Table talk

We were having dinner the other night, chicken, rice, salad and the kids favorite asparagus. Of course the kids loaded up on asparagus, Cheeseburger Boy had four servings with dinner then while we were cleaning the table up he grabbed the asparagus container and ditched his fork in favor of the serving spoon and proceeded to eat the rest of the asparagus.

The Babe with the Power is going to be starting on solid foods next week so we decided it was time for him to start to get comfortable in his new highchair, plus we want him to be able to be with us at the table while we eat without having to hold him. He did really well, he looks like such a big boy, 4 months old already.

Blessed Yule!

Yesterday we celebrated Yule (Winter Solstice) here. It was a great day for the kids, they each got to open a gift from us and a gift from their secret shopper. Holidays are expensive, especially for a family the size of mine. The kids all wanted to buy for each other which of course would mean my wallet getting lighter, so instead of them buying for each sibling they did a secret shopper drawing and each bought for one person. The things they chose were so cute and it really was inexpensive they each spent $5.00 or less. Yule really is not really about gifts, so the things we gave the kids were little or handmade. This year for Bookworm I made a purse out of a pair of jeans she has outgrown. After dinner we all decorated a gingerbread house together, it really was a great day.

Holiday fundraiser

Well my fundraiser last week turned out great. I was short staffed but we made it through. The kids had a great time. It ended up being a family affair, most of my helpers were related or good friends. Deli Dude and Bookworm were big helpers, Bookworm helped Blais man a table while Deli Dude was a personal shopper for kids that attended. The Babe with the Power made sure his Aunty, Daddy and Mom had soggy shoulders all day. It was a little slower than usual, but there were a few other events taking place in town at the same time this year. Cheeseburger Boy and Super Why came and shopped and them hung out and "helped." I wish I was able to get more pictures, but I just didn't have the time.

For the Dogs

So the holiday fundraiser I chair every year for the PTO is on Saturday and I'm a bit behind since everyone in the house has been sick in the last two weeks. I still need to make a few lip balms and 100 packages of dog bones to sell. While Super Why and The Babe With The Power were napping and Bookworm was at school, Cheeseburger Boy and I decided it would be a good idea to make some of our dog bones. We made the milk bone variety and they were really quite simple. The first batch looked a lot paler than the ones you buy so on the next batch I used half white flour and half wheat flour, they looked great. Although they are perfectly fine for human consumption I did not try them, i figured we would leave that up to the dogs.