tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38518358389426509022024-02-06T21:32:16.421-06:00Apron AdventuresLindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02250761300423570182noreply@blogger.comBlogger315125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851835838942650902.post-29318334543605441582019-06-15T15:25:00.002-05:002019-06-15T15:25:46.621-05:00Day in the Life with a 4.5 Year Old and 13 Month OldSummer is here, and we are busy! We had a nice groove during the spring with Emmett in school and Adelaide napping while he was there, so we've adjusted again now that he's home. We joined the YMCA and I've been having fun trying new classes, the kids are tolerating the child watch, and we all love the cool pool! Luckily Adelaide has taken to transferring well from the car to her crib for naps (for the most part), so we are able to get out in the mornings without stressing about getting home before she falls asleep.<br />
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He continues to be an awesome big brother and a lot of fun to hang out with, though we also deal with some typical 4-year-old emotion swings and power struggles. Adelaide is still a peach, but she's getting BUSY and is THIS close to walking. She likes to climb EVERYTHING right now, which can be a bit stressful at times.<br />
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I was hoping to catalog a "normal" day for us, but of course Adelaide had other plans :)<br />
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6:20 a.m. We've been starting our days earlier than usual this week. Emmett came tiptoeing in whisper to Luke at 6:20 and I woke up and quickly realize there was no falling back asleep. After lounging for a few minutes downstairs to see what the guys are up to. they are watching a random TV show, and I encourage them to go for a bike ride since and Emmett always wanted to go in them and sometimes it's hard to find time to go! In his excitement, he cheers a little too loudly and we hear Adelaide wake up, sigh.<br />
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7:15 a.m. They head off to bike, and I grabbed Adelaide and nurse her. After some snuggles I get her dressed and we sit on the front porch to wait for the guys to come home while I sip some coffee it is surprisingly cool this week. We only need to wait a few minutes before they roll up excited to see us!<br />
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7:45 a.m. We all head inside well I whip up some breakfast. On the menu, smoothie bowls! I never really have gotten into having smoothies as a meal, but if you throw it in a chilled a bowl and sprinkle it with plenty of coconut flakes and a little granola, I'm game! Emmett has not one, but two egg and cheese breakfast tacos with some raspberries on the side. We give Adelaide breakfast tasting plate, but I guess she nursed too much because she hardly touches her food. The kids get down to the business of playing while Luke has upstairs to shower and I tidy up a bit and get Emmett's things ready to go.<br />
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In my smoothie:<br />
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1 pitted Medjool date<br />
1/2 cup milk<br />
1/2 frozen banana<br />
1/4 cup frozen blueberries<br />
1 cup spinach<br />
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8:30 a.m. I pile the kids up in the car, we waved goodbye to Luke and we take Emmett to his soccer camp. Unfortunately, Adelaide falls asleep right before we get there and takes it 2 minute car nap, which I feel does not bode well for the day... After dropping him off, we head home.<br />
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9:30 a.m. I throw Adelaide in the stroller and we go for a walk with my friend Karen and her sweet little baby Audrey. We cover some good ground and enjoy catching up. Luckily, Adelaide falls asleep in the stroller and takes probably a 30-minute nap. And, we spy a deer on our neighborhood greenbelt - a rare siting!<br />
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10:15 a.m. After we get home, I let her wiggle around and play for a few minutes and then let her in the car to go grocery shopping. She's in a good mood at the store, and we get everything on our list. Unfortunately I pick at the slowest line ever and I can tell we're going to rent a few minutes late. Luckily one of Emmett's besties is doing soccer camp with him, and his mom is happy to pick him up so he's not waiting for me inside. I sheepishly roll in 5 minutes late and he's excited to see me and tell me about the day.<br />
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12:15 p.m. Next up we pop over to the allergy doctor for me to get my bi-weekly shot. I brought some sandwiches and a ball, and we sit right outside the doctor's office and they're shady courtyard and eat and play and generally have lots of fun. fter waiting the requisite 30 minutes, we head home and Adelaide falls asleep in the last 2 minutes of the drive. She's been transferring really well lately, but unfortunately today is not our day and she wakes up. I attempted to nurse her down for a nap, but after a while I can tell it's not going to happen. Emmett usually gets to enjoy his TV time while I put her down for a nap and then do a future wars, so I told him he can keep watching, but if she gets anxious or fussy, we might turn it off early. I can tell she's got a poop in the works, and she happily crawls around playing in the living room so he gets to keep watching while I snarf down some lunch (quinoa, lime and cumin spiced black beans, cabbage, carrots, avocado and quinoa - topped with a fried egg!), empty the dishwasher and do some dinner prep.<br />
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3:00 p.m. After getting her cleaned up, she starts playing with the play kitchen while Emmett and I work on some Father's day cards and crafts. she starting to get pretty fussy and I know she must be exhausted. I told him it to throw in his swimsuit and we leave early for swim class. I plan to stop by the library to drop off some books that are due, and both kids pass out in the car, just as I had hoped. I drop off the books and head over to the YMCA where I mouthbreathe in the parking lot for a few minutes. Adelaide wakes up at 4:35, before Emmett if you can believe it!<br />
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4:45 p.m. Swim class time! It's always a little crazy keeping Adelaide content while also trying to watch Emmett, but I actually pull it off today and get to watch all 30 minutes without her crawling all over the pool area - woohoo!<br />
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5:30 Back at home, we play in the front yard waiting for Luke to get home. When he gets here, he and the kids head out back to fire up the grill for some steaks and zucchini while I pull out the <a href="https://www.recipetineats.com/israeli-couscous-salad/" target="_blank">Israeli couscous salad </a>I made and pop some crescent rolls in the oven for the kids.<br />
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7:10 p.m. After clean up, I head off to Body Jam. I'm wiped from the day, but I'm looking forward to sneaking away for a bit, and I love going to Kayur's class when I get the chance - he's an awesome dancer!<br />
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8:45 p.m. I get home and catch Luke and Emmett before E falls asleep. He asks me to show him some of my sweet dance moves, so I oblige haha. Gotta get him excited for a hip hop dance class he's trying the next day! Unfortunately, Adelaide is still fussing in her crib, so instead of kicking up my feet, I go nurse her for 15 minutes or so. I put her down and she's still a bit fussy, but by the time I'm done with a quick shower, she's asleep. Phew!<br />
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9:10 p.m. Luke and I meet in the kitchen and gab a bit while I munch on a few cashews and he pours a glass of wine for himself. We watch an episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine then head upstairs for bed.<br />
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10:30 p.m. Lights out!<br />
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Apron Adventureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17153953600927213220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851835838942650902.post-29523455035901828912019-01-29T15:44:00.001-06:002019-01-29T15:44:32.848-06:00Day in the Life with 4 Year Old and 9 Month OldIn the spirit of not letting another 6 months go by, here's another day in the life! Adelaide has changed a lot the last few weeks. She's comfortably going from laying down to sitting back up all on her own, she's rocking on her hands and knees and scooting backwards. She's got 5 teeth and has the most charming wave, and she loves playing with balloons (with mama's supervision). She's also really taking to solid foods. She loves feeding herself easy finger foods like peas, beans and Cheerios, and girlfriend can pound a pouch in no time!<br />
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She's also starting to cut down on nursing a bit, but her nursing and sleeping habits still vary a lot day by day. Like, some days she takes one 20-minute nap, on my lap. Like, that's it, all day. Other days, I'll get one 2 1/2 - 3 hour nap out of her. Other days, it's a couple short-ish naps. We just go with the flow, and luckily she stays happy. Her night time sleep has leveled out a bit the last couple weeks with even a few 10-12 hour nights again mixed in - woohoo!<br />
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Emmett is really into imaginative play and will tell these intricate stories or have us act out these crazy scenarios for long periods of time. He also likes to act out what he sees on his favorite TV shows. We played a weird version of shuffleboard for an hour last week with some coins on our coffee table based on something he saw on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/If-You-Give-Mouse-Cookie/dp/B016J3XU9Y" target="_blank">If You Give a Mouse a Cookie </a>- ha!<br />
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7:30 a.m. I wake up to Emmett jumping on me in bed telling me Adelaide is awake. I'm all smiles because she slept through the night! It takes me a minute to get out of bed, and I find Luke, Emmett and Adelaide all snuggling in Emmett's bed, happy as can be. I say good morning and we get the download from Emmett because they had a new babysitter last night so Luke and I could go see the <a href="http://www.txrd.com/" target="_blank">Texas Roller Derby Girls </a>for a fun, different date night. He had a blast, and so did we :) Then I grab Adelaide for a quiet nurse in her room.<br />
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8:00 a.m. Breakfast time! Luke has some<a href="https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/2868-jordan-marshs-blueberry-muffins" target="_blank"> blueberry muffins </a>I made yesterday warming in the toaster oven, so I make some scrambled eggs and grab a Sumo orange. Emmett had a little bit of cereal in a cup and a cup of milk while watching a show with Luke before I woke up, and claims he's not hungry for breakfast- ugh! not cool... He says the orange looks good though and eats half of it. Adelaide chows down on some Cheerios, ignores the eggs I give her and sucks on the orange for about 2 seconds before discarding it. Since she's just nursed, I didn't really expect her to eat a ton, so no surprises here.<br />
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8:20 a.m. Adelaide rolls around on the carpet while Emmett and I pretend to drive in a car and go to the zoo (but it was closing, too bad ha!), an ice skating rink, and a music shop. Then he and Adelaide move to the play room to horse around while Luke gets himself out the door for work and I throw some clothes on. I make Emmett's lunch for school, feeling bad I didn't go to the store so he won't have his usual fresh strawberries. He says apple slices will work just fine though - no sweat!<br />
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9:18 a.m. I think he's having too much fun playing at home, because he declares he doesn't want to go to school. Uh oh... We go through this maybe once a month, and it's so stressful for me. He LOVES school, but every now and then he kind of freaks out about going. We talk about it and I remind him about everything he loves there, and offer to let him take a stuffed animal. He agrees while still grumbling, but gets in the car. When we pull in the parking lot, he says he LOVES school. 4 year olds - am I right?....<br />
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9:40 a.m. Adelaide and I head over to Target. I have fun cruising for Valentine gifts to send to my nephews for their annual Valentine box and get a few groceries as well. I was hoping to get a few produce items, but the selection looks particularly dismal today, so I only get a bag of apples and plan to hit Whole Foods with the kids tomorrow.<br />
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10:30 a.m. I'm in line to check out and realize Adelaide fell asleep - oops! I get out to the car and load up. Luckily she wakes up when I get her out of the Baby Bjorn, and I realize she has a dirty diaper. I change it, then nurse her in the passenger seat in the vain hope that she might fall back asleep on the way home. She doesn't, but no worries!<br />
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1:40 Adelaide wakes up, and just in time. I grab her and we have a nice nurse, then finally get her dressed for the day and head out the door to pick up Emmett.<br />
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2:15 Emmett is all smiles after school, and it's gorgeous outside. We play on the playground with a few of his best pals. Adelaide even gets in on the action! I can't put her down on the ground, since she'll immediately start shoveling rocks in her mouth - ha! We have an applesauce snack before heading out.<br />
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4:40 We head to the backyard to pick some kale and sage from our garden for dinner. Fun fact, we planted our garden way too late and then didn't tend to it, like, at all. But, the kale came in thick and happy, as did the sage, so at least there's that! After gardening, we have fun swinging, playing baseball, basketball, and other 4-year-old random ball games.<br />
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5:45 Luke gets home just in time for some preschooler drama. I feel bad he often gets home right when someone is melting down, especially because we usually have mostly lovely days! We talk Emmett off the ledge while I finish up dinner.<br />
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6:00 We sit down to dinner! On the menu: panko crusted honey mustard salmon, mashed sweet potatoes with sage brown butter, simple kale salad (recipes below). Adelaide has bits and pieces of everything, minus salt. Emmett doesn't like sweet potatoes or kale (luckily he likes most other veggies though), so he gets brown rice and peas on the side.<br />
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6:30 Emmett looks REAL tired at dinner and just houses two bowls of peas and a few bites of salmon. He asks to go upstairs and take a tub (it was a long, high energy day for him, so no surprises here). I decide to do a quick nurse with Adelaide since she didn't eat a ton at dinner. She's down (which is good, because if I try to nurse and she's NOT hungry, she may be tempted to bite -- ouch!!). She falls asleep on my lap, but no dice with a 6:30 nap. I throw her over my shoulder and we head upstairs, which promptly wakes her up. Emmett is in full tubby mode but says he doesn't want to tub with her tonight, so we wash him up then put her in. He loves "babysitting" her while she's in the tub and happily keeps her entertained with toys while Luke monitors. I sneak back downstairs to tidy up from dinner, then get changed.<br />
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7:10 p.m. It's Monday night, which means it's time to head out to Body Jam! They just launched a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYLEViL4Fyw" target="_blank">new routine </a>last week, and I'm really digging it. My watch pings me at 8 with Luke sending a celebratory text that he already got both kids in bed and asleep - woohoo! I stay after to gab with my jam pals for a few minutes, then head on home.<br />
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8:50 p.m. Back home, Luke gives me the bedtime download. Apparently, Emmett wanted to keep them company while Luke gave Adelaide a bottle. He crawled in her crib and promptly fell asleep. So when A passed out, Luke placed her next to him and then scooped him up and put him in his own bed. I wish I could've seen that!<br />
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I hose off, then pour a little bowl of cereal and we watch <a href="https://www.nbc.com/brooklyn-nine-nine" target="_blank">Brooklyn Nine-Nine</a>.<br />
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9:35 We head upstairs to get ready for bed, read, and pass out at 10:30. That night, A wakes up once at 12:30 to nurse, and then luckily goes right back to sleep. Spoiler alert, she doesn't wake up til 9:30 and takes her first nap at 2:30. So unpredictable!<br />
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<b>Panko Crusted Honey Mustard Salmon</b><br />
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2 salmon fillets, skin-on<br />
Salt and pepper to taste<br />
2 tablespoons German or grainy mustard<br />
1 tablespoon honey<br />
1/4 cup panko<br />
1 tablespoon olive oil<br />
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Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Sprinkle salmon with salt and pepper. Stir mustard and honey together in a bowl, then spread over salmon. Top with panko and gently press down.<br />
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Warm an oven-safe skillet like a cast iron over medium heat and drizzle with oil. Place salmon, skin side down, in the skillet and cook for 2-3 minutes. Place skillet in oven (don't turn salmon over), and cook another 8ish minutes (depending on thickness of your fillets). Enjoy with or without salmon skin (it's easy to scoop the salmon right off the skin with a spatula when removing from skillet).<br />
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<b>Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Sage Brown Butter</b><br />
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3 medium sweet potatoes<br />
3 tablespoons unsalted butter<br />
8 sage leaves, cut chiffonade-style<br />
Salt to taste<br />
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Peel sweet potatoes and cut into 1-inch pieces. Place in steamer basket and steam until tender, about 10 minutes. (Alternately, you could microwave or cook in the instant pot, but I like the texture of steamed potatoes when mashing). Remove from heat and mash. Meanwhile, in a small skillet over medium-low heat, add butter and sage. Let butter melt and stir occasionally, until right as it starts to get brown. This took me about 4 minutes, but definitely keep an eye. Pour over sweet potatoes and stir. Season with salt to taste.Apron Adventureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17153953600927213220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851835838942650902.post-82179747182873947232019-01-07T06:00:00.000-06:002019-01-07T06:00:07.579-06:00Day in the Life with a 4 Year Old and 8 Month OldYou don't realize just how quickly time flies by until you look up and it's been 5+ months since your last allegedly monthly day in the life post. Oops! It's not that things have been particularly harried around here, I just rarely have down time at the computer, and I haven't had the energy or desire to document. It's impossible to adequately fill in the last 5 months without rambling on for pages, so a few highlights:<br />
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<li>We survived the summer! I was so nervous how August especially would go since Emmett didn't have any school then, but it flew by pretty painlessly. It's kind of a blur now, but in a good way. Luke's folks took him for four days that month for adventures in San Antonio. We had our own fun with Adelaide doing things that are hard to do with a preschooler in tow (like visit a non-kid-centric museum, and make fun lengthy dinners like paella).</li>
<li>Adelaide WAS an amazing sleeper. Key word: was. She slept 10-12 hours without waking from months 3-6. We thought we were golden. Nope! The 6 month sleep regression happen, and never actually ended. I'm averaging 2 wake ups a night, which luckily are just nurse and go back to bed. A few weeks ago, it was nurse and then listen to her squawk and party in her crib for another 45 minutes.... Momma is a little bit sleepy zzzzzzzzzzzzz</li>
<li>We're in a nice groove with Emmett back in school, now 3 days a week. He does after school cooking class (how cute right?!) and explorers class as well, so some days A and I have nearly 5 hours to do our thing. Often when we pick him up, we stay and play on the playground with his pals as late as 3 or 4, and those days fly by!</li>
<li>Luke and I got to get away to New Orleans in September while his awesome parents came to Austin to stay with the kids. We had the best time attending a friend's wedding, eating, drinking and catching up with folks.</li>
<li>I'm getting allergy shots (hello, cedar fever!). The office is around the corner from E's school, so A and I are in a nice groove of popping over there after we drop him off, now once a week (used to be 2-3 times in the fall). I have to stay 30 minutes after each shot, so I bring a picnic blanket and a few books and toys and we play in the courtyard just outside and have a super gentle time. It's nice no-chore time for me to really focus on her.</li>
<li>Adelaide now has 4 TEETH (at this age, Emmett was still toothless). Her first 2 popped up at 4 months and we didn't realize she was teething other than some drool. The second 2 came with a bit more fussiness, but we survived with the help of our friend Tylenol ;)</li>
<li>She's sitting strongly and has a wide wingspan to reach toys and interact. She's rolling around everywhere and can get pretty dang far even though she's not crawling. She's saying Dada, but not Mama despite my best efforts! She enjoys grabbing foods, but isn't eating a ton of solids yet - work in progress! </li>
<li>I thought I would've gotten back to freelance work by now, but see comment above on little free computer time. Emmett dropped his nap in September (props to him for keeping it up all summer for me - my goal). So my free time during the day is limited to when he's watching TV and A is napping, and usually I'm cooking/doing laundry/mouthbreathing then. The good news on the dropped nap is that bedtimes are much smoother and earlier (usually 8 again), whereas before sometimes we could still hear him awake at 9:30!</li>
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Here's a day in the life. And oops, I forgot to photograph the food. DOH!!! Sorry :D<br />
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7 a.m. I wake to the sounds of Adelaide. We're a bit flip-flopped this morning. Usually Emmett rolls into our room between 6:30-7:15 and quietly wakes Luke and they head downstairs and A and I snooze until 8ish. But she skipped her second wakeup last night (woot woot!) so she's the first up today. It's coooold out so Luke scoops her up and I nurse her in bed while Luke showers.<br />
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7:30 Emmett STILL isn't awake (surprising!) but we know he'll be sad if he misses breakfast with daddy, so we wake HIM up for a change. Luke plops Adelaide on E and he wakes up smiling. He LOVES snuggling with his sister!<br />
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8 a.m. Breakfast is served! PBJ oats with blueberries - a Robison family classic.<br />
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8:45 a.m. We wave bye bye to daddy, then head to the play room to play with a new Christmas toy - a magic truck. You draw a line with a thick black marker and turn the truck on, and it follows the path you make. Pretty cool! It takes us a while to figure out how to turn it on (hello cheap Amazon toy), but I prevail and we're entertained for quite a while.<br />
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9:30 a.m. I realize A is probably hungry and could use a nap. I turn on Emmett's current favorite show - <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Applesauce-Cat-and-Mouse/dp/B016J3XLG6" target="_blank">If You Give a Mouse a Cookie </a>- while I put A down for a nap. Then Emmett helps me take down Christmas ornaments, vacuum the car (his idea! one of his favorite activities), garden in the front yard.<br />
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11:30 a.m. We head inside to warm up some leftover soup for lunch (recipe below. Emmett LOVES soup, especially brothy soup - chicken noodle is a favorite. He doesn't like kale so I just scooped his bowl before adding the kale at the end).<br />
Adelaide wakes up right as it's warm so I grab her and she plays with some pasta, carrots and kale from the soup in her booster chair while we eat. Then I nurse her again while Emmett sulks (kid would love to watch TV every time I nurse - ha!).<br />
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12:15 p.m. The cold morning has turned into a BEAUTIFUL day, so we head out on a neighborhood balance bike stroll. E is actually getting really good on his pedal bike without training wheels, but still needs a little help getting started/getting off which I can't really manage by myself with A, not to mention I can't keep up with how FAST he is! Though over the break we met some friends on a trail and Luke biked with the boys for 4 MILES - go E!<br />
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1:00 p.m. We get back and have a tea party, then head upstairs to play sleepover in his room. Lots of snuggles and horsing around and fun!Then I pull out a book a friend gave him for his birthday - <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Pete-Cat-5-Minute-Stories-Groovy/dp/0062470191/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1546702870&sr=8-1&keywords=5+minute+pete+the+cat+stories" target="_blank">5 Minute Pete the Cat Stories</a>. He LOVES Pete the Cat so it's awesome to binge read several of these. I nurse Adelaide and Emmett turns the pages for me. E and I are hungry, so I pack a picnic per his specifications - apple, banana, raisins, cheese and pretzels and we gobble down.<br />
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2:20 p.m. We had tentative afternoon plans to meet up with his bestie Max at a playground, but I need Adelaide to take a nap first! Max's mom and I text and her youngest hasn't napped yet either. We decide to abort the playground idea and plan to meet up for happy hour/dinner later. I head to A's room and nurse her and put her down for a nap. Emmett and I horse around in my room jumping around the bed (three cheers for setting a good example - whoops!). Then we see a funny video my sister posted on Instagram of her two boys dancing and we watch it over and over. So then naturally we take a dance video and send it to my sister - Emmett thinks it's hilarious!<br />
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3:00 p.m. Adelaide wakes up from her nap - womp womp. I half-heartedly propose a trip to Costco to get a few things we kinda need, but look outside and it's still SO nice out and say OR we could swing in the back yard. No brainer!<br />
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4:00 p.m. Time to nurse Adelaide again, and I let Emmett watch a bit more TV. We cap our day at home with an afternoon dance party to KUTX's Old School happy hour (every Friday 4-7) and they are ON IT with jam after jam. I'm glad Emmett isn't old enough to be embarrassed of me yet :D<br />
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5:00 We hop in the car and head around the corner to our favorite neighborhood restaurant - Santorini. We're meeting up with his bestie Max and his family, so we're in for a fun night. I make sure to pack all sorts of glow sticks, a frisbee and a ball to keep the party going. The grown ups enjoy sangria, we all enjoy mozzarella sticks, and I get my favorite falafel gyro. They have a great outdoor area with kid toys to play around with, and we always have that area to ourselves. Adelaide happily sits in the middle of the picnic table the whole night being little miss social. It's a great night!<br />
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7:15 p.m. We head back home, and I realize it's been 3 hours since A's last nurse. I pop her on to nurse in my bedroom while the guys run around being silly a bit more. She tries to pass out but we keep her awake. Then it's tubby time, jammies and books.<br />
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8:15 p.m. Adelaide and I say goodnight to Luke and Emmett. L&E snuggle in his bed, while I head to her room to nurse her and but her down for a late 8:30 bedtime.<br />
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8:30 p.m. We kick up our feet and watch a TV show, then do some reading.<br />
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10:15 p.m. Lights out!<br />
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<b>Sausage, Shell and Kale soup</b><br />
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1 pound sweet Italian sausage<br />
1-2 Tbsp olive oil<br />
1 small onion, chopped<br />
3 carrots, chopped<br />
2 ribs celery, chopped<br />
1/2 tsp dried thyme<br />
Salt and pepper to taste<br />
8 cups chicken broth<br />
Parmigiano Reggiano rind, optional<br />
6 ounces pasta (I used small shells - Emmett loves them!)<br />
1/2 bunch kale, chopped<br />
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In a large dutch oven over medium high heat, brown sausage and break it up, 6-8 minutes. Remove sausage and place in a bowl. Warm olive oil in the pan and add veggies and saute about 5 minutes. Season with spices. Add broth and bring to a boil. Pour in pasta shells (and parm rind if you have one) and cook, stirring occasionally, 10 minutes. Stir in kale and cook 2 minutes. Add additional salt if needed.Apron Adventureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17153953600927213220noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851835838942650902.post-17192493104857428692018-07-19T07:35:00.001-05:002018-07-19T08:24:14.847-05:00Day in the Life with a 3.5 Year Old and a 3 Month OldWe're halfway through summer and so far, all is well in two-kid land. Adelaide is leaving newbornhood and becoming quite the happy baby. She's been sleeping like a champ at night lately (we'll see if it lasts!). Her naps are kind of all over the place. She tends to take nice, long naps when we go on playdates (must be all the noise that helps), but days where we stay closer to home she'll take 4-5 45 minute naps. Since she often sleeps well at night, she eats a lot during the day.<br />
