The Fishpond: August 2012

Friday, August 31, 2012

Sleep

After writing yesterdays post the thing my brain kept coming back to was 5 am feeding. I kept wondering if by putting this does it imply that Princess sleeps until then? Should I go change that? But I kept away for my 15 minutes were up. It's going to take some time to be able to train myself. But I have found a flip side. Just knowing I can blog every day it has opened my mind to a flood of ideas.

Anyway back to 5 am. Princess doesn't sleep until then (hopefully one day). That's just the time she decided to stay awake, yesterday, so my day started extra early. Princess currently goes to bed about 9. She then cries out about every hour and will go back to sleep with her pacifier or if we swaddle her up and rock for a few minutes. Swaddling at this age is a first for my kids. But it works for her. She then nurses between 11-12pm and then sleeps for about 2 or three hours stretches until morning which is usually between 6 and 6:30. Sometimes she nurses and goes right back to sleep and others it takes awhile of rocking. Occasionally she will go for a four or five hour stretch. I love those nights!

I've had some suggest sleep training. I have never been good with this. I tried it with my first. It was torture! I wasn't sleeping through the crying (duh) and awake more then if I just did the usual nurse/rock. We did finally get her sleeping better and then she got sick, started teething and up again. Back to square one and I had had it with the sleep training. I preferred to do what worked for me and not just because some book said I should have a baby sleeping through the night.

While I don't enjoy the lack of sleep. If it's one thing I have learned after five kids. They all eventually learn to sleep through the night. Someday Princess will too. For now I just get a kick out of what my husband said the other day,

Sleep?

What is this thing you speak of?

I've heard some people actually enjoy it.

Thursday, August 30, 2012

Fifteen Minutes

My days are soooo full lately. I love blogging but feel like lately I can't allow myself this luxury. There are so many others things I need to get done. I keep thinking I'll just complete "these tasks" then I can give myself the time to blog. This is not working and I miss this creative outlet. Plus, I'm not recording the events of our lives.

This morning while up feeding the baby (at 5 am) I thought: 15 minutes. I can find that each day. Hey that's kind of how I live my life right now with a baby. Fifteen minutes before she's ready for something else. Move to a different room/or task, be picked up after down time, nurse, even the length of many of her naps. Ugh!

Why not blog? I'll set a timer, write and be done when it goes off. I figured I have to post that same day as well or else I'll constantly stew over what's in the draft- Did I say that right? Did I truly express my thoughts? I know I will keep coming back to fix something. Then I'll be back to why I haven't allowed myself to blog. It takes too much time from my day. It's amazing how you can blow a whole afternoon on the computer if you're not careful. So.... my post may not be the most organized. There's a good chance they'll have grammar errors. They probably won't be chock full of pictures or even the greatest insights but it's something.

15 minutes. Gotta go!

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Cookie

I have always loved to make snickerdoodles with my kids. Their favorite part is getting to roll the dough in the cinnamon and sugar. I just give each one a small bowl of the cinnamon sugar mixture. After I form the dough into balls they swirl the balls (one at a time) around in their bowls and place on parchment line cookie sheets.

Awhile ago my sister blogged about lemon cookies. I think they have become a new favorite! Same concept only swirling around in sugar.

Every once in awhile, for my chocolate loving husband, we also make these.

Chocolate Crinkles

3/4 cup butter, melted
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
6 ounces mini semisweet chocolate chips
3/4 cup confectioners' sugar

In a large bowl, mix together the melted butter, cocoa powder, and sugar. Whisk in the eggs and vanilla extract. In a medium-size bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Use a large spoon to slowly add the dry ingredients to the chocolate mixture. Stir in the chips. Refrigerate the dough for 2 hours.

Heat the oven to 350. Form the dough into 1-inch balls, then roll them in confectioners' sugar. Bake the cookies on an ungreased (or lined with parchment paper) baking sheet for 10 minutes. Set the baking sheet on a wire rack for 5 minutes, then lightly dust the cookies with the remaining confectioners' sugar. Transfer the cookies directly onto the rack to cool thoroughly. Makes 4 dozen.

