My Mother's Day
It began with the sound of The Ralphanator barking outside the master bedroom door at 6am.
Humm... boys are supposed to keep him contained at night. Perhaps remembering it was Mother's Day, my dh got up and took care of things. Raphie had already wreaked havoc. Sigh.. back to sleep.
I am up, doing laundry (because I am so behind I had nothing to wear) and read the Sunday paper in my jammies, drinking coffee made by my dh. He was busy in the kitchen making a homemade chocolate mousse we will have for dessert later this evening. We have planned an early dinner at a favoite seafood resturant.
Boys got up and my 15yo asked if I would make him a breakfast he found in the paper yesterday. A bit ironic since the article was suggesting things to make for MOM on Mother's Day. Hey, the paper said to bring breakfast in bed, too! I pointed this out, he sheepishly smiled and prounouced it a typo. Oh well, I really don't like to eat in bed anyand and enjoyed making it. Both sons loved it as did dh and here it is:
May 13, 2006, 7:59AM
Recipes to make for Mom
Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle
BANANA NUT FRENCH TOAST
From The Sleepover Cookbook (Sterling, $19.95) by Hallie Warshaw.
Preparation time: 20 minutes
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup nonfat milk
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 cup chopped nuts
• Vegetable cooking spray
• 4 slices whole-wheat or cinnamon-raisin bread, cut in two diagonally
• 2 bananas, chopped into small pieces
• Maple syrup or applesauce
In a medium bowl, whisk eggs until foamy. Add milk and cinnamon; stir to combine. Spread nuts onto a plate. Set aside.
Lightly coat a large frying pan with cooking spray and place over medium heat.
Dip each piece of bread in egg mixture, coating both sides. Coat each side of bread with chopped nuts.
Place bread in frying pan. Cook until underside is golden brown. Gently flip bread over. Firmly place banana pieces on top of bread and continue cooking until other side is golden brown. Serve with a drizzle of syrup or applesauce.
So, onto a relaxing day (went to Mass last night)--- and seafood and chocolate mousse tonight. Oh, I asked for either mixing bowls and chip clips or a mosquito elimiation system for the back yard. I'll be interested to see what I unwrap! :)
Humm... boys are supposed to keep him contained at night. Perhaps remembering it was Mother's Day, my dh got up and took care of things. Raphie had already wreaked havoc. Sigh.. back to sleep.
I am up, doing laundry (because I am so behind I had nothing to wear) and read the Sunday paper in my jammies, drinking coffee made by my dh. He was busy in the kitchen making a homemade chocolate mousse we will have for dessert later this evening. We have planned an early dinner at a favoite seafood resturant.
Boys got up and my 15yo asked if I would make him a breakfast he found in the paper yesterday. A bit ironic since the article was suggesting things to make for MOM on Mother's Day. Hey, the paper said to bring breakfast in bed, too! I pointed this out, he sheepishly smiled and prounouced it a typo. Oh well, I really don't like to eat in bed anyand and enjoyed making it. Both sons loved it as did dh and here it is:
May 13, 2006, 7:59AM
Recipes to make for Mom
Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle
BANANA NUT FRENCH TOAST
From The Sleepover Cookbook (Sterling, $19.95) by Hallie Warshaw.
Preparation time: 20 minutes
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup nonfat milk
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 cup chopped nuts
• Vegetable cooking spray
• 4 slices whole-wheat or cinnamon-raisin bread, cut in two diagonally
• 2 bananas, chopped into small pieces
• Maple syrup or applesauce
In a medium bowl, whisk eggs until foamy. Add milk and cinnamon; stir to combine. Spread nuts onto a plate. Set aside.
Lightly coat a large frying pan with cooking spray and place over medium heat.
Dip each piece of bread in egg mixture, coating both sides. Coat each side of bread with chopped nuts.
Place bread in frying pan. Cook until underside is golden brown. Gently flip bread over. Firmly place banana pieces on top of bread and continue cooking until other side is golden brown. Serve with a drizzle of syrup or applesauce.
So, onto a relaxing day (went to Mass last night)--- and seafood and chocolate mousse tonight. Oh, I asked for either mixing bowls and chip clips or a mosquito elimiation system for the back yard. I'll be interested to see what I unwrap! :)
posted by Cindy at 12:48 PM
1 Comments:
Hi Mary-
Thanks for your comment and your nice words.. glad you are enjoying the blog.
With gaming, I think dynamics play an important part. I have seen negative situations- thinking of times when there were a group of boys playing and competition over the controller.... and things got out of hand.
What has worked in our house is to start off controlled and let out the rope as positive things happened. Increased privledges are earnred, ifkwim. For example, we use a timer and only certian days for VG days. When they could handle that and not let it take over, then I allowed more room to play.
I listen to see how the social aspect is going and if things ever get tense, suggest they do something else.
I think like you, that if anything (including VG) is causing negative behavior I am ready to pull the plug! The boys know that their VG are a privledge and I can remove the privledge. So it seems to give them increased incentive to get along.
But, I know dyanmics are different in each family--- personalities - my boys don't like conflict so it is more self-correcting here. I think if I had more kids or competitive kids (I'm not sure if yours are, but I was as a child) then I would probably have differnet rules in my house than I do.
Good luck... I am like you though.. if anything is causing poor relationships and strife, then it may not be the right thing to have around.
Do you have a blog? I would love to visit it if you do!
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