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Emmett continues to be a model big brother who loves to snuggle on her (but not TOO hard) and usually understands when I need to take a nursing break. Summer school has been a BIG help - having 3 mornings a week off makes us all happier and more understanding on days he doesn't have school. And, he loves an excuse to play with his bestie Max. On days he's not in school, we usually have a play date so he can run all his energy out :)<br />
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I took Adelaide on her first Hike It Baby hike last week when it was ever so slightly cooler. It was great to catch up with friends and enjoy a shady trail! She slept through the whole thing like a champ. I also signed her up for baby swim class at Emler - just like we did with Emmett. She's enjoying it! I'll probably only hit a few classes (it's free plus a nominal registration fee), but I wanted to let her have the experience.<br />
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And, last month we did our first weekend family trip. We headed to my sister's new house in Houston. A slept like a champ there and back, and it was so great introducing her to her cousins, uncle Brian and my dad!<br />
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So here's a day in the life with Emmett at summer school!<br />
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7:30 a.m. I wake up and consider what to do first, but I hear Adelaide stir on the monitor, so that answers that question! She has been sleeping like a champ the last few weeks and we are SO grateful!! I grab her and say good morning - Emmett pops in too to say hi. He woke Luke up around 6:40 and they had been hanging downstairs. He heads back down to eat breakfast with Luke, I take Adelaide into bed to nurse and pump at the same time (baller status). I typically wake a little before her and pump first, but this works too! I get us both dressed and grab clothes for Emmett for the day, then head downstairs.<br />
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8:00 a.m. Breakfast time for me! Luke heads upstairs to shower, and Emmett wants to play in the backyard. I suggest he get started while I eat, and he counters that I should eat outside. I decide that's a great idea, so Adelaide hangs in her chair and I chow down on some leftover french toast, berries and coffee.<br />
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8:15 a.m. A and I head inside to clean up breakfast dishes and make Emmett's lunch for the day. Then I play with Emmett in the back yard. We say bye to Luke and get E ready for school.<br />
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8:50 a.m.Into the car and on the way to school! We're at a different one for the summer since his typical preschool doesn't have a summer program. This new one is only a mile away which is great (and that his best friend is in class with him!).<br />
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9:15 a.m. Adelaide fell asleep in the car on the ride home, so I put her in the stroller and we meet up with my friend Tiffany for a neighborhood walk.<br />
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10:00 a.m. We're back home and she has a nice long nurse. I munch on a couple figs (yay! Our tree produced this year. These are actually figs from a friend's tree though which were HUGE and delicious). Then we head upstairs to change her diaper and I take a few pics of her to celebrate her turning 3 months! I put her in the crib to play while I take a quick shower and get changed. Then we read books in her room - two of my childhood favorites, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Angelina-Ballerina-Katharine-Holabird/dp/0670016748" target="_blank">Angelina Ballerina</a> and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Madeline-most-suitable-children-books-ebook/dp/B01N300T1V/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1531881393&sr=1-1&keywords=madeline" target="_blank">Madeline</a>. She starts to get fussy so I nurse her again for a few minutes while eating second breakfast - PBJ overnight oats with berries. Then I empty the dishwasher while she parties in one of her baby chairs.</div>
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11:30 a.m. We head to Whole Foods for groceries and she falls asleep on the way there!<br />
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12:30 p.m. We're back home. She's still asleep so I unload groceries. I open my computer to catch up on a few things and time flies by until it's time to pick up Emmett.<br />
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1:20 p.m. We head to pick up Emmett. He had a great day at school and is all smiles. We get home and head upstairs for bedtime. We make it halfway through when A wakes up. I bring her upstairs but she gets progressively more fussy. We manage to finish all the books and I give him a kiss, then boogie on downstairs to nurse A.<br />
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2:10 p.m. We have a nice nurse while I watch Grey's Anatomy (I've been binge watching since she was born - don't judge me). Then I bring A into the kitchen and she watches me make chili and eat lunch - leftover ham and cheese quiche with broccoli. I put on my Pitch Perfect Pandora station and we have a dance party. I blend up a mango, some coconut milk, a squeeze of lime and a teaspoon of sugar and pour it into popsicle molds for a surprise treat later. I nurse A again and try to put her down for a nap in her rock n play, but she's not having it. I usually get at least a little nap overlap with these two, but it's not happening today. Oh well! I munch on a few rainier cherries for a consolation prize :)<br />
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4:10 p.m. We head upstairs to wake up Emmett. He's super cheerful and greets us both with kisses - too sweet! We head downstairs and I fix him a snack then we settle down to watch some Llama Llama. I nurse A again, and this time she does go down for a nap. Surprisingly, E doesn't ask to play outside like he usually does. We set up his train track and make block bridges around it.<br />
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5:55 p.m. Luke is home! We're all happy to see him. E suggests playing outside, but then I mention we're having chili for dinner and all of a sudden he's ready for dinner :D<br />
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6:15 p.m. We're all done with dinner. E heads outside, Luke washes up the dishes and I nurse A. Luke suggests a walk but E isn't interested. They play in the sprinkler and I throw A in a carrier to stroll up and down the street so she can catch one last cat nap and chat with a few neighbors.<br />
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7:10 p.m. I grab the popsicles and we all enjoy them in the backyard. So yummy!!<br />
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7:35 p.m. Time to head upstairs for bathtime. I bathe Adelaide in her baby tub while the boys wrestle, then E gets in the tub. She has a nice long nurse while Luke gets E in jammies/teeth brushed/read books. We make it in there for the last book, then say goodnight.<br />
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8:35 p.m. I can tell A isn't quite ready for bed. Last night we were able to put her down awake and she fell asleep no problem, but I think she needs a little more TLC tonight. I warm 2 oz of breast milk and give her a bottle, put her in a sleep sack and walk her around for a minute. She's asleep by 8:50!<br />
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9:00 p.m. I consider folding laundry (because hello family of 4, there's always laundry! sigh...), but opt for homemade lactation cookies and milk while I ice my ankles (they're sore from body jam last night) while I work on this post. Luke has a video game date with his friend Mike :)<br />
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10:00 a.m. I head upstairs and get ready for bed!Apron Adventureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17153953600927213220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851835838942650902.post-82294558734500923342018-05-24T15:27:00.000-05:002018-05-24T15:27:04.018-05:00Day in the Life with a 3.5 year old and a newbornGreetings as a mom of two! I intended to do another post during my pregnancy, but holy 3rd trimester! The end was no picnic and I had little energy, so needless to say a blog post didn't happen. Emmett was a good sport, and thank goodness for school days and play dates! I had a tough time being on my feet for more than 5 or 10 minutes at a time (I even resorted to doing my chopping, etc. for cooking sitting down at the table!). And part of the reason this time may have been harder is that I had a BIG baby! Meet my 10 pound, 2 ounce baby girl -- Adelaide!<br />
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My birthday buddy came into the world on April 17th. This girl is all rolls and cheeks and is sweet as can be. She loves to sleep and is already super into Emmett - and he loves her! He's been such a tender big brother, just as I had hoped.<br />
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So not only is this a day in the life, but it was my first day solo parenting these two all day while Luke headed back to work after 5 weeks of paternity leave. I got lucky, REALLY lucky, and know every day won't go this well.<br />
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7:45 a.m. I hear Luke in the shower. Emmett snuck into our room to wake him up at 7 and they had been downstairs chilling before Luke came up to shower. Adelaide is still snoozing, so I throw on clothes, grab clothes for the kiddos and head downstairs to have a cup of coffee and some breakfast. We don't have any oatmeal made and I don't feel like making a mess, so I have a mix of cereals, strawberries, blueberries and walnuts. Luke brings A down and I nurse her while he finishes getting ready for work.<br />
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8:50 a.m. We head outside to wave bye to Luke. E wants to play in the front yard and A is awake, so I put her in the baby carrier and we play for a bit.<br />
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9:15 a.m. I suggest a walk and E is all about it (which is NOT a given these days). I keep A in the carrier, and E grabs his balance bike. He takes me on one of the routes he and Luke have frequented these past few months on their bikes that I'd never been on with them. It was so fun having him lead the way! He is speedy on his bike, but did a good job of waiting for me or going back and forth. It was cooler than it has been out, but still muggy, so by the end of the 1.5 mile walk I am SWEATY!<br />
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10 a.m. I put A down and slice up some watermelon for us. Emmett LOVES watermelon and scarfs down 4 slices. I then take the world's fastest shower while A starts getting fussy.<br />
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10:20 a.m. I nurse A while E watches Llama Llama on Netflix - his new favorite show (along with Planet Earth II!). It's SO nice to finally have a break from Daniel Tiger after 2 YEARS :)<br />
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11 a.m. A nursed for a long time and is ready for a solid nap. We go meet his best friend Max at Jump Party USA and have a fun play date. The boys are well behaved (not a given) and I have fun catching up with Max's mom Anne and her baby Leo (A's future bf?!). While we're there, E has snacks and lunch so I don't have to worry about that later. I snack on apple slices and peanut butter balls. A sleeps through the whole thing!<br />
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1:25 p.m. We're home again and I manage to get E to head straight upstairs for nap time (yes, A is STILL asleep). After potty/brush teeth/book time, he says he's not tired, but proceeds to get in bed and fall asleep almost immediately. His naps have been ALL over the place, especially having Luke home the last few weeks, so this was super lucky.<br />
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1:45 p.m. I sprint downstairs to make myself a proper lunch (a girl can't live on peanut butter balls!). My friends brought use dinner the other night and included some of their AWESOME homemade sourdough bread, so I cut myself a thick slice, spread some butter and cooked it on the griddle. Then I topped it with apricot jam, arugula and a fried egg. I think of waking up A since I know she should eat, but do myself a solid and lay on the couch for 15 minutes with my eyes closed - not asleep, but a little restored at least!<br />
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2:20 p.m. A wakes up and we have a good nurse. I know if I try to put her down she'll be fussy, so we snuggle while she naps on me and I watch some TV (I'm guilt-binging Grey's Anatomy, which I stopped watch 10 years ago).<br />
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4 p.m. E is STILL asleep (NOT normal these days), so I go to wake him up. He sits down for some milk, strawberries and graham crackers while he watches more Llama Llama, and I nurse A. Then we play with her on the activity mat and build with magnet blocks. Benji will not be ignored :)<br />
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5 p.m. I throw baby A in a ring sling and we head to the backyard with big brother for some fun on the swing set. We eventually head to the front where we find an adorable baby gift from my cousin's family, and a big brother present for Emmett! He's been glued to the red truck they sent!<br />
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5:50 p.m. Hooray! Luke is home! We play in the front yard while dinner warms up. Since I was flying solo today, I dug into my stash of meals that I'd frozen and pulled out chili for dinner.<br />
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6:30 p.m We sit down to eat. Emmett loves chili (especially the Fritos that go with it ;) ) and we have a nice dinner. Then it's time for the boys to head outside to play. I nurse Adelaide inside and then rinse a few dishes while juggling a baby.<br />
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7:45 p.m. We head upstairs for tubby time a little late (oops!). E has a pair of mini kitchen tongs that are his favorite bathtub toy these days - he calls them his fish ;) It's been a few days since A's last bath, so we give her a bath in her whale tub on the counter. Then we all head to his room for jammies, brush teeth and book time. I read a few books, then Adelaide gets fussy, so she and I head off to get her jammies on and nurse while Luke finishes up bedtime with Emmett.<br />
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8:30 p.m. I think Adelaide is asleep after just 10 minutes of nursing, so I put her down and pump a bit. Well, turned out to be a fake out so I continue nursing and watching Grey's Anatomy. Luke and I were going to watch West World, but E's bedtime took a while and he needed to finish cleaning downstairs. Plus, we don't think A will stay up long, so we watch an episode of Brooklyn 9-9 while Luke finishes A off with a small bottle of pumped milk.<br />
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10:30 p.m. We finally get the lights out and go to sleep. It was a long night of nursing and I'm wiped! I luck out that she doesn't wake up until 3:30 which is a squirmy fake out and she doesn't actually need to nurse until 4:30 -- woot!Apron Adventureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17153953600927213220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851835838942650902.post-41974866481679544592018-01-11T15:26:00.001-06:002018-01-11T15:34:22.334-06:00A Day in the Life with a 3 Year Old (and 25 weeks pregnant)Wow, we've had a busy winter so far! Emmett's birthday is December 11, so prep for having family come visit for that and hosting a 70 person park party was consuming (followed, of course, by Christmas). He LOVED his birthday this year (the cake, playing with his friends, and of course, presents).<br />
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My mom came for Christmas this year which was nice and gentle (except for a horrible cough E had been building up to that peaked Christmas eve. Gammy to the rescue with Vics vapor rub and a new humidifier. Did the trick - phew!) Later we spent a few days in San Antonio with Luke's family. It was super relaxing, and E always has a ball playing on their property.<br />
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E has been so fun to hang out with lately. Definitely some threenager tendancies people warn you about (so much why, no and major push back/control issues). But, he's so hilarious, and he's been REALLY lovey dovey lately (which might be due to the upcoming baby sister). Speaking of, one of his favorite Christmas gifts was a baby doll and stroller. We've been having fun taking her on walks to show her the hood, and E takes her everywhere (along with his longtime bestie, Monkey).<br />
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Finally, he's now in a big boy room with his new big boy bed! We found a cute trundle bed on Facebook Marketplace that needed a little love, so we painted in bright yellow. Emmett loves his sheets with cars, trucks, airplanes and helicopters.<br />
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7:30 a.m. Luke and I wake up and, shock of all shocks, we realize Emmett is still sleeping. Weird! He's usually up by 6:45/7. Luke capitalizes and jumps in the shower. A few minutes later we hear the garbage truck down the street and Luke sprints outside to take the cans out. Benji barks like mad which wakes Emmett up who runs down to say hi to our garbage man Sir Derek (and Benji gets out and runs around like mad for a minute.) I miss the insanity with a rare first-thing-in-the-morning shower.<br />
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7:50 a.m. I shuffle downstairs the the boys are making coffee, rinsing berries and picking out cereal. I had been craving pancakes, but due to the major sleep in we have an array of cereals, berries and nuts. I forgot to take a pic, but took one yesterday of Emmett scrambling eggs (one of his favorites!) and our bean/egg/avocado/cheese tacos. Yum!<br />
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8:15 a.m. We spent the next hour or so playing, getting dressed, cleaning up from breakfast, reading, coloring. Luke leaves for work around 8:30.<br />
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9:30 a.m. We hop in the car, snack cup of Goldfish in hand, and head to the YMCA for Emmett's first gymnastics class! We typically hike on Wednesdays, but cedar season has been particularly rough this year, and since I can't take the fun medicine due to pregnancy, I thought avoiding cedar-filled woods in January would be best. <br />
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10:00 a.m. We've checked in, removed shoes and wait for the teacher to arrive. Then, E gets nervous. Really nervous. He definitely has some anxiety in new situations where he won't know the other kids or teachers. The class is kind of a bust for him, he doesn't want to participate or engage with anyone. But, he does love playing on the equipment and I tried to keep an open dialogue with the teacher and have him watch what others were doing. He didn't want to leave at the end because he loved the equipment. So we will try again next week and I hope he'll get more comfortable. Sigh...<br />
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10:55 a.m. I let him tuck into some apple slices and we head towards the library to return books and pick out new ones. He's gotten way better at the library (no more ripping random books off the shelves). He goes to the table with magnetic puzzles and does some coloring while I pick a stack of books then flip through them to make sure they'll be Emmett-friendly.<br />
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11:30 a.m. I feel bad making him leave because he's enjoying himself, but I placed a to-go order from our new favorite Thai place so we could take lunch to Luke at work! To my delight, they let you pack a to-go salad bar box as part of the lunch special and have some epic looking dumplings and spring rolls on the bar - score!!<br />
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11:55 a.m. We arrive for lunch with dad! I'm starving and excited to eat. Unfortunately, my pad thai is a little spicy (normally Emmett likes to share with me), but he loves the dumplings and also has some banana and half a fig bar. Not exactly the lunch of champions but you win some, you lose some. Luke and I both polish off our food and some salad bar noms.<br />
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12:30 p.m. After a potty break, we hop in the car and go meet his bestie Max at the trampoline place. We wouldn't typically have a playdate this late, but since he slept in so late and we didn't go walk, I knew I'd need to burn some excess energy if he was going to take his normal nap. The jump dates are the best because the boys always have the place to themselves, run around like CRAZY, and we moms get to sit and chat.<br />
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1:50 p.m. We finally tear the boys away from the jumping place and head home. Luckily E accepts his cup of milk and we head upstairs to read books for nap time. After a tooth brushing and potty break, he goes down.<br />
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2:11 p.m. I head downstairs, grab a bag of peanut m&m's (current weakness along with blueberries) and start on this post. I respond to an email assignment from the Whole Foods blog team, and turn on an episode of Grace and Frankie (they're about to release a 4th season. I ignored it when the show came out, but my friend Meg recommended it and it's a hoot!). I also hop on Amazon to grab some gifts for some of my friends who have babies coming - fun shopping! :) I start feeling really tired so spend a few minutes with my eyes closed on the couch.<br />
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4:20 p.m. I don't want E's nap to cannibalize his sleep tonight, so I head upstairs to wake him up. He's all smiles and happy to see me. He asks to go downstairs to watch Daniel Tiger (duh) and I fix him a bowl of strawberries for a snack. He asks for seconds, then thirds (which I don't give into - need to make sure he'll eat dinner!). I lay with my eyes closed and also message a bit with my friend Christine in Tokyo.<br />
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5:15 p.m. I turn off the TV and convince him to potty and get dressed to go outside. We head to the garden to pick some greens, cilantro and radishes for dinner (it miraculously survived the multi day hard freeze without getting covered!). We play around in the backyard in the sand box, on the swing set and on the roller coaster ride my sister got him for his birthday. <br />
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5:55 p.m. I call Luke to see if he's coming home soon (he's usually home by 6 but he's busy this week) and he promises he's leaving soon. I run inside to season some salmon and get it started cooking, and I prep some veggies for the salad. Emmett wants to help with the salad so he whisks the dressing and tosses it together while I add ingredients. Spoiler alert, it was so good:<br />
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1 T honey<br />
1 tsp red wine vinegar<br />
1 T EVOO<br />
Salt and pepper to taste<br />
4 oz greens (we did a mix of spinach and some sort of lettuce green from the garden)<br />
1/2 large avocado, chopped<br />
1 radish, sliced<br />
1/4 cucumber, sliced<br />
1/2 shallot, sliced<br />
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6:15 p.m. Luke is home! We sit down to salmon with rosemary and honey, rice and broccoli for E, salad for the grownups. The boys add fancy furikake Christine brought back for us from Tokyo to their rice. Emmett asks for seconds on salmon (the smaller piece on my plate) and eats most of his broccoli too. Nice! He usually has two servings of veggies in a day so I'm feeling guilty he really only had one today.<br />
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6:45 p.m. We call dinner quits and all clean up. E has been into helping with the dishes, so the boys clean dishes while I put food away. I'm feeling tired again so sit on the couch. They come keep me company and Emmett plays driver and pretends to take us places like the zoo.<br />
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7:20 p.m. We head upstairs to start bedtime. After a few minutes of playtime, E picks some toys and hops in the tub. He and Luke hang out while I grab his jammies and a few books to read, then cruise Overdrive for a new ebook to borrow from the library. Emmett runs to snuggle with me in bed and we get him jammied up, then read. Then the guys go to brush teeth and potty and we meet in Emmett's room to read a last book and say goodnight.<br />
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8:15 p.m. Luke and I chill out on the couch and watch an episode of Madame Secretary and then The Good Place.<br />
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9:25 p.m. We head upstairs to get ready for bed. I start a new book but feel wiped out and pass out by 10.Apron Adventureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17153953600927213220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851835838942650902.post-73685257637314518002017-11-12T18:02:00.000-06:002017-11-12T18:54:58.537-06:00Day in the Life with an Almost 3 Year OldIt's been a few months - oops! Right after the last update, we learned we were expecting! First trimester tiredness made me more keen to nap during naptimes than blog, and we were pretty dull those months (both food-wise and activity wise). Luckily I'm now 16 weeks along and feeling much more like myself! Unfortunately I've been suffering some hip pain and am seeing a chiropractor, so have been trying to not walk TOO much and have been getting several lap swim sessions in each week at Gold's which is helping. My first trimester was filled with carbs, chicken, ceaser salad and apple juice. But the last few weeks, burgers have reigned king (I may or may not be on a first-name basis with the P. Terry's team by the chiropractor - yikes). <br />
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Other fun this fall included celebrating our 6th wedding anniversary. We also enjoyed a trip to Houston for our friend Shanna's wedding and fun with my family. Our friend Christine and her daughter Aurelia came to visit from Japan and stopped in Austin for a day - so great to catch up! And Luke's parents were kind enough to take Emmett to San Antonio for a day and took him to the zoo while Luke and I went to <a href="https://wurstfest.com/" target="_blank">Wurstfest</a> with our friends in New Braunfels and had lots of fun. We then headed to SA to stay the night and have some more family fun.<br />
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And of course, we enjoyed Halloween! Luke and I had a sitter one night to go to a party and had fun dressed up as a pregnant housewife and the milkman. For trick-or-treating, Emmett was Daniel Tiger (surprise surprise). He enjoyed trick-or-treating at our neighbors' houses and had no problem knocking on the door and saying trick-or-treat! We also went to a trunk-or-treat at his school's church but couldn't convince him to wear his costume. He and Luke already had flannel on, so we made a 5 minute family lumberjack costume - ha!<br />
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E's favorite phrases:<br />
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<li>Ding Dong jokes (knock knock jokes actually - but he never has a punchline!)</li>
<li>I'm just being silly (usually as an excuse if he does something rude/naughty)</li>
<li>We can do thaaat! (when he's trying to be persuasive or plan our day for me)</li>
<li>Why? (all day, every day) </li>
<li>Do I get to go to school today?</li>
<li>Do you have to go to work today? I'm sorry. (Said in a desolate voice. We always laugh about this since Luke likes his job and rarely complains).</li>
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He loves to sing and does it all the time. Mostly Daniel Tiger songs, songs he learns at school, or familiar song melodies with his own made-up words (which is something I always do and am kind of tickled pink that he does it too).<br />
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And here's a day in the life! <br />
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7:10 a.m. We hear footsteps and Emmett appears on Luke's side of the bed saying "my clock is green!" followed shortly by "I'm hungry." Ha! Luke pops out of bed, thankful to get to sleep past 7 and they head downstairs. I take a couple extra minutes to wake myself up and follow them. The OK to Wake clock has been awesome and I would say it works maybe 1/2 of the time (especially on mornings I can hear him fidgeting around in his bed waiting for the clock to turn green at 7.<br />
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7:30 a.m. We sit down to a breakfast of mixed cereals, pomegranate arils and pecans. I LOVE pomegranate season and enjoy it over Quaker Oat Squares - which is quite a change since I've not been feeling cereal this pregnancy. Emmett discovered he LOVES pomegranates and enjoys munching on them one-by-one and in his Greek yogurt and Cheerios. We easily polish off a whole pomegranate worth of arils.<br />
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8:00 a.m. Luke heads upstairs to shower and change for the day and Emmett goes to his play area for a bit while I tidy up from breakfast. I'm in the midst of getting him changed when Luke needs to leave for work, so for once we don't go to the front yard to wave goodbye to him. It's actually kind of nice because then I get a chance to tackle a few more morning routine chores instead of monitoring E in the front yard.<br />
