Dreams

I love seeing the peaceful look on my baby gets when she is sleeping. 

Sometimes she smiles, or coo and even seems to be sucking away at some imaginary meal all while she is fast asleep. 

I wonder what she dreams of.  Does she dream of her time before her birth? Dream of her next meal? Or are her dreams abstract and just full of wonderful feelings and images?

I wish she could tell me about her dreams and wishes at this young age. 

Pumpkin Apple Struesel Muffins

I think I was channeling my late Grandma Rose again this morning. 

We woke up to rain this morning, which has now turned to slushy snow.  So I thought I would make some pumpkin bread to help warm the house.  I went to search for recipes that included Libby's can pumpkin so I could use up the last can I had left over from baking pies for Christmas.

I came across this recipe for Pumpkin Apple Struesel Muffins at VeryBestBaking.com. 

It was a big hit with the family.  They tasted way better that I expected.

I made mini muffins and standard size muffins. My 5 year old said because he was 5 years old that he had to eat five muffins.  He did eat five muffins, four mini and one standard. I think he has a hollow leg.

If you make this reply to this post and let me know how it turned out.

FYI: The batter is very thick and I used a cookie dough scoop to fill the muffin tin.  The picture is from the website but my muffins looked the same.

See the link below for the recipe and instructions.

http://www.verybestbaking.com/recipes/32233/Pumpkin-Apple-Streusel-Muffins/detail.aspx

How to tie a small bow

This is from one of my favorite craft sites Love 2 Create! I am shocked at how simple this technique is for creating small bows.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

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Time passes too quickly

Yesterday my baby boy turned 5 years old.  Where did the time go?  I look back on his pictures and wonder where that toothless baby smiling went to.  He is now in Pre-K, reading books at a first grade level and learning to write. My little Monkey loves watching Star Wars with Daddy, playing hide and seek with Grandma, joining his brother online playing Roblox, and sitting next to Mommy as I feed his sister hugging and kissing on both of us.
We had a classroom party (something I never got having a Summer birthday) bringing Star Wars cupcakes to share and everyone got a new Darth Vader pencil and sharpener.  After school he opened his presents and I made his favorite dinner of tacos.  He had such and exciting day that this morning he didn't get up until about 10 AM, (usually he is up the moment the sun is shining in his room).
Yesterday my baby girl turned 8 weeks old.  It seems like only last week we brought her home.  We guess she is about 12 pounds now after taking her on the scale with my husband then he weighed himself without her.  She no longer fits into most of her 0-3 month clothes. 
I wish I could slow time just a bit to enjoy this time a little bit longer.
Monday I go back to work after 9 weeks of not working.  I do not want to, but finances deem it necessary, plus it is nice having health insurance.  I worry about the baby since I will not be here to nurse her and will have to pump my milk at work.  As I understand it I will be the only one in the whole building of several hundred pumping milk at work.  It saddens me.

Good Day Sunday

So far today has been nice. 
This morning we started a weekly responsibilty chart for the boys to earn computer time.
5 minutes for every task checked off, giving them a possible 60 minutes a day to play online.
They completed most of the tasks quickly and without major fuss.  So far so good.

Mini Christmas Stockings

I am going to give this tutorial a try. I am aiming for a Homemade Christmas here at the homestead!
Will let you know if I am successful.
Mini Christmas Stockings