New Things

So first off, Frances isn't really any better and I think I've reached my limit.  I told myself to let those front two teeth come in. If they come in and she's still waking up 5-6 times at night, it time for some tough love. Honestly, I thought she would do this herself. I mean, she's the easy baby. But, I need my sleep and I need to go to work not grumpy.

Speaking of not being grumpy, I've been reading a new book called "The Happiness Project." So far so good and I think it has inspired me to be more happy myself. The other day I got home early from work and Aaron and the kids were gone. My house is constantly a mess and it bothers me, but I never have the energy to clean it. Well, that day I cleaned the whole main floor. Nothing spotless, but just clean so I could enjoy myself in the space. And you know what? It made me happy. I was also off the next day and didn't have to worry about cleaning so that was another reason to make me happy. This book also had me thinking that I get happy when there is a healthy tasty meal planned for dinner.  So, I found a great online blog and looked through her recipes. I found a great one for stuffed peppers and they turned out pretty good. Mmmm.

Then for dessert I went on an adventure. Well, I mean I tried out something new. Everyone is raving about chia seeds so I thought I would check into them. I mixed the seeds with coconut milk, almond extract, vanilla extract, honey and cinnamon and then I....waited.  I had to wait two whole hours before I could eat it.  I wish I would have looked at that before I started. Anyway, once I got to eat it, it was pretty tasty. I will say that it looks like there is a bunch of dead bugs swimming in milk, but luckily it doesn't taste that way. It tastes like a sweet tapioca pudding. I added blueberries and was very happy with the result. Aaron said it tastes good once you get over the texture.  Henry likes "normal" pudding better. I let Frances take a spoon full and she loved it. Then I realized that it had honey in it so she was done. Next time I'll use maple syrup so she can enjoy it more.

This weekend Aaron and I are going to run the Zoo run, which is a whopping 4 miles. We ran together last week and pulled off 4 miles, so it should be okay. The only thing is we have to run out of the Africa area and that is a long hill up.  I signed Henry up for the 1 mile fun run.  I hope he's up for it.  Today I told him we would do a little training and run to a local frozen yogurt place. It's about a mile away and we get a treat at the end. I think Aaron will meet us there so we don't have to run back. Sounds like a good plan to me.