Happy New Year (finally)! I have far too much to say about how wonderful it was to celebrate Christmas and New Years with our families in Texas. They gave us so much love and rest (Scott slept in my parents' room! Grandmother and Grandfather Wagner jumped out of bed at his first peep every morning!).
OH MY GOSH I JUST FELT AN EARTHQUAKE. AND THEN I HEARD THE NEIGHBORS YELLING ABOUT IT. AND THEN I EMAILED LUKE AND HE FELT IT TOO, AT HIS OFFICE.
Whoa whoa whoa. I turned on the radio but they're not talking about it. WHOA. It was like someone kicked the bed I'm sitting on kinda hard, but the whole town shook. WHOA.
Yeah, I'm a little freaked out! No resolution talk now, going to go explore for information.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Blue Ribbon, Baby!
Wow! We won the family photo contest!
This picture captures the first year with Scott: we are happy but also tired. I am cooking. At least one of our awesome family members is visiting us. And Scott is drooling on whoever is holding him.
It was a wonderful year!
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
IT'S SNOWING!
You guys! Guess what! It's snowing in the kitchen! Wait . . . wait.
Never mind, it's powdered sugar.
Scott is taller and more able to reach things that are placed on counters than I had realized!
A few minutes after this picture he realized that this was SUGAR and started putting handfuls in his mouth. Yikes. This was probably a moment in which I should have tried to teach and discipline him, but he looked so proud of himself, and was having so much fun, and helped in the cleaning up, so I decided to just keep the powdered sugar out of his reach in the future.
Never mind, it's powdered sugar.
Scott is taller and more able to reach things that are placed on counters than I had realized!
A few minutes after this picture he realized that this was SUGAR and started putting handfuls in his mouth. Yikes. This was probably a moment in which I should have tried to teach and discipline him, but he looked so proud of himself, and was having so much fun, and helped in the cleaning up, so I decided to just keep the powdered sugar out of his reach in the future.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Blue Ribbon Baby
We're finalists in a family photo contest at HiveMoms.com, which is a site that helps organize co-ops. (Thanks, Ben, for being the baby stand!) If we win, I will start calling Scott a Blue Ribbon Baby. That's what Granny Koop sometimes called my dad, because when he was little she took him to a county fair (or something like that) and he won the prize for Best Baby Boy.
Friday, December 11, 2009
Pictures
Scott is into mopping and wiping things lately:
He gets grouchy if I stop cleaning to take photos and leave him to do all the work himself:
But he's back to smiles soon after. (Look! He has a tiny bit of hair for a teeny mohawk!)
He gets grouchy if I stop cleaning to take photos and leave him to do all the work himself:
But he's back to smiles soon after. (Look! He has a tiny bit of hair for a teeny mohawk!)
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Rice Pudding
Ladies (and gents), you are going to need to make yourself some rice pudding this week. We had an Indian version yesterday at a chaat house (what does chaat mean??) and I made some tonight here at home. Rice pudding reminds me of our honeymoon in NYC where we ate a lot from Rice to Riches.
Rice pudding is quick, cheap, easy, and makes your tummy so happy that you will not mind that it's chilly and overcast outside. It's the best thing you can make from leftover rice. Put it in a pot, add milk (almost enough to cover the rice), add sugar (I prefer white, not too much, start adding slowly and aim for somewhere around 1.5 tsp per serving), and vanilla extract. You can add an egg, but I like it more liquidy, without egg. Exact measurements can be found here, but they're not really necessary. Other additives: raisins, fresh fruit (after it's done cooking), chocolate chips ...
Now start sprinkling in little bits of cinnamon, nutmeg, perhaps a little cardamom or cloves, and hum it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas as the kitchen fills with wonderful scents. Simmer uncovered (steaming, not boiling) for maybe 15 to 20 minutes until mushy and perfect.
Yummmmm.
Rice pudding is quick, cheap, easy, and makes your tummy so happy that you will not mind that it's chilly and overcast outside. It's the best thing you can make from leftover rice. Put it in a pot, add milk (almost enough to cover the rice), add sugar (I prefer white, not too much, start adding slowly and aim for somewhere around 1.5 tsp per serving), and vanilla extract. You can add an egg, but I like it more liquidy, without egg. Exact measurements can be found here, but they're not really necessary. Other additives: raisins, fresh fruit (after it's done cooking), chocolate chips ...
Now start sprinkling in little bits of cinnamon, nutmeg, perhaps a little cardamom or cloves, and hum it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas as the kitchen fills with wonderful scents. Simmer uncovered (steaming, not boiling) for maybe 15 to 20 minutes until mushy and perfect.
Yummmmm.
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