What's been up

This was supposed to post a long time ago - right after Alexis got sick (she was better the next day).

I made chicken broth but in order to get a nutritious and healthy broth, it has to simmer for quite a few hours. I didn't have any on hand when Lexi first started showing signs of being sick, and I'll be darned if I use canned broth from the store, so I figured if nothing else Lexi could have the broth when it was done or we'd just have some on hand for the next time someone got sick... It's in my freezer now. :-)



I tried one of the "copycat" recipes for those Pillsbury crescent rolls. It tasted similar! The only downside to these was that it called for 1/2 cup of sugar! They were a bit on the sweet side to me, so the next time I make them I will likely use much less sugar. My kids and sugar don't mix, so we very rarely give them sweet andy or treats with a lot of sugar. After tonights dinner they got hyperactive and disruptive, typical of how they behave after 'too much ' sugar. In fact, I just now got Roo down to sleep and it's 9:40 - nearly three hours past his usual bedtime. There is an upside to that - Roo no longer eats his crayons. He spent about an hour doodling away with his crayons at the table this evening. I thought he was somewhat funny tonight - after putting the kids in bed, Roo stayed away but in his bed until his sister was asleep, then he came out to see me.



I tried to get him back in bed - at that point I was trying to make freezer bags for my FoodSaver and freeze my chicken stock in little bags. Kaitlyn was up and cranky and I was making my rounds - seal a FoodSaver bag, put Andrew back in bed, tend to Kaitlyn, fill a FoodSaver bag, put Andrew back in bed, tend to Kaitlyn, seal the FoodSaver bag, put Andrew back in bed, tend to Kaitlyn, put the stock in the freezer, put Andrew back in bed, tend to Kaitlyn... Seems at least once a day I have a cycle like that!



My goal for tomorrow is to make up a container of homemade beef stew seasoning and dry french onion soup mix (excellent over roasted potatoes... yummm!), make up a bunch of bread (white and wheat), make some bakable dough with the kids (and later make beads and objects for lacing and bake them), and I am planning on making my favorite honey-almond chicken recipe for tomorrows dinner.