project that Caleb did with it. The one that made me want to blog about was Little Miss Muffet! The class did a Curds and Whey 5 Senses project. I'm writting down Caleb's answers below:
It looked: like smudge
It tasted: like sour cream
It sounded: like nothing
It smelled: like poinson
It felt: like milk
It has 4 rhymes - Humpty Dumpty, Baa Baa Black Sheep, Little Miss Muffet and Hickory Dickory Dock. Each one has a project that Caleb did with it. The one that made me want to blog about was Little Miss Muffet! The class did a Curds and Whey 5 Senses project. I'm writting down Caleb's answers below:
It looked: like smudge
It tasted: like sour cream
It sounded: like nothing
It smelled: like poinson
It felt: like milk
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