snow walk

Riana and I walking in the snow!

Brownies

I finally made the new Brownie recipe.
No one knew there was anything different.
Everytime anti-veggie Riana asked for another I just smiled and gave her one.
It was an awesome feeling!! I knew what was in there and still couldn't taste it!
I am sending them in with Shayla for her Valentine's Day party on Friday. Since the school is no junk food and no peanuts and no candy and no blahblahblah. Healthy Brownies were okay.
Here is the secret:

1 box of brownie mix
1/2 cup spinach puree
1/2 cup carrot puree

Follow box directions and add purees into mix. Bake as directed.
LET COMPLETELY COOL! if they are warm the spinach taste will still be there.

*to make puree, just get a can of the veggie, drain, puree in blender.

Enjoy and don't smile too hard!

New Years Resolution

My New Years Resolution is to cook healthier food for my family. Sounds easy. But with 5 people all liking different things it can be sooo much harder. Enter my new best friend...Deceptively Delicious. Food made with veggie and fruit purees! That's right, no one will know. I will try no to smile too much at dinner to give away my secret. Riana has thought that the egg puffs were ok. She didn't know there was butternut squash inside! Score 1 for me!!!! She is the worst eater of my bunch. The kids liked the fruit and yogurt pops I made. But I found if you use a mixed berry they come out very seedy. So instead I now use blueberry/strawberry mix. My mom used tomake us pudding popsicles when we were young and now I can do the same. (She sent me some molds)
I have also made Aloha Chicken kabobs (w/pineapple and sweet potato) and Meatball soup (w/ carrot and sweet potato). One morning I took blueberry pancake mix and in the blender put in fresh strawberries. They came out a pink/purple color which the kids thought were cool. Even Riana ate them. So I will let you in on the brownies after I make them and the guinee pigs, I mean Kids, have tried them. Stay tuned.
Here is the recipe for the Yogurt pops.

Frozen Yogurt Pops

2 cups Plain lowfat yogurt (or Strawberry)
2 cups frozen berries thawed in micro for 1 min
(can use strawberry, blueberry, cherries, raspberry)
1/2 - 3/4 cup confectioner's sugar

Combine all in a blender or food processor until smooth. Pout into popsicle molds and freeze.


That's it! You can also use dixie cups with popsicle sticks. Let me know if anyone tries it.

Tag, I'm it

I was tagged by Trisha's blog to post the 4th picture in the 4th album on my computer and write about it. Let's see what I have:
Since I put my albums by date in alpha order I got April 2007. This is the Derby Cultural Commission Easter Event. I am part of the DCC. These were our 2 bunnies that we had to entertain the kids and parents. Trinity loved one of them, don't really remember which one. Maybe the next time we do this I will have a better pic.
I am supposed to tag 4 people to do the same. I don't know that many people with blogs so if you read this then I pick you and you are it!

Funny story

I had went to run a few errands. I went to the gas station and pumped my gas. Then to the Video game store. I stopped at good will to drop of a bag of clothes. Then I stopped for cigarettes. All my things were done and I went home. I started to wash the dishes when Shayla said she could see my underwear and I had a hole in my pants. I was very surprised so I went to look in the mirror. Now I was really surprised! The hole was about 3 inches big. Now the questions start: When did this happen? How many people saw my underwear? Thank goodness I wasn't wearing a thong or going comando! The people at goodwill must have thought I should look in the pant dept. Then I put my jacket on, thank goodness, it covered it! Now I am sad because these were my FAVORITE pair. I included a picture for your laughs!

Riana's new bed

I had taken off the front rail of Riana's bed, months ago. She was climbing out so it was no longer safe. My friend called me and asked if I wanted her daughter's toddler bed because her daughter didn't want to sleep in it anymore. I jumped at the chance. The next day I went to pick it up and I brought it up stairs. I took the mattress from the crib and but it in the bed. Riana jumped right in. I felt after her nap it was safe to take down the crib. She loves her "big girl" bed and has had no problems adjusting.
It has worked out just fine. She looks so small sleeping in it. It is just her size, like the little toliets at Trin's preschool. As soon as I find a place for all the toys and stuff on the changing table I will take that down too and they can start to have a big girl room instead of a nursery.

Andy's Bounce Barn

We all had a Bouncing Good Time at this new place. It has all inflatable bounce things in doors. This is Little Riana climbing up the big steps to go down the slide by herself. I did have to go with her the first 5 times. But then she got brave and did it herself.


It took alot of energy to get up all of the steps. My feet hurt from the small step things. Once going down I had 5 kids with me to all go down together. I guess we have a place where the grown ups can have fun too. I was tired.
Shayla coming out of the long caterpillar. I had to go in twice with Riana. At the end you squeeze out of the opening and you get a feeling of being reborn!Trinity playing on the large twister. This is where I came to sit and have a break. Riana would only go on it with me.
Here is Riana. She later found the Twister spinner and liked to play with that.

Shayla must have learned how to do this flip on Toby and Cassidy's trampoline.