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8:30 a.m. I spot the neighborhood guineas in our backyard! Such a treat, since they haven't been there since right after we moved in (due to Benji no doubt). E and I get excited and try to head back there without Benji noticing, but no luck. He jets past us and scares them up on to the fence/trees, but we have fun playing in the back on the swing set and sand box. E is happy so I run inside to get dressed.<br />
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9:15 a.m. We head out on a balance bike walk in the neighborhood. We had a playdate scheduled for 10, but my friend let me know she was running late so instead of a one-block walk we go for about a mile. He is SO fast on his bike now - he usually gets about 4 houses ahead of me and then has to wait for me to catch up! We cover just over a mile which is great since we're doing the <a href="https://hikeitbaby.com/hike-it-baby-30/" target="_blank">Hike It Baby 30</a> challenge and we could use a few more miles!<br />
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10:05 a.m. We get home and quickly throw snacks in a backpack and head to <a href="http://catchairparty.com/" target="_blank">Catch Air</a>. E snacks on some animal crackers in the car and I snag a few. It's SO GOOD to see my friend Rachel and her daughter Amity - they're just 3 weeks apart and have been pals since they were tiny babies. Rachel's family has been living in Utah this fall so it's been a while since we've seen them. The kids have fun playing and we get to catch up a bit. It turns out to be Catch Air's 2 year anniversary so they have a clown doing balloon animals and free donuts (yum! E and I split one). He doesn't know what to make of the balloon animals and kind of just wants a regular balloon. He won't tell her what he wants so she gives him a little doggie that he loves (Amity gets a huge octopus which is SO cool and all the kids are obsessed with it). They also each get a regular balloon that E won't let he hold or tie down, and of course it flies away within 2 minutes and he loses it. *sigh*<br />
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12:20 p.m. We head towards <a href="https://www.philsicehouse.com/" target="_blank">Phil's Icehouse</a> to continue the playdate fun with burgers (a corndog for E!) and a great outdoor playground.<br />
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1:30 p.m. It's time to say goodbye and head home for naptime. I let E watch Daniel Tiger in the car to make sure he stays awake.<br />
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1:45 p.m. We do a quick naptime routine of milk and 3 (short) books, brush teeth and potty. Then he sprints to his room and jumps on his lamb rug, gets piled up with blankets and says bye.<br />
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2:10 p.m. I'm exhausted from our morning of fun but decide against a nap so as not to mess with my sleep tonight. I lay down on the couch and turn on <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/shows/victoria/" target="_blank">Victoria</a> season one and work on this post. Lucky I don't have any pressing chores to tackle today, because I don't get anything else done... oops!<br />
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3:45 p.m. He's up! Usually he's good for a good 2 - 2 1/2 hours, but not today. Not to worry. He comes downstairs and enjoys a bowl of strawberries and an episode of Daniel Tiger.<br />
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4:30 p.m. After getting packed up and ready, we hop in the car to head to <a href="https://in.gredients.com/" target="_blank">In.gredients </a>for a Hike It Baby happy hour! He munches on dried okra on the way.<br />
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5:00 p.m. It's fun to catch up with friends and play on the new play structure they have! Eventually I go inside to order and get us two stuffed pretzels - one margharita style and the other fig and chevre. He pretty much only eats the plain pretzel part, so I'm glad he at least had a healthy snack! Can't win 'em all.<br />
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7:00 p.m. We say goodbye and head home.<br />
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7:20 p.m. Back home and so happy to see daddy! We usually see him for lunch and/or dinner, so this was a rare day. We happily play upstairs (hide and seek is a favorite, as well as running around like crazy with Luke).<br />
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7:40 p.m. We finally get E in the bathtub a bit late. Luke and I are enjoying catching up on the day and let him play with his tub toys a bit long, and he's mad to have to stop playing to get scrubbed up.<br />
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7:55 p.m. I go lay in bed so Luke can carry him in all wrapped up in his hooded towel to snuggle with mommy - a new tradition born from my super tired first trimester days when I'd mouthbreathe while they did tubby time. We get him in jammies and read a couple books in bed, then it's off to brush teeth and go potty. One more book in his bed!<br />
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8:20 p.m. A late-ish bedtime for E, but that's alright. Luke and I hang out in the kitchen cleaning up dishes from breakfast (oops!) and making grilled cheese and apple slices for his dinner (and my second dinner - no judging!). We curl up on the couch to catch a couple episodes of season two of The Good Place (how good is that show?! We love it).<br />
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9:30 p.m. We head upstairs. I read for a few minutes and zonk out at 10.Apron Adventureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17153953600927213220noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851835838942650902.post-551717241173667382017-08-02T14:10:00.001-05:002017-08-02T14:10:20.753-05:00Day in the Life with a 2 1/2 Year Old - Part 3We are over the summer hump! Just a month til preschool starts and I think we'll survive :)<br />
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E is still on the move, but with new toys! He's finally tall enough to use the balance bike he got for Christmas, though he's definitely not a whiz at it yet. He also had fun using scooters at his friends' houses, so when a neighbor was giving one away, I jumped at it!<br />
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Our friends offered us a 90's era swingset that had never been used, or even assembled, so we happily took it off their hands and have been having fun swinging, sliding and hanging! Other outside favorites are playing catch (he can actually catch now - rock on!) and digging with his shovel in the now-empty flowerbeds.<br />
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We've had fun playdates with friends at pools, splash pads, baseball games, birthday parties, and of course, hikes. The baseball game was a bust since E didn't understand why they wouldn't stop playing so he could go play on the field - sigh. And then there was the home run that pegged me in the leg which left me with a wicked bruise for a couple weeks.<br />
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We had a wonderful visit from my friend Christine and her 21 month old daughter. They're from Houston but have been living in Tokyo for her husbands work, so we were thrilled to enjoy 4 days with them. Emmett LOVED her daughter and they played together REALLY well.<br />
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Luke had a long business trip at the end of the month, but we enjoyed a visit from his mom to help out, and then E and I headed to Houston to spend some time with my family. Luke met us there and we all headed to the beach for the weekend! E loved the beach so much, and the condo we always stay at has a fantastic pool, lazy river and water slide (which he stoutly refused to ride until the very end of the day). He and Ben had a slumber party every night with side-by-side toddler inflatable mattresses (ours is<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Kids-Travel-Inflatable-Bed-Set/dp/B0085YGTGW/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1501700528&sr=8-4&keywords=toddler+air+mattress" target="_blank"> like this</a>), and they slept wonderfully every night.<br />
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7:01 a.m. Up and at 'em with Emmett calling for Luke to come greet him in bed. My sister thought it was funny he waits for us. Every morning Ben would try to get him to get out of bed but Emmett refused until a grown up came to get him.<br />
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7:30 a.m. Breakfast time! I offered Emmett a choice between cereal or toast and eggs (a new development, he's enjoyed eggs like 5 times in the past week!) and he says he wants Life cereal. Easy peasy!<br />
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7:45 a.m. All done. He carries his bowl to the kitchen - his new after meal chore - and then asks to go out front. Luke takes him and I get dressed and tidy up the breakfast dishes. We trade off keeping an eye on E while getting ourselves ready for the day, then E and I bid Luke farewell for the morning.<br />
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8:45 a.m. We pile in the car and drive to the Hike It Baby hike we're hosting at Great Hills Park Trails. The "cool" forecast for the week has made this hike a popular one - 10 families show up! An impressive feat for an August in Texas hike, right?<br />
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9:30 a.m. After some playground time we set off on the moderately challenging toddler hike. It's a bit technical in a few spots, but the toddlers manage it well enough (although I end up carrying E in the Onya for the last 1/3 mile). My friend even braves it with her 17 month old twins! Unfortunately a plucky squirrel ate through the zipper of my backpack at a park last week to steal our snacks (UGH! I was SO MAD!), so I'm using the less nice backpack. Bonus is that with no back padding, my ice-cold camelbak keeps me cool on the hike :) E eats an applesauce pouch and some Goldfish along the way and then we share a GIANT peach when we get back - he eats most of it.<br />
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11:40 a.m. We bid farewell to our friends and head home. He has a few minutes left of his Daniel Tiger episode from the car, so I let him watch while I dash up for a quick shower. He declares he's hungry, so I call Luke home and warm up lunch.<br />
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12:15 p.m. Lunchtime! On the menu is leftover rosemary honey salmon, rice, green beans and some rotisserie chicken. E is hungry today despite the snacks and cleans his plate along with some blueberries. The boys enjoy a few minutes of playtime (puzzles are all the rage now!).<br />
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12:40 p.m. We say bye to Luke again and head to the backyard to play on the swing set. We eventually end up in the front yard to play catch and pretend cook (he picks leaves off an ugly bush and calls them different fruits or veggies). We head inside and snuggle on the couch to read a few books. He's looking tired, so I offer him some milk to go upstairs and get ready for a nap.<br />
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1:20 p.m. It's a little early, but we easily read a few books, then go potty, and snuggle up on the lamb rug with his new favorite stuffed animal, a penguin from my Whole Foods colleagues from when I was pregnant.<br />
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1:30 p.m. I head downstairs to start on this post and relax a bit.Then it's time to tackle a few adult chores (like making the final payment for my car - woohoo!).<br />
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3:08 p.m. Emmett wakes up earlier than usual from his nap. I'm a bit at a loss since he usually goes down a little bit later but sleeps until 4:15/30ish these days. I let him watch some Daniel snuggled up with his penguin and a bowl full of strawberries while I pull together dinner. I usually do that during nap, but I ran outta time today! I already made a sesame peanut sauce, so I boil some buckwheat noodles, slice some cucumbers, shred a carrot and marinade some mushrooms in soy sauce and sesame oil. Then I rinse the noodles in cool water and toss with the veggies, sauce and some rotisserie chicken I shredded yesterday. Put it in the fridge and we're good to go for dinner!<br />
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4:20 p.m. My friend Aubrie and her son and newborn daughter come over for an impromptu playdate. The baby sleeps the time away while the little boys play bubbles and lawnmower in the backyard. Aubrie and I have fun chatting (albeit disjointedly - life with toddlers!).<br />
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5:30 p.m. Luke is home! He's got another work trip this week, so he's been coming home a little early this week for more family time. We all chat for a minute, then Aubrie heads home. We play ball in the front yard and chat about the day.<br />
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6:00 p.m. Dinner time! Luckily E agrees to wash hands without a fight (which has not always been the case lately...) and we sit down to eat. He says the spaghetti tastes funny (he's been obsessed with spaghetti and meat sauce lately so this was probably a little too different), but he eats plenty of chicken and does have a few bites of the noodles and cucumber.<br />
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6:20 p.m. We horse around a bit more, and E asks to see airplane photos on Luke's phone (a thing ever since Luke's last trip, it can get out of control sometimes, ugh...).<br />
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6:40 p.m. I wave goodbye to the guys and head to Body Jam. We just finished 3 weeks of the same routine (which we do for every launch), so I was excited to mix things up and do some old favorites! Nicole has an awesome mix and we have a blast as usual. One of the jammers made some fun shirts for us, so a few of us had to model them selfie style ;)<br />
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8:20 p.m. I say hello to Luke and hop in the shower for the second time today. Then I surprise both of us by asking him to make me an Old Fashioned. I've never been a dark liquor person, but Luke and Christine made some the other week and I was intrigued. We watered mine down just a bit and I loved it! Feel like I put on my big girl pants haha. We turn on the latest Game of Thrones episode and totally dig it.<br />
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10:00 p.m. Oops, kind of a late evening downstairs. We head upstairs to get ready for bed and turn the lights out without reading (a rarity these days).Apron Adventureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17153953600927213220noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851835838942650902.post-63226617582269641142017-07-06T17:17:00.000-05:002017-07-06T17:34:53.831-05:00Day in the Life - 2 1/2 Year Old Part 2Posting this one a little late because we had a BUSY June (we were out of town 4 weekends)! July looks to be almost as hectic, but at least we'll be home more.<br />
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We enjoyed a trip to Frisco (north Dallas) for my youngest cousin's high school graduation. My aunt has a lovely large home and was able to squeeze in our family, my sister's family and my uncle in addition to her own family, so we had a fun, family-packed weekend! It was surprisingly cold due to some storms, but the toddlers still insisted on swimming in her pool (we made the dads join them while the moms stayed nice and dry inside haha).<br />
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We enjoyed TWO family reunions - one at Lake LBJ for my father-in-law's extended family that we've done the past two years. It's always super chill, and E LOVED looking at the lake and swimming in the pool (I think we spent 4 hours in the pool spread out over 3 visits in one day!).<br />
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And we enjoyed spending time with my mother-in-law's extended family in downtown San Antonio for another weekend. We stayed at the historic Menger hotel (built in 1859!) right next to the Alamo. We loved the historic grace of the hotel, not to mention the pool :D And Emmett LOVED the Riverwalk. We tried bribing him to stay at the table with the tablet (for the first time ever) but not even Daniel Tiger could hold his interest.<br />
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And this past weekend, we dropped him back off in San Antonio for a fun-filled long weekend with grandma and papa while Luke and I headed south to Corpus Christi for a weekend with his best friend Mike and his wife Aubrey. We had a ball at the beach, in their backyard pool, at the movies and just chilling. It was Luke's birthday and I can safely say he lived it to the max :)<br />
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Somewhere in the middle of all that was a lovely chill Father's Day weekend at home that involved hiking and swimming and grilling! We also had a sitter one night so we could go to dinner and see the Pirates of Penzance at a theater in our neighborhood.<br />
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If you haven't noticed, the common thread here is SWIMMING. E took 2 weeks of lessons in early June through the city at a cool pool with his two besties from preschool. He LOVED it and had no problem jumping in, completely submerged, over and over and over. Fear of the water isn't a problem here, it's making sure he doesn't try to jump in when I'm not watching! Luckily I've convinced him to wear a puddle jumper for some extra support, and I don't take my eyes off him either :)<br />
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Another big change is that Luke finally convinced me to let him take the crib rail off Emmett's bed and make it a big boy bed! It's been an... OK transition. He's been drawing out bedtimes later and been a bit more challenging. THis month's sayings are "I can do it, I can," "No thanks, maybe later," "You want to ______ with me?" and "wait here, I'll be right back."<br />
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And now... a day in the life!<br />
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6:17 a.m. We hear Emmett calling for us earlier than usual. Ugh! Luckily Luke is amazing and goes to grab him and they head downstairs to play. Luke comes back up at 7 with a cup of coffee to wake me up - amaaaazing. He jumps in the shower and I go to greet Emmett for some early hugs then get started on breakfast. We haven't been to the store yet since we just got back in town yesterday evening, so I rummage to pull together something tasty. Toasted whole wheat English muffins with Confituras peach preserves, sharp cheddar and fried eggs - not bad! The muffins are kind of dry, but the toppings make up for it! We also share a plum Luke's mom sent us home with yesterday - SO sweet and juicy. E has a muffin with jam and a couple small strawberries from the garden.<br />
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7:30 a.m. We're finish with breakfast and E wants to head to the backyard. We play for a while, water the grass, pick some tomatoes and have a good time.<br />
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8:15 a.m. We wave goodbye to Luke and hang out in the front yard with Benji. It's trash day, so E brings his garbage truck to the front to play. We see TWO garbage trucks on our street and he's SO excited. Then, to make it better, one of the drivers stops and gives E a quick tour of the truck! He offers to let him honk the horn, but E doesn't love loud sounds so he declines. It was such a fun treat though :) Then the donut gang walks by (some of our retired neighbors who walk to the donut shop .75 miles away every Wednesday for a donut) and we chat with them for a bit. E loves them!<br />
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9:00 a.m. We hop in the car and head to Whole Foods Market for the week's provisions. E bee-lines to the Kids Club wagon for his complementary piece of fruit. He selects a clementine and hops in the cart while I peel it and he eats it. He's super excited to pick out this week's fruit and we get peaches (his current favorite!), plums, cherries, apples, strawberries AND blueberries. Oh man, we are keeping WFM in business ;) We hurry through the rest of our shopping since he's getting restless, then head back home. We share a plum, then E munches on a few pretzels and then snags an apple.<br />
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10:20 a.m. After putting away groceries and packing a picnic, I gather our summer outdoor gear and we hop back in the car. We're headed to Bailey Park Splash Pad to meet his preschool pal Max for some fun in the sun. He's so excited to see Max and the boys run to the splash pad and have it to themselves for a while. Unfortunately, it stops working after 15 minutes and won't turn back on. So, we head back to our cars and drive to Pease Park 5 minutes down the road to enjoy that splash pad! The boys love the splash pad and the playground. We enjoy our picnic (PB&J and carrots for me, cheese stick, peach and goldfish for him).<br />
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12:30 p.m. We finally hop in the car to head home, then play with cars and on the trampoline when we get back.<br />
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1:45 p.m. After some (strong) protestation, I carry E upstairs for his nap. I read him some books while he drinks milk, then he goes potty and we read one more book.<br />
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2:00 p.m. He's out! I head downstairs to troubleshoot some issues with my phone, which takes a little while. I pop some popcorn and enjoy it along with an old episode of Revenge. Then I plug away at a freelance project I'm working on for Whole Foods, and I get a head start on this post. Next it's time to tidy up a bit and prep dinner. I'm making the <a href="http://www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Ginger-Scallion-Noodles" target="_blank">Momofuku Ginger Scallion Noodles</a> and am soooo excited to try them. I marinade some bone-in chicken breasts with ginger, garlic, lime, soy sauce and sesame oil to go with it and prep some cauliflower florets in a foil packet to grill alongside it. Finally I fold some laundry and then head upstairs because...<br />
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4:40 p.m. Time to wake up Emmett! His sleep has been ALL over the board since our hotel stay in San Antonio - late nights, flip flopping between long naps and no nap. Sigh. Today was a good day! He pops right up and asks to watch Daniel Tiger together on the couch, and I happily oblige. We snuggle and watch it while he snacks on a bowl of frozen peas, and towards the end I go fire up the grill. Luke texted that he's coming home early (hooray!) so I can start cooking a little early.<br />
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5:15 p.m. Luke is home! I just put the chicken and cauliflower on the grill and the boys play inside and out while I do the cooking.<br />
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6:10 p.m. E wants to go upstairs and play beach (still a favorite, but not nightly, recurrence). I package up leftovers and head up after the boys and they are in full-on silly sprints carrying fake sand from the nightstand to the pile of pillows Emmett stacked up. We have lots of fun goofing around.<br />
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6:55 p.m. I change for Sh'bam and wave goodbye to the guys and head to the gym. I missed Body Jam Monday AND Tuesday due to being out of town and Independence Day, so I'm eager to get some exercise in.<br />
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7:15 p.m. The class is well-attended tonight and Katie picked some sweet jams. I have a total blast! Some of the Body Jam instructors arrived and planned to rehearse the new routine that launches next week, so some of us stay to dance with them. I really like it and am excited for launch, but holy 2 hours of cardio! I'm WIPED. But there's time for a super unflattering, sweaty post workout pic, because I forgot to include myself in any other photos from the day! Thanks Katie for teaching a great class :)<br />
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9:15 p.m. I leave the gym and head home. I download with Luke about bedtime (it went well! Luke turned out the light at 8:10 and E passed out by 8:40). I head to take a much needed shower and then climb in bed to read.<br />
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10:40 p.m. Oops, I can't put my book down! Lights out, but unfortunately my mind is still buzzing and I don't fall asleep until after 11...Apron Adventureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17153953600927213220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851835838942650902.post-24493577109807499412017-05-30T17:32:00.002-05:002017-05-30T17:32:52.016-05:00Day in the Life - 2 1/2 Year Old<b style="font-weight: normal;"><div dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-3ba268b1-5b75-00b6-f94c-4b4f39aa90e7" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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Our garden is phenomenal right now, and E has been quite the attentive gardener. He loves checking for red tomatoes every morning and we always have several to pick. He begs to eat one every day, but after the initial burst of juice he spits it out. Luckily there are so many I don't even mind! He can name all the plants in the garden and loves checking on their status every day.<br />
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Luke and I got to start out the month sneaking off to Houston for the weekend for my friend Alison's wedding. She's one of my sister's oldest friends, so we had a ball staying at Lauren's house and going to the wedding just the four of us and partying with lots of friends. It's always fun to see my nephews and just be auntie, not mommy. Luke and I snuck away the afternoon before the wedding to go to lunch, hit up the museum district to see some dino bones and visit with my dad! This awesome weekend was made possible because my wonderful in-laws came to Austin to watch him. They had lots of fun, and I was impressed at how much they went out and did!<br />
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We embarked on our second family road trip, this time to Branson, Missouri, to enjoy a lovely resort in the area with Luke's folks. Daniel Tiger was Emmett's companion on the trip and he was happy as a clam in the car, just a couple quick leg stretch breaks and a stop for lunch both ways. The resort we stayed at was lovely and had a baller playground that E loved. He also got to try playing tennis and mini golf and was obsessed with both. We rented a boat which he was nervous about and did NOT want to wear the life jacket for, but we persevered and he was super zen (he even fell asleep on my lap for 30 minutes!). He loved swimming, hiking and checking out the trolley in downtown.<br />
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It's been a pretty chill month otherwise. E had his last day of school (no summer school at his preschool, which is a huuuge bummer) and had to leave early due to falling ill. Luckily it was only a 24 hour bug and he was good as new! <br />
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<br /></b><br />Apron Adventureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17153953600927213220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851835838942650902.post-83951034119511061932017-05-02T16:01:00.001-05:002017-05-02T16:08:31.700-05:00Day in the Life - 2 Year Old Part 5What a fun month! And I'm not just saying that because it was my birthday ;) Emmett's school had a rodeo. He had a blast, but all he wanted to do was run around with this wagon with his besties - whatever works!<br />
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My sister and her family came in town for the <a href="https://eastaustinurbanfarmtour.com/" target="_blank">East Austin Urban Farm Tour </a>and we had an epic weekend. Ben and Emmett got along SO well (they even had a slumber party both nights and slept til 7!), there was lots of time where they played together and the adults got to chill and visit - score! We hired sitters for the farm tour so the adults could play - worth it :)</div>
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My mom came in town for Easter and we had fun playing croquet (a Lehfeld family favorite!) and hanging out. She babysat so we could go out for my birthday. <a href="http://www.fabiandrosi.com/" target="_blank">Fabi + Rosi</a> was even better than I remembered (it had been 7 or 8 years), although the duo we saw afterwards on a whim was....interesting. <br />
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Our neighbors have been doing some landscaping and Emmett was OBSESSED with helping them dig. Like, anytime they were outside, he'd grab his shovel and say "I'm gonna go help Rocky and Abby!" so Luke and I would head over with him shovels in hand and help out (so the experience was hopefully net positive for them haha). </div>
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The best weekend was our Hike It Baby camping trip at Colorado Bend State Park. The weather was GORGEOUS and the site was beautiful. Emmett loved staying outside all day, sleeping in the tent, eating outside, hiking and climbing on the awesome tree at the group site. Can't wait to do it again!<br />
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Emmett has been obsessed with water (spray bottles then watering cans then the hose), so our plants have been very happy this month! His awareness of social situations has been fun to witness - he's picking up on more niceties like telling the neighbors "it's a beautiful day" or the grocery store clerk "have a good one!". He's showing some typical behaviors of a two year old, but with some gentle coaching we've had some good teaching moments. He's been sleeping well (10 1/2 - 11 hours at night, 2 ish hour naps) and has a new love of green beans! He is a total jokester who has been cracking us (and himself!) up lately. Also, he's discovered the glory of burbs. He burped the other night and said "I farted in my mouth!" - Luke and I practically peed our pants over that one.<br />
