Well from the title of this blog you may wonder what these have in common.
Well they are all things I can do when the girls are down in the afternoon for naps or quiet time. Normally, Ally just has quiet time in her room. Occasionally she will lay down for a nap. But on the rare occassion like today, she NEEDS a nap and goes down screaming bloody murder about how she doesn't need a nap and all she wants to do is play.
These rare occasions are VERY hard for me, because I have to put Kaylee somewhere (like the swing, or bumbo seat) while I deal with her sister. But Kaylee hearing her sister, will start crying in sympathy. I finally resolved today's outburst by telling her if she wasn't quiet that she would be staying in her room for the rest of the day even after quiet time. Shortly there after I checked on her and she had already fallen asleep! Kaylee took about a 45 minute nap woke up, ate then went back to sleep!
I have become a very HUGE fan of OxyClean stain remover!! It works wonders!! Kaylee had a blowout diaper this morning and it went all over her swing and new PJ's she was wearing. I sprayed the OxyClean on it and when I changed over the wash to the dryer all the stains from the explosion were GONE!! I should mention that for me to do laundry currently I have to go either upstairs or downstairs and pay $2 per load to get it done. Zach and I have figured out that the laundry mat is a much more cost effective and time efficient way to do laundry! So on Sunday we plan on going to the laundry mat to do laundry. I do a load here and there as needed during the week.
Zach is flying tonight so I think Im going to make Monkey bread. My friend Ernie (also my Angel from when I was deployed) gave me a great easy bread recipie and I use it all the time. So Im going to try it out on Monkey bread tonight. (It makes WONDERFUL cinnamon rolls as well) Here is the recipie:
Combine the following ingredients in a large tupperware bowl:
4 beaten eggs
1 tsp salt
2/3c Sugar
9 c Flour
1 1/2 c Milk
1 1/2 c luke warm water
2 pkgs yeast
Once you mix together let set (30min-1hr)
Add 1 or 2 sticks of melted butter/marg. put lid back on and let rise in warm place for one hour
bake at 375. until golden brown!
Enjoy!!...............until next time
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