A Time and Season for Everything

Well friends, I am afraid that we are nearing the end. It has been a good run, but there is a time and season for everything. And around here, the seasons are definitely starting to change. I wish that I could have taken advantage of the season more, but that is the way it usually feels as we near an end. So, farewell garage sales, until next year!

In the meantime I will always have the cute clothes for Peachy that I purchased to remember you by. And this darling shower curtain to go with our downstairs bathroom ducky theme. (Yes, I still am rocking the ducky bathroom. Thanks girls for that wonderful gift you gave to start it off so long ago.)

V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N-!

Is there a better word in the English language? Last week M was able to take a few days off and we escaped to his mom and dad's house for a few days. While not much was "accomplished" there was plenty of relaxing, visiting, and baby cuddle time. (Is there a truer definition of vacation?)

Foodie Friday: MckAroons

A while back I tackled these macaroon cookies from the My Charming Kids blog. I don't know why I like macaroons as I don't really care for coconut, but I do. This was a simple and easy recipe for them as well. Unfortunately I botched the chocolate melting, but they were still good.

Ingredients:

14 oz bag of sweetened coconut flakes

6 T flour

1/4 t salt

1 t almond extract

4 egg whites

3 c chocolate chips

3 T heavy whipping cream

Directions:

Mix first six ingredients together in a bowl. Drop by rounded spoonful onto greased and floured cookie sheet. Bake at 325 for about 20 minutes or until macaroons are lightly browned. Cool on wire rack.

Put the chocolate chips and whipping cream in a double boiler. (I just tried to melt them together in a saucepan and think that is where I went wrong.) Stir often until smooth and melted. Once the macaroons are cool, dip int he chocolate mixture and let harden on waxed paper.

Camping with a Baby

Call us crazy. Call us adventurous. Call us admirable. Call us what you will. We took our four month old tent camping and lived to tell about it. (I would go as far as to say, enjoyed it.)

We have been camping with babies before, they just weren't ours and we therefore did not have full responsibility for them. Sure we did our share of holding and listening to crying, but at the end of the day we went to our tent and they went to theirs. Not this time, though.

Little Peachy is a lover of the outdoors which for the most part helped us out. Unfortunately she was so infatuated with her surroundings that she forgot all about the need for sleep. This did not bode well for her overall mood, but a few cat naps got her through until the major meltdown on the way home. The poor little thing cried and cried and cried until 20 minutes from home when sleep won out.

M and I enjoyed the great outdoors as well. There is nothing better than stripping life down to the bare necessity of just plain surviving. For some reason we find cooking over a campfire and having to heat water to do the dishes relaxing and fun.

We even managed to sneak in a few hikes. All in all, a wonderful weekend.

And I didn't even have to resort to the Gilmore Girls season of dvds that I had brought along just in case I ended up spending an inordinate amount of time in the van! (And your thought dvd players in vans were for children.)

Something To Talk About

Little Peachy has expanded her speech repertoire. She now uses different octaves! (Warning: This video may be long and boring to anyone who is not her doting parents.)