Month: April 2013

Baby Goop Cheers!

So with “twins” and especially “twins who eat” we could easily be drowning in a baby food bill. So instead of starving our children 😉 I decided to be a bit financially savvy and make a boatload of baby food. I could have been more financially savvy by actually buying stuff on sale or better yet… having children who will reach baby food eating age when fruit is in season. But since I’m not that good (or whatever). I spend $35 on fresh fruit/veggies and cooked/pureed those boogers. We’ve been eating baby food for weeks (well, the babes, not me) and I don’t even think we’ve made a dent into the overloaded basket of food in the freezer. I don’t think I’ll need to make any more baby food until they hit “table scraps” age.

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Various apple kinds

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Thanks again Mommy for the awesome handmixer thingy!

(Yay for awesome Christmas presents!!!)

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A “family size” jar.

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Sweet taters!

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Babyfied! (Hannah’s favorite)

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Mmm, pea glop!

I also made carrots, bought and fed Hannah avocados (fork squished), some green beans (ran out of freezer space to do them all) and accidentally forgot about a bag of pears in the bottom of the fridge that’s now living in Mr. Trashcan (can’t expect perfection here people. HA!).

I froze them in breastmilk storage bags by type so I knew how many ounces were in each bag (4 oz and 6 oz quantities). I just grab a baggie out and serve it straight or mix it with other stuff for variety.

The twins? Oh they give it two “helping, I promise” spoon-grabbing thumbs up! =D

– Baby goop cheers!

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The Great Catch

There are all kinds of ways to learn and still have fun.

We delight in magnets over here. And we’ve been using magnets to fish for letters.

We fished for our names, the alphabet, and “sharks”.

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Amazing what a simple magnet tied to a pole can do to a child’s excitement level. =)

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– Adore them.

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Homeschooling

I’m super due for a homeschooling post. We’ve been doing some fun things, but I’ve got to be honest, with the “twins” to balance amongst homeschooling instruction and catering to my two year old, I don’t always have time or hands to take pictures.

So soak in the rarity of these moments. 😉

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Learning about gems.

A fun science experiment about filtering water through “things God made”:

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Shake up the nasty dirty water.

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Shove cotton balls in our pop-bottle filter.

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Time to add the sand on top of the paper towel and cotton ball layers.

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And yes it can get a little messy, but we love it when she helps. =)

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Now for the dirty water…

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Try not to look so excited about watching it filter through…

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Whatcha think? Drinkably clear?

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Pretty clear, but certainly not drinking it. Hehe.

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Rock exploration/comparison

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Free drawing with Mommy’s teacher board.

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And a lovely manger scene. =)

Well that’s all our homeschooling adventures for now… you know, cause worksheet pictures are less entertaining. 😉

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Music Monday: From Exasperated Lips

Running is a very spiritual thing for me. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to tell by my overly-labored breathing and red face that running comes in no way naturally to me. It is a fight. A battle between flesh and spirit.

Sometimes the flesh wins and I cut the run short, giving up on finding a rhythm or pace in which to endure.

But the majority of the time the spirit wins… overcoming the frustrated and throbbing flesh.

I have gotten the opportunity to begin running again. The weather’s turned just warm enough to not completely burn my throat. The world is a little less hectic. And it just feels like time. In so many ways. It’s just time.

I picked up the old mp3 player . (Yes, I’m still living in the world of record players. 😉 No I don’t have an iPod).

With a new battery, underarmor, and a selected route I hit the great outdoors.

The first mile was the usual “dragging from the tailgate of a car over shards of glass” and then the breathing and rhythm regulated. The body hit the groove. And the slower songs on the mp3 player weren’t as bothersome. I was in the groove. I no longer relied on the bass drum to keep pace.

I skipped a selection here or there when I hit a funk, fell a little off balance and needed the “keep up with me” pace.

My usual mix is a bunch of worship songs from various places and stages in my life. There’s the classic Apex worship. And the deep Job-like raw songs.

But somewhere near the end of my route this one came up. It’s an automatic “crank up the volume and be ready to hit repeat” one. There’s something about it. Those words. That all-out truth. A lifesong.

An absolute lifesong.

I tripped and fell on the median grass while closing my eyes. I couldn’t have cared how stupid I looked. My only audience was smiling. And I was pouring it all out for Him. He’s the reason I run. He’s the reason I want to whip this body into shape. I want to be used. Because He’s everything. And I’ll never be the same.

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So if you see me running through the neighborhood, with my beat red face, arms raised and a mud stain on my right pantleg, you’ll know I’ve been listening to it again. Come and join me in singing along… from exasperated lips.

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