10-13-09

I made some yummy pumpkin bars today. Nicholas had gotten a little pumpkin when his class went to the orchard, and it was going to go to waste. So I roasted it and made my own pumpkin puree. How domestic, right? And me, still recovering from my self diagnosed H1N1. lol (Seriously, I am) Anyway, it really knocked me for a loop. (Well, them and the rest of the stuff I cooked today- homemade rolls, chicken and stuffing casserole, and baked butternut squash). But they are pretty good.
Here is the recipe. I'm claiming it as my own. I started with a recipe of someone else's, but by the time I substituted for stuff I had on hand and changed and eliminated things I didn't like, I figured I'd be like one of those people on Allrecipes who changes a bunch of stuff in a recipe and then bitches about how it turned out crappy. (Except, I am such a skilled cook that my stuff doesn't come out crappy. hehe)

Anyway, without further ado...

Vanilla Pumpkin Bars

1 vanilla cake mix
¼ c. vegetable oil
4 eggs
1-16 oz can solid-pack pumpkin or equivalent amount of fresh pumpkin puree
1-14 oz can sweetened condensed milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
½ tsp salt

Preheat oven to 350 (325 for glass). Reserve ½ cup cake mix. In large bowl, combine remaining mix, oil, and 1 egg. Mix until crumbly. Press firmly into bottom of greased 13x9 baking pan.

Combine remaining ingredients – including the ½ cup reserved cake mix. Mix well, pour over prepared crust in pan. Bake 50 minutes or until set. Cool. Cut into bars.

10-9-09

Here's an all around "Fail". (Well, not all around. The baby's pretty cute!) But it's the pic I took, so here it is.

I knitted my Pom Pom Polar bear hat too long, so it's not looking it's cutest. My poor baby's ear is all folded over, and I didn't even notice.

Oh well... like I said, the baby's cute!

10-8-09

Little Delayney is 6 months old!

10-7-09

I decided I'm sick of my long hair. (Again) I'm sick of picking 4 pounds of hair out of the shower drain every time I wash it, then 4 more pounds out of my comb after I comb it. Sick of finding ropes of it in my bed, and on my clothes, and all over Luke. I'm sick of the back of my head hurting where I clip it up or wear it in a ponytail, because it weighs a ton. Those who have worked with my hair (Darcey and rene?) will attest to the fact that i have enough hair for at least 3 people. It's a chore to rein it in every day...

So, my dear dear Darcey came over last night and touched up my ghetto fabulous looking roots and lopped a bunch of it off for me. We didn't bother drying or straightening it. Too late. But here's what we did.

It'll be back in a few months.

10-6-09

We managed to dodge the raindrops and get a few autumn photos of the boys.

A rare moment of quiet from Tristan.

And, back to normal...

Finally... they get to just play in the leaves.

10-5-09

4 month photos for my sweet baby.

He gives me the hugest, big old gummy grins, but I'm not fast enough to make him give me one and catch it with the camera. This is the tail end of one. If I could just bottle up this sweet chub and save it for when my kids all try to escape my Marie Barone clutches, I'd be a happy woman.

10-4-09

Another one bites the dust. Nicholas' front tooth has been really wiggly. I know I'm a nurse and everything, and I have a pretty high tolerance for gross stuff, but loose teeth give me the heebs.

Nicholas came into my room complaining that his tooth had turned around backward and he couldn't get it to turn back. As if he wanted me to assist. As if. Ew. I tried to control the violent shuddering that took over my body and told him to just go wiggle it some and maybe it would come out.

Sure enough, about 3 minutes later, in he came with the tooth in his hand. I can't believe he's big enough to be losing teeth.

Tristan wanted a photo too. I'd be kind of embarrassed about his dirty face, but those who know and love us know that he's constantly starving, so it's kind of hard to find a moment when he doesn't have food on his face