I can't believe my older son has hit the double digits. Where does the time go? It seems just like yesterday when he was born. I remember every second of being pregnant with him and every second of the day he was born. After that things tend to get hazy. The years fly by and you forget things. That's one of the reasons I started this blog. I want to remember every minute. And if I can't, at least I can come back here and reread the day to day happenings in our lives.
10 years old.
3 more years and he'll be a teenager. 6 more years and he'll be driving. 8 more years and he'll be heading off the college.
We have our children as "ours" for such a short period of time. I'm trying to enjoy every minute of it
Happiest of birthdays to you, 10 year old boy. I love you with all my heart and am so proud of the young man that you are.
The Living With Food Allergies Blog Carnival can be found over at The Allergic Kid. There's lots of great information this month. Thanks to Libby for hosting!
Do you have a child that plays the saxophone and you don't play an instrument? I do. I played the flute (too many years ago to even mention). We didn't have reeds. So when he came to me today with a broken reed and a new reed and needed help, I was confused on how to put the new one in. Took me 10 minutes to realize that I needed help.
I found this guy on YouTube and he explains how to put the instrument together in easy to understand instructions (even a non musical mother got it).
Sometimes YouTube can be very helpful. Thank you Mr. Hornsmasher John (I don't think that's his real name) from hornsmasher.com
Oh and here's another FYI, we are coming into the Lenten season and I found paczki at the grocery store last night. Get 'em while you can. The Little Man can't have them due to allergies, but I've already eaten quite a few (I'd try to make allergy friendly ones, but my record with these types of things has been dismal). He does get a kick out of THIS webpage though. Who wouldn't like staring at big donut while listening to polka music? (or maybe it's just us...)
I like to think of my menu plan as a living document. It needs to be flexible to go along with our crazy life. This week has totally proved that out as the menu plan I did last Thursday looks nothing like the one I'm actually using and even that has changed two times since it's inception. The kids activities sometimes throw a monkey wrench into my menu and this week so far has taken the cake.
Friday - Should have been tuna melts but turned out to be take out pizza
Saturday - Should have been chicken tacos but turned out to be fast food (ugh!)
Sunday - Pork Roast turned into Tuna Melts
Monday - BLT's
Tuesday - Best Ever and Easiest Slow Cooker Chicken Tacos
Wednesday -Slow Cooker BBQ Pulled Pork and steamed broccoli
Thursday - Roast Beef , Oven Potatoes, and peas
Sometimes you have to know when to be flexible and know when to NOT try to be super mom.
I'm sure when they named this coffee in 1932 no one thought that it could ever be problem. But with the increase of food allergies in recent years, especially nut allergies, I guess the company thought that they needed a clarification.
They'd like you to know that there are NO NUTS in Chock Full O' Nuts
So I asked them this morning. And to my horror, my oldest son told me that he knows about it because people in his class do it. I really expected them to be confused by what I was asking and not have a clue what I was talking about.
These are 4th graders that I'm talking about. I don't think they know that they are supposed to pass out or that it may give them a "high". I think they feel it's just a game. But that doesn't mean that it's not dangerous. And that doesn't mean that it won't lead to other more risky behavior.
My seven year old assured me that no one in his class has done this.
This is not my normal blog fodder. But I put this on here because it's not something that I would have thought to ask my children about until I saw it on the news. I thought my kids were too young to be aware of things like this. I thought wrong.
I'm sure that most kids don't know what this is, but it might be worth doing some detective work with your own kids to make sure that this is not happening with them or in their school.
We have since alerted school officials that some of the kids may have been engaging in this risky behavior (no names, just general information).
As parents today we can never let our guard down. NEVER.
I usually go to the grocery store on Thursdays or Fridays so that's when my Menu Plan starts. Next week I'll have some help because my oldest son needs to a menu plan for cub scouts. That ought to be interesting. We'll probably have pizza or tacos every day.
Friday: Hummus Veggie Wraps - Not kid friendly, or at least not kid friendly for my kids. My boys hated these. I think it was the hummus as they pulled all the veggies off and ate them by themselves (after using napkins to wipe off the hummus). I made them allergy friendly by skipping the pine nuts and using corn tortillas.
Saturday: Gluten free pasta and home made sauce with sausage
Sunday: Left over Gluten free pasta and home made sauce
Monday: Old Time Beef Stew (will use gf flour to make it allergy friendly)
