Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Christopher's Cooking Adventures Take 1 and 2
Take 1 - Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich
Colleen and I have been working on getting Christopher to eat better by involving him in the process of preparing the food that he eats. So far this has been met with a lot of success. These pictures were of Christopher making his own peanut butter and jelly sandwich. He loved it.
I think he liked it
Take 2 - Peanut Butter Cookies
Our next project was baking cookies. I found a very easy, 4-ingredient, peanut butter cookie recipe and decided to try it with Christopher tonight. It is a Paula Dean recipe, so I subbed her calling for the greased pan with cooking spray and the sugar with Splenda. The only ingredients called for were 1 c. peanut butter, 1 c. sugar (Splenda), 1 tsp. vanilla extract, and 1 large egg. I measured out and separated all the ingredients and let him pour and mix them. He had a lot of fun, although he did require a lot of reminders and prompts not to lick the spoon....at least until we were done. It was a blast. Maybe next time we'll get away from the peanut butter staple we've apparently got going here!
Our next project was baking cookies. I found a very easy, 4-ingredient, peanut butter cookie recipe and decided to try it with Christopher tonight. It is a Paula Dean recipe, so I subbed her calling for the greased pan with cooking spray and the sugar with Splenda. The only ingredients called for were 1 c. peanut butter, 1 c. sugar (Splenda), 1 tsp. vanilla extract, and 1 large egg. I measured out and separated all the ingredients and let him pour and mix them. He had a lot of fun, although he did require a lot of reminders and prompts not to lick the spoon....at least until we were done. It was a blast. Maybe next time we'll get away from the peanut butter staple we've apparently got going here!
ND Game & Gifts from Uncle Pat
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| Aunt Chris' doing...missed her calling |
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| The kids and some other kid |
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| "I GOT ME A BASKETBALL FOR MY HEAD!!!" |
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| I had absolutely nothing to do with this....this was Jacqueline's doing! |
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| ok...well, I did allow her to do it and take the picture...so maybe I did have something to do with it |
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| Cuddle-Time for Daddy and the Matt-Man. |
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Notre Dame Game/ Colleen's Birthday
Per expectations, the entire family (sans a few) met up at a centralized location for this week's Notre Dame game (actually three weeks ago to be honest, but that's neither here nor there). We were also blessed with the opportunity to celebrate my wonderful wife's birthday. Here are some pictures taken from the day.
By the way, Notre Dame
LOST!
Such a Help
Christopher has been a very big help to us around the house of late. He's been more than willing and, dare I say, excited to help us clean up and tidy up any chance he gets. I must admit that I love this and am soaking in as much of this as I can now as this will likely not be the case for much longer!
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| Someone's happy that he didn't have to do any cleaning. I suppose not being able to walk has its advantages. |
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