Here is dinner tonight. No recipe, as I just went through the fridge and grabbed anything that might either go into a stir fry or looked like it needed to be eaten sooner rather than later. We had rice, stir fry vegies with a homemade honey and soy sauce mix and I fried some chicken tenderloins to go with them. The kids weren’t overly impressed but I guess you can’t impress the critics every time. Hubby and I enjoyed it, especially with sweet chilli sauce over it. I’m having a ‘thing’ for sweet chilli sauce at the moment and have cooked a few things lately just so I could have it over the top! I think it’s just that I’m getting a bit sick of eating meals that also suit a one-year-old, ie low salt, not too spicy/rich/etc. It might be time to cook a few meals for the freezer for Offspring #2, buy some baked beans for #1 and make something seriously yummy for the grown-ups in the house.
It's heating up up here. I think it was about 35˚C (95˚F for my non-metric friends) today, and it was the last couple of days too. The kids and I met a friend at the local pool this morning. We got there about 9am and it was already warming up. The kids had a great time playing in the kiddie pool, #2 thought it was great fun being swooshed through the water. She is fearless, unlike her big brother who was, and still is, a big chicken. #2 got completely soaked by a 'tidal wave' when another kid jumped in the pool and she sputtered a couple of times then laughed herself silly. #1 got splashed to a much less degree and screamed blue murder. He was unable to open his eyes because water was on his face and felt his way to me so I could brush the water away and save him from danger (or melting, I guess LOL!)
Dumb me forgot the camera! But just imagine a chubby one-year-old in her pink spotted rashie and little swimmers laughing wildly as the water gets splashed near her and a four-year-old, who is so pale he’s almost neon, in his boardies and rashie dodging every droplet of water while earnestly telling me how much he loves the swimming pool and how he can’t wait for his swimming lessons to start. After 3 years of swimming lessons Mummy can definitely wait – the deathgrip and screaming being the most positive features – but if he’s looking forward to them that’s great. We are planning to visit the pool at least once a week, partly because it’s fun and partly to get him nice and familiar with it so that lessons might go a little more smoothly.
It's heating up up here. I think it was about 35˚C (95˚F for my non-metric friends) today, and it was the last couple of days too. The kids and I met a friend at the local pool this morning. We got there about 9am and it was already warming up. The kids had a great time playing in the kiddie pool, #2 thought it was great fun being swooshed through the water. She is fearless, unlike her big brother who was, and still is, a big chicken. #2 got completely soaked by a 'tidal wave' when another kid jumped in the pool and she sputtered a couple of times then laughed herself silly. #1 got splashed to a much less degree and screamed blue murder. He was unable to open his eyes because water was on his face and felt his way to me so I could brush the water away and save him from danger (or melting, I guess LOL!)
Dumb me forgot the camera! But just imagine a chubby one-year-old in her pink spotted rashie and little swimmers laughing wildly as the water gets splashed near her and a four-year-old, who is so pale he’s almost neon, in his boardies and rashie dodging every droplet of water while earnestly telling me how much he loves the swimming pool and how he can’t wait for his swimming lessons to start. After 3 years of swimming lessons Mummy can definitely wait – the deathgrip and screaming being the most positive features – but if he’s looking forward to them that’s great. We are planning to visit the pool at least once a week, partly because it’s fun and partly to get him nice and familiar with it so that lessons might go a little more smoothly.
1 comments:
I love stir fry! So easy to just throw stuff in! Keep it up with the pool/swimming lessons. I worked for a pediatrician this summer and one of the biggest recommendations he gave people was swimming lessons for their young children! GO FOR IT! :-)
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