Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Amy Barba
Amy Barba is the daughter of our daycare provider, Cindie. Amy and Chris are expecting a baby at the end of April. However, she has toxemia and has been admitted to the hospital. Amy is only 31 weeks and they want her to get to 36 weeks before they take the baby. Please keep her in your prayers.
Love and Respect
Right after we watched the movie Fireproof, I was reading a friends blog and she raved about this book. I've been reading it over the past few weeks and it has changed how I view our relationship. The premise of the book is that men NEED to be respected and women NEED to be loved. It's such a simple concept, yet easily neglected in relationships today. I would encourage all of you to read it!
Thursday, February 19, 2009
"Healthified" Banana Chocolate-Chip Muffins
I made these muffins the other night and they were SO good. I have to admit that I added 1/4 cup of reduced fat peanut butter.
Healthified Banana-Chocolate Chip Muffins
They looked so yummy:
Eden wanted one, but I kept saying no:
So she threw a fit and Brock threw one back:
Healthified Banana-Chocolate Chip Muffins
They looked so yummy:
Eden wanted one, but I kept saying no:
So she threw a fit and Brock threw one back:
Favorite hiding place
Eden has discovered the kitchen cabinets. If we can't find her, we look in the cabinet with the pots and pans :)
She will sit on anything. Usually it's my purse or the diaper bag, but this time she chose the lid to the pot:
She will sit on anything. Usually it's my purse or the diaper bag, but this time she chose the lid to the pot:
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Beautiful Weekend
It was in the 60's this past weekend. We played outside all day on Sunday. Rookie and Eden loved seeing the sun again!
She kept pushing her stroller up the driveway and then letting go. It rolled down to the bottom of the hill and crashed.
She took off running towards the hill:
She kept pushing her stroller up the driveway and then letting go. It rolled down to the bottom of the hill and crashed.
She took off running towards the hill:
Friday, February 6, 2009
Daycare 2/6/09
Here is a slide show from daycare. Iain and Eden look like siblings :) I gave Eden her first hair cut last week. Check them out:
Pictures
Pictures
Monday, February 2, 2009
www.picnik.com
My fried Autum showed me this cool website yesterday. It's basically Photoshop for the computer illiterate :)
The 1st of the month
For those of you who have never experienced the 1st day of the month in an underpriviledged area, I need to let you in on a little secret:
Don't go to Walmart or any other grocery store because it's Food Stamp Day!
It means that every mom with 6 kids takes 3 carts and loads her cart full of junk. I witnessed it yesterday. The one that got me was the lady in front of me in the checkout line...
She was by herself with one cart overflowing with junk. I define "junk" as Little Debbie cakes, Pepsi, Ben and Jerrys ice cream, fruit rollups, frozen pound cake and other high calorie, low nutritional value foods. The cashier had scanned half of her cart, including 3 packs of steak and a fruit tray. Then, the lady looked up an saw that the amount due was over her limit. She ordered the cashier to take the steaks and fruit tray off. This makes complete sense-- take off the healthy stuff but keep the pound cake... What really got me reeling was that she left the milk gallons in the cart. Who in their right mind would purchase soda and Little Debbie cakes over milk and fruit? Crazy! She proceeded to swipe her Food Stamp card to purchase her goods. Then, she asked the cashier to get 2 cigars and she grabbed one last pint of Ben and Jerry's ice cream out of her cart (which is still half full!) and used $10 cash to buy them. I couldn't believe my eyes. The kid that was bagging the groceries had to take the cart with all of the groceries that she couldn't afford and put them back. I wanted to tell her "Your welcome. My tax dollars just bought you all that junk. I work 9-5 so you can eat stuff that I can't afford (Ben/Jerrys and steak)."
My proposition: The gov't needs to put tighter regulations on food stamps. There needs to be a limit on what they can buy (like WIC) and they need to set a time limit for how long they can be on it. They should have to show job-seeking progress...
Don't go to Walmart or any other grocery store because it's Food Stamp Day!
It means that every mom with 6 kids takes 3 carts and loads her cart full of junk. I witnessed it yesterday. The one that got me was the lady in front of me in the checkout line...
She was by herself with one cart overflowing with junk. I define "junk" as Little Debbie cakes, Pepsi, Ben and Jerrys ice cream, fruit rollups, frozen pound cake and other high calorie, low nutritional value foods. The cashier had scanned half of her cart, including 3 packs of steak and a fruit tray. Then, the lady looked up an saw that the amount due was over her limit. She ordered the cashier to take the steaks and fruit tray off. This makes complete sense-- take off the healthy stuff but keep the pound cake... What really got me reeling was that she left the milk gallons in the cart. Who in their right mind would purchase soda and Little Debbie cakes over milk and fruit? Crazy! She proceeded to swipe her Food Stamp card to purchase her goods. Then, she asked the cashier to get 2 cigars and she grabbed one last pint of Ben and Jerry's ice cream out of her cart (which is still half full!) and used $10 cash to buy them. I couldn't believe my eyes. The kid that was bagging the groceries had to take the cart with all of the groceries that she couldn't afford and put them back. I wanted to tell her "Your welcome. My tax dollars just bought you all that junk. I work 9-5 so you can eat stuff that I can't afford (Ben/Jerrys and steak)."
My proposition: The gov't needs to put tighter regulations on food stamps. There needs to be a limit on what they can buy (like WIC) and they need to set a time limit for how long they can be on it. They should have to show job-seeking progress...
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