We had an absolutely AMAZING Saturday. Yes it started out a little crankily at 5am when the little Diva thought it was morning and wanted milk and porridge. I tried to convince her that she was wrong - but hey who went downstairs and fed her porridge and milk? This mom! haha Sucker!
Anyway she surprised me by yawning like crazy soon after she finished breakfast so I thought - hey what can it hurt to try put her back to bed? It took about 15 minutes but she was soon snoring in her crib and I got another whole hour and 30minutes worth of sleep! Yay!!
The hubby quickly rushed out during the Little Diva's nap and picked up a sandbox. Then the three of us went out after her nap to go pick up the sand. We over estimated and grabbed 6 bags. We only needed 4 but I'm pretty sure that some of that sand will mysteriously end up in places outside of the sandbox - so yay for backup sand I guess. The Little Diva was thrilled with the empty sandbox she found after her nap and was a hundred times more thrilled with the sand filled box! We made a sand castle and she dumped 3 buckets of sand on herself. Her pockets were full of sand and so was her hair. It was awesome. :D
It was the perfect day. We rounded it off with Boerewors (look it up if you don't know what it is!), mashed potatoes and veggies. Our usually more carb/fruit/veg oriented Diva surprised us by really enjoying the boerewors. Ok, ok I won't make you look it up. It is a delicious South African sausage. If you ever have the chance to try it make sure that you do! I simply pan fry it when it's too cold or we're not in the mood to get the BBQ going.
With that I'm going to sign off. Sweet dreams to all and here's hoping tomorrow is equally fabulous. :)
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Friday, March 30, 2012
Day 95 - Time to relax :)
The weather has taken a turn for the chilly and I'm retiring to bed to catch up on prv-ed shows! Stay tuned for way more entertaining blog posts this weekend :)
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Day 94 - a good old staple!
So today was a pretty low key day. The little Diva and I ran a few errands - she fell asleep in the car on the way back so we didn't end up going to her play group. I'm hoping next week will find us more on track with our schedule again. I think she's been getting pretty bored with being cooped up at home and being really sicky on the weekend didn't help either.
I would have loved to take her outside to play this afternoon but it was really chilly so we just hung out inside. We coloured, built towers, watched tv, played with play dough, read books and played kitchen. In between we ate and argued about why she shouldn't climb into/unpack the plastic cupboard (There was some crying and stomping of feet and even a full body floor tantrum - no no not me - the little diva!). Then we played some more and I convinced the little Diva that daddy would be home from work soon.
She's been acting sleepy in the afternoons for a few days now and I'm still in two minds about letting her have a second nap. She gave that up several months ago but it looks like she wants it back. I'm just worried that if I let her nap twice she wont want to go to bed at night. Oh well - I think I might give it a try tomorrow at least that way if she won't go to bed it's not a work day the next morning for the hubby!
I spent 2 hours tonight cleaning our main floor and all I kept thinking was - surely I could move faster or something; this is taking WAY too long! Haha I was also trying not to make tooo much noise with my sweeping - didn't want to wake the little Diva. She's been "helping" daddy sweep up her cheerios for the longest time now and this week Daddy found her a diva sized broom. It has been a HUGE hit and she's spent a good chunk of the day doing "dirt redistribution" - I mean sweeping.... it is super cute to watch! Can't believe how fast she is growing up.
At one point today the little Diva and I had the following conversation:
Little Diva: "is hungy"
Me: "Yeah? you're hungry?"
Little Diva: "yeah eat" - *makes eating gesture*
Me: "what do you want to eat?"
Little Diva: "cake!!"
