21 January 2011
a snowy friday
So our friends Amber and her son Ethan came over and spent most of the day with us. We enjoyed some time out in the snow. We were going to make a snowman... and we started one several times. But every time I got the base set, Caden would come belly flop into it... thus smashing it down. *And it wasn't very good packing snow... too fluffy... couldn't even make a snowball with the stuff. **Also note, the picture where it looks like Caden is standing on the cement block, he is actually mid-air... he was jumping off into the snow, and I managed to catch the shot! :)
20 January 2011
nice words
2 things to point out... at the end of the first video, he was fine... didn't really hit the table with his head. and just after the 2nd video finished, caden's nice word to tell daddy was "camouflage".
Caden's first prayer
All BY HIMSELF without any prompting from me!
"Dear Jesus, Thank you for this day. Thank you for our friends. Please help Daddy feel better. Thank you for the snow. Amen"
Don't know why he said please help Daddy feel better, but hey, who am I to argue?! Almost cried right there. So proud of him! May he never know a day in his life when he doesn't know the love of Christ.
"Dear Jesus, Thank you for this day. Thank you for our friends. Please help Daddy feel better. Thank you for the snow. Amen"
Don't know why he said please help Daddy feel better, but hey, who am I to argue?! Almost cried right there. So proud of him! May he never know a day in his life when he doesn't know the love of Christ.
SNOW!
Carson came over and hung out wit
h us this morning. He and Caden had a wonderful time pulling ALL the toys out of the ottoman.So it ended up snowing from mid-day through early evening. We may get a bit more tonight, and are in line for more to hit us on Fri night/Saturday... then again on Monday. Yup... it's winter. So here are some more pics with the new camera! Lovin' all this resolution! (though it does make the files MUCH larger... which makes it hard to take longer videos)
NEW CAMERA! :)
So Caden totally wasn't feeling the whole "say cheese" thing this morning. Hopefully I will manage to get some good shots of him later in the day. It's supposed to dump a good bit of snow on us today... so maybe we will get out and play some... that always makes for good pics! Here are a few shots of the Christmas tree that is (yes) still up. The picture heart ornament and the snowflakes were made by a few of our soldier's family members.
11 January 2011
Zuppa di Orzo, Patate, e Carote (Italian Barley Soup with Potatoes and Carrots)
10 C low sodium chicken broth (i always just use my own)
1 C Pearl Barley
2 TBSP Olive Oil
2 TBSP unsalted butter (I always just use salted)
1 lg onion, cut into 1/2" dice
1 lg rib celery with leaves, thinly sliced
1/4 C finely chopped fresh flat-leaved parsley (again, i usually use dried in the winter)
1 TBSP finely chopped fresh marjoram or 1 tsp dried** Or replace with oregano and reduce amount by half **
1tsp finely chopped fresh rosemary or 1/2 tsp dried and crushed rosemary
2 medium to large boiling potatoes, peeled and 1/2" diced
2 medium to large carrots, peeled and thinly sliced
1/2 C freshly grated Parmesan cheese
1. Bring broth to a boil over med/high heat in a large soup pot. Stir in barley, 1/4 C at a time. Reduce heat to a very slow but steady simmer. Cover and cook until barley is almost tender. ~30 min
2. Heat oil and butter in medium skillet over medium/high heat. Add onions, celery, parsley, marjoram, and rosemary. Saute until onion begins to turn golden (~5 min). Transfer mixture to soup pot with barley, scraping out skillet with rubber spatula.
3. Add potatoes and carrots and cook until tender. (~30 min). Season with salt and pepper.
4. Serve in warm bowls and sprinkle with cheese.
YUMMY IN THE TUMMY~ :) freezes really well too...
1 C Pearl Barley
2 TBSP Olive Oil
2 TBSP unsalted butter (I always just use salted)
1 lg onion, cut into 1/2" dice
1 lg rib celery with leaves, thinly sliced
1/4 C finely chopped fresh flat-leaved parsley (again, i usually use dried in the winter)
1 TBSP finely chopped fresh marjoram or 1 tsp dried** Or replace with oregano and reduce amount by half **
1tsp finely chopped fresh rosemary or 1/2 tsp dried and crushed rosemary
2 medium to large boiling potatoes, peeled and 1/2" diced
2 medium to large carrots, peeled and thinly sliced
1/2 C freshly grated Parmesan cheese
1. Bring broth to a boil over med/high heat in a large soup pot. Stir in barley, 1/4 C at a time. Reduce heat to a very slow but steady simmer. Cover and cook until barley is almost tender. ~30 min
2. Heat oil and butter in medium skillet over medium/high heat. Add onions, celery, parsley, marjoram, and rosemary. Saute until onion begins to turn golden (~5 min). Transfer mixture to soup pot with barley, scraping out skillet with rubber spatula.