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7:03 a.m. Emmett's awake! He's calling for Daddy, but since Luke is on a work trip, I saunter in there. He's less than impressed and tell me to get back in bed and send Daddy, but when I remind him Daddy went on an airplane, but I'm happy to go downstairs and make coffee then come back, he changes his tune and asks to go downstairs with me ;) Instead of standing on his stool to stir his pumpkin dunk and help cut strawberries, he prefers to play with toys while I assemble breakfast. Not surprisingly, he also has a dirty diaper after this independent playtime, so I change him before we sit down.<br />
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7:30 a.m. Breakfast time! I forgot to snap a pic, but it was a pretty typical morning. He had pumpkin dunk with Life cereal and Cheerios with strawberries and raspberries on the side. I had almond butter and homemade strawberry jam stirred in overnight oats with berries on top. And plenty of coffee :)<br />
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7:45 a.m. It's beautiful outside and Emmett asks to go play. He wants to go "in his toes" (barefoot), but after I open the door and we realize it's kind of cold out, he asks for shoes and a jacket (!!!). We have a great time playing around the backyard, which is a nice change since he normally demands to play in the front these days - making it a challenge to dash inside to get us ready for the day. He's happy playing at the sand table, so I dash in to get dressed and pack his school lunch. We eventually make it to the front yard to play a bit more - he begged to water the flowers, but since we did it last night I got him to settle on just using his spray bottle.<br />
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9:00 a.m. He asks to go potty - yay! So we take the opportunity to get him dressed for school and say bye to Benji.<br />
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9:12 a.m. We drive to school for drop off. We arrive a few minutes early and have fun visiting with his friends in the parking lot. He's excited for school today, but also a little clingy and wants to show me a lot of toys in class and play with him. After a few minutes though he gives me a kiss and I say goodbye.<br />
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9:40 a.m. I drive to Marshall's to do some last-minute shopping for a dress for a wedding this weekend, but strike out. I do snag Luke a few additional shirts for his suit. When we were packing his suitcase we realized when he's got to wear a tie, there's really only 2 decent shirts to pair them with, so I bought him a couple more. I also found some fun sandals that should be fairly easy to dance in at the wedding, so score!<br />
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10:20 a.m. I have a few minutes, so I run to Home Depot to buy a new hose (I accidentally drove over the end of ours so we can screw the sprinkler into it...).<br />
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10:35 a.m. I head down to Far West for my first manual therapy appointment (kind of like physical therapy, but they're more hands-on). I've had chronic ankle issues for 20 years ever since I sprained my ankle as a kid and then continued to roll it playing tennis over the years. I often twinge it during Body Jam and decided I should see a doctor, who recommended I try this. I really liked Tommy who talked to me for a while, checked my ranges of motion and worked with me on lots of exercises. I came home with homework and am determined to keep it up before my next appointment.<br />
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12:30 p.m. Back home! I warm up lunch (leftover Asian chicken, steamed broccoli and rice) and snarf it down. I pull out the steam mop and clean the floors since it's been a couple weeks - oops! I was getting really good about doing it every week, but the past few weeks have been crazy. My in-laws are coming tomorrow to stay with E for the weekend while Luke and I go to the wedding, so I wanted to have the house in decent shape before they get here. I vacuum the rug too and dust some furniture. Then I sit down and organize my thoughts for a Mother's Day gift guide I'm drafting for Whole Foods Market.<br />
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1:15 p.m. I head back to Emmett's school to pick him up. He's SO excited to see me and flies into my arms when I pick him up - the BEST greeting! He had a great day at a school and has fun telling me all about it. We head back to the car and turn on some Daniel Tiger for the drive back.<br />
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1:45 p.m. Back at home, he enjoys some milk while finishing the episode of Daniel. I take the chance to finish mopping and put dishes in the dishwasher. Then we enjoy the front yard for a while, spraying flowers and playing with his toy pliers. I read some books too. We do a Google video hangout with Luke who landed in DC - E is missing him a lot.<br />
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2:30 p.m. I tell Emmett it's time for "one more thing" and then quiet time. He's pretty content playing but comes along when I tell him it's time. It takes FOREVER for him to make it upstairs, he keeps getting distracted. But he's happy to settle onto his lamb rug and we read some books while he sips a little more milk.<br />
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2:45 p.m. Nap time! I head to the backyard to spray for mosquitoes (an ongoing battle). Then I reassess my dress collection and land on one for the wedding. Now it's time to settle down to write the post for Whole Foods, which comes together nicely. I even get a chance to start this post and throw some laundry in.<br />
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4:51 p.m. Oops, I let Emmett sleep a little late (I usually grab him by 4:45) so I go up to wake him. He's in a good mood and asks to watch Daniel downstairs, and insists on bringing his iguana. We enjoy hangout time on the rug while he watches, and I sneak into the kitchen to assemble my sandwich for dinner.<br />
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5:20 p.m. I decide to mix things up, so I ask him if he wants to help me wash my car. He answers with a resounding yes, so we head outside. He has fun using the hose to spray the car, but then doesn't want to stop, so I eventually direct him to water the yard while I scrub the car down :)<br />
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6:10 p.m. Dinner time! It's nice out, so we eat at the picnic table in the backyard. He has leftover rice, peas, chicken and apple slices. I have a turkey/ham/cheese/mustard sandwich and kale salad with olive oil/honey/red wine vinegar. With a side of Becker Iconoclast cab sav ;)<br />
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6:30 p.m. We head to the garden to water the plants and check on the tomatoes, then I ask if he wants to go on a walk. He says yes as long as he can bring his watering can haha. We putter along the street while he waters people's flowers and we chat with neighbors we run into. Then he runs for a bit, and eventually has me carry him on my shoulders home.<br />
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7:15 p.m. Back home and I convince him to head upstairs, but he dilly dallies along the way and it takes a good 5 minutes to play upstairs. We play beach (piling up pillows and blankets and running back and forth to fill it with imaginary sand) then enjoy tubby time. He gets bubbles on his nose and then snorts them off and finds it hilarious. He plays contentedly for a bit so I throw some clothes in a bag for my upcoming trip that weekend. We do jammes/milk/books then brush teeth. Bedtime!<br />
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8:20 p.m. My bad, kind of a late bedtime. With the late nap and fun shenanigans, time got away from us tonight. Oh well! I normally chill out now, but I've got a lot to do, so I head downstairs to peel potatoes for mashed potatoes. Luke's parents are coming this weekend so I'm getting the house ready for them as well as myself ready to meet Luke in Houston for a wedding! He calls and we chat while I do the potatoes and bake off some snickerdoodles from dough I made earlier in the week. We hang up and I write out some ideas of things to do for the weekend and info on meals I prepared (they're total Emmett experts so I don't even have to write out instructions!). Then I sit down to watch the new Hulu show the Handmaiden's Tale and do my ankle exercises.<br />
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10:06 p.m. Lights out!<br />
<br />Apron Adventureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17153953600927213220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851835838942650902.post-63336063731261724032017-04-01T15:42:00.000-05:002017-04-01T15:42:25.836-05:00Day in the Life - 2 Year Old Part 4I love March in Austin. Well, I don't love the SXSW insanity that descends, but now that I don't work downtown, it's much easier to avoid. We've had a month full of FUN and sun with sassy weekend happenings, a hike-filled spring break week (Emmett didn't have school that week) and blissful normality on the weekdays. With all this fun we've been having, I'm embarrassed how many meals E has cobbled together consisting of Goldfish and applesauce pouches when we're out, but I try to just keep that to once per week (except this weekend when we managed it twice, oops!).<br />
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But this kid is all about experiences big and small. We're hardcore in the storytelling phase, so anything special that happens he tells over and over again (whether this is a tumble he takes that results in a scrape, or somehow thinking the window contractor's name is Mike - it's actually Justin - and telling how he carried a really heavy window into the house, or seeing peacocks at the park and what they sound like). The other obsession is jumping and hopping. And he does this cute little run that finishes in a quick hop - it reminds me of a character from Mario Bros.<br />
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Luke's best friend Mike and his wife Aubrey visited us for an enjoyable weekend that included some much needed babysitting time so we could go out with them sans-toddler. And, I just scored the Oregon Trail game at Target that we played while enjoying cake and champagne over naptime one day (it was Aubrey's birthday, we had to celebrate right!).<br />
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I had an awesome weekend away in Boerne to celebrate my friend Alison's upcoming nuptials and had a blast with my sister and gal pals hitting the spa, wineries and shops. Is it time to go back yet??<br />
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My mom visited for a few days during spring break and we had great time finally checking out the Austin rodeo. I kept hearing it was "cute" from friends and wasn't expecting much (especially coming from Houston), so I was pleasantly surprised with how much fun and excitement there was with a totally manageable crowd on a Saturday morning. We will TOTALLY be back (and plan more rides on the carousel for Emmett - we waited until it was time to leave to let him go once and he HOWLED the whole walk back to the car wanting to go back and do more!). We went to an epic birthday party in a park for one of E's friends that afternoon that came with adult beverages for the parents - this mama enjoyed that ;) And we capped the fun off with a crawfish boil! Phew.<br />
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Not to be outdone, the last weekend in March we took Emmett berry picking at Sweet Berry Farms in Marble Falls. Not surprisingly, he LOVED it. But, he was NOT into the bounce spot there like he has been at other places before, oh well. Our dining plans fell through and our friends' kid fell asleep immediately, so we decided to drive 45 minutes to go to Jester King Brewery for pizza, beer and more fun. It was HOPPING. Like so crazy. But we found a shady table near the fun dirt pile with shovels and trucks for kids to play in a had a great time.<br />
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6:45 a.m. Emmett is awake and we're both shocked (well, as shocked as you can be when you're asleep). He's been sleeping in until 7:30-8 for the past month and we've been loving it, so this is less than awesome. Oh well, time to get up! He's demanding his spray bottle, so we grab that straight away (they planted flowers at school yesterday and they watered them with spray bottles. Needless to say, spray bottles are now a THING). We head downstairs to make breakfast while Luke showers. He's been really into bananas lately, but only cutting them with his butter knife, not eating them, which is moderately annoying.... But, we get breakfast prepped and sit down.<br />
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7:08 a.m. Breakfast is served! E has his normal mix of pumpkin and Greek yogurt with cereal on top (I think today is Life and Kix) and strawberries on the side. Luke and I have toast with homemade strawberry jam from berry picking, scrambled eggs and fruit. Oh, and coffee in my Beauty and the Beast mug I scored at Disneyworld!<br />
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7:30 a.m. We tidy up and take turns getting ready. Since we're up so early I jump on the chance to take a shower while the guys play soccer in the front yard (the front yard is the new back yard in our house these days - E loves playing there). He decides he wants to go on a walk, which is a nice change. We haven't been doing our morning walks due to the late wake-ups, so I'm down.<br />
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8:05 a.m. We head down the road (spray bottle in hand) toward the creek - another thing we haven't done lately. I think we only tossed oak balls maybe twice last month. We've been busy! We have a fun time on the walk and E happily spritzes neighbors' plants as we go. He gets going a little too fast and is looking behind mischievously at me instead of in front of him at the road and trips and gets a little scrape that he tells me about a lot on the walk. But the spray bottle comes in handy and we spray his scrape - all better! I end up carrying him on my shoulders the last 2 blocks so we can stay on schedule.<br />
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9:15 a.m. We head south toward the <a href="https://austintexas.gov/department/austin-nature-and-science-center" target="_blank">Austin Nature and Science Center.</a> We haven't been<a href="http://apronadventures.blogspot.com/2016/12/day-in-life-2-year-old.html" target="_blank"> in a few months</a>, so we're excited to go back. This time we're planning to explore the hiking trails I didn't know were there and co-lead a <a href="https://hikeitbaby.com/" target="_blank">Hike It Baby</a> hike.<br />
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9:45 a.m. We pull in just in time, but I forgot to account for applying sun screen, new diaper and walking to the meeting spot, oops! Then we encounter our first problem... The trailhead is tucked back in the center, and E has his heart set on seeing the animals. We look at a few of the birds of prey exhibited near the trailhead, hoping that will pacify him, but he loses his MIND when I tell him it's time to hike. We make it through the welcome circle and I put him in the pack to have a snack and hopefully calm down, but I can tell it's a lost cause. We apologize to the group and decide to skip the hike and just play around and see the animals. He immediately calms down, pounds some applesauce and graham crackers and is himself again. Phew! I'm a little disappointed not to explore the trail, but it's a beautiful day and we're both in good spirits, so I'll take it as a win. We have fun exploring the fish/amphibian area and the animals - we go back and forth several times, before heading to the dino pit to do some digging. Our friends meet up with us there and I have fun visiting with the moms while the kids dig.<br />
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12:00 p.m. After saying bye to our friends and visiting the animals once again, we walk back to the car. We're parked by the pedestrian bridge over Town Lake, so we enjoy looking at the boats and stand up paddleboards for a while.<br />
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12:20 p.m. We get loaded back up (after having to ask a bus driver to move the bus since it's blocking us - E loved that and told that story a lot on the way home/over lunch). We give Luke a call to meet us at home for lunch.<br />
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1:00 p.m. Lunchtime! It's a smattering of leftovers - turkey and black bean crunchy tacos with avocado and cheese, fresh cooked white rice, grilled zucchini and the boys shared some grilled chicken leg meat. E also has an applesauce pouch and dried okra. He's once again in a bit of a mood (he freaked out about carrying his own plate to the table and then about me trying to help him work the applesauce up to the spout for him), but we talk him off the ledge.<br />
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1:30 p.m. We say bye to dada and head to the front yard to drink some milk and read books, then it's time to spray water again and mow the yard. He pulls the hose out for a "bump" to drive over - he's obsessed with bumps, especially speed bumps!<br />
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2:00 p.m. E was looking REALLY tired at lunch and is getting a bit testy, so I convince him to head upstairs for quiet time. We get his diaper changed, remove his shoes and set out his lamb rug and stuffed animals. He enjoys more milk while I read books to him, then say goodnight.<br />
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2:10 p.m. So last week we had a CRAZY wind storm that whipped the umbrella out of our patio table that broke the glass top. Luke is amazing and built us a picnic table that weekend in an afternoon. Total baller. I bought some stain at Home Depot yesterday so headed out to paint a coat on it. The paint guy recommended solid vs semi-trainsparent stain because it would protect the wood better from the sun. I'm not convinced I love the solid stain, but I'm thinking it'll grow on me... I enjoy a podcast while I paint - the latest<a href="http://www.missedinhistory.com/" target="_blank"> Stuff You Missed in History Class</a>.<br />
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2:55 p.m. Wow, that took longer than I thought! I take a shower then sit down to relax and work on this post. Then I clean up the kitchen from lunch and unload the dishwasher, and I enjoy a homemade strawberry muffin while appreciating my rununculas :)<br />
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4:30 p.m. Time to get dressed and put on a little makeup so I look like a human again. Then I double-check that I have our backpack all ready to go, car waters poured, E's shoes and fresh socks and put Benji in the back.<br />
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4:45 p.m. I go into Emmett's room to wake him up. He's happy to see me and snuggly - gotta love it! I change his diaper then we head downstairs. He asks for his spray bottle (again), and I let him spray a few things in the front yard. Then I ask him if he wants to get in the car and watch Daniel Tiger (the answer is ALWAYS yes - he watches Daniel either on the couch or in the car on our way somewhere every day after nap). Well, of course, the answer today is no. That takes me back, but I let him spray some more things and enjoy himself a few more minutes and ask again, but no response. Oy. So I call Luke to chat about our options. I had planned to drive down to <a href="http://in.gredients/">in.gredients</a> - a zero waste grocery store with a lovely outside hangout area with kids' toys and a playscape for a Hike It Baby happy hour. But the later E plays, the less appealing that option comes since it'll mean more traffic and less time to play before we turn around to come home. A few of Luke's coworkers mentioned happy hour at Oskar Blue's just down the road - they always have a food truck and have a fun outdoor space, so we decide to change plans and do that instead. I'm super bummed to missed my HIB pals though and text to apologize.<br />
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5:25 p.m. Emmett is on-board with the plan and we hop in the car for the 5 minute drive to the brewery. We're the first ones there so I go ahead and order us a pizza from the food truck (since E didn't have a snack I don't want him to turn hangry on us) then I go inside to order a beer. He's on the HUNT for Dad and only agrees to go inside when I tell him we're looking for him and maybe he's inside... ;)<br />
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Luke shows up right when the pizza gets there and E asks to go inside (which surprises me) so we go find a table to sit down and enjoy. Then E beelines for the couple of pinball machines they have there and I realize why he wanted to go in. He LOVES watching the pinball machine and gets to push the buttons - he's not bad, really. Well, then we can't get him AWAY from the machine and he stands on the stool pushing buttons while we sit at the table nearby enjoying our pizza and chatting with friends. After some tears, he agrees to eat a few bites of an apple then asks to go outside. There are a few other kids his age around (including some neighbors we run into) and they sit there playing together, without adults intervening, happy for about 5 minutes (which is AMAZING). He has the biggest smile on his face. Finally he wanders over to the table and sits on Luke's lap and dominates almost a whole huge slice of pizza and a few dried okra pieces. Score! We play some more.<br />
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7:20 p.m. Oops, we stayed a little too long (let's be honest, this happens every Friday night that we go out). But we're only 5 minutes away so we're not too off-schedule.<br />
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7:35 p.m. We're back home and we've convinced E to go upstairs, and then he loses it. He pounds his whole cup of milk (he usually only drinks it after tubby) and then is NOT into tubby. So we end up forcing a 2 minute bath just to scrub off the day's grime and then get him in diaper and jammies. Then he calms down and we read several books. Then it's time to brush teeth, run back to bed and read another book.<br />
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8:10 p.m. Lights out! Phew, that was not the easiest day. E was having a hard time coping and had way more tantrums than usually (typically he has 1 maybe 2 in a day, today was more like 4 or 5). Sigh. I'm trying to respond with kindness and empathy and then lovingly correct. Toddlers aren't easy though! Needless to say, Luke and I both look forward to relaxing more. I considered making a drink, but honestly, more times than not I prefer happy hour instead of after bedtime for a bev, so I stick to water. We turn on <a href="http://abc.go.com/shows/the-catch" target="_blank"><i>The Catch</i></a> to wind down.<br />
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9:15 p.m. We head upstairs to get ready for bed, then settle down to read.<br />
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10:45 p.m. Oops again, I stayed up way too late reading! That's been happening especially since he usually sleeps in, fingers crossed he does tomorrow (spoiler alert, he sleeps til 7:30, we'll take it!). Apron Adventureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17153953600927213220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851835838942650902.post-77607742396588111002017-03-02T11:46:00.000-06:002017-03-02T11:46:03.145-06:00Day in the Life - 2 Year Old Part 3We've had a super chill February. I love this time of year! I just wish it loved me. I thought I was going to squeak by without a cedar sinus infection this year, but no such luck. E and I had one miserable week where we attempted to stay indoors. Luckily I'm well again and we're outside all the time again!<br />
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It's rare we can't understand him these days, and his vocab and sentence-making skills continue to flourish. He even can use past tense correctly now, which kind of blew my mind. He's all about the hugs and kisses still, which is still delightful! And he's getting pretty good at independent play (especially when the alternative is naptime ;) ). My favorite saying is "What ya making?" when he sees/smells me cooking or "what's that noise?" - the inquisitive phase is HERE.<br />
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I enjoyed a long weekend in Orlando with my MiL Jennifer where we did the Princess 5K at Disney World with her friend and her friend's daughter. We then enjoyed a few more days at the various parks. It was lots of fun, even for a gal who doesn't enjoy roller coasters (I hadn't been since I was a kid, so I forgot that roller coasters aren't really a Disney thing anyway). I missed Emmett like CRAZY and was so happy to see him again on Monday. Though, I was glad not to have him there because I'm pretty sure he would've hated it at this phase in his life.<br />
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Speaking of grandma's, we enjoyed having my mom stay with us for a week while she attended her annual teacher technology conference in downtown Austin. We had fun hanging with Gammy, and she was nice enough to babysit a couple times while she was here!<br />
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6:47 a.m. Shucks, E decides to wake up early today. We've been loving these later mornings, but this isn't too bad. Luke goes into get him and E is already jumping around in bed. He's ready to party today! He demands to go downstairs so I get dressed really fast and we head down while Luke jumps in the shower. Emmett wants to cut strawberries (with his butterknife), so I rinse several and let him loose while I start making pancake batter (currently crushing on <a href="https://www.americastestkitchen.com/recipes/8417-100-percent-whole-wheat-pancakes" target="_blank">America's Test Kitchen 100 Percent Whole Wheat Pancakes </a>with blueberries). He moves on from strawberries and wants to help, so I give him a bowl and some measuring cups with flour and water to pour and "mixa mixa mixa!".<br />
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7:20 a.m. Coffee's ready, pancakes are piled up and happy and Luke's downstairs. Breakfast time! Emmett actually eats most of a pancake with some syrup, along with his usual pumpkin Greek yogurt and cereal.<br />
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7:35 a.m. All done and he's already begging to go outside. He's been better about hanging out inside lately, but not so much today. Luke and I take turns playing while we finish getting ready for the morning and rinse off dishes.<br />
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8:15 a.m. Emmett is pushing his lawnmower around in the back yard and decides he wants to go on a "mow mow" walk, so we go through the side gate and head out without saying bye to Luke, oops! He sets off at a good pace and sees a garbage truck driving by the street we're approaching and takes off! My legs are jelly from an intense 10 minutes of squats after Body Jam last night, so there's no way I'm keeping up. He's good about stopping to wait for me before reaching the street, and we set off towards the garbage truck. We see Luke drive by on the way to work and wave excitedly. More garbage trucks and school buses drive by, lots of waves and smiles!<br />
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8:45 a.m. Back home and playing in the front yard. The "donut gang" walks by (some neighbors my parents' age who walk to the local donut shop every Wednesday). They have extra donuts without sugar on the outside and offer one to E to share with Benji (after checking with me first of course). E is unsure, but then decides he loves donuts and repeats that repeatedly while demolishing half! We play around front, back and inside and I get us packed and ready for our hike.<br />
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9:45 a.m. We set off towards Walnut Creek for a Hike It Baby hike. Emmett has fun playing and is super speedy the first half of the hike! Then he tires out a bit and I end up wearing/carrying him most of the last half mile or so. He enjoys some applesauce, apple, graham crackers and Goldfish along the way. We cover 1.25 miles, pretty good for a toddler-led hike!<br />
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11:45 a.m. Surprisingly, E says he's ready to leave after only 10-15 minutes at the playground after the hike. We say goodbye to our friends and head home. He's jonesing for Daniel Tiger, so he sprawls out on the rug and watches an episode while I throw together a lunch salad (no leftovers today since last night was salmon night) and empty the dish washer.<br />
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12:20 p.m. Lunch time! E has some leftover brown rice (he's not much of a quinoa man these days), edamame and thyme white beans. Luke and I scarf down some delicious salads. The mix is quinoa / roasted beets / cucumber / olives / cherry tomatoes / thyme white beans / arugula / feta / lime, honey & olive oil dressing. Watermelon for dessert!<br />
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12:45 p.m. Surprise surprise, E wants to head back outside. We head to the sandbox while Luke clears the table. He comes out intending to spend a few minutes hanging out, but Emmett says back to work and gives him a kiss goodbye. Luke can take a hint, and heads back to work ;) More front yard, back yard fun with an "outside milk" break. E loves drinking milk on the patio while I read him books - fun for all! We wrap up with some trains.<br />
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1:00 p.m. I convince E to come upstairs for additional milk and quiet time (the new nap time). Basically, instead of going down for a nap in the crib, he lays down on his lamb rug on the floor and takes a nap there. He was starting to push naps suuuuper late and fight them, so I decided to give him the option not to sleep and play in his room to keep the nap. Other than a few days chockful of tears, this has meant a couple hour nap on the floor and we're all happy. Sweet.<br />
