Are they serious!?!

PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) have sent a letter to the head guys at Ben and Jerrys icecream asking them to replace cows milk with human milk in their icecream. What? Are they serious? I can understand their concern about baby cows but common on, human milk!

http://www.peta.org/mc/NewsItem.asp?id=11993

What happened?

This morning Bailey was running around the house singing "It's autumn time, it's autumn time, the leaves are falling down......" only to be sorely disappointed to go out side and see everything some what green but mostly burnt from from a long HOT summer. And not only that but all the leaves are firmly on the trees, where they will probably be until December.

Come on now, I know we live in AZ but it is September 25th and it is 105 degrees today. What is that all about? Bailey and I decided we were tired of the summer and we were going to pretend that it is fall this morning. So we turned the AC way down, got in our winter jammies, made apple muffins and ate freshly bottled peaches, all things that we like to do around here in the "autumn time." What are some of your favorite thing to do or recipes that you like to make in the autumn time?

Claire likes cereal!

Claire likes cereal.

Claire likes cereal so much, she usually asks for it within the first minute of waking up. She calls from her crib "DADDY! DADDY! CEREO!!!! CEREO!!!! DAAAAAADY! CEREO!!!!!"

Claire likes cereal so much, she knows how to say all the essential elements of making a bowl of cereal. "CEREO," "BOW," "MELK," "SPOO."

Claire likes cereal so much, she wants it every meal of the day.

Claire likes cereal so much, she chooses to adorn herself with it.

Claire likes cereal!

My thoughts exactly

Here is a link to an article about Sarah Palin. Now I don't think Sarah Palin is the perfect woman and with all politics put aside, I do think she is a woman who represents some of the good things that woman can do.
As my mom wrote in an email to me, "This article encapsulates what I've been trying to say about Sarah Palin and why she matters so much. Win the election or lose, Sarah Palin shows that true women can and do still exist--not the caricature of women that feminists have tried to create."

http://www.pop.org/main.cfm?id=203&r1=2.00&r2=1.00&r3=0&r4=0&level=2&eid=1176

Lovely

I hope you have something this lovely at your house too!

Bailey was right.....

we are having ANOTHER GIRL!!!!!

Spinach salad

So I have decided that the companies that make prenatal vitamins are out to get pregnant women. They think "hey they are already miserable, we don't need to put forth energy to make sure these vitamins, they are forced to take, don't add to the misery." It is with this thought in mind, I have taken it upon myself to find foods high in folic acid and all the good stuff so I don't have to take my vitamins as often, because they make me dreadfully sick. (Don't worry, I still take them most days because the dr., who I am sure is being paid off by the pharmaceutical companies, tells me my baby has to have these chemical filled vitamins in order to be healthy and I have to admit the dr. scares me.)

In my search for folic aacid foods I have learned that spinach is pretty much the healthiest thing for you to eat. So the other day I pulled out a recipe for spinach salad that I haven't had in years and I can't get enough of now that I made it again. So for all those pregnant women out there, which there seems to be a million, and all those who have taste buds, here is a fabulous spinach salad recipe. It is high in folic acid and other good stuff that may not be so good for you but taste really yummy.

1 big bag of spinach
1 small purple onion, sliced thinly
1/2 lb. bacon, fried and crumbled
8 oz. mushrooms washed and sliced
1 cup mozzarella cheese grated
1c. dry or drained cottage cheese
DRESSING:
3/4 c. oil
1/3 c. white vinegar
1/2 c. sugar
3/4 tsp. salt
1/3 tsp. mustard
Combine salad ingredients. Combine dressing ingredients and add to salad just before serving. Dressing will keep separately if refrigerated.

ENJOY!!!!

For your viewing pleasure

What a proud moment!

Yup it is five o'clock pm and my ladies are still in their jammies and same hairdos from yesterday! I wish everyone could spend the day in their jammies!

I can't wait to meet you!

(picture taken from Baileys portfolio)
Little one, I can't wait to meet you. Today I felt you move for the first time. I was laying on big sisters bed reading her a story and you moved everytime I rested my arms on my growing belly. Your movements felt like butterlies and I LOVED it!

I know I won't be able to meet you for a while but I can't wait much longer, I am too excited! See you in February.

First Day of Preschool!

Yesterday was Bailey first day of preschool. It was an amazing, funfilled day for her but a someone sobering day for me. I can't believe my little one is old enough to go to school and leave me even if it is only for 2:30 hours three days a week.
I have been talking up preschool for the last few days to get her ready for it but when we pulled up to the little yellow house the tears started. I unbuckled her for her seat and she collapsed into a pile on the car floor crying. I picked her up and carried her to the front door. When Ms. Ranelle her teacher opened the door and said "Hi Bailey!" the tears stoped, she marched in the house and never looked back. I even followed her in to say goodbye and she wouldn't even acknowledge me.
Such is the life of a mother. You spend so much time preparing them for something so that they will be ok and when they are ok you are sad that they don't need you. Oh well!
But just in case you were wondering "preschool is the best place in the world" because there are "Bailey sized tables and chairs," fishie crackers for snacks, a dinosaur puzzle and a teacher with sparkly eyeshadow that is so beautiful!
(I will post some pictures soon!)