So, I went to make breakfast this morning...pancakes...and discovered that I did not have enough baking powder. LAME-O, right???
Poor Scottie was already all pumped up for pancakes.
Well, I remembered a recipe by an old school friend for something called breakfast cookies.
So, 6 dozen cookies later...


And the ever so yummy ingredients:

Breakfast Cookies (yield: 3 doz. cookies)

2/3 cup sifted whole wheat flour
1/3 cup all purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp cinnamon
2/3 cup maple sugar, maple flakes, or packed brown sugar
1/2 cup softened butter
2 eggs
1 cup grated apples (I don't peel)
2 and 1/3 cups large flake rolled oats
1/3 cup dried cranberries
1/3 cup raisins
1/3 cup sliced almonds

Whisk flours, baking powder, soda, salt and cinnamon. In large bowl beat sugar with butter, beat in eggs, then mix in apples. Stir in flour mixture, then oats, fold in raisins, almonds, and cranberries. Place in 1/4 cup balls about 3 inches apart on parchment lined baking sheets. Flatten to about 1/2 an inch. Bake one sheet at a time at 350 degrees for about 17 to 20 minutes, or until golden brown.

FYI: I have found that 11-12 minutes was the perfect amount of time. I think 17-20 would be too long. I should also mention that I didn't do them in 1/4cup balls, I just did large soup spoon balls.

I have also found that adding some coconut is REALLY yummy, too, if you like coconut. (I added 1/3 cup)

Now, the recipe does not originally call for the whole wheat flour to be sifted, but I have found they are too heavy if it is not sifted...just something I have found. I like them better with the ww flour being sifted.

So, if my sister can put up a baby bump pic then so can I.
I will warn you, though, that although Michelle's bump actually is a bump, my bump looks like I haven't lost my baby fat from Aerin yet...yeah, not really a bump yet.
I am so small.
Michelle is 18.5 weeks and I am 16.5 weeks.
Maybe I will even post her pic after mine so you can really see the difference between us.
So, here is me today.
(I totally just look fat...lol)

And here is Michlle a couple of days ago.

So, tell me...can you see a difference??? lol

Snacktime

This is the greatest idea EVER, Radelle.
I saw this on Radelle's blog or facebook or somewhere that Radelle posts and I remember thinking what a great idea it was. So, today, I decided to try it. You shoulda seen the look on Scott's and Aerin's faces when they saw it for snack time. We may do this more often.
All it is is a muffin pan filled with different snack items...grapes, bananas, apples and muffin. If I had been thinking, I woulda added cheese, too. I guess there is always next time :)

So, first off I must say that I am rather impressed that I even remember my password for blogger...yes, it really has been that long.
I am so lame.
I know I have been busy with moving and vacations and all, but let's be honest, there have been lots of times I have been home and sitting watching Imagination Movers or Cars for the 400th time with the kids...and, well, I coulda been on the computer instead, off facebook and on blogger...lol
Well, what's done is done and here is an update.
My last July update told you that my SIL got married...well, I don't have tons of pics, but here are a couple.
These are all the girls.

Me and my Babyta.

Me and my Scottie-Dog dancing.

And the rest of my good-looing family.

We left to come back home on Sunday and on Monday, turned around, and drove to Las Vegas. Mum, Laurenne, Aubryn and Aunt Madeleine arranged to meet us there for a couple of days. It was really nice to see family again. It sucks not seeing them often.
We drove through Death Valley and got to see the World's Tallest Thermometer..I know, we are so luck. Not everybody gets to see that...lol
We stayed at The Stratosphere way on the one end of the strip. Will was sick the whole trip, so he spent most of his time in bed...that sucked. We walked the strip, watched the Pirate Show, saw on of the Top 3 nicest bathrooms, and got yelled at by some lady who thought her life was so special that it did not deserve to be disrupted. I so wanted to just punch her and really disrupt her life...lol
I just told her "Whatever" and kept going...lol
This is at the buffet, PLATE, where we are all our meals. Scottie was very proud of his stacking abilities.

Scott and Aerin went with Mum, Laurenne and Aunt Madeleine to the MGM Grand to see the lions. Scott seemed to think they were pretty cool. Aerin couldn't have cared less...she slept the whole time. Will, Solomon and I had to go back to the hotel room to pack up, so we didn't get to see the lions.
I did sent Laurenne with the camera and she got some really good pics.



So, that was our July.

An update is coming...I'm working on it.
I didn't finish it last night, but am hoping to finish it tonight once the kids are in bed.