Chocolate Chip Waffles. Yum.

You have NEED to make these. No questions, just make them. So good. So SO good. (and so easy!) And they have bran and flax so they're good for you, right?  Right??


Thanks to Kari from The Twim Ports Moms Meetup Group for sharing this amazing recipe. 

Chocolate Chip Waffles

Makes about 8 waffles

2 eggs, well beaten (more beaten = fluffier waffle)

2 cups milk

1/4 cup veg oil

1/4 cup apple sauce (or skip this and add 1/2 cup veg oil total instead)

1.5 cups white flour

1/2 cup wheat flour

3 T ground flax

3 T bran

3 T brown sugar

4 t baking powder

Chocolate chips- 1/3-1/2 bag

Beat eggs in bowl.

Dump everything else in and mix. 

Pour into waffle maker and cook.

Eat waffles.

Thank Kari for her culinary genius. 

The end.

You can substitute the apple sauce for some other kind of puree (spinach, carrot, cauliflower, butternut squash, etc) or throw in some fruit instead of the chocolate chips. But really, who wants to get rid of the chocolate chips? :) 

ENJOY! 


 P.s. I was going to add a picture or two of the scrumptious goodness, but we ate them all. oops.

Sunday morning bliss

Merriam-Webster defines bliss as; 


1 : complete happiness
2 : paradise, heaven

When Olive was an itty bitty baby, Chris and I used to bring her into bed with us on weekend mornings. We would all cuddle and fall asleep wrapped in warm blankets and that wonderful baby smell. It was blissful.


We tried to recreate that bliss this morning when Olive woke up. 


Needless to say, it was not quite the relaxing, peaceful experience it once was. Instead of cuddling and falling asleep, we jumped on the bed, "honked" noses and even managed to spill some water on the bed. And that was just in the first 60 seconds. 


It was blissful. 

I hate it when she is sick...

but man, I love the cuddles.


Olive is, for lack of a better word, busy. From the time she wakes up to the time she goes to bed she is on the go. Playing, singing, walking, dancing, "running", climbing. All day long. 


It's exhausting. We love it.


So needless to say, she does not have a lot of time for Mom and Dad. While I think it is great that she is so independent (sometimes too independent, but that's a whole different post!), I miss my itty bitty little cuddle bug. The only time she will sit still long enough to give her Mama a little love is when she is feeling crummy. 


Tonight was one of those nights. 


With a slight fever, cough and runny nose, she just wasn't her normal busy self. We sat together and read books, sang songs and talked about our day for 10 whole minutes. It was wonderful.


With her 'boo-boo' (blankie), her 'nu-nu' (pacifier) and her mama, she was happy. So was I. 

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Baby Laundry Detergent

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Not Me! Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.


Some samplings of Not Me! Mondays...


I would never wipe my child's nose with my finger and then wipe it on her pants because I didn't want slimy slot on my pants. Nope, not me!


When trying to soothe a very tired and crabby toddler I would never say "You need to take a nap right now because you are driving Mommy crazy!" Never!


And I would never even think of giving my child cheese and graham crackers for lunch and calling it good because I couldn't come up with anything better. Nope, not me!


What are some of your Not Me's!?

Molars. *Blech*

We got home from our camping adventure Sunday afternoon and Olive was a hot mess. Well, she wasn't actually hot, but she was a mess. Crabby, crying, whiney, clinging, stubborn, willful, shrieking...tons o' fun let me tell you. I could not figure out what was bothering her so I chalked it up to being overly tired from camping.

Fast forward to Monday night and Chris realizes she has two HUGE chompers coming in. Poor girl, I would be pissed too! The last few days have been trying to say the least. But on the upside, she is more cuddly. And I'll take cuddles any way I can get them. Not that I want her to be in pain and needing comfort, but you know what I mean.

Happy Peace Day!

Happy Peace Day!

September 21st is Peace Day. Who knew? (I didn't.)

On one hand an international Day of Peace makes me extremely hopeful. But on the other, it makes me extremely sad and discouraged. It makes me sad that we even need a special day for peace.

Shouldn't every day be Peace Day? Someday my friends, someday. Until then, enjoy today, Peace Day.