New Things

Welllll. . . . .

Adalyn and Mieley both started their preschools today. To say they are excited is an understatement:

Mieley also started her speech therapy classes up again yesterday. She has a new speech pathologist working with her and Mieley adores her. I was most impressed by her too. She was so sweet and kind and good with Mieley.

Tora's still very much a cutie . . .
. . . but she had her 4 month immunizations shots today. Poor girl. I hate shot day. She's just not as happy as she usually is after shots - which of course is to be expected, but still hard to see her not her usual happy self. And after talking to the doctor and nurse separately about this flu season, they scared me enough that after I picked up Mieley and Adalyn from preschool, I hauled them back into the doctor's office and got them their flu shots. Now, if we can avoid the swine flu too. . .

And, in final news, we're moving into a new townhome here ASAP. We signed on a new townhome yesterday and are upgrading a little from a 2 bedroom to a 3 bedroom townhome. Not quite a house like I would like, but I'll take it for now.

So, if anyone knows anyone that would be interested in renting a 2 bedroom townhome, will you send them our way???

Chicken Rolls

So tonight I tried a new recipe. By all means it wasn't life alternating, but Adalyn and Mieley both ate it without complaining. That in itself is a miracle in my household.

I had some Rhodes loafs that have been hanging out in my freezer for far too long, so I hopped onto their website to come up with an idea of how to use them up. Here's what I found:

Chicken Rolls:

Servings: 6
Skills: Beginning
Bake Time: min
Prep Time: 15 minutes min (not including thaw time)

Ingredients
12 Rhodes™ White Dinner Rolls, thawed
2 cups cooked and diced chicken breast
1 cup cooked and diced ham
1 cup grated Swiss cheese
1/2 teaspoon basil
1/4 teaspoon oregano
marjoram to taste
thyme to taste
salt & pepper to taste
1 egg, beaten
sesame seeds

Instructions
Combine two rolls and flatten into an 8-inch circle. Mix together chicken, ham, cheese and seasonings. Place 1/6th of the filling in the center of each circle. Pull edges up around filling and pinch together to seal. Place smooth side up in a 6-cup sprayed jumbo muffin tin. Brush with egg and sprinkle with sesame seeds. Cover with sprayed plastic wrap and let rise 30 minutes. Remove wrap and bake at 350° F 30-35 minutes or until golden brown.

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Now, I had loafs instead of rolls, so I just thawed out those instead and made 3 big rolls to each loaf. Yes, my chicken rolls turned out MUCH bigger than those pictured on their website,



but they were still yummy. Oh and I used my own spices that my family likes, and used Mozzarella cheese instead of Swiss, and put Parmesan cheese on top instead of sesame seeds, but still. . . yummy. I'm sure there are endless ways to alternate this recipe. I think Rhodes rolls are now my new best friends.

Oh and did anyone watch the season premier of "The Biggest Loser" tonight? I love that show.

And how about Abby's story?

I hugged my kids just a little bit longer tonight.

Milestones

A couple of milestones, for a couple of my kids.

Tora:
She's been working on this for awhile now, but I had yet to catch it on video. I was just about ready to tell Adalyn to "keep it down," when Tora started thinking it was funny.

It's not her full belly laugh, but I wanted to remember this laugh nonetheless.

Adalyn:
Adalyn wanted to be a big girl and learn to ride her bike without training wheels. She only started working on it this past Friday (at about 9 o clock at night too - aren't kids supposed to be in bed by then???) , and I must say I'm pretty impressed with her. Sorry about the shaking - I was trying to balance Tora at the same time.

And here's the downside of being a big girl:

But seeeeeee. . she's still smiling. . . even though it hurts. . .

Bumbo Business

"You call this a what???"

"Seriously???"

"Well I guess. . .

. . .guess it'll have to do!"

I'm seeing these "Bumbo" chairs everywhere now. . .

And yep, Tora likes her's now too.



Always my happy baby!

Just Pictures

Adalyn

Mieley

Tora - 3 months

I love them!