Egg in a Hole

As a very new mother to two children, I've found that in order to get through the day without overwhelming myself it helps to make very mini goals.  Like, today I'm going to tidy up.  Today I'm going to organize that drawer.  Today I'm going to the drug store.  Today I'm going to blog.  Today I'm going to shower.  (That's right friends, showering doesn't happen every day or even every other, deal.)

But one thing I HAVE to do everyday is cook dinner, pack a school lunch, and make sure my son eats a big breakfast.  It's very easy to fall into the "same old same old routine", but today I decided to get wild and crazy with breakfast.  Egg in a Hole!  Egg in a Minnesota Hole (thanks for the cookie cutter, Katy).  Put some butter in a pan, cut out a shape in your bread, place bread in pan, crack egg into hole, sprinkle with salt, cook to your desired yolk consistency.  Fast, easy and delicious!     

Homemade Strawberry Fruit Leather

Can I whine?  Ok, I'm going to, my blog, thanks.

I had a post ready to go yesterday - a slow cooked shredded pork for Taco Tuesday - went to get my computer and found it SWIMMING in a puddle of water.  Yes, 3-year-old, accidents happen, it's okay, giant fake smile on my face.  My computer won't turn on.  Was it backed up?  I don't know.  Will I lose all the recent photos of my daughter's birth?  Quite possibly.  CRISSCROSS APPLESAUCE!  (That's what my son's preschool teachers say when they're upset, which is much more pleasant than the words floating around my brain.)

Also there has been a confirmed case of lice at my son's school.  I know, I know, you have 3 kids and you get these emails all the time and I should not panic.  But I'm panicking.  Help.  How do I prevent him from getting it?  Send him to school in a swim cap, a friend suggested.  A Spiderman mask?  CRISSCROSS APPLEBUTTHEAD!  (I'd make a great teacher.)     

Fruit leather...

Now that my son attends school everyday in lice-land, I've been obsessing over the site Weelicious.  Catherine offers an infinite amount of healthy and creative lunch ideas.  I will admit, I'm slightly overwhelmed trying to find the time to make most of them with two kids, but this fruit leather was absurdly easy.  Puree some strawberries with honey and bake.  Done.  Recipe here.  

Thank you Catherine!  

Check out that cute head.  See any lice????

Chocolate Chip Banana Snack Cake

Hello!  It's me.  I'm tired.  If I stop making sense somewhere in this post, chalk it up to no sleep and too much coffee...

I have some business to take care of first, and I'm going to use numbers like a Type A freak...

1. The winners of the Weelicious Cookbook are Kristen (commenter #12) and Valerie!  Please email me (contact info under 'Find Siri') and I will get you your books!

2. A huge, fat, gigantic THANK YOU to all my guest bloggers these past 2 weeks.  You saved my life and this blog.

3. Chocolate Chip Banana Snack Cake.  I'll stop with the numbers now...

With both of my childbirth experiences, I've come home from the hospital and all I can think about are the nurses who took care of me while I was there.  Honestly, when I come back in another life as a better person, I will come back as a Labor & Delivery RN.  Unless karma is a real thing because then I'll probably come back as a piece of chewed gum.  Anyway, those nurses are angels, catering to you in your most humble, most vulnerable, most joyful life moment.  So after giving birth to both of my babies, I brought baked goods to the hospital as a small token of thanks.

After giving birth to Etta, I found this recipe but added 3 ripe bananas to the wet ingredients.  I also used mini chocolate chips in the batter.  It was stupid good.  Moist, messy, full of chocolate and banana flavor - I want more right now.