Over the Top

One of the great things about me is I have great friends. They keep me in the loop of what's cool and what's not. In the eye's of one pretty happy mama, my blog is cool (or at least she let's me think it is!). If you did not guess from the picture, despite sporadic postings I was honored with the Over the Top! award on Sunday.

Happy Mama was given this award by fellow Yankee fan, The Treat Girl.

Now is the time to pay it forward.

The nut's and bolt's of this is:

1.) Thank and post URL to the blog that gave the award.

2.) Pass the award along to 6 brilliantly over the top blogs (blogs you love!) Alert them so they know to receive the award.

I'm nominating these 6 blogs:

1. Liz over at Mom-101 - she's got something and I like it!

2. Who can argue with Vodka Logic? I can't, in fact I might agree with Vodka Logic, or is it vodka logic?

3. There is a new mommy of a little girl - you should really stop to read the discussions she has with her husband.

4. A guilty pleasure is reading other people's secrets at Post Secret (though some make me sad I love the ones that make me smile)

5. In need of a smile, check out Kel at A Hesitant Housewife

6. Catherine at Evolving Mommy


3.) Copy and paste this quiz… Change the answers, ONE word only!!

1-Your cell phone? silent
2- Your hair? dark
3-Your mother? gone
4-Your father? gone
5-Your favorite food? Mexican
6-Your favorite drink? water
7-Your dream last night? forgotten
8-Your dream/goal? love
9-What room are you in? pool-table
10-Your hobby? exercise
11-Your fear? loss
12-Where do you want to be in 6 years? home
13-Where were you last night? couch
14-Something that you are not? irrational
15-Muffin? sure
16-Wish list item? bathroom
17-Where did you grow up? Midwest
18-Last thing you did? ran
19-What are you wearing? pj's
20-Your TV? off
21-Your pets? dog
22-Friends? Excellent
23- Your life? Awesome!
24-Your mood? joyful
25-Missing someone? sure
26-Vehicle? Audi
27-Something you are not wearing? socks
28-Your favorite store? Cosco
29-Favorite color? red
30-When was the last time you laughed? minutes
31-Last time you cried? days
32-Your best friend? fun
33-One place you go to over and over? Target
34-One person who emails you regularly? RCJ
35-Favorite place to eat? home

Did you learn anything about me?

Supervisor

Little Guy has many talents. After his painting debut, Little Guy indicated he was ready to work on a bigger project. For a few hours this weekend, Little Guy was our painting supervisor for a volunteer project.

Here is Little Guy yelling instructing us to get back to work.

Sistine Chapel Worthy

With a puppy named Jeter and a Mom and Dad who are interested in sports, I assumed Little Guy would become interested in

or

or maybe even

but after seeing Little Guy's first art project

I wonder if he is destined for

Now I Might Be Bragging

Start spreading the news,

I'm leaving today.

I want to be a part of it -

New York, New York.

These vagabond shoes

Are longing to stray

And step around the heart of it

New York, New York.

I want to wake up in a city,

That doesn't sleep,

To find I'm king of the hill- ah-

Top of the heap.

My little town blues

Are melting away

I'm gonna make a brand new start of it

In old New York.

If I can make it there,

I'd make it anywhere

It's up to you,

New York, New York.

New York, New York!

I want to wake up in a city,

That doesn't sleep,

To find I'm king of the hill,

Head of the list,

Cream of the crop

At top of the heap.

My little town blues

Are melting away

I'm gonna make a brand new start of it

In old New York.

If I can make it there,

I'd make it anywhere

Come on, come through,

New York, New York.

This was for you SoyBoy.

I'm Not Bragging, I'm Just Saying

27 is better than 26.

www.don'tlikepeas.com

As a baby gift, we received a Beaba Babycook along with a Cooking for Baby cookbook. I cannot describe how excited I was with this gift for a couple reasons. 1) It had been my idea to make Little Guy’s baby food and 2) I never knew there were actual products out there to make the mashing easier. These can easily happen without a Beaba Babycook or a baby cookbook but I like knowing there are three lovely ladies who knew me well enough to think I would be interested in making Little Guy’s baby food (I had not shared this with anyone).

Recently I was able to try out the Beaba Babycook. The amount of time, effort and money involved in making your own baby food is nothing. If you are lucky like me, someone will help you with the “start-up” costs. If you are smart like some of my friends, it will dawn on you all the tools you need are probably in your kitchen already. After a few uses, I already love my Beaba Babycook but you can get the same results with a blender or magic bullet.

I love peas. I mean I LOVE peas. I could probably eat them every day and not tire of the taste. I do not eat them every day because Big Poppy says, “I eat them.” Little Guy is going to fall into “I love peas” side of the coin if I have anything to say about it.

The debate began with Big Poppy getting Little Guy. Do you notice what the bib says?

After Little Guy's first bite it appears he is enjoying his first taste of peas.

I might even say Little Guy loves peas.

Though I will be the first to admit he is not ready to feed himself yet.

Making the pea puree was super easy.

Steam the peas to retain more nutrients. Then blend/puree with nothing or a little water or formula, depending on the consistency desired. You can freeze in an ice cube tray and then transfer to a bag for up to three months or enjoy it all now. See how easy it is.

Puppy Love: Halloween Style

There once was a little puppy, a happy little puppy he was.

I mean, he was a really, happy, smiley little puppy.

The happy little puppy was getting bigger and bigger every day. The happy little puppy wanted to crawl like the happy big puppy.

The happy big puppy told the happy little puppy he would need to eat a lot of bones to become big enough to crawl around.

The happy little puppy wished for more breadstick bones to eat and eat in hopes he would grow up strong and learn to crawl like the happy big puppy. In swooped bat girl to save the day.

Carrot fingers and putrid punch were made, along with pizza mummies and breadstick bones and hotdog zombies.

The little happy puppy ate his breadstick bones and tried to crawl but it did not happen tonight. By the end of the evening the little happy puppy was dog tired.

Little Guy is not eating breadstick bones or drinking putrid punch yet. If you would like to give this a try check out Family Fun. Here a couple quick recipes in case you have difficulty finding the recipes.

Putrid Punch

1 13-oz. package lemon-lime Kool-Aid

1 cup sugar
8 cups water
1 can frozen orange juice concentrate
4 cups ginger ale
Worm cubes (ice cubes with gummy worms frozen inside)
3 scoops orange sherbert

Empty the Kool-Aid package into a punch bowl. Add the sugar, then the water and stir until dissolved. Stir in the orange juice. Just before serving, add the ginger ale and worm cubes and float the scoops of sherbert on top. Before long, the punch will be green and infested with worms.

Pizza Mummies
English muffins
Pepperoni
Pizza Sauce
Sliced Black Olives
Cheese Slices

Heat the oven to 350 F. Spread pizza sauce on each English muffin half. Sprinkle with Italian seasoning, if desired. Place one or two pepperoni's on the bottom half of the English muffin. Set two sliced olives 1/3 of the way up on the English muffin (these are your eyes). Rip the cheese slices and lay the strips accross the muffing for the mummy wrappings. Bake for about 10 minutes (until the cheese melts).