She had the cheekiest little grin on her face and I'm thinking that we are going to have to bake some mini cupcakes together soon so she can decorate and eat her "cake"! For the record we had just eaten lunch so she wasn't actually hungry as was made evident by her inability to finish the cookie I had to substitute for cake. :)
Anywho I'm starting to think that this blog is moving more to a "Daily blog" than a "recipe blog" - but I'm ok with that. I figure I'll keep sharing good recipes when they crop up and as long as I'm blogging I'm doing better with any of my previous blogs - yay me! :D
For the record I made my standard "can't think what to make for dinner recipe". I simply cooked some veggies and ground chicken in a pot with pasta sauce for flavouring and served it with couscous. I tried to mimic the divine rice we ate at dadoos and dadda's last night but that was a miserable failure... hehe
I would have loved to take her outside to play this afternoon but it was really chilly so we just hung out inside. We coloured, built towers, watched tv, played with play dough, read books and played kitchen. In between we ate and argued about why she shouldn't climb into/unpack the plastic cupboard (There was some crying and stomping of feet and even a full body floor tantrum - no no not me - the little diva!). Then we played some more and I convinced the little Diva that daddy would be home from work soon.
She's been acting sleepy in the afternoons for a few days now and I'm still in two minds about letting her have a second nap. She gave that up several months ago but it looks like she wants it back. I'm just worried that if I let her nap twice she wont want to go to bed at night. Oh well - I think I might give it a try tomorrow at least that way if she won't go to bed it's not a work day the next morning for the hubby!
I spent 2 hours tonight cleaning our main floor and all I kept thinking was - surely I could move faster or something; this is taking WAY too long! Haha I was also trying not to make tooo much noise with my sweeping - didn't want to wake the little Diva. She's been "helping" daddy sweep up her cheerios for the longest time now and this week Daddy found her a diva sized broom. It has been a HUGE hit and she's spent a good chunk of the day doing "dirt redistribution" - I mean sweeping.... it is super cute to watch! Can't believe how fast she is growing up.
At one point today the little Diva and I had the following conversation:
Little Diva: "is hungy"
Me: "Yeah? you're hungry?"
Little Diva: "yeah eat" - *makes eating gesture*
Me: "what do you want to eat?"
Little Diva: "cake!!"
She had the cheekiest little grin on her face and I'm thinking that we are going to have to bake some mini cupcakes together soon so she can decorate and eat her "cake"! For the record we had just eaten lunch so she wasn't actually hungry as was made evident by her inability to finish the cookie I had to substitute for cake. :)
Anywho I'm starting to think that this blog is moving more to a "Daily blog" than a "recipe blog" - but I'm ok with that. I figure I'll keep sharing good recipes when they crop up and as long as I'm blogging I'm doing better with any of my previous blogs - yay me! :D
For the record I made my standard "can't think what to make for dinner recipe". I simply cooked some veggies and ground chicken in a pot with pasta sauce for flavouring and served it with couscous. I tried to mimic the divine rice we ate at dadoos and dadda's last night but that was a miserable failure... hehe
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Day 93 - Apricot Swiss Roll
I made these quite often in South Africa but am not sure that I've made them in Canada yet. I took this to Dadoos and Dadda tonight and unfortunately forgot to take a photo before it all disappeared.... sorry!! :D Anywho here is the recipe!
Ingredients:
3 eggs
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
110g sugar
75g flour
2-3 tbsp jam of your choice
Sugar for the outside (about 1/4 cup)
clean and damp dish towel
Method:
preheat oven to 410F. Grease and line a swiss roll tin (cookie tray with rim 10X15X1inches) with parchment paper. Whisk eggs, vanilla and sugar together until thick. sift in flour and gently fold in with large metal spoon. Pour batter into tray and smooth with a spatula. Bake for 8-10 minutes until cooked. While the cake is baking lay the damp dish towel on a wire rack and sprinkle liberally with sugar. When the cake is cooked take it out of the oven and lay it on top of the dishtowel with the parchment paper facing up. Gently roll up with cake with the towel on the outside and the paper on the inside. Leave for 5 minutes to cool. Use a fork to whip up the jam. gently unroll the cake and remove the paper. Spread the jam over the cake and slowly roll it back up - this time without the cloth. Slice off the two messy ends and you are ready to slice and serve it - well once it cools down.
