Halloween 2012

Halloween 2012

Anna was busy for a couple of weeks working on Anders horse costume this year.  They made a very realistic paper mache horse head, and a pretty big body as well.  It looked great, but similar to the whale costume a few years ago, a little tricky to actually trick or treat in.  All the same, Anders was determined despite multiple malfunctions this evening and he grew accustomed to being at the end of the line of trick or treaters.  Kuba was a simple goat and he and his friend Jasper lead the pack running nearly all the while.  It was a nice night of pizza with friends and then a big pack of trick or treaters we were.   Here here to another fun Halloween!

It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown

PMS Mothering

AKA - Rotten day with Mommy.

I had the worst PMS today.   Serious sensitivity.  To noise, oh to pretty much everything aound me.
It's the worst kind of day for a mom.
I needed solitude. Time alone. A time out really.
Plus it was a day off from school for both boys due to Hurricane Sandy.  Anna worked, I was on.
This meant that by 1 pm in the afternoon I was fried.   I was trying to do too much.  The boys were playing all morning, but I was trying to clean, organize, sort through a long list of things to do, and trying to stay tuned in to them when things seemed to go awry. And today with me, that felt like every second.  Additionally,  Anna plays volleyball on Tuesday nights, so I also had bedtime duty.

I had a wicked chocolate craving as well, and I became a victim to 3 slices of a delicious brownie some secret halloween friend had dropped off.  Was she psychic or what?

I took Kuba to work with me for hours today hoping he would scoot around on his new plasma car while I did some work.  Anna took Anders to the allergy doctor.  I brought my ipad for him, I had art supplies, I had him helping me put together a display, but none of this was good enough.  He really needed devoted one on one time, and I was only half way engaged.   Not a good combo. I felt annoyed more than I felt engaged with him.  Not my ideal definition of a good day with mom.

And now, I am going to bed.   Let's hope tomorrow is better. 
And let's hope the crazy desire for sugar can be tamed in the new day. 

T R A C T O R

Grinning Orange Totems

 

searching for pumpkins    

my boys touch every one   

Hail! Jack-o-lanterns 

The Ten Poses of Kuba

We have a yoga mat in the house and Kuba found it.  It's now his yoga mat and he wanted me to take pictures of him doing yoga.  These are all invented poses but very yoga like all the same.

Perhaps we should sign him up for a kids yoga class?

Kuba's Biscuits

Call Kuba amazing. He made a batch of biscuits for dinner tonight that were super-duper delicious. An articulate boy that little guy.

Watch this cute video of Kuba baking.

1% Granola Bar

I made granola bars yesterday for the first time.
I found a recipe while I was at my sisters and it seemed simple.
I also buy a lot of granola bars for the boys lunches and I just felt like they should be easy to make and that I could save myself a lot of money.

So, I did it.  I used pecans, almonds, walnuts, pumpkin seeds and chopped them in the cuisinart...if my boys saw whole nuts they would most likely not eat them.  I added sesame seeds, 5 grain cereal and oatmeal.  I then mixed this with melted butter, honey, brown sugar, and almond extract.  (They were sweet alright)  It was simple.   They look exactly like a granola bar, except way more delicious.  They were simply divine.  We all LOVED them.

When Kuba went to bed at night he asked me:
"When I wake up after sleeping can I have one of those granola bars you made?   Can we send them all over the world and package them and call them 1% bars?"  I don't know how he came up with the name, but I know what he meant by this statement.  I think he liked them.