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2:05 p.m. Sweet sleep achieved! I head downstairs to kick up my feet for a few minutes and start this post with <i>Gilmore Girls</i> reruns in the background. Then I start on a Pi Day blog post for Whole Foods (right up my alley!). I wittle away at our tax return, almost done! Next up it's dinner - an Indian chicken dinner (I love simmer sauces as a short cut. Our favorite is surprisingly the Target brand butter masala). I grab a bell pepper plant to put in the garden. I finally got everything planted yesterday but accidentally grabbed a serrano plant instead of a red bell (don't want Emmett to accidentally eat one of THOSE!). I plant it and give the garden some water and clean up some miscellaneous tools left from the planting process.<br />
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4:45 p.m. Time to wake Emmett up! No matter when he goes down, I always wake him up by 4:45 because I don't want him to push back bedtime. That made for a short nap time the last couple weeks when he was going down after 3, so I was thrilled to get 2 1/2 hours today! He's happy and snuggly and glad to see me :) We head downstairs and cuddle up on the couch to watch an episode of Daniel Tiger.<br />
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5:10 p.m. He's getting wiggly and wants to play, so we turn off the episode early and head outside to have some fun! More garbage truck shenanigans (he loves driving it over the "speed bump" i.e. slightly raised tree roots over and over). We have fun digging in some dirt (our garden beds were suuuuuper bogged down and not draining well, thanks Texas clay soil. So we scooped some out and mixed in fluffy amendments. We spread that dirt in a low patch in our garden and E has looooved scooping it with his construction trucks and shovels!). I end up doing a sassy shovel dance to 24K, but E is surprisingly unimpressed. Ha! It's lovely out so I crack a lime La Croix that totally hits the spot. We move to the front yard and race back and forth in the driveway with his lawnmower then garbage truck for quite a while waiting for Luke. He's running a little late, oops! But we're having fun and don't mind.<br />
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6:10 p.m. Luke's home! I quickly warm the Indian food and warm a piece of naan for us all to share. Tonight's Indian is chicken, carrots, onions and beet greens. E doesn't love cooked carrots but sometimes will eat them, not today though. He loves the rice and naan and eats some chicken and sauce.<br />
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6:30 p.m. We clear the table and run circles around the downstairs and have an epic dance party. E normally has been asking to go upstairs early, but not today! We finally convince him to head up around 7:15.<br />
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7:15 p.m. Emmett "plays beach" for a while. I think he learned this from Daniel Tiger when it was raining and they couldn't go to the beach so they pretended with pillows and blankets. He takes all the pillows and an excess blanket from our bed and piles them up in the doorway. Super cute! While he's playing I sneak in a quick shower. I intended to shower earlier but thought I'd go to Sh'Bam tonight at the gym (a dance class kind of like Body Jam but in a Zumba format). But my legs are killing me and I'm tired and having too much fun with my guys, so decide not to go.<br />
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7:25 p.m. Emmett's turn! He has fun in the bathtub and loves scrubbing himself. We get out and do the "doot doot" shark song (even though we're using the lamb hoodie towel today instead of the shark one). Jammie time - he chooses super quickly today, nice! He pounds milk while I read him books and he proceeds to climb all over Luke. Clearly he's tired ;) Not! We brush teeth and then he jumps in bed for 5 minutes. You know, so he can go to sleep. We read one last book in bed and said goodnight. He proceeds to call out "goodnight mommy, goodnight daddy" for a few more minutes, so sweet!<br />
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8:05 p.m. He's asleep, score! We pour ourselves some wine and sit down to watch the last episode of The Crown, so good!<br />
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9:00 p.m. I'm beat, so we head upstairs. I'm reading <i>The Man in the High Castle</i>. We loved the series, but the book has been a little slow to start.<br />
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9:45 p.m. My eyes are closing, so lights out! E was kind and slept til 7:20 the next morning, score :)<br />
<br />Apron Adventureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17153953600927213220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851835838942650902.post-80163141952022139372017-01-30T19:19:00.002-06:002017-01-30T19:19:46.640-06:00Day in the Life - 2 Year Old Part 2Just when I think we've hit a stable time, a regular, I realize over the past month Emmett has once again changed quite a bit. When will I stop being surprised by that? This month feels unique in that I'm not sure what the cause is - maybe a growth spurt? And emotional/intelligence spurt? Or maybe it's the two back-to-back colds he's had that's consumed January. Either way, he's sleeping lots (like 12 hours each night and 2+ hour naps every day). I'm sure this will end soon, so I'm not stressing and am enjoying it while it lasts. [EDIT - it didn't last. The next day was the worst with a 4:45 a.m. wake up and nap strike. Oh joy... Foot in mouth :) ].<br />
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And the HUGS. Can we talk about the hugs? Like, enthusiastic, run at you grinning, full body hugs. All. The. Time. It's GLORIOUS. I've been filling my lifetime hug bank, and it overflows. I wish I could bottle this and send to friends who need a hug. So happy.<br />
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And the sentences. They're real. The new favorite is "I want _______ please" - not always with the please, but sometimes! I think it's funny when he says "I want hungry" ha. But seriously, I'm thrilled he's beginning to grasp pronouns.<br />
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As I already mentioned, E has been sick most of the month. Mostly runny nose and cough stuff - typical winter grossness. But despite the symptoms and extra sleep (and reduced appetite), he's not one to sit on the couch all day and rest. I wish. So hiking we still go! But maybe not quite as exuberantly or far. <br />
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Oh, and he's starting to have opinions about his clothes (beyond just demanding his fire truck jammies everynight). He FREAKED OUT on Tuesday for picture day at school because I wanted him to wear anything other than his fire truck jammy shirt with yogurt stains from breakfast on it. Geez louise....<br />
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We did luck out having a healthy weekend so we could go to Houston so Luke and E could meet my sister's baby! We took a trip to the Houston Zoo while we were there, and E loved it.<br />
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This time I'm mixing it up, and sharing more of a weekend in the life, because why not?<br />
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<b>Friday</b><br />
Luke's mom is here for the weekend, which is fun! It's always nice to have company during the day and extra hands. We head down to <a href="http://mayfieldpark.org/" target="_blank">Mayfield Park</a> for a <a href="https://hikeitbaby.com/" target="_blank">Hike It Baby</a> hike. E does a great job hiking on foot for the first 3/4 mile and we find some cool shells in the near empty lake. We get to a fun stair step area that leads to a mini "cave" that the other kids all climb and explore, but he holds back until everyone is down and ready to go and is ready to go up himself (he did this at the carousel at the Houston Zoo). They were good sports and didn't begrudge us a quick jaunt up the stairs. Then he got REAL huggy and I ended up carrying him a bit and even wearing him in the <a href="http://www.onyababy.com/" target="_blank">Onya </a>(the first time he's gone up on my back all month, I was thrilled he let me carry him!). We ended with some fun in the gardens with the peacocks that roam there, always a thrill.<br />
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That evening, Jennifer offered to watch Emmett and we pounced on the date night opportunity. We stopped first at <a href="http://pinthousepizza.com/burnet" target="_blank">Pinthouse Pizza </a>for a happy hour with some of Luke's work friends. We meet up with them there maybe once a month, but always with Emmett in tow. It's super family friendly (they even have arcade games - he likes to sit at them or watch big kids play), but gets old taking turns walking him around and missing out on chatting with friends. It was so nice to both get to stay at the table and visit! We had drinks and split a pretzel so we wouldn't be starving for dinner. We went to <a href="http://titayasthaicuisine.com/#" target="_blank">Titaya's</a> - the best Thai in Austin. We hadn't been in a couple years since they don't take reservations and are always hopping - a total no-go with a toddler. It's next to a Half Price Books, so we perused the aisles which was a total luxury! (Oops, I didn't take any pictures all night - too busy having fun!)<br />
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<b>Saturday</b><br />
I wake up SO excited for breakfast. Jennifer, Emmett and I had stopped at Central Market to grab a few things and I got this baller loaf of "breakfast bread" that was wheat with apples, pecans and dates in it and a little sugar dusted on top. We come down to scramble some eggs, crisp some bacon and toast up the bread, only to discover that BENJI ATE IT ALL last night. AHHHH. I was crushed. Kind of embarrassingly so. Plan B - I run to the donut shop and get a half dozen for us to nibble with our eggs and bacon. It works!<br />
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We're ready to go hiking! I almost beg off because historically this is always my worst week for allergies, but I can't resist (and I figure two extra hours won't REALLY make a difference compared to the 4-5 hours E and I spent outside every day). We head to <a href="https://www.austinparks.org/parks/St.%20Edwards%20Park/" target="_blank">St. Edward's Trail </a>- I haven't been since the summer! We go to the more challenging hillside and E impresses us by managing the first 3/4 miles on foot despite some tricky hills. He's ready for a snack and we convince him it's a good idea to go up on Luke's back for it.<br />
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When we get back home, I run over to my friend Karen's house one street over for her son's first birthday party! Since E is sick I didn't want him to descend on their house, and it was full of babies so definitely the right call. I meant to only stay for 30 minutes, but it turned into an hour and a half. So fun to catch up with friends! I get home in time to participate in "outside milk" time before nap. Luke is cashing in on my being out by getting lots of E hugs - he's loving it alllllmost as much as I do! Current book favorite is the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Construction-Alphabet-Book-Jerry-Pallotta/dp/1570914389" target="_blank"><i>Construction Alphabet</i></a> - E can name all the trucks A - Y (I haven't gotten him to say Zipper truck, but he can say knuckleboom loader and quad-axel lowbed - go figure!).<br />
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E goes down at 2:15 and Jennifer heads back home. Luke and I do some house projects and I cut his hair. E wakes up at 4:45 and we watch some <i>Daniel Tiger</i>. We ask him if he wants to go on a walk after (which we do every afternoon), but he surprisingly says no. He's hungry, so we decide to eat a little earlier than usual. We've got the <i>Love and Lemons</i> <a href="http://www.thekitchn.com/recipe-miso-maple-glazed-sweet-potato-tacos-love-lemons-177523" target="_blank">Miso Maple Sweet Potato Tacos </a>on the menu - one of my favorites that I hadn't made in months! I accidentally didn't put a lot of thought into E's meal (since he's not eating much this month, I haven't gone out of my way... oops). He pounds a tortilla and dunks it in yogurt. We convince him to try a sweet potato, but after chewing he spits it out (not surprising, he hasn't liked them before, but we figured it was worth trying). He eats some apple and orange too and we say good enough.<br />
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We have fun playing around the house, front yard, back yard and garage, then it's 7 p.m. and tubby time! He has fun "swimming" in the tub. Book time is a blast and usually involves him climbing all over dad. Oh, and 10,000 momma snuggles - yesssssss. We say goodnight at 7:50 and after hearing him continue to say goodnight for another minute, he's out like a light. Luke has a video game date with his friend Mike, and I pour a glass of wine and watch the first <i>Scandal </i>episode of the season, followed by <i>Portlandia,</i> while I work on this post.<br />
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Ah, another 7:45 a.m. morning. I actually woke up at 7:15, so I laid in bed and caught up on some news. E and I slip downstairs to let Luke sleep in a bit. He asks to watch <i>Daniel Tiger</i> and since it's the weekend and we're not starving, I acquiesce and make some coffee and prep a simple breakfast, then curl up next to him with a cup of coffee and a quarter of a leftover donut. Ahhhh. Luke comes down just in time to sit down to our regular breakfast of mixed cereals (Quaker oat squares and Life in my bowl), berries, and walnuts (pumpkin/Greek yogurt for E with 3 cereals - he's Luke's kid for sure! - and some milk splashed on top).<br />
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We take it slow and plan to meet up with some friends at the <a href="https://texasfarmersmarket.org/mueller/" target="_blank">Mueller Farmer's Market </a>which we haven't been to in months. It's gorgeous outside! Sunny and clear, but cool. E enjoys listening to the live music at the market, then we mosey around and buy some vegetables and bread for the week. The stroop waffle stand is there, so I nab an original for us to share while Luke grabs a cup of coffee. I have fun catching up with my friend who's there with her hubby and son who's Emmett's age and their newborn daughter! E wants to go to the playground so we say goodbye and frolick for a bit before he says he's ready to go home.<br />
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Lunch is delicious leftover quiche that I made for Jennifer to enjoy when she babysat E on Friday. It's the first slice I try and it's awesome! Leftover Christmas ham that I'd frozen that I flash brown in a pan (otherwise it waters down quiche, in my experience) with mushrooms, onions, kale and cheddar. Homemade crust FTW. A simple side arugula salad dressed with honey, red wine vinegar and olive oil to balance things out. E is still rocking a beef and barley stew I made earlier in the week. This has been our go-to stew this season that I've made 3 or 4 times now - a LOT for me. We all love it! I'm thrilled to see he's getting his appetite back.<br />
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It's only 12:30 and not nearly nap time, so we all head out front to do a little yard work. Luke trims the bushes while E and I sweep up the clippings and bag them - he's surprisingly helpful! We finally convince him to take a nap at 2:15. I immediately go neti pot (uggggh allergies) and relax with a bubble bath, while Luke continues to be productive around the house like the saint that he is. I catch up on my Hike It Baby log for the January challenge (only 52 miles, but Emmett hiked 36 of them himself!).<br />
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Pretty typical afternoon of play, walk, dinner, play, sleep!<br />
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See you next month!Apron Adventureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17153953600927213220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851835838942650902.post-27661394668130043142016-12-28T06:47:00.000-06:002016-12-28T06:47:04.473-06:00Day in the Life - 2 year oldGuys, we have a full-fledged two year old on our hands! I remember being pregnant and looking forward to the baby phase, but totally dreading the toddler years. Like, dreading. But now that we've started them, they've been lots of fun! And the tantrums are not too bad - yet. Everyone talks about how three is the new two, so talk to me in a year ;)<br />
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Right now, the big phrase is "by yourself" - Emmett chants it and wants to do EVERYTHING himself. And surprisingly, he CAN do most things himself. Sweet! He also enjoys trying increasingly more daring jumps - which again, he does pretty well - and his vocab is out of control. Like he's almost speaking full sentences. So proud of him, and at the same time being ever more aware of what's coming out of MY mouth since he repeats a lot of what we say.<br />
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His second birthday was a blast! We had about 20 kids and their families to a nearby park where we rented the pavilion, in case it rained, and then spent most of the time partying on the playground. The morning was dreary but mild, which was perfect because we pretty much had the place to ourselves! The kids and adults enjoyed kolaches (that we kept warm in the crock pot), snacks, fruit and homemade vanilla buttercream cupcakes. E mostly played by himself and with his grandparents who came in, but I think he was glad all his pals were there :D <br />
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The next weekend, I got a text from my sister that her second baby boy was on the way! I frantically whipped up a few dinners that day/night and the next morning after breakfast, left my guys and drove to Houston to meet the baby, stock their fridge and spend time with my mom/Lauren's older son. Everyone was doing well, so they headed home the day after the baby was born. Love sweet Zach already!!<br />
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Emmett met Santa at a little fundraiser at his school and was NOT A FAN. I wasn't surprised since the Easter bunny didn't go well either. Oh well, maybe next year! He did love decorating the gingerbread house we got there, so that was a win! </div>
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During the brief cold snap we enjoyed some chilly outdoor hiking and biking. We are rain or shine outdoor folks for sure! <br />
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My mom joined us for Christmas for a nice, quiet weekend. We snuck away to downtown Austin to see the Nutcracker. I haven't seen the Austin version yet so it was a treat! We used to go ALL THE TIME since my sister was a ballet dancer growing up. But it's been a good 5 years. I was impressed at how many young kids - like Emmett's age - who attended, and behaved themselves! There's NO WAY I could get my kid in the door, let alone to stay sitting down, for a two hour performance. Bravo, parents! <br />
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E received WAY too many presents already, and there's more to come with our Christmas festivities with Luke's family this weekend and my sister's family in January. I mentioned to some friends we were going to get him a balance bike, and they had an extra they just GAVE us. Wow, so generous! We gave it to E on Christmas day, but unfortunately it's a wee bit too tall for him (the box said 2 1/2 to 5 years), so we'll try again in the spring. He still loves his tricycle so no rush. He LOOOOVES the Bruder garbage truck we got him, and the crocs too. We lost one of his last pair on a hike (he was outgrowing them anyway), so it was time to get a new, bigger pair.<br />
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I hope you had a Merry Christmas - we did!<br />
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6:10 a.m. I wake up to the sound of Emmett singing Jingle Bells in his crib over and over again. HOW FREAKING SWEET. It's been my dream to wake up to him singing instead of crying, and I lay in bed a little longer listening and doze off. He wakes me up at 6:30 crying, so now it's really time to get up!<br />
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6:35 a.m. I let Luke sleep in since he's been up with Emmett he last three mornings. Our kid HAD been sleeping til 7 most mornings and still taking a 2 1/2 hour nap both days which was EPIC, but not so much this week. Definitely my turn! We head downstairs and immediately start playing with his garbage truck. I sneak away to make coffee, and smell a dirty diaper so we get him changed. Then, he helps me whip up some blueberry pancakes with leftover pancake batter from the other morning. He's been fun in the kitchen lately and enjoys helping/watching - I love it!<br />
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7:00 a.m. Luke comes downstairs right as we're sitting down to breakfast, so the three of us enjoy breakfast together, per usual. E has a mix of pumpkin and Greek yogurt sprinkled with pomegranates. He asks for Wheat Chex, so I pour some in the box with a splash of milk and he pounds it. He also has a few strawberries (hotly contested as Luke is convinced they give him diaper rash. This is the final test, so fingers crossed we're all clear tomorrow!). Luke and I each have a few small blueberry pancakes and strawberries, then split a waffle leftover from Christmas morning. Fat kid breakfast - oops!<br />
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7:15 a.m. E is itching to get down from the table, so it's time to play. We take turns playing with him and cleaning up from breakfast. The guys head to the backyard to run around and I go upstairs to get ready. I come down and get Emmett dressed and pack a bag for the day while Luke gets dressed.<br />
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8:20 a.m. E is "ready go" and walking around the house in his preschool backpack (our current go-bag, I need a new back pack for me in a big way). We hop in the car and drive south towards downtown to the <a href="https://austintexas.gov/department/austin-nature-and-science-center" target="_blank">Austin Nature & Science Center</a>, located on the edge of Zilker park. There's zero traffic so we arrive before it opens, so we enjoy horsing around on the Town Lake trail and going over the Mopac pedestrian bridge to look at boats and ducks. Fun for all!<br />
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9:00 a.m. Time for the Nature & Science Center! I've taken E there a couple times over the past year, but always on weekdays so Luke has never been. Not surprisingly, he's a fan (science geek :) ). We head straight for the animals (they have a handful of animals they've rescued like a bob cat, several foxes, birds and raccoons that E enjoys watching) and then the bird section that Emmett and I hadn't visited before. The owls were so cool!! Then we head over to the "dino pit" where there are fake fossils in sand pits for kids to dig up. We had lots of fun over there and hung out for a while before snack time (some whole grain Goldfish and half a graham cracker) before walking around the small lake and visiting the animals one more time.<br />
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11:00 a.m. We say goodbye to the nature center and hop in the car. We're mildly hungry, jonesing for coffee and not quite ready to go home, so we head out in search of sustenance. We decide on <a href="http://www.sweetishhill.com/" target="_blank">Sweetish Hill Baker </a>on west 6th street at the edge of Clarksville. I'd walked past it several times on my way to lunches back when I worked at Whole Foods, but had never stopped in. It was super gentle and just what we were looking for! Luke and I each ordered big lattes and sandwiches, we got E a slice of veggie pizza and we got a small slice of baklava to enjoy with our coffee. E housed his pizza, and I ate half my sandwich (in-house made pimiento! I wasn't super hungry though) and we enjoyed watching cars go by for a bit. We wander down the strip center for a bit and Luke pops into the liquor store there for more rum for his holiday faves (eggnog and apple cider!).<br />
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11:45 a.m. Our adventure winds down and we drive home. We get settled in the front yard and I do some major raking with Emmett's help (he's surprisingly good at bagging leaves!). Luke runs upstairs to fix our toilet that seems to be running. Then, E demands a bike ride but is getting kind of whiney, so we offer him milk first. We have fun reading one of his new Christmas books (<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Monkey-Tool-Belt-Noisy-Problem/dp/0822592479" target="_blank">Monkey with a Tool Belt and the Noisy Problem</a>) while he enjoyed "outside milk" and then he wants to go in the backyard, so we forget about biking for now. We run around with Benji for a bit and have a grand old time.<br />
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1:25 p.m. It's way early (naptime has been 2:15-2:30 lately but since he has been waking up earlier this week I've been able to start nap a bit earlier) but I ask him if he's ready to brush teeth and he says yes. We head upstairs and brush teeth, then read an Elmer book in bed and lights out. Score!<br />
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1:30 p.m. I pop in Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (Luke bought me the blueray complete set of HP DVD's, which is nice because some of my DVDs are super old and scratched) and start working on this post. Then I do a quick clean up around the house because it's still a total sty after Christmas. I fold a mountain of laundry and throw some black beans in the instant pot to cook for some chili I'm making tomorrow. E stirred around 3:15 but fell back asleep - score!<br />
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3:45 p.m. Luke has been working on some deck railing between the deck and garden (Benji sneaks in with our current sad fence) so I sneak out to the Domain to grab a birthday gift for my mother in law (she's got a New Years Eve birthday - fun!). I also get myself a cute holiday apron on sale at Sur La Table - never enough aprons, right?!<br />
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4:30 p.m. I arrive back home and Emmett is awake. He's sitting on the couch watching Daniel Tiger with Luke and snacking on Kix, happy as can be. I take the opportunity to assemble some Christmas ham, brie, cranberry sauce and spicy mustard on olive bread sandwiches for dinner that I'll put on the panini press when it's time to eat.<br />
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4:45 p.m. We suggest a bike ride to E and he's game. He happily climbs in the bike trailer while we get set up, then we head out weaving through neighborhood streets. We eventually end up at the playground and E gets to run around for 20 minutes. It's hopping (this time of day tends to be the most crowded), but he likes watching older kids play. We hop back on the bikes to head home and run into our friends Liz and Phi and their kids Thurgood and Ellsworth and chat on the sidewalk for a few minutes. A happy coincidence since we had plans to meet up with them at our mutual friends' house tomorrow but they had to bail.<br />
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5:45 p.m. We get home and I run inside to cook the paninis while the guys do a little walk down the street. E is NOT thrilled to come inside and eat, but we convince him by reminding him he can wash his hands with the cool dinosaur soap my mom made him. Whatever works!<br />
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5:58 p.m. Dinner time! We sit down to our paninis with some apple slices and leftover green beans with crispy onions. E has ham, a roll, peas, oranges and apples. Kid isn't interested in the ham, but eats half his roll, the apples and peas (after begging for applesauce - we told him if he ate all the peas he could have a pouch. We haven't had those around since the spring but he's suddenly back on the applesauce train).<br />
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6:15 p.m. All done! E and I play on the piano for a bit then we go out to help Luke finish bagging the leaves we racked since pickup is tomorrow.<br />
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6:40 p.m. Everyone heads upstairs. I get changed to go to Body Jam and the guys horse around. They wave bye bye to me from the window and I zip away. Apparently tubby time was lots of fun and bedtime was a breeze, phew!<br />
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6:55 p.m. I arrive at the gym and head up to Body Jam. It was an awesome class and I was feeling really energized - despite tired legs from biking. The core group convince me to stay after for squats which we do sometimes. My legs were screaming but it was fun and I'm glad I stayed!<br />
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8:30 p.m. Back home, Luke and I catch up for a bit before I grab a much-needed shower. He decides to play a new computer game he got himself for Christmas and I put on an episode of Elementary while I finish up this post. And of course I have my post-Body Jam bowl of Great Grains Raisins, Dates & Pecans cereal :)<br />
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9:45 p.m. I limp upstairs (ouch legs!) and get ready for bed, then read some of my book.<br />
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10:30 p.m. Lights out!Apron Adventureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17153953600927213220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851835838942650902.post-67583951682825628852016-11-28T15:45:00.000-06:002016-11-28T15:52:28.656-06:00Day in the Life - 23 MonthsJust a couple weeks until Emmett is two, so another day in the life is in order! As an update to the last post, E's Halloween costume was SO cute. Unfortunately, he did NOT want to wear it. We got him to put it on for a photo and then he just went out in jammies. He had a blast though, so we'll consider it a win!<br />
