Favorite Recipe

Here is a variation of a recipe from Jessica Seinfeld's book Deceptively Delicious. This is a recipe I use several times a week. Noah loves it because it's cereal and I love it because it has vegetables in it. Woohoo!

Pumpkin Oatmeal
1/2 cup oats (I prefer steel cut)
1/2 cup milk
2 Tablespoons canned pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix)
1 Tablespoon brown sugar
A sprinkle of cinnamon

Combine all ingredients except oats in microwave safe bowl. Stir until smooth. Add oats and stir until moist. Microwave on high for two minutes. Oatmeal will be very hot, so make sure you allow to cooling down time too.
For a little something extra, add raisins or a scoop of creamy peanut butter.
Yummy!

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18 Months Already

It’s been a long time since I posted anything of substance on my blog. It’s not that we haven’t had anything exciting happen, I just haven’t felt inspired. We have experienced many firsts since the beginning of 2009. Noah had his first hair cut, went to Disneyland for the first time, saw and played in snow for the first time, went to the zoo for the first time and much much more. Noah recently turned 18 months and at the encouragement of others I’ve decided to write down some of the things he is doing right now.
Words Noah says:
Mama, Dada, bye-bye (ba-ba), cheese, kitty, medicine (me—me), banana (na-na), dog, Grandpa (Papa), Grandma (ohh-ma), ball, car, book, chair, tree, no, yeah, hot, cold, bath (ba), please (pees),cereal (ceral), nigh-night (nigh-nigh), monkey, mickey, Katelyn (key-la), binkie, Bentley, again, all done, all gone, shoes, Noah, uh-oh.
Noah’s Favorite Foods:
Cereal with milk- definitely his most favorite…any kind will do. Bananas, apples, homemade chicken fingers
Noah’s Favorite Activities:
Anything outside, being chased, playing with a ball, being pushed on his toy car, reading books

One of "Those" Weeks

This isn't really "Mommy Diary" related, but ever have one of "those" weeks?

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