Mamadrama

What is chocolate milk, really/

One must start this entry by saying that Sophie Joy is finally living up to her name. She is becoming a real joy. I mean honestly, she is the easier of the two kids right now. I don't know what has happened, but in the last couple of months she has turned the corner. I like to think it is my wonderful parenting skills. If I wasn't such a lunatic freaked out mom, I would actually believe that. However, I live with me and I live with her and I am certain that she is acting of her own free will. She acts of her own free will pretty much most of the time.  I have somehow figured out how to sometimes manipulate her into thinking that my directions or instructions are her own idea. Sometimes, this works. For the most part this works. Anywho, more later.

OHH- funny conversation... Sophie doesn't like Chocolate milk because it is "moo cow poop!" I wish I thought that, it would keep me from drinking it!

My fabulous Recipe's

I have decided to give you people some of my recipes that you keep asking for. Note that I absolutely never give out my secret ingredient for guacamole. My mother passed it on to me and I have given it out to only two people who know that if they spill I will have them shot on the spot. I think it is time to share the secret with the world. It's some good stuff and I want you all to enjoy it.

Guacamole

Good guac starts with good pico de gallo. Not salsa, unless you are my mom.

1 diced tomato

1 diced yellow onion

1 seeded, stemmed and diced jalapeno

1 bunch of cilantro

1tsp garlic salt

1tbs cumin

salt and pepper to taste

2 limes or 1 lemon

1 avocado soft but not squishy, it should give like the palm of your hand

1 tsp Miracle Whip Salad Dressing (secret ingredient)

Mix together with a fork tomato, onion, jalapeno, cilantro, garlic salt, cumin, salt, pepper and the juice of one lime or 1/2 lemon. Let the pico sit while you work with the avocado.

In another bowl, mash half of the avocado and mix it with the other half of the lime or lemon and the secret ingredient. Once it is mashed and mixed together, dice the other half of the avocado and add it along with a good heaping helping of the pico to the mashed mixture. Try not to use the juice. You just sort of fold it in. Don't stir it or mush it together. You want to have it be chunky. Viola you have Guacamole!

Tips:

Ripe tomatoes are best. The better your tomato the better your pico.

Cilantro, take the cilantro by the stem and pull out enough to make a quarter size bouquet between your thumb and index finger. Wash and dry it and them pull the leaves from the stem. Discard the stem. Scrunch up the cilantro and chop it on the cutting board. It will look like a lot of cilantro. Once you chop it it looses it's puffiness.

If your guac doesn't taste right you probably need more salt first, then more garlic, then more lemon or lime and finally more cilantro. I know some of you think you don't like cilantro, but it is what makes Mexican food Mexican food. You just don't like it by itself. I promise you will like it in the food!

Enjoy!

Green Eggs and Ham

"I do not like green eggs and ham. I do not like them Sam-I-Am." But Sophie does!!!! Today, Landry stayed home from school since he was a yakking up toes all day yesterday. While we were taking Sophie to school he teared up and cried, "But my friends are gonna miss me at my school and today was green eggs and ham day." So we peeked our heads into his class just in time to see them reading the book and getting ready to eat green eggs and ham. We said hi and Landry played real sickly. When we left I promised him that if his tummy felt better I would fix green eggs and ham for dinner.

Our picture is proof that there really are green eggs and well, hot dogs...we didn't have any ham. Landry really couldn't believe that the green eggs could possibly be good and chose not to eat anything but the toast. Sophie, on the other hand, ate all of hers and all of Landry's and gave him her toast to boot! I read them the book during dinner it went something like this...green me, pink Soph

"would you eat them in a boat?"  yes, fophie eat dem

would you eat them with a fox?  fophie eat in box

I do not like green and eggs and ham   I do,  I do, Fophie do like geen eggs ham

She's a fan!!!!Landry feels lots better and my phone is finally fixed! Double click on the picture and it gives you a bigger version.

Kidness

I think sometimes my friends wonder why I don't do much anymore. Why I seem stressed out and a little grumpy.

Let me tell you why. Her name is Sophie. She is completely deceiving. Cute, charming, very polite and soft spoken. A tiny adorable time bomb who explodes like the blowholes in Hawaii. Each and every day I have to plan for every possible fit that Sophie may or may not throw in every situation I am in or could possibly be in.

For example, in order to go work out today,I had to make sure Sophie got to her nap by 1:00 so that she would wake up by 3:00 and be rested enough that I could reasonably expect her not to make too much of a fuss about going to the gym. I had to make sure she had a good snack and some time to wake up and be friendly.I had to adjust my attitude to one of patience and happiness as I lovingly put on her shoes and carefully loaded her into the car seat. Then I braced myself for the possibility of any freaking out about whatever else could happen in the car on the way to the gym. IE. She wants to see Landry's toy, she wants her plug plug, she wants her drink, it's the wrong drink, I forgot a drink.........all of which happened today.

Once we get to the gym I had to wrestle with her to put on her coat. 1st, I take the gentle approach, she says "no", then I pick her butt up and put on her damn coat!!!!!! Then comes crying, crying, pouting, pouting, refusal to come out of the car, and the ever popular limp body routine when I carried her into the gym. She snaped out of this at some point and I finally got to drop them off and go work out. You just think that all is well now, but nooooooo, dear reader ......... I will be damned if  15 minutes into my workout the Kids Club worker comes to find me and let me know that Sophie has, once again, POOPED!!!!!! EVERY CRAZY TIME!!!!!EVERY TIME!!!!!!EVERY EVERY EVERY EVERY EVERY TIME!!!!!!

Today, I just left. Took my poopy kid and left. She wouldn't come of course so I got to drag her out by her arm while people watched in horror. She is so lucky I didn't rip that arm off and beat her with it. All of this in order for me to work off the fat  and stress that was a result of her in the first place. It never ends! Man I love my kids!