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You said to buy Fruit!

June 8th, 2009 · No Comments

Last Thursday, I went to Sam’s Club and the store, to get some stuff. Kidlet #1 asked me to get apples, bananas & pears. I said OK. Kidlet #3 and I have been eating grapes and cherries for the past two weeks.
I pick up a bag of apples and container of Grapes & cherries at [...]

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Tags: Kidlet #1 · Kidlet #2 · Kidlet #3 · dinner · lunch

Who knew dinner could be so much fun!

April 30th, 2009 · No Comments

Today Kidlet #3 said he was going to start dinner. Fine. He started boiling the water and put the spaghetti noodles in. He opened the meatballs up and put the sauce in the pot to warm the sauce up etc.  I came in to cut up the strawberries.
We all sit down to dinner.  Kidlet #3 [...]

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Tags: Kidlet #1 · Kidlet #3 · dinner

Soup..You want soup?

February 24th, 2009 · No Comments

I just came across a posting at the  Jerseybites blog that has several fun looking soup receipes on it.   I really want to make the Egg Drop Soup, it looks so yummy.
Go try some of the soups and let me know which is your favorite one!  It certainly is soup weather still here on the East [...]

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Bonding like old times…and some politics

August 25th, 2008 · No Comments

So Kidlet # 2 and #3 are away with Mom till Tuesday night.   I didn’t really have to work today untill 5:15pm when Kidlet #1 called me to pick him up from the metro.  I pick him up and he is all smiles.  I know that he is getting ready to hit me up for [...]

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Tags: Kidlet #1 · dinner · eating out

Back to work after 5 days off!

May 28th, 2008 · No Comments

I have been off work since Thursday evening.  It has been great, exhausting, profitable and exhausting!   I loaded my car up twice with items for my yard sale that I was having at my friend’s house in Pennsylvania.  
But more on that later, today my oldest, Kidlet #1 is home because school is out.  He came [...]

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Tags: Kidlet #1 · attitudes · credit cards · dinner · eating out

Spaghetti & Meatballs and the healthy pasta!

May 13th, 2008 · No Comments

A few weeks ago, my nanny group had a lady come talk to us about nutrition for ourselves and our charges. One of things she suggested was using Barilla’s Plus Pasta . I had bought a box of the thin spaghetti with some regular thin spaghetti.  I had some of the Barilla Plus pasta when I [...]

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Tags: Health & Fitness · Kidlet #1 · Kidlet #3 · dinner

Thank you so much Trader Joe’s!

April 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Yesterday Kidlet #3 didn’t have school.  We went to Trader Joe’s  to pick out some foods to try.  His grandma told us about how she goes there for dinner for her and grandpa.  Before we left Mom asked us to get some chocolate cat cookies. 
The weather was beyond horrific.  It was raining buckets straight down.  [...]

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Tags: Kidlet #1 · Kidlet #3 · attitudes · dinner