Enjoy :D
Ingredients:
3 eggs
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
110g sugar
75g flour
2-3 tbsp jam of your choice
Sugar for the outside (about 1/4 cup)
clean and damp dish towel
Method:
preheat oven to 410F. Grease and line a swiss roll tin (cookie tray with rim 10X15X1inches) with parchment paper. Whisk eggs, vanilla and sugar together until thick. sift in flour and gently fold in with large metal spoon. Pour batter into tray and smooth with a spatula. Bake for 8-10 minutes until cooked. While the cake is baking lay the damp dish towel on a wire rack and sprinkle liberally with sugar. When the cake is cooked take it out of the oven and lay it on top of the dishtowel with the parchment paper facing up. Gently roll up with cake with the towel on the outside and the paper on the inside. Leave for 5 minutes to cool. Use a fork to whip up the jam. gently unroll the cake and remove the paper. Spread the jam over the cake and slowly roll it back up - this time without the cloth. Slice off the two messy ends and you are ready to slice and serve it - well once it cools down.
Enjoy :D
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Day 92 - Cookies to make your kid cry...
So it's official. The Little Diva does not like the cookies I made yesterday. She asked for a cookie at some point today and after asking for a "please" I offered her the container. She took one look at the offending cookies and started to cry yelling, "Cookies". As if to tell me there was no way in hell the things I had in her face were in fact cookies. *sigh* Some day's Mommy takes a real beating.
Anyway - if you, your spouse and your kid do not like "cakey" type cookies then don't bother trying this recipe! You will be stuck with a box of cookies to palm of on a family with less fussy members. lol I mean to be fair the little Diva has got used to "cookies" being the yummy crunchy peanut butter recipe I usually make and these are not those. :D I should have known to use the old banana's to make banana bread!!
Without further ado here is a recipe to try at own risk:
Ingredients:
1/2 cup finely chopped dried cranberries (optional)
1 mashed banana
1/3 cup butter or margarine or peanut butter
1/4 cup apple juice
1 egg
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup rolled oats
1/2 cup flour
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 tsp baking soda
Preheat oven to 350°F
Mix together cranberries, banana, butter, apple juice, egg and vanilla; mix until smooth. Stir in rolled oats, flour, brown sugar and baking soda - mix well. Drop spoonfuls onto greased baking pans; flatten with a fork. Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Let cool on a wire rack.
Anyway - if you, your spouse and your kid do not like "cakey" type cookies then don't bother trying this recipe! You will be stuck with a box of cookies to palm of on a family with less fussy members. lol I mean to be fair the little Diva has got used to "cookies" being the yummy crunchy peanut butter recipe I usually make and these are not those. :D I should have known to use the old banana's to make banana bread!!
Without further ado here is a recipe to try at own risk:
Ingredients:
1/2 cup finely chopped dried cranberries (optional)
1 mashed banana
1/3 cup butter or margarine or peanut butter
1/4 cup apple juice
1 egg
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup rolled oats
1/2 cup flour
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 tsp baking soda
Preheat oven to 350°F
Mix together cranberries, banana, butter, apple juice, egg and vanilla; mix until smooth. Stir in rolled oats, flour, brown sugar and baking soda - mix well. Drop spoonfuls onto greased baking pans; flatten with a fork. Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Let cool on a wire rack.
Monday, March 26, 2012
Day 91 - FEVER GONE!!!
Today went a LOT better. The little Diva woke up with the teeniest fever and by the end of nap time she was back to her regular temperature. YAY!!! She's still not herself though and I'm sure it will take a little while for her snotty nose to clear but it was a HUGE relief not to feel her little body burning up like it did on Saturday and Sunday every time the Advil wore off!
Last night was pretty rough - her fever spiked at 39.5 and we assumed the slightly larger dose of Advil (we checked with telehealth first) would do a great job of helping her sleep through the night once it cooled her down. Boy could we have been any more wrong. She was so restless and crying for hugs almost every half until just before two. To be fair though we had stripped her down and given her a lighter blanket to help bring the fever down and once we warmed her up a little more she finally slept until 4am. Then she was up again for almost an hour until we finally put her in our bed. She proceeded to lie horizontally between her daddy and I. She was still super restless but managed to "sleep" until 9am. She snored in my face for the majority of the time and kicked daddy in the face several times as well. He eventually just dozed with his hands up to shield his nose and eyes.
