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August 2, 2011

WW: Creating a Pre-teen, Monster?

Does your child throw tantrums in public places?  Okay, I know, dumb question....of course they do.  Well just recently, we arrived in the cute little bay side town of Benica, CA, to walk in the Portuguese Holy Ghost procession, where Paige represents Petaluma walking as 'Little Queen'.

So what's a parent to do when 'Little Queen' sees older cousin who is also Junior Queen, walk into the room an hour before the procession is to begin already wearing her cape?  'Little Queen' looks up to her cousin Morgan, Junior Queen, and wants to be just like her and wear her own cape an hour before the procession begins.

As parent, I make the command decision and tell Little Queen "no" and proceed to take in the sights and activity happening around the room.  I begin snapping pictures, trying to capture our Benicia moments, but 'Little Queen' is ticked and wants nothing to do with photos.

She disses me once,












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June 25, 2010

Slumber Party

After a very long day at our local fair, Paige and Bryce wanted to invite their cousins, Leila and Cam over for a slumber party.  The cousins have been staying (motor home camping) at the fair because their older brother, Gavin is showing his Holstein heifer there. 

This could go really well OR just bad.  They were all tired, two of them are 3 years old and girls (need I say more?) and the boys are 5 and 7.


See what I mean?

"NO! Don't take my picture!!!"


Actually, they all did very well!   After a breakfast of waffles (special request from Cam), bacon, fruit and chocolate milk, I gave the girls pedicures.


And manicures.



Which made them very happy :)

Oh, and they were allowed to chew gum at 8 in the morning.


The aftermath.....only half of Paige's room.  But it was all worth it.  Great memories.



Boys are SO much easier in so many ways.



All that's required is food and plenty of it, a toilet and as a special treat, they were allowed to play Bryce's Nintendo DSi.  Which made them extremely happy :)



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January 21, 2010

Vegetable Fried Rice

Wow, what long day I had yesterday! I bought an ipod Nano last week after my friend, Natalie showed me how easy it was to take video footage with one. It looked like the quality of the video was good as well. The purchase of the ipod Nano also required a purchase of a movie making/dvd burning program for our computer...Nero 9. This is where my long day began. I spent at least five hours working on this new program. When I was finally able to rotate the video to the correct direction for viewing and able to burn it to a dvd, I tried playing the dvd in our dvd player and it didn't work!
I'm working on this issue today....stay tuned!

Once I have everything figured out with this new computer program, it's going to be fantastic carrying this little, lite, ipod Nano with me everywhere I go. I'm sure it'll get many more hours of use taking spontaneous video as apposed to the larger video camera that we have and usually only use on holidays. Capturing video of the kids playing T-Ball, gymnastics class, and even some dairy farm video to share here on my blog is going to be just great.....I'm sure of it!




After the Moosemilk recipe yesterday, I thought I should show something a little bit healthier today. Vegetable Fried Rice. Yum! You can also throw in broccoli and shredded carrots or anything else that sounds good. I increase the amount of the lite soy sauce when I add to this recipe. This dish goes great with salmon, chicken or flank steak. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do.


















Photo by Eating Well

Vegetable Fried Rice

2 servings, 2 cups each

Ingredients• 1 cup instant brown rice
• 1 cup vegetable broth
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 2 teaspoons canola oil
• 6 ounces asparagus spears, trimmed and cut into 1-inch pieces (about 1/2 bunch)
• 1 medium red bell pepper, thinly sliced into 1-inch pieces
• 4 scallions, cut into 1-inch pieces
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger
• 4 teaspoons reduced-sodium soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
• 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
• Hot red pepper sauce, to taste

Preparation
1. Combine rice and broth in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat. Cover, reduce heat and simmer until the liquid is absorbed, 12 to 14 minutes. Spread the rice out on a large plate and let stand for 5 minutes.

2. While the rice is cooling, coat a large nonstick wok or skillet with cooking spray and place over medium heat. Pour in eggs and cook, stirring gently, until just set, 30 seconds to 1 minute. Transfer to a small bowl.

3. Heat canola oil in the pan over medium-high; add asparagus and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. Add bell pepper, scallions, garlic and ginger; cook, stirring, until the vegetables are just tender, about 2 minutes. Add the cooked rice, soy sauce and vinegar to the pan; cook until the liquid is absorbed, 30 seconds to 1 minute. Fold in the cooked eggs. Remove from the heat; stir in sesame oil and hot sauce.

Nutrition
Per serving
: 364 calories; 14 g fat (2 g sat, 6 g mono); 212 mg cholesterol; 46 g carbohydrates; 14 g protein; 6 g fiber; 675 mg sodium; 444 mg potassium.

Nutrition Bonus: Vitamin C (200% daily value), Vitamin A (70% dv), Iron (20% dv), Folate (19% dv). Pin It

December 27, 2009

Family/Misc.

Wrong Turn & Leftovers
Marin French Cheese Picnic Grounds
Day Trip to San Francisco
Playing Like a Tourist
Last Day of Farmers on Summer Vacation
Food of a Farmer's Summer Vacation
Farmers on Summer Vacation
Summer Home School
The 'New' Dairy Farm
From Generation to Generation
Grossi Dairy History
Date Night
All I wanted was Taco Shells and Beer + An Update on the Dirty Dozen
Mi Pueblo
My Arms Aren't Long Enough
Tractor Seats
Don't Try This At Home
How Does Your Garden Grow?
My New Ceramic Garlic Grater Plate
Tomales Bay-My Favorite Beach Area
Ribbons and Smiles
Slumber Party
Las Guitarras
An Afternoon at the Farmers Market
The Feel of Cotton & Shooting Lunch
Our West Marin Morning
Evil Little Thing
Ribbons & Floats
End of School Party
I believe we have a Budding Photographer
Pit Burning Party at Deer Camp
My Portuguese Heritage
Should I Be Worried?
Bryce's 4-H Cooking Assignment
Chloe turns a K-9 One
Where the Green Grass Grows
Horse & Rider Share Many Things
This Little Piggy
Bug Soup
First Bud of 2010
California Academy of Sciences
Organic~the Clean 15 and the Dirty Dozen
How old should you be to own a pocket knife?
Which is better Gas or Charcoal? Pin It