Enchiladas, the Potty ,Gym class and repentance

So tonight C AKA the most amazing hubby in the world! made some yummy enchiladas that we have been seriously digging lately.

Enchiladas

(the healthy ingredients in this recipe can be substituted....I am just giving the originally intended ingredients)

The sauce:

3 tbs whole wheat flour
3 tbs coconut oil

heat this to make a roux then add all the rest until smooth and boil until desired consistency

(all of the following are apprximations...you can add more or less to your liking)

3 tbs chile powder
3 cloves garlic
1 large onion(optional...we opt out...yuck!)
1 tbs cumin
1/2 tsp oregano
1 tsp cinnamon
3 cups chicken stock/broth

The filling:

7-8 sprouted wheat tortillas
2-3 C chicken/pork/beef
2-3 C cheese

Make sure that all the tortillas are soaked before you add meat/cheese then use remainder of sauce over the top.


Now on to the potty portion of the post. L has been going on the potty since he was four months old...now before you bail out on the post check out these
links.

(this is his little port a potty)

So now that you understand a little about it I just have to brag that L has started going to the bathroom when he has to go....he will toddle over and kind of stand by the door or go into it and we will hurry and take his diaper off and pssss! I don't think that his control over his bowels is completely mastered although if I see him squatting and staring me dead in the eye I know he is about to go so we can catch it sometimes.

Gym class...who didn't hate it right? Well we have another generation. But I think that E has a valid reason for hating it. Her gym teacher is mean! He pretty much yells all the time, now I don't think that he is trying to be mean its just his charming personality. So now every Tuesday we get to hear the litany of excuses (ps just to remind you all what litany means "a repetitive or incantatory recital, which is exactly what this is every week) My stomach hurts, I have a cough, I got a sliver, etc etc. Anyway, it is pretty funny b/c after one Tuesday I asked her how it went and she said that he actually wasn't that mean today.

Ok last story...on Sunday we were talking about what we learned and E said that she learned about forgiveness and a word that starts with an R. Repentance I ask...Oh yeah repentance she replies. So I ask her to give me an example and here is the dialogue that followed:

E "For example if you spit your gum in somebody's hair and then you can say you're sorry and they could say its ok"

K " hmm...thats an interesting example. How about this...what if..."

E " I accidentally by accident accidentally spit my gum in Jane's hair"

K "What? What happened? Did they get it out?

E "Well I was playing with it like this (her hand motions stretching it waay out and twisting it in her finger) and then it just got stuck in her hair.

K "Oh but it came right out?"

E " No the teacher had to cut it out"

K" what? did she cut a lot out?

E " no just a little"

K "did you say sorry?"

E " No, I forgot"

So there you go folks....a lesson in forgiveness and that R word learned and forgotten.

Midwives and Recipe's

Ok, so first I am just going to give a mini shout out/rant.

I love my midwife, she is so wonderful. I am a doula for a client of hers and we had a meeting all together this weekend. Midwives in general are so great...birth is normal to them, everything is how its supposed to be. There is no added fear, just celebration in new life and beauty in the process. To contrast it I got a call from a client who is due tomorrow who's Dr wants to induce on thurs. Why? Because they suspect that the baby is about 8lbs!! Wow no one has ever had an 8lber before, what would we do without inductions....oh wait, we would birth our babies when they were meant to come! Its just frustrating b/c the whole time he's talking about how he wants to help her have the birth she wants and now he's scaring her into an induction making her think that her body isn't working properly! Hopefully she will listen to her intuition and wait for her body and her baby to tell her when its time.

OK so Cannon is making me put a disclaimer on this post that the opinions expressed are not meant to offend but are purely the views of the blogger.

Anyway, on to the recipe of the day. I have to give all the credit to my lovely friend Amy K.

Yummy easy Rosemary salad dressing

Olive oil-as much as you like!
1 clove garlic thru a press
fresh ground pepper-a few turns of the mill
1 stem fresh rosemary finely minced

just put everything in a pan and sautee for a couple minutes, voila! Just adjust the amounts for how much you want. Now for the secret ingredient.... Bragg liquid amino's lightly sprayed on the lettuce....so yummy!

Thanks Amy, it was a big hit at our house!

My Radio Debut!!

So now I am officially famous...I will probably be signing autographs this weekend, not sure where yet. I'm sure my fans will know how to find me though.