She has started doing the cutest little thing today. Instead of just saying "careful" she said "Daddy Careful" and instead of just giving me a "welcome" (this is how she says thank you) I got a "welcome mama" when I gave her some cheerios. She's growing up so fast - I try not to think about it too much or I'd turn into a blubbery mess. It really is such a privilege to get to be her mom and watch her grow and learn every day!
She's been up a few times already tonight so I'm not sure how much sleep is on the radar for hubby and I but we are just both so happy that the fever has broken.
I have two recipes to share with you tomorrow that I made today. I primarily tried these recipes to use up overripe bananas and I'm not so sure the little Diva is a fan. Stay tuned!
Last night was pretty rough - her fever spiked at 39.5 and we assumed the slightly larger dose of Advil (we checked with telehealth first) would do a great job of helping her sleep through the night once it cooled her down. Boy could we have been any more wrong. She was so restless and crying for hugs almost every half until just before two. To be fair though we had stripped her down and given her a lighter blanket to help bring the fever down and once we warmed her up a little more she finally slept until 4am. Then she was up again for almost an hour until we finally put her in our bed. She proceeded to lie horizontally between her daddy and I. She was still super restless but managed to "sleep" until 9am. She snored in my face for the majority of the time and kicked daddy in the face several times as well. He eventually just dozed with his hands up to shield his nose and eyes.
She has started doing the cutest little thing today. Instead of just saying "careful" she said "Daddy Careful" and instead of just giving me a "welcome" (this is how she says thank you) I got a "welcome mama" when I gave her some cheerios. She's growing up so fast - I try not to think about it too much or I'd turn into a blubbery mess. It really is such a privilege to get to be her mom and watch her grow and learn every day!
She's been up a few times already tonight so I'm not sure how much sleep is on the radar for hubby and I but we are just both so happy that the fever has broken.
I have two recipes to share with you tomorrow that I made today. I primarily tried these recipes to use up overripe bananas and I'm not so sure the little Diva is a fan. Stay tuned!
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Day 90 - Viruses Suck (No not the computer kind)
It was another "sickie" day here in our humble abode. The Little Diva is pretty good as long as her Advil is working but as soon as it wears off her fever goes right back up. It's horrible to see the poor girl so unhappy. I really wish I had some mommy-superpowers and could make here feel better with the snap of my fingers. The doctor we saw yesterday was pretty confident that she should be mostly better by Tuesday so I'm hoping she's already on the path to healthyness (it's late just pretend with me that this is a real word) tomorrow!
We watched a whole bunch of Treehouse and had to distract the poor girl because even though she is feeling crappy all she wants to do is go play outside! I'm hoping that tomorrow brings a less feverish and happier little girl. She did enjoy the fact that her little friend "A"'s mommy dropped off a gorgeous big helium balloon and some cupcakes for her today because she missed the party yesterday!
I wasn't adventurous in the kitchen today. We had KD and fresh cut veggies for lunch and my tried and true lamb recipe for dinner with rice and veggies. Hopefully the week will bring with it some new recipes!
Good night to all hoping you are happy and healthy!
We watched a whole bunch of Treehouse and had to distract the poor girl because even though she is feeling crappy all she wants to do is go play outside! I'm hoping that tomorrow brings a less feverish and happier little girl. She did enjoy the fact that her little friend "A"'s mommy dropped off a gorgeous big helium balloon and some cupcakes for her today because she missed the party yesterday!
I wasn't adventurous in the kitchen today. We had KD and fresh cut veggies for lunch and my tried and true lamb recipe for dinner with rice and veggies. Hopefully the week will bring with it some new recipes!
Good night to all hoping you are happy and healthy!
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