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One of Emmett's latest obsessions is his red tricycle he got for his first birthday. The reason it has surged in favor is that he finally wears his helmet, so we take it out in the neighborhood! He loves going "fast!" and is good at slowing down/looking for cars, and has only tumbled twice. He also loves hanging (there are some hanging bars like on playgrounds on our neighborhood greenway that he learned it from, and now he wants to hang on EVERYTHING). He wants to see everything (whenever I finish a meal, he demands to see the inside of my bowl to ensure it's empty like I promised it was - ha!). He's also showing lots of interest in potty training, so we got a second option for downstairs (we have a stand alone kid potty upstairs, so I got a lid with little stairs for the downstairs) and will need to put a potty training book in my amazon cart I guess. I'm not ready yet really, but it'll be nice to get our feet wet (ha!) over the next few months.<br />
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We had a busy November including a trip to Grandma and Papa's (Emmett decided to call him that all of a sudden) and the San Antonio zoo. Emmett LOVES "telling the story" about our visit to the zoo and still perks up whenever he gets to tell it.<br />
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We also had a delightful visit out to Barton Hills Farms near Bastrop for his friend George's birthday party - he loved the baby pigs and goats, pumpkins and jump spot and tells that story too :)<br />
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We traveled to Houston for my nephew Ben's birthday and also go to stay with our friends Christine and Nate (and their darling daughter Aurelia). It was a whirlwind weekend and a great chance to see my sister one last time before she has baby boy #2!<br />
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Thanksgiving week was full of family and fun. Luke's brother and his girlfriend came for a visit from Raleigh, and his parents joined in too. Then his extended family came for a belated celebration on Friday. Luke fried the turkeys and I made this <a href="http://www.bonappetit.com/columns/cooking-without-recipes/article/corn-cheese-thanksgiving-side" target="_blank">cheesy corn casserole</a> from<i> Bon Appetit </i>and they brought a slew of sides.<br />
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7:30 a.m. I hear Emmett making happy noises in his crib. I'm thrilled he slept in this late since we were spoiled by grandparents hopping up when he wakes up and letting us sleep in all week. I come in and he says "grandma? papa? dada?" - sorry to disappoint kid, just plain ol' mommy today! Luke stayed up late playing video games with his bestie in Corpus Christi, so I let him sleep in. We head downstairs and I start the coffee, then Emmett wants me to read him several books. Then I change a dirty diaper and he asks for breakfast. He's super into pumpkin yogurt (half canned pumpkin, half Greek yogurt) that he then dunks cereal in. And, he's mixing up his fruit loves (apples are always #1) and recently also really likes pomegranates and raspberries. <br />
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8:00 a.m. Luke comes down just in time to sit down with us for breakfast. I have my bowl of PBJ oats with raspberries and blackberries and a nice big cup of coffee. No pic - sorry! <br />
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8:20 Emmett is all done and (shocker) wants to play. I throw some shoes on him and Luke takes him in the backyard to play while I tidy up from breakfast a bit and pack up our hiking gear for a morning outing. Then we swap and Luke gets himself ready and does a bit more kitchen cleaning while Emmett and I play at the sand box.<br />
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9:15 a.m. We hop in the car and drive towards the Turkey Creek Trail, about 25 minutes away from our place. Emmett happily watches Daniel Tiger (and I think he missed it since he didn't really watch all last week).<br />
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9:45 a.m. The parking lot is bumping, but there's room for us - woohoo! So many hikers and their dogs out today (it's a gorgeous off-leash dog trail and I don't think they allow bikes, so dog lovers frequent this place big time). Emmett wants to start out hiking and we happily oblige him. But I think he's a little tired because after two mild "tumbles" he wants to go "up!" on Dada. Luke wore the Onya so we could easily put Emmett up and down and not have the bulky hiking pack for when Emmett was walking - it's perfect especially when we're both there so I could wear the backpack with snacks/water/diapers. We do a mile adult paced then Emmett wants to get down and hike again. He has so much fun hopping over the rocks and roots and figuring out the best way to get places. Eventually the pace slows and we near lunchtime, so we throw him back up and walk (/run! He wanted a fast pony ride on dada, so we were the weirdos galloping down the trail). That brings us to 75 miles so far this month for the <a href="http://hikeitbaby.com/" target="_blank">Hike It Baby 30 Challenge</a> - sweet! Beating our September 65 miles, I'll take it.<br />
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12:10 p.m. Back in the car home, more Daniel Tiger for E (don't judge me!). Then the guys horse around in the front yard playing with chalk while I warm up Thanksgiving leftovers for lunch. We finish up all the sides but still have plenty of turkey left for some dishes I'm making this week (score!). <br />
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1:00 p.m. Emmett wants to go back outside to play, so I pour his milk and we head out. With the nice weather, he's taken to enjoying his milk outside to watch squirrels and have me read to him. I totally love it so we do that again. He's FINALLY OFF THE BOTTLE! We got him to use a transitional bottle a Hike It Baby friend passed down to me, but we accidentally left it in Houston last weekend, so on our drive back we picked up a hard spout cup and he's been using it no problem. At last! He's not tired at all yet and we run around and party for a while, playing basketball, running in circles and having tickle fights (kid LOVES tickles). I sneak upstairs to take a shower because it is NECESSARY.<br />
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2:00 p.m. I emerge from the shower as I hear the guys brushing teeth, so I make it in time to help tuck him in and read his book, then we say bye bye. Luke and I have a whirlwind naptime where we put up our Christmas tree and inside decor, install our new TV (Luke found a black Friday deal and pulled the trigger since some of the pixels were failing on our old 65 inch TV), I finished the last installment Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, and I worked on this blog post. I also whip up some beet hummus to take to our friends' house later this evening.<br />
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4:45 p.m. Geez this kid is STILL asleep. He must be growing/teething because I swear his sleep has been epic this past week. I'm also certain come Monday it'll be back to normal, so I'm embracing what I have while I have it. I go up to wake him and we get right in the car to head to our friends' house.<br />
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5:15 p.m. It's paella night! Our friends do an annual paella night to kick off the holidays. They live in one of the beautiful Mueller courtyard homes so Emmett loves to run around with the other kids there (and they had a super cute dance party too). The paella was SO FREAKING GOOD, we were all raving about it (did I mention she's 9 months pregnant? #myhero). Emmett was being picky unfortunately, so he loved the salmon in the seafood paella and some crackers, but no rice or anything else.<br />
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6:45 p.m. E has decided he's all done with being there (and oops, that's usually when we start bedtime nowadays) so we say our goodbyes and head home. E is still hungry and asks for broccoli, so I whip him up a bowl that he munches on -score! We check out the Christmas tree and he puts as few ornaments on, then we snuggle and tickle on the rug.<br />
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7:30 p.m. We all go upstairs to start tubby time. E enjoys playing with toys and helps scrub himself down. Then we sing the shark towel song, put on a diaper and let him select his jammies. (He screams WEEOOO WEEEOO on the top of his lungs looking for fire truck jammies - they're all dirty so he settles for construction truck bottoms and elephant tops). He enjoys some milk while we read him books. Then it's time to brush teeth and get in bed. We read him one last book and all say goodnight!<br />
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8:15 p.m. He went down a little later than usual (and we hear him talking to his animals on the monitor another 10 minutes) but we'll take it! We sit down to watch <i>Designated Survivor</i> and admire the new TV.<br />
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9:45 p.m. We head upstairs to get ready for bed. I get through one chapter of my book and lights out by 10 after 10.<br />
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E woke up at 6:45 the next day which wasn't bad, but only had a 45 minute nap which NEVER happens. It all evens out I suppose :)<br />
<br />Apron Adventureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17153953600927213220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851835838942650902.post-57596836173674068412016-10-27T11:17:00.001-05:002016-10-27T11:29:14.209-05:00Day in the Life - 22 MonthsLet's be honest, we've practically got a 2 year old on our hands. It certainly feels that way 95% of the time. E is so fun and affectionate right now and loves doing all.the.things. by himself. And he's actually pretty good at it! It takes a little longer to do things like walk down the stairs, get in the car and brush teeth. His vocabulary is out of control, and I'm using the opportunity to encourage him to use his words (otherwise he just chants MAMA MAMA MAMA until I do what he wants). <br />
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E is still loving school. Since the last update we made a trip to Houston so Luke could run the <a href="http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/PageServer?pagename=HOM_MUCK_MuckFest_info_houston" target="_blank">MuckFest MS </a>race with my brother in law (which they ROCKED and Luke raised about $300 for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, so proud of him). My sis and I were planning on bringing the boys to play in the kids' mud pit area, but it was waaaay across town and looked like it would made for older kiddos based on the photos the guys sent, so we switched gears and went to a pumpkin patch west of Katy. It was HOT as all get out and E was not a huge fan of waiting in line, but we all enjoyed the patch, food, animals and play area.<br />
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Luke and I celebrated our 5th anniversary last week with 20 other families at a Hike It Baby camping trip out at Palmetto State Park. It was Emmett's first time camping and he loved getting be outside all weekend and sleeping in the tent. The weather was beautiful, we went on some awesome hikes, and we enjoyed cooking our food over a live fire. <br />
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In less bright news, my grandma Lehfeld passed away. Luke's mom came up to help watch E so I was able to fly up to Iowa to celebrate her life. It was nice seeing family, laying my grandma to rest and visiting a few favorite spots from all our summers in Iowa. And it was great getting home to my guys :)<br />
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6:40 a.m. It's still pitch dark out, but Emmett is up, so it's time for us to wake up too! I've been struggling with waking up before the sun and can be a little, ahem, unpleasant until after a cup of coffee or two. Luckily I'm feeling perky today and welcome E with a big smile. He climbs into bed with us and requests books, so we read for 15 minutes or so. Then Luke hops in the shower and we go pick out Emmett's clothes and head downstairs. E plays with his new train set and I make coffee and start breakfast.<br />
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7:15 a.m. Breakfast time! I'm feeling eggy after the delicious campfire eggs and bacon, so I scramble some eggs to enjoy with toast and fruit. And we scoop out some of the Confituras lavender peach butter - yum! E is enjoying a mix of pumpkin and Greek yogurt with his cereal lately, but today he starts scooping up the mixture and eating it before we even add the cereal. He eats the first 1/4 cup I served him so I mix up some more and this time get him to include some Chex in the mix. Luke and I debate the difference between jam and fruit butter, and I mention applesauce texture and E requests applesauce. Okaaaay. He hasn't had applesauce in months, but I have some on hand and he eats half. Cool!<br />
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7:35 a.m. Breakfast is over and the boys play. I clean up the kitchen while they enjoy blocks (E loves a good tumble tumble!) and Luke builds a lego llama. We hear the garbage truck moving around the neighborhood so the three of us hang out in the front yard waiting and in the meantime examine an industrious roly poly.<br />
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8:10 a.m. We say goodbye to dada and leave for a toddler led walk. We pretty much always take the same route, but E is mixing things up lately, so we have a good time exploring some new territory. We see lots of neighbor friends and dogs and trucks and airplanes. The best part is that I only carry him about a minute the whole 1+mile walk - go E!<br />
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9:40 a.m. Wow, that was a long walk. I change E's diaper and get him ready, pack the hiking carrier and we hop in the car to head to our <a href="https://hikeitbaby.com/" target="_blank">Hike It Baby</a> hike. The weather is great and there's a big group there - lots of friends! We head out with the adult paced group and enjoy a fun, lively 2.5 mile hike, exploring some different turf than usual. I'm proud one of the dads who joins us braves his first tandem wear with his 4 and 21 month olds - baller! I offer to carry his camelbak pouch on my front so he doesn't have to carry it, because hello! He's got enough going on. E enjoys meeting back up with the walking kids group at the playground and we play for a while.<br />
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1:10 p.m. Bye bye dada! We tumble blocks for a few minutes and then I suggest milk and he's game. We head upstairs and he surprises me by asking to drink his milk in the chair by himself instead of in my lap (I later learn he did that with Luke last night). We read books and brush teeth and he goes to sleep around 1:45.<br />
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1:45 p.m. I clean up lunch and check email. Got a fun assignment from Whole Foods that involves some Pinterest Thanksgiving research. Then I spend time working on Emmett's Halloween costume - a turtle! I've been dragging on this for a while and determine to finish today. I have the last of the coffee from the pot and a remaining <a href="http://www.howsweeteats.com/2015/02/lactation-cookies/" target="_blank">lactation cookie </a>(I baked some for my friend getting induced tomorrow. They're basically oatmeal chocolate chip cookies with some brewers yeast and ground flaxseed added and sooo good. You don't have to be nursing to enjoy them!). <br />
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3:05 p.m. My friend Aubrie and her 16 month old William are here! We used to bake together before William but it's gotten more difficult with toddlers and busy lives. But I offered to make little <a href="http://themondaybox.com/2015/10/halloween-pretzels-easy-fast-fun/" target="_blank">white chocolate covered pretzels that look like pumpkins </a>for Emmett's preschool class party tomorrow and she LOVES Halloween, so they came to make them together! I hadn't seen William since he started walking, so it was super fun having him explore around our place.<br />
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3:40 p.m. Emmett's up! I head upstairs to grab him and he's in a BAD mood. Crying hard and not into anything. I eventually get him to come downstairs and he's still having a rough time. Luckily William rolls with the punches and keeps doing his thing (he's so chill and happy) and after a diaper change we all head to the backyard and Emmett perks up. The boys enjoy toys, running around and playing with the garden. Then we head in to start the pumpkins. They happily play with toys, for the most part, in the kitchen (amazingly!) and we bang them out surprisingly quickly. Emmett tries one and loves it, so I let him have a few for a snack.<br />
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5:00 p.m. Aubrie and William head out. E takes his last pumpkin to his "snack throne" in the living room to watch an episode of Daniel Tiger. I take the chance to make dinner - <a href="http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/supercrunch-tofu-tacos" target="_blank">Supercrunch Tofu Tacos</a>. After a meat-heavy weekend camping, we're focusing on veggies a lot this week.When the episode is over we read books together, then we play with chalk in the front yard waiting for Dada.<br />
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5:56 p.m. Luke is home - hooray! I plate up dinner while the guys play and then wash hands, then we sit down to eat.<br />
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6:24 p.m. All done! I was considering heading to a Sha'bam class at Golds, but it's been a busy social week (Body Jam Monday, and I brought dinner to my friend last night, Luke is going to a mutual friend's birthday dinner tomorrow) so I stay home to have more family time. We go on a walk and enjoy sunset. E has a great time for the most part (lots of running!) peppered in with a few tantrums ;)<br />
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7:10 p.m. We're back home and the guys read a book while I rinse off dinner dishes, then we head upstairs to start tubby time. E is super giggly tonight and we have some fun! Jammies, bottle, book, toothbrush and night night!<br />
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8:05 p.m. E is asleep and we head downstairs and chat/clean up the kitchen. Then Luke grabs a beer and heads upstairs to work on his racing game wheel (it had a glitch) and I sit down to write this post and work on Emmett's costume some more, with a glass of wine ;) I have How to Get Away with Murder on and then The Mindy Project. And I bag up the pumpkin pretzels and glue on the decorations for E's turtle shell.<br />
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9:20 p.m. I head upstairs and check on Luke's progress - not going as well as he'd hoped :( He opts to keep tinkering and I climb into bed to read.<br />
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10:28 p.m. Oops, I fell asleep with the book in my hand and the light one. I roll over and turn it off and sleep peacefully until E wakes us up at 6:30 the next morning.Apron Adventureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17153953600927213220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851835838942650902.post-7679010784026630252016-09-28T15:09:00.000-05:002016-09-28T15:09:12.463-05:00Day in the Life - 21 MonthsSomeone is barreling towards 2! Emmett started school last month (school aka two days a week of Mothers' Day Out). While the first couple weeks involved teary drop offs, the teacher assured me he cheered up within a minute or two. And now, no tears and he's telling me bye bye immediately - woohoo! He likes the other boys in his class (it's just 4 boys in the class) and his teachers and says all their names and friend and school all the time. Love!<br />
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He's all about hopping right now, is saying two word sentences like "more rice" and "hi mama hi dada," adding so many words to his list I've lost count (well over 100 now), likes racing by counting to random numbers and then shouting GO and running down the side walk, building block towers and tearing them down and still books, trucks and trains.<br />
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Since our last update, Luke and I got to enjoy a few days away at his best friend's wedding in Dallas over Labor Day. We had a ball catching up with college friends, and Luke gave an excellent toast at the wedding. His parents came to stay with Emmett at our place while we were gone - they're the best :) We also enjoyed a visit from my mom, sister and nephew this past weekend who came for a baby shower I co-hosted for my friend Meg. We all go way back since she and Lauren were in high school, so all the Lehfeld ladies were attending. Luke was super dad/uncle and watched both the boys while we were at the shower (my brother in law was out of town) and everyone survived and had fun! My fun contribution was making some fall sugar cookies for the toddlers to decorate. They did great (with some help from the adults) and our table was only somewhat littered with sprinkles!).<br />
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And here's a day of preschool life:<br />
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6:25 a.m. I hear Emmett make a few grunts, but then he quiets down - great!<br />
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6:54 a.m. I hear Emmett again, this time singing EIEIOOOOO - he loves Old McDonald :) This is such a treat since he usually just fusses/cries/grunts when he wakes up until we come grab him. Since he's happy and then gets kind of quiet again, I take the chance to brush my hair and even put on a little makeup - what a treat!<br />
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7:10 a.m. We go grab Emmett and he's all smiles. He wants to read <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Little-Trucks-Halloween-Alice-Schertle/dp/0544772539" target="_blank">Little Blue Truck's Halloween</a> - a gift from my mom and his current obsession. He shops his other books and we read one more, then we change his diaper and head downstairs. I start some brown rice in the rice cooker to send in lunches (both the guys are rice snobs and prefer fresh), the coffee and get breakfast together. Luke and Emmett play in the living room.<br />
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7:30 a.m. Time to sit down for breakfast. We've been eating lots of cereal lately, so it was fun to do something different today. I made a breakfast casserole this weekend for when my family was here similar to what we enjoyed on the holidays - bready, eggy, cheesy and bacony. Yum! Served with a side of mango (huge kent mangos on sale at the store!) and figs. I served Emmett some casserole, which he didn't touch, and mango, which he LOVED! He probably ate 5 times what I initially served him. And of course, his favorite, cereal in a bowl with milk. Current favorites are Kix and Barbara's Peanut Butter Puffins.<br />
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7:45 a.m. All done! The boys start playing again and I clean up from breakfast and pack lunches while enjoying my second cup of coffee. I turn the corner to find them on their computers on the couch - too cute! Then Emmett starts pretending to make/eat soup - I love that he's playing pretend now! He's usually making "rice" - his favorite - so soup is a good change.<br />
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8:30 a.m. We say goodbye to dada and set off on a toddler led walk. We stop by the little fish pond on the side of our neighbor's yard. Emmett calls them turtles (he's obsessed and that's going to be his Halloween costume!). We walk a bit more to his favorite peekaboo spot and play for a bit, then we head home. He starts dilly dallying and we are running late, so I ask him if he wants to go up, and he says high! So I put him on my shoulders and we head home. Just a half mile but lots of fun.<br />
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9:15 a.m. I gather his school things and we head to school. I drop him off and he's ready to play and says bye bye! I don't linger since he's good, which is just as well since I have a doctor's appointment to get to.<br />
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9:40 a.m. I arrive at the doctor. Since I started staying home with Emmett and we started spending a billion hours outside, my allergies have gone into overdrive. So, I'm finally consulting an allergist! I fill out a survey and then the doctor comes in and we chat and he takes a look at my ears/nose/throat. We set up an appointment for allergy testing next week - nervous/excited to see what happens.<br />
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10:40 a.m. I drive to Old Navy to look for some toddler pants. We've been enjoying a delightful cool front which made me realize that E doesn't have many pants for this season yet. I also found a few pieces for myself ;) Afterwards I headed to Target to return something and grabbed a couple other cute toddler pants.<br />
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12:15 p.m. Back home and hungry! I warm up some leftovers from last night - pork tenderloin, butternut squash, brown rice and a few sweet potato fries from yesterday's lunch. I never love reheated pork tenderloin, but this one is passable. Then I tidy up quickly and finally start working on the family photo gallery wall in our staircase. I love that I'll get to walk by these photos every day!<br />
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1:05 p.m. I grab some library books that are due today and head out the door. I drop them off and quickly pick out some more kids books for Emmett. I used to take him with me, but he never wanted to look at the kid books or have me read to him there and wanted to run around the aisles.<br />
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1:30 p.m. Time to pick up Emmett from school! He had another good day. He did some independent climbing and loved playing ring around the rosie with one of the other boys and apparently loved falling down. Ha! He says "home" so I grab him and his things and we get in the car. I turn on Daniel Tiger - his favorite. The drive is ten minutes which is both short and long. It's his nap time so I turn on the TV for him to help keep him awake. We get back and immediately go upstairs for naptime. He drinks his milk and luckily doesn't get too made when it's empty, and we read a few books. Then we brush teeth (per his request) and he gets in his crib. I read his goodnight book and say goodbye. I hear him over the monitor for a few minutes chatting with his animals, then he goes to sleep.<br />
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2:10 p.m. I grab a cookie favor leftover from the shower (I made them - I think they turned out pretty good! I followed the recipe from <a href="http://www.glorioustreats.com/2010/03/making-sugar-cookies-recipe-and-tips.html" target="_blank">Glorious Treats</a>). I start a load of laundry then work on this post. Then I flesh out some story ideas for <a href="http://thelatinkitchen.com/" target="_blank">The Latin Kitchen </a>(I'm contributing to their Austin section) and fold laundry. He's still sleeping, so I prep a salad for dinner and pack a fun toy bag to take to the doctor - Emmett and Luke are getting flu shots. I had the hiking carrier all ready for an after nap hike - we had our first one in MONTHS yesterday due to the cooler weather and it was glorious. I was looking forward to repeating that. <br />
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4:30 p.m. E slept until 4:30. What?! He's been taking super short naps on school
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5:05 p.m. We hop in the car and head to the doctor. We get there and found out I took us to the wrong office.... WAH WAH. But, they're kind enough to fit us in. Luke meets us there (yay dada!) and they have some fun in the waiting room.<br />
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5:40 p.m. Shot time. Luke is holding Emmett at the time and asks to get his first. Emmett immediately starts crying when Luke gets his shot and continues until he gets his. Luckily he calms down within 20 seconds - phew. I promised him some Daniel Tiger on the drive home so we hop back in the car and turn on some DT and head home.<br />
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6:10 p.m. I immediately start reheating pieces of lasagna that I whipped up during a looong nap time yesterday for dinner tonight and toss the salad (romaine + cucumber + queso fresco + yogurt + lime), warm up some peas for Emmett and we sit down for a slightly late dinner. E loves the onions in his lasagna (ha!) so we go digging for extra onions to give him.<br />
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6:30 p.m. After dinner we immediately suggest a walk and Emmett is all for it. We have a great time enjoying the weather and each others' company. More acorn gathering, rock examining and games of peekaboo happen, and we meet lots of friendly neighbors and dogs. Fun!<br />
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7:20 p.m. We were so chatty we're home a little late - oops! The boys head upstairs to start bathtime while I power clean the dinner mess - luckily not much since I cooked the lasagna yesterday. I pour Emmett's milk bottle and make it up for the tail-end of bath time. E is in good spirits and after bath demands his "doot doot" song (it's a silly song about sharks we sing in his shark hooded towel). Then I attempt to put on some adorable new Halloween jammies my mom brought him - but he DEMANDS "honk honks" (truck jammies) so I compromise with monster bottoms and truck tops. *sigh* Then we settle down for a bottle while Luke reads us Harry Potter (we're in the last quarter of Deathly Hallows - I had no idea we might actually finish this one!).<br />
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Then, things go south... E gets REAL mad when his bottle is empty. But, I only pour 6-7 ounces in the bottle and have backup milk in a sippy cup (we were hoping to gently ease him off bottle drinking, I'm not sure this is going to happen...). He starts crying/fussing and asking for milk but refusing the sippy cup (which happens sometimes). Usually when we start reading a book he likes, he calms down, but NOT tonight. He literally cries his way through three books (including lots of breathing exercises and calm talking too). We ask if he wants to brush his teeth (which he's super into again these days) and he says NO. We decide not to push it and instead put him in his crib with his stuffed animal besties and read him his goodnight book. He's still crying when we say goodnight and I feel AWFUL, but we decide to see what happens.<br />
