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My parents were in town, so my sister and I took them and our kids to the Wildlife Experience museum on Sunday. http://www.thewildlifeexperience.org/ The kids had a blast! There were a bunch of kid friendly exhibits and learning games. One of the rooms has lifelife animals that move, and shows them in their natural habitat. Trey was scared on the sleeping bear that snored. When we got home he rushed to tell daddy about the scary bear!
My sister claims she didn’t see my horns when she was taking this pic!
Trey: do you have a tissue in the car?
Me: no, sorry baby.
Trey: ok. I’ll just have to pick my nose then.
Today I went for a walk/jog with Trey in the jogging stroller. This is my first attempt at jogging since, well, November? So I took it easy and walked up the hills and jogged when it was flat or downhill. One time when I slowed to a walk Trey said “why did you slow down mommy? Are you not using the pedals anymore?”
Today at the gym they were giving away samples of the new V8 fusion juice in dixie cups (which is fantastic by the way - 1 serving of veggies and 1 of fruit in each serving). I got Trey into his carseat then let him drink the juice. It was purple so I was hovering to make sure he didn’t spill it. He said “go away and drive, Mommy. I’ll be ok.”
Baby Jonah arrived on July 10th. Please excuse the lack of postings while I get to know my new son.
Trey has been asking me to sing the penguin song, and I have no idea what he is talking about. It is probably something he learned at school and I keep forgetting to ask the teachers. When I ask him to teach me the words, all he says is “Penguin. STOP!” If anyone knows what song this could be, please let me know.
In my search for this song, I went on youtube to find it. I couldn’t find it, but somehow we stumbled on a random song (search for Kids Penguin Song on youtube.com) and he asks for it about 3 times a day. And it makes him giggle for some reason.
It is normal to have cravings this late in pregnancy? Or maybe I just LOVE these bran muffins. They aren’t typical - they are really light and fluffy. So light, in fact, that I had 7 the other day in a span of 2 hours (with no ill side effects if you know what I mean).
In the words of Yo Gabba Gabba - “Try it! You’ll Like it!”
4 c. flour (I use whole wheat - makes them a bit heavier but not enough to really notice)
2 c. wheat bran
1 1/3 c. sugar (you can use Splenda too)
4 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. salt
4 c. buttermilk (1 quart)
4 eggs
1 c. canola oil
Mix these ingredients together. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and cook for 18-20 min.
This makes a lot of batter, but it is good for 3 weeks in the fridge so you cook just what you need. Of course, you can always halve the recipe as well.
Note: You can add anything to this batter like millet just for a little crunch, fresh fruit, nuts, or anything that suits your fancy.
I’ve never once been called for jury duty in my life, and today received a summons to serve in June. I am moving to Colorado in 9 days! It would be really funny, except that now I need to add 1 more thing to my very very long to-do list to get out of it.
