The Natural Mommy

Meet my Pumpkin Roll: A spongy pumpkin cake simply singing with nutmeg and cinnamon, rolled in cream cheese icing so fresh it is dripping from it’s confines. And the perfect Mickey Mouse pancake: Because I know I have relatives who could care less what I cook: Here is Benjamin “helping” with dishes. And Olivia decorating [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized on December 10th, 2007 | 7 Comments »

At approximately sometime-in-the-evening, yesterday, December 8, 2007, young Benjamin David took his first independent not-holding-on-to-anything steps. It is estimated he moved three feet*. The Natural Mommy has the story: As Josh was walking through the living room, Benjamin crawled over and latched onto his Daddy’s legs. He then pulled himself up and started bouncing. Josh [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized on December 10th, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Thanks, Jes, for the heads-up on this article. According to WebMD, American Association of Pediatrics, and the Center for Disease Control, cough and cold medications should not be administered to children under the age of two! If you read the back of the bottle, it says to ask a pediatrician for dosage. However, it also [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized on December 9th, 2007 | 3 Comments »

As long as there is smoked sausage involved.  And fresh dill bread – or French bread *drool*. I am shocked at the percentage of the population who will. not. taste. split pea soup.  They have already decided that is it about as edible as dog food.  What is it?  Do they not like peas?  Is [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized on December 7th, 2007 | 15 Comments »

A few months ago, we became preferred customers at our local Family Christian Store. We were there buying Veggie Tales for Olivia’s birthday present. When they asked, I almost said no, thank you, I have enough “Preferred Member” cards in my wallet. But it was late and my resolve was weak. I thought maybe some [...]

Filed under: Frugal Fridays on December 7th, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Olivia loves breakfast. It’s by far her favorite meal of the day. Her current favorite is Shredded Wheat (of the frosted variety). She will easily put away four bowls of that stuff. And then she’s not hungry for lunch. So I would wait until she was hungry. We were eating lunch around 2pm. And then [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized on December 5th, 2007 | 2 Comments »

I naturally assumed that everyone did. So here are my Advent Calendar Verses. (It’s a Word document). Enjoy! Don’t know what I’m talking about? Read this post.

Filed under: Uncategorized on December 5th, 2007 | No Comments »

Two weeks off and surprisingly I didn’t run out of … anything. Even after I gave away some surplus supplies to a mommy-in-love who just happened to be hosting like THIRTEEN people this past Thanksgiving weekend. I thought maybe she could use some extra soap. And deodorant. And … makeup. And I needed the extra [...]

Filed under: The CVS Deals on December 5th, 2007 | 11 Comments »

Or more commonly known as Works For Me Wednesday: The What-Do-I-Fix Edition.  What can I say?  I like to abbreviate. This edition of Works For Me is dedicated to the Oh-my-gosh-it’s-5:15-already-and-I-have-nothing-to-cook moments in life.  You know, when you scrounge in the cupboards and come up with… half a package of spaghetti noodles. Well let me [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized on December 5th, 2007 | 5 Comments »

We have a tree in our living room! It never fails to astonish me that our culture finds this practice “normal.” And I’m so glad. As the budding family that we are, we are still establishing our holiday traditions. One of the ones we have had since the very beginning (2003!) is a live tree [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized on December 4th, 2007 | 1 Comment »