You all know I love recipes and here is a new super easy one a friend gave me. You can prepare it in about five minutes and then it cooks for 30 minutes in an oven heated to 350 Degrees.
Ingredients:
Frozen Cheese Tortellini (Thawed)
Frozen Chopped Spinach (Thawed)
One Jar of your Favorite Spaghetti Sauce
Mozzarella Cheese
Spray a 9x9 Pan with Cooking spray. Spread a thin layer of sauce on the bottom of the pan. Place a layer of Tortellini over the sauce. Squeeze out your Spinach of the excess water and place over the Tortellini. Repeat beginning with the sauce. Top with the last of the Sauce and Mozzarella Cheese. Bake at 350 Degrees for 30 Minutes. Tastes just like Lasagna with half the effort and time! Serve with a Caesar Salad Kit and Garlic Bread for a Complete Meal in 30 Minutes...Enjoy!
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Update...
I took my old friend (when I say old, I mean that I've known her forever, not old in years) Frances' advice and kept Ryder up longer. Up longer before nap-time and up longer before bed-time. I guess the little boy just wasn't tired yet when I was putting him down. Once he is good and tired he just conks out in bed, no problems at all! We'll keep our fingers crossed this continues! Don't want you guys to think I have a total terror on my hands...he really is a good kid and I love him to the Moon and Back!
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
A Long Battle Ahead...
It appears that we are up for a long battle. We are facing a fierce competition. Competition who can predict all of our moves and preemptively strikes back with shocking new tactics. It is officially Team Matt & Joy vs. Team Ryder.
Do you remember a few weeks back I told you that we put Ryder in a big boy bed and how amazingly well he was doing in it. No more, folks. The new wore off, the fear of falling to the ground is forever gone and we have entered constant battle mode. We CAN NOT get that boy to stay in bed. I know that persistence is the key. One that I have to constantly remind myself of. That is my biggest problem. I'm tired a lot of the time and sometimes it is just easier to not have the battle. My next biggest problem, I let tears make me feel guilty. Rest assured, we are going to win this one. He is now asleep...exactly one hour and ten minutes after I put him in bed for the first time. I think I silently (i.e. spoke no words) put him back in bed 72 times. The first few times he cried, the second fifty times became a game for him so that he could tell me "Hi!" and "Bye-Bye" every time I entered and exited the room, and the last twenty-five times there was delirious laughing involved (not by me).
Those of you that have been through this already, please fill us in on the secret code to making your child stay in bed...we desperately need to know!
Do you remember a few weeks back I told you that we put Ryder in a big boy bed and how amazingly well he was doing in it. No more, folks. The new wore off, the fear of falling to the ground is forever gone and we have entered constant battle mode. We CAN NOT get that boy to stay in bed. I know that persistence is the key. One that I have to constantly remind myself of. That is my biggest problem. I'm tired a lot of the time and sometimes it is just easier to not have the battle. My next biggest problem, I let tears make me feel guilty. Rest assured, we are going to win this one. He is now asleep...exactly one hour and ten minutes after I put him in bed for the first time. I think I silently (i.e. spoke no words) put him back in bed 72 times. The first few times he cried, the second fifty times became a game for him so that he could tell me "Hi!" and "Bye-Bye" every time I entered and exited the room, and the last twenty-five times there was delirious laughing involved (not by me).
Those of you that have been through this already, please fill us in on the secret code to making your child stay in bed...we desperately need to know!
Friday, July 17, 2009
New Bubbles
We ran out of George Bubbles, thankfully. FYI...George Bubbles smell gross to this pregnant Mama's Nose! I let Ryder pick out a new bottle of bubble bath (other than George) when we ran to the store yesterday. He picked Watermelon Elmo Bubbles and had a fabulous Elmo Bubble Bath last night! Oh the things that bring a smile to your face at this age!
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
It is HOT!!!
I think that is all I really have to say. We had to be to the Doctor early this morning, and I had already soaked through my shirt before ever leaving the house. Gross, right? I put the Dogs outside and the first thing our swimmer did was head right for the pool. When you feel the need to take a swim at 7:30 a.m., it is officially HOT!
