My Wild Things

Ben gets blogged about on a monthly basis, so I thought I would give a shout out to my other crazy kids.  We definitely have our struggles, but they are so worth it!   Sammy is so laid back.  She is happy just to go with the flow.  She has learned the art of tattling, but if that’s the worst she does, I’ll take it.  She gets along with everyone.  When Carter has friends over, they usually end up playing with Samantha because Carter can be a bit bossy sometimes.  

Carter is full of spunk.  His latest obsessions are chess and Star Wars.   I guess we don’t have to worry about him with the ladies.  He loves reading, we are at the library at least once a week these days.  He’s sassy as can be, but he can also be super sweet when he wants to.     

Love these kids!

6 Months!

This kid is growing fast!  Here’s what he has been up to:

He weighs 16 lb. 3 oz.  and is 27 inches tall

He loves to eat.  Really loves to eat.  Loves to eat anything.  He’s got teeth and is ready to use them.  Carter and Samantha love feeding him and he is learning how to feed himself finger foods. 

He is a mover!  He isn’t quite crawling yet, but he can scoot and roll enough to get pretty much anything he wants.  Carter and Samantha are learning the hard way that if they leave things on the floor he will get them.  And by get them I mean eat them.

My favorite thing that he does is grab my cheeks and pull my face in for a big slobbery open-mouth kiss. 

He sleeps 11-12 hours straight at night, which makes us both very happy. 

He loves to smile!

Saving the world…

One pothole at a time.  That’s right, I said pothole.  Milwaukee has some of the worst potholes of any city in the country (ok, I’m not sure that’s an actual fact).  Something about sub-arctic winters and circa 1950 roads makes for some harsh driving conditions.  I have had the struts (part of the suspension) replaced on my car not once, but twice already.  Anyways, there was a massive one just up the street.  I had to drive on the opposite side of the road to avoid this pothole.  I use that term loosely, it was more like the Grand Canyon of potholes.  It was at least 6 feet long, 3 feet wide and 6 inches deep.  I finally got online and reported it to the city and the next morning they were out there fixing it!  I felt like a superstar.  I’m just doing my part to make this world a little bit better.  You can thank me next time you come to my house.  Now if someone would just report the other 234,873,492 potholes. 

I’m in love…

It was love at first sight slice.  A few years back, I was naive enough to believe that a food processor was a food processor.  They slice, shred, process, whatever.  So I bought a  basic Black and Decker from Kohl’s.  Over the years, as I have been cooking more, I have come to realize that indeed, they are not all the same.  Mine was loud and in spite of having a shredding/slicing disc, it mostly just mutilated anything that I put in there.  And did I mention it was loud?  Carter would run and hide in his room every time I would use it.  

Well, after much convincing, I was able to get Mike to come around. When this beauty went on a fabulous sale a couple of weeks ago, he got it for me as an early birthday present!

I put this thing right to work.  Our first processing job was Philly steak and cheese sandwiches from Our Best Bites.  This thing sliced through that mostly frozen meat like butter.  And best of all, it sounds like a kitten purring.   I’ve made pizza dough in it and it came out so smooth and soft.  I made a bunch of baby food today and I have to say I love it more and more every time I use it.  So, if anyone out there is wondering what it really takes to make me a happy woman, high end kitchen gadgets are the key to this woman’s heart.