3. Add potatoes and carrots and cook until tender. (~30 min). Season with salt and pepper.
4. Serve in warm bowls and sprinkle with cheese.
YUMMY IN THE TUMMY~ :) freezes really well too...
10 January 2011
a few notes for the day...
Ok, so I know there are no pictures. Hopefully soon that will be rectified... but until then...
Last night I roasted a chicken. While this doesn't sound all that impressive... I have actually NEVER roasted a whole chicken before. I finally put into practice what I know about roasting them... soon the house was filled with a wonderful aroma and the sound of crackling skin. It came out perfectly... crispy skin, moist meat falling off the bones. I immediately picked the thing (ate a good bit of it in the process)... so I could throw the carcass in the pot to make stock. And since the skin was so well salted, the stock came out perfectly. I was gonna go all paleo with my soup choice, but with the cold, snowy day all I really wanted was my Italian barley/potato/carrot soup. So that's what I did. And honestly, it's the best on I have ever made! And I didn't have to add a drop of salt, since the broth was already perfect! :)
All this to say, I am really excited, have decided there is no reason to ever buy a rotisserie chicken again, and stock from a roasted chicken is best!
On another note...
Caden stayed with Ms Anne this morning while I went to Physical Therapy. Shortly after arriving at the office, I got a text from Anne and this is what it said...
"Your son just said, 'well, my question is, how do we get the banana back after we do bad things like throw it? I got a time out, but mommy went outside.' and then he rambled about monsters under his bed for a while."
What am I going to do with this kid? Tomorrow, if the snow comes again tonight, we are gonna put on his boots and go "crunching" around in the snow. Caden loves to crunch snow. :) If winter keeps up like this, I might have to give in and get a pair of winter boots... lol... but probably not.
I love you baby... glad you are safe and sound. Hope you keep getting good sleep!
Last night I roasted a chicken. While this doesn't sound all that impressive... I have actually NEVER roasted a whole chicken before. I finally put into practice what I know about roasting them... soon the house was filled with a wonderful aroma and the sound of crackling skin. It came out perfectly... crispy skin, moist meat falling off the bones. I immediately picked the thing (ate a good bit of it in the process)... so I could throw the carcass in the pot to make stock. And since the skin was so well salted, the stock came out perfectly. I was gonna go all paleo with my soup choice, but with the cold, snowy day all I really wanted was my Italian barley/potato/carrot soup. So that's what I did. And honestly, it's the best on I have ever made! And I didn't have to add a drop of salt, since the broth was already perfect! :)
All this to say, I am really excited, have decided there is no reason to ever buy a rotisserie chicken again, and stock from a roasted chicken is best!
On another note...
Caden stayed with Ms Anne this morning while I went to Physical Therapy. Shortly after arriving at the office, I got a text from Anne and this is what it said...
"Your son just said, 'well, my question is, how do we get the banana back after we do bad things like throw it? I got a time out, but mommy went outside.' and then he rambled about monsters under his bed for a while."
What am I going to do with this kid? Tomorrow, if the snow comes again tonight, we are gonna put on his boots and go "crunching" around in the snow. Caden loves to crunch snow. :) If winter keeps up like this, I might have to give in and get a pair of winter boots... lol... but probably not.
I love you baby... glad you are safe and sound. Hope you keep getting good sleep!
18 November 2010
monets garden
Flowers from my love always make me feel better... it doesn't matter how sick I am. I love you baby, thank you so much!
football!
Hanging out with Aunt Katie and cousin Daniel at the MTSU Veteran's Day football game last Sat. Good times were had by all! (well, except maybe the MTSU football team, and their fans). Lots of wonderful Vets though... got to shake some hands and say thank you to lots of men in uniforms of all branches. It was a great day!
And of course, always a blast to have Caden and Daniel together. They really have a good time playing together!
hanging with friends
Caden and Kealy... always getting into trouble together! I picked up 2 chomper things at the zoo a few weeks ago specifically so Caden could have one and Kealy could have the other... less fighting that way! and how could I pass up a shark and gator chomper thingies?
halloween
Ok, I know these are WAY overdue... sorry... but here are some shots of Caden as a dinosaur... and his best bud Alston, as a horse/cowboy. :) They had so much fun. Of course, this was the day before Halloween at a friend's house for a get-together. And yes, that's a Christmas tree with orange lights on it...
03 November 2010
caden with balloons
So this past Saturday, a group of folks from our sister church in Nashville came up and gave us Army wives a bit of a break from our kiddos! I got to drop Caden off with them at the church for a few hours and go do stuff... like hit the gym, run to the sporting goods store, and most impressively, get to run into Pier1 without a toddler! (and if any of you have ever done that, or been around with Caden in there... you know it's the BULL in the CHINA SHOP scenario). Anyway, so apparently he had fun while I was gone... :) I admit it, I love that hat on him... I know it's way to big, but he loves it. And today he totally put it on, pulled it down over one eye and walked around saying ARGGG, I a pirate!
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