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8:10 p.m. ASLEEP! He only cried 2 or 3 minutes. Geez. I need a glass of wine. We've been really fortunate that we haven't had to put him down crying in over a year. He's usually awesome at bedtime. This was a total bummer and really emotionally draining on both of us (and him too I'm sure!), so we just veg out to some TV and share a cupcake.<br />
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9:25 p.m. We head upstairs to get ready for bed and then read.<br />
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9:58 p.m. I'm beat and pass out.<br />
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I'm still navigating the waters of what our days look like on preschool days. This one was weird with the long nap. I'm hoping the rough night of sleep was a one-off (maybe due to some flu shot discomfort?). He slept til 7:15 the next day and we had an awesome day and fun hike! Glad to have my sweet boy back.<br />
<br />Apron Adventureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17153953600927213220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851835838942650902.post-11711137574980696392016-09-01T20:24:00.000-05:002016-09-01T20:27:30.797-05:00Nut-free Peanut Butter Oat Balls Emmett's school is nut-free this year. I expected it, but I waited until the weekend before class started to test that his favorite recipe tastes just as good with sunbutter - oops! Luckily, he loved it and scarfed down five until I made him stop. Phew!<br />
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I make a batch every week or two and we run through them like crazy. Probably because I always bring extras to share with Emmett's friends - they know Miss Lindsay always has the good treats ;)<br />
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I love to bring them when we hike because they are so satisfying and a few can really fill you up. They're also my secret weapon when we go to play places. I let E run wild for a while, then I make him take a snack/water break to refuel, and then he's good to go for a while. A great way to spend a morning if the weather is yucky!<br />
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Ok this recipe is super simple. Wait and see:<br />
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<b>Nut-free Peanut Butter Oat Balls</b><br />
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1 cup sunbutter (or a nut butter if they don't need to be nut free. Peanut butter or almond butter are my go-to's)<br />
1 cup pitted dates<br />
1/2 cup rolled oats<br />
1 tablespoon maple syrup<br />
1 pinch sea salt<br />
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Place all ingredients in a food processor and pulse to break up the dates, then whir until it resembles wet sand. Grab about a tablespoon worth and roll into a ball in your hand. Keep in the refrigerator up to two weeks or freeze. Makes 2-3 dozen depending on the size of the snack balls you make!<br />
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<br />Apron Adventureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17153953600927213220noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851835838942650902.post-72910352051151272102016-08-26T15:40:00.002-05:002016-08-26T15:40:48.516-05:00Day in the Life - 20 MonthsI feel like the second Emmett hit 20 months, he shot up, got way more physically able and learned a ton of new words. In other words, he's quite the little boy! This sweet boy went on his first airplane ride (and did GREAT!) and we had a wonderful vacation in Estes Park, Colorado with some fellow baby friends. The town is so kid-friendly, there was lots for us to do. And despite Luke and I both getting a stomach bug while we were there, we managed to get some great hiking in at Rocky Mountain National Park while we were there.<br />
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7:30 a.m. Emmett is up, so we are too! Luke hops in the shower and I grab Emmett and get dressed, then we all head downstairs.<br />
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7:50 a.m. I let E pick out his spoon for the morning. We sit down to breakfast. I was starting to burn out on my oats, but after not eating them while on vacation or when we got back, I was into it. Emmett now enjoys eating cereal out of a bowl with milk and a spoon - talk about big kid! I often whisk a little yogurt into the milk to up the protein power.<br />
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8:20 a.m. All done! Luke and Emmett play/head outside and I throw dinner in the crock pot. I saw this <a href="http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/slow-cooker-pork-chops-mushrooms-carrots" target="_blank">Cooking Light recipe for slow cooker pork chops</a> and decided to give it a try. My house currently smells AMAZING. I pop outside to relieve Luke so he can head into work - a little later today than usual.<br />
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8:50 a.m. Emmett and I pack up the hiking carrier and hop into the car to head to Balcones District Park. We're hiking with a few friends, and then we play on the playground! E enjoys some graham crackers on the hike, and an apple on the playground. It's a nice day out (for August at least) so we're all happy to be outside and active!<br />
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11:15 a.m. We get back home and I hop in the shower. Then I warm up<a href="http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/cheesy-sausage-broccoli-quinoa-casserole" target="_blank"> leftovers </a>for lunch, but E is more interested in playing than eating. I start and he runs over to the table. I put him in his high chair but he doesn't want to eat there. He eventually ends up on my lap taking turns taking bites out of my bowl and his, but he doesn't eat much... Mostly quinoa and a few bites of broccoli. Monkey enjoyed a special seat at lunch ;) We quickly read a few of his current favorites - <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Toot-Beep-Emma-Garcia/dp/1906250847" target="_blank">Toot Toot Beep Beep</a> and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Roadwork-Sally-Sutton/dp/0763646539" target="_blank">Roadwork</a>. Notice a theme? <br />
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12:00 p.m. Back in the car, we're off to Emmett's future school! It's meet the teacher day at his Mother's Day Out program that he starts next week - just a few mornings a week. He meets another boy in the class and they totally gel, and Luke and I get a few moments to chat with the teacher. She seems so great, and afterwards when E and I visit the playground there another mom raves about the teacher. Always comforting to hear that! I didn't take a picture in the classroom since it was full of kids, but it's super cute! <br />
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1:30 p.m. We're home and Emmett is looking really tired, so I immediately pour his bottle and take him upstairs. It's a weird bottle though and he's REAL mad when it's done. We read a few books and I put him in his crib, but he's all tears today. I say bye bye and head downstairs.<br />
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1:45 p.m. He calms down and almost looks like he's asleep on the monitor, but keeps making a few sounds and stirring a bit. I power through a blog post I have due for Whole Foods.<br />
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2:40 p.m. Luke's mom Jennifer is here! She's watching E tomorrow so I can do a video filming with <a href="http://www.happeafries.com/" target="_blank">HapPea Fries</a>. E never slept and is starting to get a little fussier, so after chatting a minute we go upstairs to grab him. Then they have a ball playing while I clean up the kitchen a bit.<br />
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3:30 p.m. I slice up some grapes for Emmett and we turn on an episode of Daniel Tiger - his favorite show. We don't watch much TV, but he got into it on our road trip to Iowa the other month. Now I let him watch it on rainy days or if we're in the car for a long time. He's always requesting "Naniel" :) He watches the first 15 minutes and then prefers to play with it in the background. I sneak in some time to work on this blog while he's entertained ;) <br />
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4:30 p.m. All of a sudden the ceiling drops a bunch of water in the hallway. Ummmm - what?! I call Luke at work and he thinks it's something AC related. I drop down some towels and try not to freak too much. Jennifer and Emmet head outside to play for a bit. He needs a diaper change so I bring him in for that, and things go south from there. All of a sudden my super lovey, sweet toddler loses it. The no nap situation escalates into a full toddler meltdown.<br />
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5:10 p.m. Luke is home a little early to assess the AC leak situation and Emmett is still screaming. I throw on a pot of water to boil for the pasta to go with dinner, and Luke, his mom and E head out front to play with a ball. That helps for a bit, but he starts losing it again.<br />
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5:40 p.m. We sit down to dinner and E is NOT having it. He walks around the downstairs crying and being miserable. He finally makes his way over to the table and wants to sit in a grown up chair. Hey, if that'll get him to sit down and eat a few bites, I'm down. He eats approximately 10 egg noodles, 1 bite of pork and spits out a green bean. Better than nothing though with this terrible mood. And, the adults all loved the dinner ;)<br />
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6:10 p.m. Emmett insists on a walk, so Jennifer and I take him while Luke continues working on the AC problem. This cheers him up immediately and we have a ball on our usual route.<br />
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6:40 p.m. I don't want to walk on borrowed time, so we carry Emmett home to get started on bathtime early. He enjoys it, his bottle, and story time. Then we brush teeth. He's NOT excited to go in his crib, but I persevere and read his goodnight book, then we say bye bye and close the door.<br />
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7:15 p.m. He's out like a light after 1 or 2 minutes of fussing. Phew! Luke needs help with AC work, so we jump on walkie talkies and get to work.<br />
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8:00 p.m. Yay! He sorted out the problem (at least for now...). I dish up some ice cream for me and Jennifer and we kick up our feet and watch some reruns of The Goldbergs. I need something lighthearted after this day... Luke grabs a beer and joins us.<br />
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9:00 p.m. I call it quits early and head upstairs to make sure my outfit choices for the video shoot tomorrow are in order. Then I read a chapter in my book and lights out at 10.<br />
<br />Apron Adventureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17153953600927213220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851835838942650902.post-75312383230307984692016-07-24T13:44:00.000-05:002016-07-24T14:09:47.360-05:00Day in the Life - 19 MonthsSince I last checked in Emmett enjoyed his first beach vacation to Galveston for my mom's birthday. He LOVED the beach and the resort pool, but mostly time with the family. We also survived a weekend just the two of us while Luke lived in up in Vegas for his best friend's bachelor party.<br />
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I got back the photos from our 18 month photo shoot done by my friend Megan - I love them!! They were a Mothers Day/Fathers Day gift to Luke's parents, so it was extra fun having grandma and grandpa there for the pictures!<br />
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We've been having a blast this summer inside and out, but it definitely wears this mama OUT. Three things I'm thankful for - booze, ice cream and air conditioning. For another perspective, my friend Rachel just did <a href="https://classyotter.com/2016/07/20/today-with-a-nineteen-month-old/" target="_blank">her own day in the life</a> with HER 19 month old, Amity! That said, here's another day in the life with Emmett:<br />
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6:30 a.m. Emmett starts crying and saying "up" - he's ready to start the day! His wake up times have been waffling from 6:30-7:30 based on how much sleep he got the previous few days and if they were heavier on night time sleep or day time sleep (he averages anywhere from 12 - 13.5 hours per day, and usually 10.5-11.5 of those are are night. Naps are usually 1.5 - 3 hours in the day). I go in to greet him and he immediately dives down to read a book (his current favorite is Luke's Father's Day present from him - <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Best-Playground-Luciana-Navarro-Powell/dp/0307930904" target="_blank">My Dad is the Best Playground</a>), then changes his mind and heads towards the stairs to go down to the living room and play! I make coffee and start making breakfast while he and Luke play and read. He runs over to the kitchen to climb on his stool and "manage" my cooking process while munching on strawberries.<br />
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7:05 a.m. Breakfast is served! Toast with jam, eggs, fruit and coffee for the adults. Kix with yogurt, toast and eggs for Emmett (but he only eats the kix and yogurt) ;)<br />
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7:20 a.m. All done with breakfast, so time to clean up, play and get dressed!<br />
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7:50 a.m. Emmett is into pushing his stroller lately, so we head out on a walk. He makes it a good half block pushing the stroller, but it's slow going and he gets distracted a lot, so we finally get him in the stroller and set off. We run into a neighbor coming back from mountain biking at Walnut Creek - I'm always impressed by friends who don't have kids who voluntarily wake up early on the weekend!<br />
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8:55 a.m. Back from our walk! Luke and I take turns getting showered/ready while the other plays with Emmett. I hang out with him in the backyard by the sand table for a bit.<br />
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10:00 a.m. We head to our friends' joint first birthday party for both of their younger children. It's in the neighborhood, but since it'll be a million degrees and almost naptime when it's over, we opt to drive there. Emmett has a blast playing with friends and toys, and especially loves their sand box and slip n slide in the backyard! Luke and I love the homemade breakfast taco and both start innocently with one but then head back for seconds (and thirds for him!) so our mid morning snack turns into lunch. We all enjoy a strawberry sheet cake - especially Emmett!<br />
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Noon Back home and realizing we need to feed our kid. I offer up some leftover <a href="http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/kung-pao-chicken-tacos" target="_blank">kung pao chicken </a>from tacos that he loved yesterday (not interested today), edamame and watermelon. He eats one slice and a few handfuls of edamame and then declares he's "all done" - well ok. We play around the house and in the backyard some more and read some books.<br />
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12:50 p.m. Out at the sand table the wind shifts and I get a wiff of a dirty diaper. I take him inside to change him and then we head upstairs for a bottle and a nap. Our pediatrician has been giving us a hard time that E still drinks his milk from a bottle, so we're trying to wean him off of it. The process hasn't been going too well and will likely end up cold turkey, but I'm not quite ready. So instead we offer 6 ounces in a bottle and have more milk in a sippy cup in case he really wants more - he's instead been contenting himself with only 6 ounces, so we will see.<br />
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1:00 p.m.m Emmett drifts off at the end of his bottle so I drop him in the crib without reading today. I'm wiped from being in the heat for so long, so I go to lay down for a little nap. I set my alarm but must've turned it off because...<br />
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2:50 p.m. I hear Emmett cry and realize I slept almost 2 hours. OOPS! I have hardly ever slept a whole nap time and am feeling frustrated at myself for not having any productive time. Luke was busy doing a little work on my car so didn't realize I slept for so long. Oh well, I'm still catching up from a LATE night out a few days ago to see a sneak preview of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4651520/" target="_blank">Bad Moms</a> (so hilarious and worth it).<br />
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3:00 p.m. We head downstairs and I ask Emmett if he's hungry. He says yes so I sit him down with an apple (I peel half of it off because otherwise he spits apple peel everywhere - SO attractive) and a new snack - some dried okra. I don't tend to love offering foods in this format, but he's not eating a lot of green veggies right now so I give them a try. He loves them and eats 8 along with maybe a third of the apple. Luke opens up a can of hibiscus saison from one of the breweries just 1 mile from our house - <a href="http://adelbertsbeer.com/" target="_blank">Adelberts</a>, who recently just started canning beer- woohoo! Emmett plays for a while and I attempt to shake off my epic nap and Luke and I decide what to do with the afternoon.<br />
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4:10 p.m. We hop in the car and head 10 minutes away to Mt. Playmore - kind of like Leaps and Bounds for children of the 90's. I brought Emmett here a month ago but the toddler area was closed, so we just ran around the whole place. He loved the arcade area but wasn't into the tunnels. This was our first time on the weekend and it was PACKED. Luckily Luke loves stuff like this, so he and E tackled the tunnels and he actually enjoyed it. Then we hit the toddler zone and he become obsessive about pushing this cart on a little roller coaster track - it was his job for sure. He eventually toppled over and got near tantrum zone, so we called it and headed home. Luckily he calmed down in the car!<br />
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5:30 p.m. We get home and E and Luke start playing. I hop into dinner prep mode. I had intially started thawing some bacon wrapped scallops to grill, but since we had a ton of bacon at the birthday party, I switched gears and did salmon instead. I added some spices and threw the fillets on the grill and tossed a light arugula salad. Then I got into recipe development mode. I'm partnering with <a href="http://www.happeafries.com/" target="_blank">HapPea Fries</a> (frozen chickpea fries) to develop some recipes and do a video series with them, so I tested two concepts for dinner. They were great! Need a little tweaking so I'll be working on that later this week.<br />
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6:05 p.m. Time to sit down for dinner. Emmett pounds almost a whole fillet of salmon (we recently started making him his own instead of sharing 2 between the 3 of us, but he and I both don't quite finish ours - his lunch tomorrow! He eats a few HapPea fries and a handful of edamame and is content. He's most excited about the extra honey I put on his tray to dunk his salmon and chickpea fries in.<br />
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6:25 p.m. All done with dinner, so we quickly clear the trays then start getting ready for a family bike ride! We don't go as often as we'd like since if either Emmett or Benji didn't get to expend enough energy, we opt for a walk. But since they both had good exercise today, we did a gentle neighborhood bike ride instead!<br />
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7:05 p.m. We are home and Emmett is SO happy from the bike ride, but he doesn't want to go inside!! We convince him, however, and Luke takes him upstairs for bath time while I power clean the kitchen. I join them for bottle and book reading. Then Emmett does his sign to brush his teeth (which he LOVES doing right now). Back in his room, in the crib, and time to read his goodnight book!<br />
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7:45 p.m. Lights out for E. I do a quick toy pickup in the living room, then Luke practices a presentation in front of me for an upcoming work trip.<br />
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8:30 p.m. We settle down on the couch to watch The Martian, which neither of us have seen yet. We make it half way through and are loving it, but it's getting late, so we pause for tomorrow.<br />
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10:00 p.m. Time to head up to bed - later than usual but due to my long nap I wasn't in a huge hurry.<br />
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10:45 p.m. After reading my current Hercule Poirot novel, I'm finally feeling sleepy so lights out!<br />
<br />Apron Adventureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17153953600927213220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851835838942650902.post-79708923005210232462016-07-02T07:00:00.000-05:002016-07-02T07:00:20.166-05:00Day in the Life - 18 MonthsEmmett finally went out of the state - we took an epic road trip to Iowa to celebrate my Grandpa's 95th birthday. Luke and I swallowed crazy pills and decided we could tackle a road trip. And you know what? it wasn't too bad! We divided the 900+ miles into three days of driving and stayed with my aunt one night on the way up and back. The hotel we stayed at upgraded our room from a studio to a 2 bedroom (SWEET!) so we could all actually get some sleep and not have to camp out in the bathroom to watch a show on pillows on the ground (which we did in the hotel on the drive up - would not recommend). Anyway, E is chattering up a storm, climbing like crazy and snuggling like a sweet little monkey, and I love it.<br />
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But there's no rest for a toddler's mama, so here's another day in the life:<br />
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6:50 a.m. Emmett is awake! Luke grabs him and E ran around and snuggled with me in bed for a while - a new development. I love snuggles! They headed downstairs and I mouthbreathed for a few minutes before heading down.<br />
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7:15 a.m. I'm downstairs and the coffee is made. Emmett stands on his stool next to me to watch me make breakfast while he munches on some peanut butter Puffins and strawberries. We sit down to breakfast - PBJ oats for me with plenty of berries, and E has Cheerios, yogurt and more strawberries.<br />
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7:35 a.m. All done! Emmett and I head outside to play in the sand table and garden while Luke finishes getting ready for work. We wave "bye bye" to him and keep on playing. He waters the garden (he's obsessed) and I eye the magnificent cucumber that I plan on picking for dinner tonight - yum!<br />
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8:30 a.m. My friend Marisa comes over with her 4 month old twins Austin and Jonas. We head out on a hot stroller walk around the neighborhood and cover 2.8 miles. We cool off back home with some tangerine La Croix and visit for a bit. Emmett had fun showing off his toys to the babies!<br />
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10:10 a.m. Marisa heads back home and I offer E a peach for a snack. He has a few bites and then surprisingly is done (peaches are the favorite right now). While he snacks I use a vegetable peeler to make some zucchini ribbons. Next, Emmett wants to go on a toddler walk with Benji. We walk down the street and run into our neighbor Dan who is homebrewing. He's making a double batch and Luke is brewing a double batch tomorrow, then they switch! Double the beer, half the work. :D<br />
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11:00 a.m. After a power shower, Emmett and I drive to Gymboree. And bonus, our favorite teacher from the fall/winter is teaching today! E has a blast climbing the ramps, shaking maracas and jumping on me. He starts to look really tired, so we peace out right as class ends. Despite my best efforts, he falls asleep the last couple minutes of the car ride.<br />
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12:15 p.m. Back home! E doesn't want to get in the crib for his nap so I throw together lunch. I took some salmon (in the cast iron skillet sprinkled with salt and pepper, cumin, paprika and chile powder - sear flesh side down, then flip and put in the oven at 400 for 8 minutes. Drizzle with maple syrup). I toss the zucchini with olive oil, white wine vinegar, lemon and honey and some garden grown tomatoes and basil. Then crumbled on plenty of feta :) I warmed up a few steamed sweet potatoes and toasted a bit of garlic naan. E has leftover quinoa and broccoli along with naan and salmon. He pounds his lunch - clearly he was hungry - and then chugs some water. I ask him if he wants milk and he says yes (score!) so I make a bottle and we start naptime. He drinks half the bottle (not surprising after a big lunch) and we read a few books, then I say goodnight.<br />
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1:00 p.m. Emmett is down for his nap - hooray! I put away some clean clothes that have been sitting in the laundry basket in our room for a couple days now - oops. I come downstairs to clean up the kitchen and then work on this post. Luke comes home early from work - yay! We chat for a bit, then I work on customized photo birthday cards for my Grandpa (belated, my bad!) and my mom (she's got a big birthday coming up and we're celebrating at the beach next week!). I was hoping to prep dinner but...<br />
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2:15 p.m. E is already awake. Wah wah. Yesterday was only a 45 minute nap, so I guess I'll take it. This new long 11-12 hours at night but only 1ish hour during the day sleep schedule will take some adjustments on my part. Luckily since Luke is here I've got help! We're walking out the door to go visit with our OTHER neighbor who is brewing beer when my friend Meg texts me asking if she wants to meet up for a pedicure. Um, YES! Luke agrees to hang with Emmett so I can go, yay!<br />
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2:50 p.m. I meet Megan at the salon. We both pick a shade of red for our toes and have lots of fun catching up and getting our pedicures.<br />
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4:14 p.m. We say goodbye and I head to the pool where Luke and Emmett have been splashing around. E was having a BLAST getting thrown around by Dada, and he enjoyed an apple for a snack. By the time I got there they were out and starting to dry off, so I helped get E changed into clothes then we headed home.<br />
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4:45 p.m. I start making dinner. I realized that the <a href="http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/coconut-lemongrass-chicken-bowls" target="_blank">dinner I planned </a>was actually a crockpot one (doh!), so I switch gears and start on another one - <a href="http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/seared-tofu-sweet-chili-sauce-broccoli" target="_blank">Seared Tofu with Sweet Chili Sauce and Broccoli</a> (I didn't have bok choi but I steamed some kale and spinach with the broccoli instead. Two thumbs up for this recipe!). I always skim recipes to make sure I plan ahead, so I'm annoyed with myself that I didn't do that this time. Luke calls his dad to catch up since he just got back from a long worktrip, and he takes Emmett outside to play at the sand table and garden so I can cook without having to hold a toddler ;)<br />
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5:35 p.m. We sit down to eat. Emmett pounds the mix of white rice and quinoa I made. I planned on cooking brown rice but didn't realize we were out - fail. He enjoys some broccoli and a bit of tofu, but this isn't a huge meal for him.<br />
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5:50 p.m. Dinner is done. We horse around the house playing with toys, running with Emmett's lion push toy and playing with trucks. I also sneak into the kitchen to get most of the cleaning done.<br />
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6:40 p.m. Time to go upstairs for bedtime. E has a pretty mellow tubby followed by a big bottle while Luke reads us some Harry Potter. Then we sit down to a handful of books (including this <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Pride-Prejudice-BabyLit%C2%AE-Counting-Primer/dp/1423622022" target="_blank">Pride and Prejudice one </a>that he loves right now!), brush teeth, read his goodnight book and turn out the light.<br />
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7:25 p.m. E is down! Luke and I whip up some martinis (vodka for him, gin for me) and play a game. Luke and his friend play video games together via google chat (Mike is in Corpus) as a way to "hang out" even though they can't see each other. They just discovered this <a href="http://www.broforcegame.com/" target="_blank">ridiculous game </a>and Luke convinced me to play for a bit - it IS his birthday weekend so I wanted to be a good sport. It was a fun, but he was definitely better than me haha! Then we sit back to watch Game of Thrones (we're halfway through season six) and I download another <i>Hercule Poirot</i> ebook (love a good Agatha Christie novel!) for my nook from the Austin Public Library site.<br />
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10:00 p.m. Lights out! Apron Adventureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17153953600927213220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851835838942650902.post-74564397619856464092016-06-03T08:15:00.001-05:002016-06-03T08:15:09.273-05:00Day in the Life - 17 MonthsI'm reminded every day that Emmett is in a period of rapid growth - both physically and mentally. He's building up his words (bye bye, up and reese aka rice are current favorites) and getting a little too good at running and climbing ;) Today is a good example of what happens we have go off-script. Luckily it doesn't happen often, but it really challenges me as a parent to remain flexible in a different way. I have no problem letting him "lead" me on toddler hikes or find his own way to play inside - I encourage it! - but I usually have a pretty good idea of how the day will go, and today is an example of outside forces that sometimes don't let me have my way.<br />