All was well at the Doctor today, aside from Ryder opening the door to the bathroom in the middle of me trying to produce a urine sample. (Note: I make him go in the bathroom with me because the last time I left him in the exam room, he pulled all of the paper off of the exam table.) Once I got the door secured again, I then hoisted the lug in one arm, while holding the sample cup in my other hand and trying to dribble something out. Good Visual? We wash hands and go back to the exam room where he then pulls a poster off of the wall, grabs some kind of tool off the counter top, and successfully dumps over the trash can. All while I am in the same room. It really was fun times! At least when Dr. Z came in, he gave her his sweetest "Hi" and made not a peep until we were done talking. He then very sweetly told her "Bye-Byes" about a thousand times...all she could do was eat him up and tell him how sweet he is...stinker.
In between the craziness that seems to be my life right now, I've started planning for Ryder's Birthday party. It seems early, but with our little one due to arrive about a week before Ryder's birthday, I want to have most of the grunt work already done. I have been searching for some Sesame Street Cookie Cutters...and let me say that those boogers are hard to find. I've looked on Ebay, but they all look so ancient. With no other options, I guess that is what I am going to have to go with. We are in love with "ELLLLLMO!", which actually sounds more like Grover to me in Ryder annunciation, and "COOKIE!". I decided to just do cupcakes again this year, and ordered some really cute liners off of Etsy. They are a really pretty chocolate brown, but a little smaller in real life than they looked on the computer. That is why you should always read the measurements...they'll work though. Once I nail which Cookie Cutters I want down, I just need the decorations. I figure Party City will be just as reasonable for that type of stuff as any place else, but be sure to let me know if you know of someplace else! We are in "Cost Cutting" mode around here these days and I figure every little bit helps!
No new pictures...sigh...I just haven't had the energy to pull the camera out. I should just keep it handy, but oh well...its too Hot. That is my excuse for everything right now!
All was well at the Doctor today, aside from Ryder opening the door to the bathroom in the middle of me trying to produce a urine sample. (Note: I make him go in the bathroom with me because the last time I left him in the exam room, he pulled all of the paper off of the exam table.) Once I got the door secured again, I then hoisted the lug in one arm, while holding the sample cup in my other hand and trying to dribble something out. Good Visual? We wash hands and go back to the exam room where he then pulls a poster off of the wall, grabs some kind of tool off the counter top, and successfully dumps over the trash can. All while I am in the same room. It really was fun times! At least when Dr. Z came in, he gave her his sweetest "Hi" and made not a peep until we were done talking. He then very sweetly told her "Bye-Byes" about a thousand times...all she could do was eat him up and tell him how sweet he is...stinker.
In between the craziness that seems to be my life right now, I've started planning for Ryder's Birthday party. It seems early, but with our little one due to arrive about a week before Ryder's birthday, I want to have most of the grunt work already done. I have been searching for some Sesame Street Cookie Cutters...and let me say that those boogers are hard to find. I've looked on Ebay, but they all look so ancient. With no other options, I guess that is what I am going to have to go with. We are in love with "ELLLLLMO!", which actually sounds more like Grover to me in Ryder annunciation, and "COOKIE!". I decided to just do cupcakes again this year, and ordered some really cute liners off of Etsy. They are a really pretty chocolate brown, but a little smaller in real life than they looked on the computer. That is why you should always read the measurements...they'll work though. Once I nail which Cookie Cutters I want down, I just need the decorations. I figure Party City will be just as reasonable for that type of stuff as any place else, but be sure to let me know if you know of someplace else! We are in "Cost Cutting" mode around here these days and I figure every little bit helps!
No new pictures...sigh...I just haven't had the energy to pull the camera out. I should just keep it handy, but oh well...its too Hot. That is my excuse for everything right now!
Monday, July 13, 2009
As Promised.....
I promised you a report on the Watermelon Sweet Tea and here it is: It was AMAZING!!! It is really hard to describe, but the best comparison I can make is, sweet tea with watermelon jolly ranchers. Sounds so weird, but it is really good!The restaurant is called Cowboy Chow. It is located on Commerce Street in Dallas, and is a Sister Restaurant to the Twisted Root. They have excellent Brisket Tacos that come atop a big bowl of rice. I could only eat one taco, they are very filling. The service was excellent! I always worry that restaurants in that part of town won't be kid friendly, but they absolutely were. Highchairs, Boosters and yummy grilled cheese! I recommend it to any of you who might be in that area around lunch or dinner!
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