I should write that down

"Shut up and listen to what I meant", Minnie
I asked Princess if we should go watch Minnie unwrap her presents. After hearing presents,Princess said, "Ho, Ho, Ho"
While traveling home from Kindergarten Bud Boy told his dad, "School gives you something to do while you wait for lunch."
Tator commented, "I thought dad was weed hacking and you were going to mow." Mom replied, "He is probably just getting the lawn mower ready." Tator then replied, "or he's scaring a cat."
Important decisions need prayer!! Heavenly Father can answer our prayers with a Yes, No, or Maybe So. "When He answers yes, it is to give us confidence. When He answers no, it is to prevent error. When He withholds an answer, it is to have us grow through faith in Him, obedience to His commandments, and a willingness to act on truth. We are expected to assume accountability by acting on a decision that is consistent with His teachings without prior confirmation. We are not to sit passively waiting or to murmur because the Lord has not spoken. We are to act." Elder Richard G. Scott
Our home teachers shared a lesson on being thankful. After the lesson he said this is important, even for the wee ones. Bud Boy pipes up, "I love the Wii!"
Bud Boy is showing mom how Tator just hurt his arm. After showing her all the ways he can no longer move it he then says, "and this is the arm that does the remote."
We overheard Bud Boy trying to sing the lyrics to Check Yes or No by George Strait. "Do you Love me? Try guessing No"
Bud was asked to pick the song for FHE. He said I want to sing, "Follow the Prophet, Follow the Prophet, Don't go straight....."
"Mom, we're on the free way. That means you can go whatever speed you want. It doesn't matter. What matters is that you keep driving" Bud Boy
"I've seen Avengers 20 times. Wait a minute. Am I just making things up? I do that sometimes." Bud Boy
Bud Boy said to his sister, "You're a toilet". She said, "that is so rude". He then said, "Okay you're a couch"
When Bud Boy heard the song Call Me Maybe on the radio he yelled, "it's the song where she says Just give me a banana ; call me, maybe."
Bud Boy was listening to music on the ipod, "Mom it's the song where the guy plays the piano and the other one plays the Jell-O!"
After watching the Olympics, we overheard Tator saying( while playing with Barbies): "And she sticks the landing; no wobbly bobblies."
After going under his bed, in an attempt to retrive some toys, Bud Boy said, "I have a slight problem. I can't breathe under there."
Bud Boy said, "This is the bread I want, it's wheed bread."
While going through the clean laundry on the couch Jolly J exclaimed, "Quit sitting on the laundry! Now my clothes smell like butt."
Tator asked, "Dad what time does bedtime even start?" Dad replies 8 o'clock. Tator then says, "that's why we go to bed at 8."
Jolly J said to her sister, while counting up her game score, "You made me count to neven and I don't even know what letter that is."
I overheard Tator singing, "Adam was a prophet. First one that we know. He was called to Egypt."
Karebear was showing us that the outside lining of her lunchbox had a hole in it. Teasingly Dad said. "What, you expect us to buy you a new lunch box every year?" Bud Boy piped up, "You can just use a paper sack."
The song, Live Like You Were Dying, was on the radio. After hearing the line, "I loved deeper", Tator asks, "Why does he love big bird?"
Grandpa F often gives the girls money after attending a game they have played in. We went bowling as an extended family. After Bud Boy finished bowling he went up to Grandpa, held out his hand and said, "I had a game."
Karebear stated that "Dad was using his frustrated words" while working on the car.
Bud Boy asked mom to look in his eye because it was hurting. While inspecting he looked at mom's eyes and said, "Mom your eyes are starting to crack."
While driving Jolly J asks, "What does prindel mean?" We figured out she was looking at the gear shift (PRND3L).
Tator sits down with her plate of roast beef, mashed potatoes and gravy, and a roll at Sunday dinner. " Mom, this is like food from the olden days!"
Bud Boy is 22 your favorite number? "Yeah, it's a high number"
Hearing my son call out, "Amer-i-caw flag" every time he sees the flag.
Bud Boy claiming, "It is tomorrow" whenever we talk about doing something tomorrow.
After watching the news Tator asked, "Do we get tormadeos?"
While licking the beater Tator said, "Mom, Santa must really like you" Why? "Because you make good recipes!"
Bud Boy gets in the van and states, "Hot! I can't breed"
After hearing someone burb Bud Boy said, "Ha, Ha I do that too!"
Tator asked, "Mom, how long have you been married? " After answering she then asked, "How long has daddy been married?"
"I'm going to make my bed. That's a great idea and great ideas give you power!" Bud Boy
When we ask Bud Boy something and he doesn't know he says, as he shakes his head, "I can't know."
"We don't discover humility by thinking less of ourselves; we discover humility by thinking less about ourselves." Dieter F. Uchtdorf
After putting on his tie Bud Boy exclaimed, "I look like daddy's age!"
Bud Boy's current favorite song is Tinkle, Tinkle little star. Up b b b the world so high.
Tator comes into the room where Bud Boy is attempting to stand on his head. "Bud Boy I can see your butt crack. Mom, What's a butt crack?"
As we pull out of the garage to take the girls to school, Bud Boy states, "Good-bye house, we'll see you soon."
After watching her dad dance Minnie asks, "Is that a dance from the 80's?"