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M&M+2: April 2011
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Friday, April 15, 2011. Play with cars, trucks, fire trucks, tractors, trains, airplanes, race cars and monster trucks. Play with his trains and track. Color in his Mickey Mouse, Thomas and Friends and Diego coloring books. Read books (his current faves are several stories in a 5-in-1 Book of Berenstein Bears). Count to 15 (his favorite numbers are 14 and 5). Sing the "ABC's", "Twinkle, Twinkle" and "Row, Row, Row Your Boat". Go to Church and see his friends. Talk to people when we're at the store. Watch...
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M&M+2: November 2011
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Friday, November 4, 2011. Pumpkins, Trips, Costumes . We've been busy since our last post and this is what we've been up to. After Labor Day I went back to work part-time, 3 days a week. Grandma (Michael's Mom) is watching the kids on the days I'm at work. She watches them at our house, which is such a huge help! Our friend Carolyn visited from Texas for a few days, while she was here we went to the Pumpkin Patch and it was such a perfect day! Le Andrew in LaPine.and we made a trip out to Christmas V...
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M&M+2: February 2013
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Thursday, February 28, 2013. Granola is good. Its good by itself. Its good in a bowl with milk. Its good mixed with yogurt and fruit. . Its so versatile and I love making it at home because you know whats in it and you can make it however you like. Ive bought it at the store before but its just not as good as homemade and it has an old or stale taste to it. Blech! So, without further adieu heres the recipe I use, which has been adapted from Alton Browns recipe. . 3 C rolled oats. 1/4 C coconut oil, melted.
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M&M+2: Homemade Donuts
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Thursday, February 28, 2013. I love donuts BUT I don't love all the sugar and flour that goes into them so I have been trying to find paleo versions that are just as yummy. I've used 2 different recipes and have been happy with both. They are below, with my adaptations. The recipes are VERY different from each other but both turned out really good. Chocolate dipped donuts w/ coconut or icing drizzle. Cinnamon-sugar vanilla donuts w/ chocolate glaze or icing drizzle. Chocolate (or Vanilla) Donuts. 3 Pour ...
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Keeping Isaac Well: March 2012
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And we're half way there). What a privilege to see the baby that's inside me - thanks to an ultrasound machine. She's squirmy and uncooperative - just like me! Her dad and I got to peek at her little life, however black and white it was. It was exciting and shocking and overwhelming and relieving. It is times like this when I'm especially thankful for technology. More than that though, I'm thankful for my heavenly father who plans everything just so. Nothing surprises Him. Labels: 20 weeks pregnant.
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Keeping Isaac Well: August 2011
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These days, I see a lot of Isaac's backside. And, I don't mean his butt. I mean his back. The back of him. Meaning, he's going away from me. Sometimes RUNNING away from me. I say his name, he gets up and goes the other way. Where to? Anywhere I am not. Towards what? Anything that doesn't involve me. I'm not hurt. I know this is normal. He's growing, changing, learning, exploring, testing. I didn't chase him or cajole. He came to me because he wanted to. What a picture of how I am with Jesus! Labels: God ...
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Keeping Isaac Well: November 2011
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Mr Handsome and His Emergency Adventure. I had written for about 25 minutes when my post was accidentally deleted. So many details down the drain. It took me 2 days to come back to this and start again . Isaac at home, before the hospital. Lack of oxygen exhausted him. This time I'm going to spare you the dramatic imagery, the long words, and the sentiment. Mostly. This brought Isaac's blood oxygen level up to 92% (it was originally at 88%, which is very low. He is well now. Home w/ his hospital teddy.
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Keeping Isaac Well: July 2013
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Right now I feel content. It's not something I feel often, so I'm just going to enjoy. Gross Garden, Big Boy Bed, and Standing Unsupported. Slugs to a garden equal death. Slime every where. Zucchinis that grew only a few inches long before being eaten but slugs. Slugs ON the good zucchinis. Slugs inside the zucchini flowers. SLLLLUUUUUGGGGS. To which I replied, "we have been! There's just so much! Our first ripe tomato. But the slugs. Oh the slugs. And the dying zucchini. I'm not really sure ...In other ...
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Keeping Isaac Well: June 2013
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Just as he is. Isaac has been eating some gluten. Mostly because I've been lazy, and weak. I give in. Packaged things are so easy - and he eats them! BUT, I also introduced it again on purpose.to see how it would go. It has been a few weeks and things were going ok. I lie to myself and say that gluten doesn't change him. It doesn't change Isaac's behavior, sleeping, mood, asthma, anything. He's fine, right? My gut is telling me another story, "it's not good for him.". Gluten and sugar are not good for him.
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Keeping Isaac Well: September 2012
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What it Feels Like. It feels like being a kid again. Like I'm 10 and she's 16 and we just get to laugh, sing, dance. At church it felt like a warmth bubbling in my heart when I heard them singing "Old Rugged Cross" beside me. Looking over and seeing my sister hold my daughter while standing next to my mom - it felt perfect. My mom, Paige, Isaac, and I went to The Pumpkin Patch when it was just her here (she flew in first and the others followed a few days later.). Wednesday we just chilled at home. W...
