Valentine's Day celebrations

X-man and I hosted a little V-Day get together with our mummy and baby friends. We shared some yummy treats, exchanged cards and played. 
Then Daddy came home with flowers to surprise us. He visited with all the babies then left us to our devices.
That evening, Daddy and X-man took me out for dinner at a Greek restaurant. Food was nice, X-man spilled a glass of red wine on his and daddy's pants and he entertained the whole restaurant with his "talking", which at the moment is manifested by loud, high pitched shrills.
All in all a good night.

The most handsome Valentine in the world!

Valentine's Day

X-man and I made Valentines Day cards for his friends. He did seem to want to eat the marker more than write with it though!

Quick snack idea

In an effort not to reach for a handful of chocolate chips and to claim that as my lunch, I've decided to try and put together a few snacks.


The first is hard boiled eggs. The plan is to boil 5 eggs at a time to have them ready to go.


I can:
- eat one with a bit of salt and a tomato
- make an egg salad sandwich
- make a salad with egg slices on top
- eat alongside some cubes of cheddar cheese


How would you eat a hard boiled egg?

Boiling over with excitement

There are a few blogs that I follow, mainly related to crafting, although to be honest I haven't really done that many. However, I feel like I am a creative person, and my favourites folders are full up with projects I'd love to try. For now I have no time, but one day!!
One of my favourite blogs is about to start a whole series on boys. Tons of stuff related to boys! How awesome is that!! I am so super excited and I can't wait. It starts next Tuesday and I've put a button to the right that links to Boy Month over at MADE and Made by Rae. Why not throw a link here too.

Almost back on the healthy train

I couldn't resist. I love these sausages. I've included the label so you can see how bad they are, but they are soooo good.

Tonight's menu: 

Sweet Longaniza Sausages with Mushroom and Onion garnish, Brown Spanish Rice & Salad

Something I always do with my rice when transferring it into its storage container, is to dump it out on the table and growing through it because there are pieces of yucky things (I don't actually know what they are), bad grains, I guess.

Place 1 cup of rice in 2 cups of water in a pot. (Or whatever amount of rice you have, you always double the amount of water.) Once water has begun to be absorbed by the grains, put in 2 tablespoons of crushed tomatoes and mix in. Keep stirring occasionally and reduce to a simmer once boiling so as not to burn.

These are the tops of the peppers I stuffed the other day.

Hmm, doesn't look very appetizing here.

Fry up sausages, onions and mushrooms in pan. Sausages go in first as they take the longest.

Play around with your salads, throw in whatever you've got.

 Salad


- lettuce
- 2 tomatoes
- 4 strips marble cheddar cheese
- tops of peppers
- lime juice


Mix all together.


Plate, serve, enjoy!

Super Bowl meal, tasty but not necessarily the healthiest

Who cares though?!


First of all, I cannot take any credit for the meal, it was the husband! The husband said that he'd make the meal for the Super Bowl. 


Hamburgers (minus the bun, cause that would just be fattening!), homemade fries. Oh no, wait, I did make a tomato and onion salad.

Hamburger patties


- ground meat, amount varies depending on how many you want and how thick/big you want them
- parsley, handful 
- 1 onion
- 2 cloves garlic. minced
- salt & pepper 
- flour, enough to coat the patties 


Mix all ingredients, minus flour in a bowl. Using hands, shape patties however you want. Prior to frying them, coat them in flour. Fry up!

Homemade fries

Cut your potatoes however you want and place in a big bowl. Add salt & pepper and toss in bowl to mix well. Make sure to use enough oil in the pan for your fry up.

Salad

Chop tomatoes and onion, throw into a bowl with a pinch of salt. Mix and drizzle with lime juice.

Plate, serve, enjoy!

The perfect beverage for this meal. Belongs to the husband.

I can't believe the time has come

Tomorrow we are going to our first open house at a day care! How frightening is that? I just can't believe we already have to think about it. I'm sure other people have already sorted theirs out, I guess I've sort of left it alone and didn't want to think about it, so now we're probably going to scramble to figure out which one we want. Home or centre or nanny? Do they offer in-house cooked food? How much does it cost? Where would be the best location? Who is going to drop him off and pick him up? Should it be close to home or to work? So many things to think about!!