Stuffed Rabbit Ears

Tucking my littlest in and I spotted her rabbit and asked why there was marker on the ear. She said because she drew on it.

Ok, fair enough. So out of my mouth comes why do you draw on everything.

First she shrugged. Then she said “because I am a child.” The she said, children draw on everything, adults only draw on paper.

I got nothing. She's absolutely correct. And I told her as much. Then we did our good night, sleep tight and it was over.

Sometimes I forget “because I am a child”, especially because my kids are with a few notable exceptions, so very grown up. And the exceptions tend to be in things that I know I am not the best role model for, like tidying up after myself on a regular basis instead of a couple of times a week (big things, not tiny things). I'm working on it. Maybe it will happen before I die. I have much more important things to do than tidy up. Like ask why stuffed rabbits have marker on their ears.

Summer Cooking Camp at Sur La Table

I got this awesome email from Sur La Table this morning. No lie. I love that store. I think it ranks first in my list of kitchen porn stores to shop at, right before Williams Sonoma. The email is telling me about these amazing summer camp cooking classes for kids. Ok, you’ve successfully piqued my interest SLT. So I read the email. OK, groups of kids aged 8 – 12 and a teen class for teens 13 – 17 that I can ignore, since all of my kids fall into the 8 – 12 range, at least through September. Two classes, The Science of Cooking and Desserts & Treats Around the World. Well, we aren’t eating grains, but, as I’ve mentioned before, it’s not an allergy issue, so a class and contact is ok. I haven’t seen how long the classes are yet, or how much they cost. Stupid emails getting me all excited.  [Read more...]

Avaz for Autism (app)

So I'm reading my daily autism Trapit, like I do, and this blog post pops up. What an awesome app! At first I was like, wow, 100$ is a little steep, but then I thought about it a bit. When Malachai was little, say, until he turned six, he was largely non-verbal. We had PECS all over the place. PECS stands for Picture Exchange Communication System. It's exactly what it sounds like, pictures of every day things that someone can point at or show you so you know what they want or how they feel. I spent a fortune on those things. Between pre-printed sets, buying digital images and printing on heavy card stock and cutting them out, time spent finding free images to print and cut out, drawing images, you get the picture (ha ha). I am sure I spent way more than 100$ on this over the course of six years. And I can't say I had over 15,000 pictures to show for it. [Read more...]

Summer Days

Ok, that photo is a few years old, but isn't it cute? yep yep.

Summer is creeping up on us and I'm trying to figure out what it will bring my family this year. Pretty much every single plan (vacations included) I had has been cancelled for one reason or another (mostly one reason), so back to the drawing board I go!

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Coffee BBQ Sauce

BBQBokBok.jpgThis sauce was delicious. It has a little bit of an after-bite that my kids weren’t in love with, but overall it was a nice sauce. It got milder with age (something that surprised me) and about two weeks of storage in the fridge all but killed that little after-bite it had when fresh.

We cooked the chicken thighs for about 20 minutes on one side, then 20 on the other, then turned and sauced for 15 – 20 min and then turned and sauced again. I like my BBQ chicken a little on the charred side, so cook to your preference on your grill. I highly suggest the pre-cook time though!  [Read more...]

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