The Sun Came Out...

For one day, the sun came out. More rain and cold weather (40s) forecast for the rest of the week so we took advantage of that one day and headed to a favorite creek to just run and play and let the kids throw rocks to their little hearts' content.

Then we came home and Mommy did another load of laundry :)

Happy Birthday

Just wanted to wish my dearest husband a very Happy Birthday today and do what I can to send my love across all those miles. I love you forever Davey.

Skate Park Fun

These are older pictures, from before the weather got all icky on us. There is a great big park a little way from our house, we don't go there all the time because it is one of the furthest away. As I mentioned before I've been making time to workout and since I have my kids 24/7 (other than Cali's part time preschool) I have to get creative. This park happens to have a track around it plus it is fenced in with a gate that closes.

I knew I could get in a jog if I took them to this park and made sure they were occupied. Since it was early in the day I was worried there wouldn't be any other kids and didn't want my kids to complain of being "bored" so I said they could bring toys along. Cali chose Baby Zoey and a dump truck! D brought a carrying case of Hot Wheels and a bigger monster truck. They played happily while I ran circles around the playground half of the track.

Afterward, the empty skate park at the other half of the track caught their interest and I thought we'd all have fun playing with the car/trucks over there. They had so much fun and wore themselves out completely running up and down all the ramps.

Rainy Days

Cloudy, rainy, windy, wet and cold... not the weather we're used to in TX but that's how its been all week. We've been home and inside a lot more than usual pulling out everything from puzzles, to play-doh, to paint. All the things that we don't do as often when its nice and sunny out.

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Just a regular busy day... Took Cali to school, went to Vanessa's to run on her treadmill while the boys played together, got Cali from school then went to lunch at Chic-fil-a since its been raining for days and they really needed to go play somewhere.

...The Darnedest Things

I'm making lunch, Cali asks from the other room "How do they make noodles?" This is their new thing. Well the last couple months anyway, they both like to spring these "How do they make...?" questions on me. I tell her I'm trying to finish lunch and will tell her all about it when I sit down... She says "That's OK Mommy. We can just ask Daddy. Daddy's know a lot of things. Mommy's only know a little bit."

Seafood & Corn Chowder

I can hardly wait until dinnertime to try this, and its going to be so easy to make. I enjoy fish, but never ever like leftover fish. This is going to be perfect to use up my halibut from last week.


Seafood & Corn Chowder

The original is from Robin Miller's Quick Fix Meals and she calls for her leftover Herbed Fish Cakes but also says you can use leftover halibut or flounder and I'm going to throw in some tiny shrimp too.

2 tsp olive oil
2 leeks (white part only) rinsed well and chopped (my store had no leeks so I'm using shallots instead which is totally different but should be good)
3 leftover Herbed Fish Cakes, crumbled (or your own fishy substitutes)
2 cups frozen corn kernels
1 - 14oz can creamed corn
2 bay leaves
3 cups reduced sodium chicken or vegetable broth
1 1/2 cups low fat milk
salt and pepper to taste

Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the leeks and cook, stirring, until softened about 3 minutes. Add fish cakes, corn and bay leaves. Pour broth over fish mixture and bring to a simmer for 5 minutes. Stir in milk and simmer until hot, about 5 minutes. Remove bay leaves, season to taste with salt and pepper.