OK, not really. I was on a womens issues show on WAMC called 51%. It is a show hosted by one of my oldest friends Julia Taylor. We've known each other since we were 5! Thats 20 years...wow I feel old! I saw her at church at xmas time and we got to talking and I told her that I'm a doula and had a homebirth etc and she tells me that she just happens to be doing a show on birth. So I told her to sign me up! So anyway...here is the final product.

http://www.wamc.org/prog-51.html

It is called birth talk. I was so nervous to tape it and I think even more nervous to listen to it. I hope you guys enjoy and get a taste for how much passion I have for this subject.

He's a BOY!

So ever since I have started my blog I have been in a constant quandary about what to blog about....hence the absence from the blog. I wander around thinking that this or that would make a cute entry but never actually get around to blogging it. So today you could hear about L being sick (yuck!) or how I decluttered my apartment (boring!) but I decided that I would like my fellow bloggers to answer me a question....Why oh why does everyone think my boy is a girl?

Granted L is a very pretty baby...even if I do say so myself! But I don't dress him in girly colors or even colors that could be unisex, no yellows or pastels on this boy. As further evidence that he is a boy he loves to play with the computer, anything that has lights, plugs, outlets, cords, blocks, and sharp objects, he even thinks that my nipple is a button and presses it while we're nursing! So why then do people always assume that my army green wearing, button pressing boy is a girl?

Is it because he's afraid of santa?




Maybe its because his sister likes to make him wear pink boas???



Or could it possibly be because we made him wear a silly headband for the 4th of July?


(In my opinion he looks very happy to be wearing it)

whatever the reason may be...I ask why? Does this look like a girl to you?

(Very scary!!)

Fruit Loops and Art

Today we went to the Brooklyn Museum for a kiddie story and some general kiddie fun. All is going well and then we get to the lets make patterns with blocks and cubes and HOORAY....Fruit Loops! Great, the last thing I want my kid eating is fruit loops...true they don't have to eat them, but who can resist the colors and the smells and the annoyingly perky helper telling them to eat the fake fruity loops! Argh. Just so you don't think I am some kind of food nazi being overly controlling of what my children are ingesting why don't you just peruse the nutritional facts/ingredients:

	Kellogg's® Froot Loops® - Multi-grain, fruit flavored loops cereal. Good source of 8 essential vitamins and minerals. Low fat. Meets the requirement for 1 bread serving. Made in U.S.A. WHAT THE....???? So don't worry about whole grain bread folks, my kid had her serving of fruit loops.
Kosher	YES- K /PAREVE
Nutrition Facts	Serving Size: 0.8 oz. (22.64 g) Servings Per Case: 12 Amount per Serving Calories: 90 Calories from Fat: 5 % Daily Value* Total Fat: .5 g 1 % Saturated Fat: 0 g 0 % Trans Fat: 0 g Cholesterol: 0 mg 0 % Sodium: 100 mg 4 % Total Carbohydrate: 19 g 6 % Dietary Fiber: g 0 % Sugars: 10 g Protein: 1 g Vitamin A: 6 % Vitamin C: 15 % Calcium: 0 % Iron: 15 % *Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs. Ingredients SUGAR; CORN FLOUR; WHEAT FLOUR; OAT FLOUR; PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OIL (ONE OR MORE OF: COCONUT, COTTONSEED, AND SOYBEAN); SALT; SODIUM ASCORBATE AND ASCORBIC ACID (VITAMIN C); NIACINAMIDE; REDUCED IRON; NATURAL ORANGE, LEMON, CHERRY, RASPBERRY, BLUEBERRY, LIME, AND OTHER NATURAL FLAVORS; RED #40; BLUE #2; ZINC OXIDE; YELLOW #6; TURMERIC COLOR; PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B6); BLUE #1; RIBOFLAVIN (VITAMIN B2); THIAMIN HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B1); ANNATTO COLOR; VITAMIN A PALMITATE; BHT (PRESERVATIVE); FOLIC ACID; VITAMIN B12; VITAMIN D Need I say more?

Valentines Day

I know what you're thinking, what do vday and Lost have in common? Nothing, but the 3rd episode just happened to fall on Vday. And since we don't have a TV my sweet valentine lugged a huge TV up from the basement so we could watch it right then instead of waiting for it to come on ITunes. I know I know, could we be any more romantic? Thats what 7 years will do to ya!

Back From the Dead

So, I am feeling a little left out of the cyber world these days. Everyone has a blog. I know what you're thinking...you have a blog. True. But I don't post and I don't obsess about comments and i don't spy on other peoples blogs. Its time for us to get with it and really immerse ourselves in this new culture that is the blog.

It might not be the funniest or most interesting blog in the blogosphere, but we'll do our best to keep you all up to date on our oh so interesting lives! So sit back and enjoy the fun!