(fingurrs in the milkshake- busted!)i'm not going to deny it...sometimes we're big fans of sugar 'round here at the gilbert house. yes, i'll occassionally indulge in organic sugar, etc. but my kids aren't the best little hippie eaters. my girl will snack on rice krispy treats and popsicles until her little belly bloats and her teeth fall out of her head. my little man could suck down a container of cupcake frosting faster than you can empty the top shelf of your dishwasher.
that being said, my husband still came downstairs this morning and greeted us with an original song. the lyrics? you ask. "WELcome to the hippie house! WELCOME to the hippie house!" yes, yes, yes, i was sitting on a quilt, cross-legged, burning incense, listening to cat stevens on the record player, knitting, and the house still reeked of a burnt batch of granola from yesterday afternoon. i guess i deserved it. my husband is a good one...him in his ironed pinstriped shirts and fancy pants and designer shoes, still making time to sing a hippie tune for little ole me.
my point? i have no idea. there's been too many cups of coffee today and too many bolts of thrifted fabric purchased to make shirts for my girl.
i leave you with this...
our sugar-tastic, nina beana family funky snack mix that we made a butt-load (technical term) of yesterday...
take a big huge bowl and add a whole bunch (another technical term) of kix and honey nut whatever-o's. or whatever cereal you like.
then add-
craisins
shredded coconut
raisins
mini marshmallows
dry roasted slivered almonds
white chocolate chips
mini (read: microscopic) chocolate chips
diced apricots
and whatever else you want to get rid of in the cabinets of questionable expiration dates
mix together lovingly with spatulas that you take out of the kiddies' mouths.
put into bags and containers.
pig out and regret it later.
like i said, we like-ah the sug-ah.
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rock on mama....cannot wait to see you and your two lil sugahhs....
love you.
A
me like-a the sugah too, as i sit here eating ice cream.
I can totally see John, with his big smile, singing that song. I love it. And I know your house is chaos (as it should be w/ 2 little beans), but that moment you described sounded so beautifully peaceful.
hee!
yummy sounding snack!
and i love the picture you painted of the hippie-house.
(i just ate a bowl of banana ice cream with chocolate sauce. mmmmm.
sugar.)
Well, since you'll need to get those beans outside to burn off the sugar, I can't wait to see all the pictures of your woodland and beach adventures when the warm weather kicks-in!
Much love,
Tab
xoxo
oh yeah.... sugar=peace. Don't you wish you could sprinkle sugar on the war-torn areas of our world? It could make a brighter day for all...
We are a sugar-lovin household too...I tried VERY hard not to be when my Petunia was born. Two more kids and damn near eleven years later, I want to hand my old-strict-well-intentioned self a cupcake and say, "there, there sweetheart."
Love,
D.
with my first i didn't allow her ANY sugar until her first birthday...and of course she ended up with a yeast infection and her face swelled up from the chocolate frosting. and while i still limit the amount of sugar we all eat, i too can not believe how fast they will eat it all.
whenever we go to visit my husband at work his uncle thinks it's great fun to buy my kids WHATEVER they want out of the vending machine. then he just sits there and giggles while my kids eat like they have never tasted food before... my son's hands literally SHAKE in between mouthfuls. this is also the son that hides under the kitchen table sneaking dried pineapple...like it's forbidden. "no buddy, just sit up and eat like a normal person..."
great snack mix!
i'm makin' some :)
Can you get John to sing his song on camera because that would make my day???!!!
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