Angel is available for adoption!
Not me, silly, my foster dog! Angel, 35-pounds of love and joy wrapped up in spotted-cow-like fur is just waiting to jump into your heart and snuggle by your side. Read more about this little cuddlebug here and contact me to find out more about adopting her.
The boys had a Mardi Gras event at the school yesterday and we headed down after rush hour to take part. For those of you who don’t know, “the school” is an online charter school that allows us to continue the feel of homeschooling, but with tons of extra support for Super A’s dyslexia. I can’t speak highly enough about them. It’s an amazing school opportunity.
We ended up making masks with feathers, foam stickers, crayons, glue, and crafty-sequiny-things (not the real name for them, obviously). The kids had a blast and Sweet Pea has been wearing hers almost constantly since then. She hasn’t had any major injuries, but she did run face first into her plastic car. A hug, a kiss, an ice pack, and a piece of Dove Special Dark Chocolate and she was fine again. Such resilience. Continue reading
Photo by Brandi Jordan
I’ve had a couple of people ask me for our homemade pretzel recipe, so I thought I’d share. Apparently, snacks (with minimal fighting while being made) are a sure hit with moms. I’m not surprised.
The recipe I use is really easy, but it does involve my most favorite appliance ever – the bread maker. If you don’t have a bread maker, I’m not sure how it’s going to turn out, but you can always give it a shot an let me know. Ready? Here we go.
Photo by Brandi Jordan
I am in awe of those moms who make life with children look so easy, so carefree, so Donna Reed-ish. Because if there’s one thing I can tell you, it’s that that is so not my reality. We argue, we fight, we yell use our outside voices inside, and more often than not, someone ends up in time-out whenever we start a project. But today we did pretty good. We made pretzels and no one got sent to time-out. I consider that a win.
Since we’re on our “must eat non-processed food only” kick, we have been seriously lacking in snack food. So much so, that Ultra-G was snacking on ice cubes. Seriously. It’s bad. Continue reading
Photo by Rob Boudon
Sweet Pea: “Daddy, why is it called a unicorn?”
Super Dad: “Because it has one horn.”
Sweet Pea: “So if it had two horns it would be called a TWO-NICORN!”
One Great Mom 