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6:15 a.m. - I hear Emmett, along with a massive thunderstorm! It's all up to me to grab him because Luke is sick, womp womp, and because Luke got up with him at 5:20 yesterday (luckily with the help of his mom who was in town to babysit Tuesday night) so it's definitely my turn. He's in a great mood so we go downstairs to play. I make coffee and get breakfast prepped. Emmett loves standing on his stool (my improvised learning tower) and watching me scramble eggs while munching on strawberries.<br />
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7:00 a.m. - We wake up dad then I turn on bread to toast and scramble eggs. We all sit down to eat at 7:15. I bought a different kind of yogurt - Strauss European style yogurt, and it's a little runnier than the Greek yogurt we usually get. Emmett doesn't seem to mind though and loves dunking his Chex in it and eating it with a spoon. He's not interested in toast or eggs though - glad he ate 4 strawberries during breakfast prep! Luke and I enjoy cranberry walnut toast, scrambled eggs, fruit, coffee and an Emergen-C cocktail (Emercen-C, OJ and water).<br />
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7:35 a.m. - We're done with breakfast. I clear the table while Emmett plays and Luke mouthbreathes while watching him, but that doesn't last long. E is anxious to go outside. It has stopped storming and is just lightly raining, so while Luke heads upstairs to shower/rest, E and I don rainboots and jackets. I was crossing my fingers that a Hike It Baby hike my friend Donna posted was going to happen, but she had to cancel due to the storms. We were going to the <a href="https://hikeitbaby.com/hike/woodland-faerie-trail-zilker-botanical-gardens/" target="_blank">Woodland Faerie trails at the Zilker Botanical Gardens</a>, and I was pumped to see Emmett toddling around. Hoping we can try again for next week!<br />
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8:00 a.m. - Time for a toddler walk. Emmett loves his Oakiwear rainboots and has fun looking for puddles. I end up having to pick him up several times since when we get on a busier road in our neighborhood, he keeps depending to get into the puddles in the street. A little stressful, but he loves when I hold him and pop open our big, colorful umbrella with border collies on it. I ordered it a few years ago after seeing it in Real Simple magazine and always love an excuse to use it!<br />
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8:48 a.m. - Back home! E enjoys dragging the watering can around noisily in the driveway for a few minutes, then we come to check on dad. It's my turn to shower and neti pot (my allergies are out of control since the mold count is high. I sound like a man and feel super run down, not great on a rainy day with a sick dada at home). Luke lets me have 20 minutes to rest in peace in bed while Emmett plays with his toys downstairs and visits his sand table in the back yard.<br />
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9:50 a.m. - Emmett and I head to Gymboree. We froze our membership this spring due to all the hiking, but since it's hot and steamy, we're back in full force. We've been hitting open gym almost every afternoon after his nap, and I'm thrilled that they're making the classes unlimited for the summer (it's usually 1/week). It's a BIG class due to the rain/open enrollment week, but that's fine by us. We have fun singing songs, climbing ramps, playing peek-a-boo, catching bubbles and doing parachute time. I can tell he's getting tired because he starts laying down on a map, and when class is over he's trying to push the door open and go outside, so no staying afterwards for a few minutes of play.<br />
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11:05 a.m. - We head home, and unfortunately he falls asleep for the last 3 minutes - a super weird nap time. I contemplate making him a quick bottle and putting him down for a super early nap (he usually naps around 1/1:30 due to a 15-20 minute catnap in the stroller, but he didn't catnap today due to no stroller nap). However, I show him watermelon and he perks up, so we sit down to a early lunch instead.<br />
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11:20 a.m. - Lunch is served! E chows down on 4 pieces of watermelon, some quinoa and grilled corn. Luke and I have salads with leftover grilled chile citrus chicken, corn, quinoa, mango, arugula and feta with a squeeze of lime and drizzle of olive oil.<br />
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11:35 a.m. - Emmett plays for a few minutes while I clean up from lunch (and breakfast too), then I change his diaper and we head upstairs for a bottle and nap.<br />
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12:15 p.m. - E is asleep. Even though I left him happily sitting up and playing in his crib, within 5 minutes he's snoozing. I climb in bed, set my alarm, and take a 1 hour nap myself. I wake up feeling rejuvinated, though still have allergy throat/voice. But an improvement! I warm up a second cup of coffee for the day and enjoy a leftover piece of homemade chocolate almond biscotti from the weekend (My sis and her family came to stay for Memorial Day. Her son Ben is a year older than Emmett, and they had a BALL playing together). I prep dinner, fold laundry, empty the dishwasher and work on this post. <br />
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2:58 p.m. - Emmett is awake. Since he's been going down later, I'm not used to him waking up at 3, but the weather is fine so I'm ready to deal. He's in a great mood (yay!) and we read a couple books upstairs, then we head downstairs and he hands Luke a couple books he wants him to read. We play inside and with the sand table again. He helps me pick our first bell pepper from the garden and tries to eat it ;)<br />
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3:40 p.m. - Time to hop in the stroller and head to the playground. It's BEAUTIFUL outside (mocking me with my allergies, I always get tempted to stay outside too long when I know I shouldn't...). I texted my neighborhood mom pals and Aubrie and her 11 month old son William meet us at the playground! E enjoys a graham cracker on the ride over and eats most of a pluot at the park. He has fun on the swing and playscape, but mostly running around the grounds.<br />
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5:08 p.m. - Oops, time got away from me! We head home and E and I share a few mini pretzels. I'm rocking my Garmin vivoactive on my shoe, since it doesn't count my steps accurately when I'm pushing the stroller. Works well!<br />
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6:10 p.m. - After I get home and warm up the food (thanks to Luke for chopping some kale and shredding the spaghetti!), it's time to eat. I'm bummed since I was supposed to go out for a girls dinner to celebrate my friend Karen's birthday, but Luke was feeling so crummy he didn't think he could handle dinner/evening shenanigans/bedtime by himself (which to his credit, this is the first time in E's life he's asked me to cancel plans). Oh well, my gal pals and I already got a makeup dinner on the calendar for a few weeks from now!<br />
Emmett started on a watermelon appetizer. He's cutting some molars and was really hurting, so the cold fruit helped a bit. We enjoy spaghetti squash and vermicelli noodles tossed in a homemade coconut peanut sauce with carrots, kale and peanuts on top. E mostly enjoyed eating his sauce with a spoon, despite the bell pepper dippers I provided, and the vermicelli. Oh well...<br />
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6:30 p.m. - He's asking to go outside so we head out on a family walk so Benji can stretch his legs too. E has a blast running a lot of it.<br />
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7:05 p.m. - We get home and head up for tubby time. Then he rocks his evening bottle and we read some books. Then it's time to brush teeth (he actually does pretty well tonight and lets me brush them, and he actually drinks/spits some water). I read him his goodnight book and leave a happy boy in his crib!<br />
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7:45 p.m. - I finish cleaning up the kitchen from dinner and make some Throat Coat tea for me and Luke. Then, I finally pull the trigger on buying a <a href="http://www.deuter.com/US/us/kid-carrier/kid-comfort-3-46534-125.html" target="_blank">Deuter Kid Comfort III </a>hiking carrier. We've been sporting our current one for a year now, which we got used at a Fairytale Threads consignment sale. I've put tons of miles on it now and it's time for an upgrade. I can't wait for it to get here!! Then I work on this post.<br />
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8:45 p.m. - We watch the Mindy Project together. Man that show is so funny. I can definitely tell it's different now that it's a Hulu show, but I don't care. She's so funny :)<br />
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9:30 p.m. - We head upstairs to get ready for bed. It's been a long day of toddler entertaining when I wasn't 100% and I'm ready for bed.<br />
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Houston, we have a runner! This little boy abounds with energy, and I'm doing my darndest to keep up. We're still outside all day every day, and that's ok by me (less to clean, right?!). Here's a day in the life with my 16 month old Emmett.<br />
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6:36 a.m. We hear Emmett awake. We lay there a good 10 minutes mustering the energy to grab him, mostly because he's kind of playing in his crib and not just fussing. Luke goes to grab him and brings him to bed. He snuggles for all of 1 minute and then demands to get down. He runs around grabbing shoes and bringing them to me in bed, and then finds Gaston and brings it to me to read. Luke gets ready for work.<br />
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7:00 a.m. The guys head downstairs and I check the weather, then get dressed for the day. I head down and discover Luke changed E's dirty diaper (he's the best) and made coffee. Emmett runs around playing while we make breakfast. I'm still loving my PB&J overnight oats, so I make myself a bowl and top it with strawberries and blackberries. Emmett has Chex "soldiers" (I dunk them in Greek yogurt and stand them up on his tray - the top is clean for his hands to grab). I also make him a sausage and cut up strawberries. He's mostly into the cereal this morning and eats like 3 times what we originally poured, but Luke and I get to eat most of his sausage and strawberries (each day is different though).<br />
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7:35 a.m. Breakfast over! Emmett plays in his play area. He wasn't digging the play yard so we disconnected it from being an octagon and just used it to rope off half the room for a fun spot and be able to close the gate so Benji doesn't get tempted. Luke and I clean up and take turns running up to finish getting ready. E takes a few turns down his slide (yes, it's in the living room, and yes, that's a new rug! You can ignore the mess :) )<br />
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8:10 a.m. We wave goodbye to Dada. I get E dressed and we head out on a toddler led walk in the neighborhood. He grabs my hand to go across the street and runs to point out the bird on our neighbor's address marker. We walk a ways to the Guinea house one street over - he notices they just touched up the sign and has fun playing peek-a-boo with me around it. Then he jumps on the stones lining their landscaping and practices his balance (we know them so it's slightly less awkward that we camp out in front of their house for like 15 minutes most days). He heads a little way longer then surprisingly asks me to pick him up and carry him home.<br />
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9:00 a.m. We're back home and I pack up the hiking carrier. I throw in some cuffins (mostly healthy cookies that are soft and fluffy like the top of a muffin - recipe to come!) and diced mango and a change of clothes. I give him a small bottle of milk since he didn't get one when he woke up and then we head towards the hike. He falls asleep RIGHT before we get there so I let him sleep in a car a few minutes.<br />
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10:00 a.m. Time for the hike we're leading at St. Edward's Trail. I love this trail! We do the summit side because I wanted some challenging elevation, and luckily the other moms were on board. We have a fun, small group for this Hike It Baby hike, and for the first time, Emmett is the oldest kid there - by one month ;) We have a blast hiking, see a waterfall and work up a serious sweat hiking. The kids are super content so we don't have to stop. We get back to a gentle picnic table and snack - E loves using the spork to feed himself mango. He drops like half of the pieces, but I happily eat them myself. Then most of the gals head home and another mom and her son let Emmett lead us to some water. It's a little muddy and I attempt to have him just hang out near it, but we both end up wading in and he loves it. Hey, raise a wild child right?? We eventually head back to the car on foot, but E gets into tantrum mode and gets super dirty sitting in the dirt while he's wet. I eventually get him back and towel him off/use baby wipes on him and put him in some fresh clothes. All set!<br />
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12:25 p.m. We give Dada a call and then drive home. I warm up lunch and Luke arrives home, right as I discover Emmett had a dirty diaper and was playing in Benji's water bowl - *face palm*<br />
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1:00 p.m. Lunch time! On the menu is whole wheat spaghetti with garlic herb chicken, roasted tomatoes, broccoli, arugula and parm. Emmett enjoys spaghetti, peas, broccoli and some local loquats. I high five myself for planning ahead and making this Sunday, since I knew Sunday and Monday night dinners wouldn't provide leftovers for lunch, which is what we usually do. E pounds his spaghetti and eats some peas and a little broccoli. He's not feeling the loquats, but Luke and I are happy to eat them :)<br />
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1:20 p.m. We say bye to Luke and head upstairs to have milk, then I read him 3 books and put him down for a nap. I take a much needed shower.<br />
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1:50 p.m. E falls asleep after playing in his crib for a good 15 minutes. I head downstairs and grab a handful of chocolate covered almonds and hop on the computer. I log miles for the <a href="https://hikeitbaby.com/" target="_blank">Hike It Baby 30 Challenge</a> (we hit 100 miles earlier this week - woohoo! I was a bit surprised by that since I was out of commission a few days with a stomach bug and a little lame after that, plus it rained a fair bit. But, Luke got in a good 3 miles both days I was sick and even went on a HIB hike - I was so proud of him!). I'm feeling a little distracted so I jump between working on this post and working on a blog post for Whole Foods about wine (yum!). Then I eat a chocolate chip pecan cookie, because I can :)<br />
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3:05 p.m. I work on my registration and training to become a branch lead for Hike It Baby. I was so honored with the three gals who lead the Austin chapter asked me to join their team (it's a volunteer position), and after thinking it over for a day, I agreed! I love this organization and have really enjoyed getting to know people, testing my limits, leading a recurring hike every week and pop up hikes when I'm in the mood! I can't wait to get even more involved in this leadership position, and I'm only a little bit nervous.<br />
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3:20 p.m. I finally get around to cleaning up the kitchen from lunch. Then, I start dinner prep. I chop up some sweet potatoes and steam then mash them with some fresh herbs and a little pat of butter. And, I cut up some cauliflower florets and toss with avocado oil and herbs de provence and roast them. And, I make a quick kale salad with a dressing of Dijon mustard, honey, olive oil and red wine vinegar. I already pulled the meat off of a rotisserie chicken yesterday and refrigerated it, so another high five to myself. I go out to the garden and throw some winter squash and watermelon seeds in the ground and give it a good watering. Back on the couch for more blog work! I don't take any pictures during all of nap time - oops!<br />
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4:53 p.m. I hear chirping, Emmett is awake! His naps have been all over the board in length lately, so I'm totally thrilled to get a full 3 hours to be productive and rest my legs on the couch. I go to his room and he's in a great mood and ready to party. After playing peek-a-boo with his blankie for a minute and tossing stuffed animals around, we read a few books then head downstairs. He starts racing around the house in circles - this boy has ENERGY! I manage to change his diaper and put on his socks and shoes. He grabs Benji's leash - time for a walk!<br />
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5:10 p.m. We head out for a toddler led walk. Luke texts me to let me know he's heading home - score! He's early! I let him know we're heading out at toddler pace and which direction so he can meet us up, which he does in about 15 minutes. We enjoy strolling along the greenbelt in our neighborhood and Emmett enjoys seeing lots of dogs, pointing at the flowing water in the creek, off-roading in the grass and walking along a fallen tree with Dad's help. He shows us he now knows how to walk backwards (?!??!) and runs in tight circles. We realize it's already 6 (dinner time - oops!) so we encourage him to turn around and eventually pick him up to make it back in a timely manner.<br />
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6:20 p.m. High fiving myself for having everything cooked. I quickly warm things up while the boys wash hands, then we sit down to eat. Emmett LOVES the cauliflower (who knew?!) so he eats like 4x what I gave him initially. He also loves his rice (duh) and playing with the spoon (but NOT the sweet potatoes). I enjoy a nice glass of rose with dinner ;)<br />
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6:50 p.m. Play time! There's a lot of crumbs/junk that found themselves into the play area, so Luke grabs the broom. Emmett immediately fixates on it and spends the last 10 minutes "sweeping" the room.<br />
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7:15 p.m. We head upstairs for bedtime. First up is the tubby. E enjoys playing with this bath letters and pouring water with cups, then he points to his soap - it's time to scrub! It ends up being a short back because we're done less than 10 minutes later. Time for jammies and a bottle. I sneak downstairs to respond to a few emails while the guys read books. He's super into Dr. Seuss this month. They brush teeth
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7:50 p.m. Lights out for E! Luke does a few things on his computer and then joins me downstairs. We visit a bit more and then turn on the latest episode of <i>Castle</i> and each enjoy a little dish of the latest seasonal flavor from Lick - lavender crisp ice cream!<br />
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9:10 p.m. It's early, but we head upstairs to get ready for bed and read. I'm so tired, I pass out by 9:30. Good thing since E is up by 6:30 the next day.<br />
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Never a dull moment! :)Apron Adventureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17153953600927213220noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851835838942650902.post-80651485931975257562016-03-30T08:17:00.004-05:002016-03-30T08:18:05.615-05:00Day in the Life- 15 MonthsWe're in a good spot with sweet toddler Emmett right now. He's now fully walking on his own and even doing some running! Sleep is going really well for us (right now at least), so no complaints! Of course, I realize that's always subject to change...We had a wonderful Easter in San Antonio with some of Luke's family. A few snapshots:<br />
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Here's a day in our lives right now:<br />
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6:42 a.m. - Emmett is up! I hear him babbling/fussing in his crib so I roll out of bed to go grab him. I intend to bring him back to bed and nurse him like I do every morning, but he dives out of my arm and starts flipping through books. He's ready to read and play! Tricky since I don't have my glasses on, but I manage to read him a book and then sneak off to grab my glasses. Luke and I both quickly get ready for the day and I grab Emmett's outfit.<br />
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7:10 a.m. - We head downstairs. Emmett has a dirty diaper so Luke changes it while I juggle making coffee, starting breakfast and putting away clean dishes from the drying rack. Emmett alternates between playing with toys and checking on our progress in the kitchen.<br />
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7:27 a.m. - Time to eat! Luke and I enjoy some 9 grain Easy Tiger toast with fried eggs (farm fresh from one of his coworkers who has chickens!) and fruit. And of course coffee :) Emmett has toast, an Applegate Farms breakfast sausage, strawberries and grapes.<br />
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He finishes the sausage and grapes and eats half of the strawberries (not as good as the last batch that he pounded 8 of in one sitting) and the toast. He also sucks down about half a homemade pouch of Greek yogurt mixed with pureed sweet potatoes.<br />
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7:47 a.m. - Done! We offer him a sippy cup (!!!! instead of a bottle!) of milk and he enjoys walking around drinking it. Maybe 2 ounces, nice! We clear the table and clean up while he plays.<br />
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8:15 a.m. - Luke heads off to work and we head out front to walk. Emmett enjoys doing the rounds in the mornings which means going up and down our neighbors' driveways - the steep ones! - and looking for the guineas. And carrying a stick while he walks - like All. The. Time. He does about 3/4 of a blocks worth and I end up carrying him home about 1/2 blocks worth after he gets a little too excited throwing a neighbor's landscaping gravel around...<br />
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9:07 a.m. - I load up the car and we head out to a hike! I posted a last minute hike for <a href="https://hikeitbaby.com/" target="_blank">Hike It Baby</a> yesterday morning when I realized we'd have some nice weather. We meet up with 5 hiking friends at Balcones District Park. E enjoys playing on the playground while people show up. He eventually walks over to his hiking carrier and starts pointing at it and signing "more" - he's ready to hike!<br />
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I do the "Welcome Circle" including a plug for the upcoming <a href="https://hikeitbaby.com/hike-it-baby-30-general/" target="_blank">Hike It Baby 30 Challenge</a> for April (people are challenged to hike 30 miles in 30 days OR get outside 3 times a week for 30 minutes). This is our fourth challenge and we LOVE LOVE LOVE them. In January we did 113 miles which I don't think we'll hit this time, but I look forward to seeing how much ground E covers on his 2 feet, and seeing how many hikes I can lead to encourage even more families to get out and hike. I love that HIB is a free organization and you don't have to be a member - just show up and hike! These challenges are a way to fundraise and help keep it free, so I'm all over it.<br />
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9:40 a.m. - We're off! We cover 2 miles on the lovely trail, and E falls asleep for the last 10 minutes. As we get back to the playground there's a pretty patch of bluebonnets so we plop the kiddos down to take some pictures.<br />
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10:40 a.m. - Play time on the playground! Emmett and I share a Gold Nugget tangerine. I ate a zillion of these when I was pregnant with him - we both love them.<br />
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11:33 a.m. - We say goodbye to our friends and head home. We make a stop at Walgreens to grab some dishwashing gel and a prescription and call Luke to tell him to come home soon for lunch.<br />
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12:00 p.m. - Back home! I power chop some sweet potatoes and asparagus and throw them in the bamboo steamer and throw some <a href="http://thehotdang.com/" target="_blank">Hot Dang</a> burgers in a cast iron to warm up. Emmett wants to go outside, so once things are cooking we go play some more and wait for Luke.<br />
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12:30 p.m. - Dada's home! The three of us sit down to lunch which is good because E is getting tired and cranky. Luke and I enjoy a spinach arugula salad drizzled with honey, red wine vinegar and olive oil and topped with sweet potatoes, asparagus and feta cheese and a Hot Dang burger. Emmett has some leftover salmon (the first time we've ever had any. He usually scarfs ALL of it), brown rice, broccoli, edamame and grapes.<br />
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12:55 p.m. - After playing in the backyard with dada for a few minutes, we kiss him goodbye and we head upstairs. Emmett has 3 ounces of milk and then we read a few books, then I tell him "it's time for your nap! I'll see you when you wake up" and lay him down. He fusses for a minute but I'm able to leave while he's still awake. A new trend we've been working on the last week!<br />
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1:05 p.m. - Emmett's officially asleep. I jump in the shower, fold laundry and put fresh sheets on the guest room bed. My college friend Brittney is coming Friday night with her 6 month old Luke - fun! I head downstairs and finish tidying up the kitchen (Luke did a lot of quick cleaning before he left - he's the best) and then I sit down on the couch with the rest of the morning's coffee and a half a piece of biscotti. I work on a blog post about picnics for the Whole Foods blog, and then I work on this post. <br />
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3:02 p.m. - I hear him start to moan and assume he's up, but he pulled a fast one on me! I take it as a sign to hurry up and get dinner prepped, so I manage to prep and almost make the whole thing. Score!<br />
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3:42 p.m. - Ok he's up for real. I go up to grab him and he's in a great mood. He points at his puppy dog stuffed animal and I tell him it's a dog, and he replies "ruff!" We read <a href="http://www.llamallamabook.com/llama_llama_red_pajama.php" target="_blank">Llama Llama Red Pajama</a> (his latest obsession), put his shoes back on and head downstairs to say hi to Benji.<br />
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4:00 p.m. - We're off to the <a href="http://toybraryaustin.com/" target="_blank">Toybrary</a> to meet up with Rachel and Amity. Emmett loves it there even more now that he can walk and play with more toys. They happily play side by side. While there he gets a few peanut butter/oat/date balls for a snack and lots of water. After being there only 45 minutes, he loses his cool and I can't get him to calm down, so we say goodbye to our friends and head home.<br />
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5:20 p.m. - Back home and ready to play with toys! I get the water going to cook the udon noodles and warm up the stir fry while keeping an eye on Emmett and playing with him. He's having a blast playing with this toy he got for Easter from his Greats (great aunt and great grandma) that is a chicken that lays eggs while singing a silly song. But, he loves to throw the eggs around so then we have to go collect them and put them back before we can play again.<br />
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5:45 p.m. - Dada's home! Dinner is ready early so we sit down to eat. Luke and I love the chicken vegetable stir fry with udon noodles. Emmett is being picky (maybe his snack was too filling/late) so he enjoys slurping the udon noodles and eating some edamame, but that's about it.<br />
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6:02 p.m. - Dinner is finished. I send the boys out back to play and I quickly clear the dishes and clean the kitchen. I come out to see them playing in the garden. Emmett has a blast taking the little watering can over to the faucet and having Luke turn it on so he can fill it and go water things - all on his own!<br />
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6:20 p.m. - We put Emmett in the stroller and head out on a neighborhood walk. We run into our across the street neighbor Abby who snaps a family picture of us - fun! Note Luke's walking beer ;)<br />
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7:05 p.m. - We make it home and head straight upstairs to start E's bedtime routine. First up is a bath. He has a great time and it's kind of a long one, but that's ok. After jammies are put on, it's time for his bottle. I attempt to give him a much needed hair trim while Luke gives him the bottle, and it actually goes pretty well. He doesn't drink as much as he normally does, so I hope it wasn't because I was annoying him too much with the hair trim... Time for books, and then tooth brush. We read him his bedtime book and it's lights out. No tears!<br />
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7:55 p.m. - Kid is asleep! I come down to catch up on this post while Luke does a few things on his computer. Then we snuggle up and watch the first episode of season five of <a href="http://www.pbs.org/mercy-street/home/" target="_blank">Mercy Street</a>.<br />
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9:36 p.m. - Time to head upstairs to get ready for bed and do a little reading.<br />
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