The True Story of What Was

2/26/12

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Jenn

Done with coming up with blog titles. I’ll use the date if I can’t think of anything else. Sorry about the unoriginality.

Baked something from Whole Food Kitchen this weekend – Banana Coconut Oat Cookies with Sunflower Seeds. Yum, but the whole wheat flour takes some getting used to.

My dad’s visiting this week, and he’s brought along a 3-ring binder filled with old letters he sent home from Ethiopia when he was in the Peace Corps. I had some fun thumbing through them, and he plans to get them typed up and on his blog eventually. So glad he’s documenting all this great stuff.

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Maple and Tamari Roasted Rainbow Veggies

Posted on February 25, 2012 by Jenn

Fell off the wagon for a week while I was sick (still recovering from that), but I finally tried another new delicious recipe from Whole Food Kitchen. This time it was Maple and Tamari Roasted Rainbow Veggies. While I am not sharing the recipes here because it’s a paid workshop and the recipes are copyrighted, this one isn’t too hard to figure out from the name. I used brussel sprouts, butternut squash, mushrooms, orange pepper and zucchini. All I know is, this recipe resulted in my buying a huge jug of maple syrup and only using a small amount, so I see some homemade pancakes in our near future!

R is back Sunday night. We’re looking forward to all going to pick him up. I think it would be fun for his kids to meet M. They were asking if his family would be going on the trip to Italy too. Oh to be a 16 year old and think it’s not a big deal to take a one and half year old overseas on a high school field trip. I said that if I didn’t have M, I’d pay the chaperone price and head to Italy too, but truth be told I’m kind of glad to not be able to go. I can hardly handle being responsible for one kid, let alone a bunch of them that don’t even belong to me!

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Snow!

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Jenn

We had a big snow storm in late October, but since then we haven’t had much at all. It was a nice surprise to wake up to an inch or two of snow this morning, especially since we have a Floridian visiting us!

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Chaos, Wonder and the Spiritual Adventures of Parenting

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Jenn

While I wasn’t raised with religion as a weekly part of my life, I am grateful for the values that my parents brought me up with and I’m glad that I consider spirituality and connection to the earth and those around me as part of my life. Now, my own little family sometimes attends services at a Unitarian Universalist meetinghouse near our home. I jumped at the idea of an online book discussion of Chaos, Wonder and the Spiritual Adventures of Parenting advertised in their weekly email. I’m looking forward to digging in.

It’s just so fun watching M and my dad together. They are both doing such a great job! We’re still working on getting her to say Grandpa.

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Remember What’s Important

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Jenn

It amazes me how much I can get myself worked up about things so unimportant in life. Then there are moments like this (and I run and grab my camera) that help me remember what’s most important to me.

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Slippers

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Jenn

Saturday morning found me sick and anxious about teaching that afternoon. But seeing my daughter walking around in my slippers made everything better.

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Thank Goodness for Grandpa!

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Jenn

What a crazy past couple of days! Thursday was our wedding anniversary (4 years) and I started to feel a bad cold coming on and my voice fading fast, Friday my dad arrived and my yoga weekend began, Saturday morning R left for Italy for over a week, Saturday I taught my first yoga class, and Sunday I had yoga training all day. Thank goodness for Grandpa Ron. He did a great job taking care of and keeping M entertained all weekend! I think he changed his first diapers in almost 32 years! He snapped this cute photo and sent it to me on Sunday. Notice how she has her hands in her “pockets” again.

Teaching my first yoga class was really interesting. I didn’t prepare as much as I had hoped to. I planned to cram right at the end, and then I got sick and lost my voice! I think being sick really gave me an excuse to stink, if I did, I could blame the sickness. Also, I told myself, I don’t really plan on teaching, so it doesn’t matter if I am any good this weekend. I think both those stories I told myself really kept me from being overly nervous or anxious. But as that room started to fill up (35 people I think!) I got more and more nervous. As my fellow teachers began our practice, my stomach turned more and more. And then it was my turn. I just got up there, and I just did it. I was comfortable, I was calm, and I really enjoyed it! I can’t wait to do it again.

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Elmos

Posted on February 18, 2012 by Jenn

It’s a wonder we make it anywhere on time when we have to gather up all of our friends before we get in the car. It’s hard to buckle her in with all these guys sitting in her lap. Elmo is probably her favorite and most said word. Better than “no” I guess. Other favorites are “hush” to Izzie (so glad it’s not “shutup” – score one for this mama) and “ouch” (so that she can get a kiss). My pride and joy.

Izzie usually gets a dog treat before we leave for school and work in the morning. Can you tell?

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Such a Good Dog

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Jenn

Miss M is really starting to play with Izzie. And she’s finally saying Izzie again. It was her first word, but then she stopped saying it after a few weeks. Now she talks to Izzie all the time. She tells her to hush. She calls her to come eat her food. She rolls around on the floor with her. She throws her the dog toys. They fight over the dog toys. Miss M tells her she’s “Not Nice.” It’s a regular sibling rivalry and oh so fun to observe.

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Happy Belated Valentine’s Day

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Jenn

Valentine’s Day Fail: M came home with Valentines from most of the other kids, and we sent none. I figured she was too young and upon asking the daycare it sounds like most of the kids who do the Valentines have older siblings, so I’m not a complete failure. I thought I wouldn’t care about that kind of stuff (I was even saying I didn’t care about 10 minutes before I picked her up), but it was super cute looking through all the little Valentine’s from her friends. My heart hurt a little, anticipating the day she’ll come home and say she didn’t get one from “so and so.” But I can’t be worrying about that kind of stuff already.
Here she is looking through her Valentines.

For dinner, R made us a heart shaped pizza :)

I’m a lucky girl!

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