Leftover oatmeal = babyfood

Leftover Oatmeal & Apple babyfood

Leftover oatmeal & all the toppings
1 cored apple w/peel
yogurt


Blend all ingredients, add a little water and whalla - babyfood. Freeze in ice cube trays.

Never toss another unfinished bowl again.

Bath buds

Working tricks

Let's learn from this highly effective gal

I've found a few tricks to getting more work done at home.

First, one must have a desk the size of a door. Then one must plan to work at their computer through meal times. The larger the desk, the more food and drinks you can fit, the less you have to get up and stop working.

Second, don't start a blog. Don't get a Facebook account or sign-up for Pinterest. Ah, and don't follow other blogs and certainly don't read articles on the Gospel Coalition website. If you don't start these things, then they won't compete with your working at home. If you have already started them... well sometimes they get you through the hard times while working from home.

Third, and final trick, strategically ration all children's movie and tv watching to the exact times that you sense you'll need to honker down and crank some work out. Make sure they're among the 'favorites' if you're anticipating a client call.

Dinosaur Crossing

Ever since little Ezra Herzog and his Family spent a weekend with us this past winter, David can be found running up and down the hallway saying "Super Coming!" This activity was inspired by caped Super Ezra who lead the way up and down our long hallway proclaiming, 'Super Heros Coming!' Which was exactly right, because both he and David were coming with gusto and capes.

Today, and actually most days, David has been notifying everyone that 'Dinosaur Coming!' Sometimes there's a dinosaur in his hand, sometimes, he's letting us know that a Dinosaur will be coming through the back door or front entry. Subsequently, our apartment must be a high-traffic dinosaur crossing and I think I should probably put up a sign for the moments David isn't on guard to notify.

On another note, the dinosaur population at 6511 has been expanding thanks to recent arrival of a few ex patriots from 1233 Arthur. Kira had originally filled her Christmas tree with these dinosaur folks, and since January we've been seeing more and more migrate our way. David is definitely thrilled about this development and hopes the living conditions continue to be inadequate for the remaining dinosaurs at 1233.