Halloween Warning…….

The Little Prince

Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them!

Heartful Giving

4 Months Today

Here I am early Monday morning....4 months and look how I've grown. Grandma will be back with all the stat later this afternoon...we are on our way to see Dr. Nye for the 4 month check up. Look how happy I am right now.........we'll see what the day brings!

Stats
Weight: 15 lbs ( 53%ile)
Height: 24 3/4" (47%ile)
Head Circumference: 16 1/2" (41%ile)

The appointment went great, aside from the fact that we cannot go to 'well visit' and be at the office for less than two hours. Yes, this is very frustrating for us, and has had us contemplating is this really the place we want to be???

Kendry was in GREAT spirits for the first HOUR of our wait...in the waiting room... Then, with a minute shy of the doctor walking in, he started to get hungry, tired and fussy. So, of course, we spent the remainder of the appointment all talking over Kendry's cries while trying to calm him down. I don't know what questions the doc picked up from us, or how much information we retained from him. However, little man finally fell asleep, only to be woken back up about 15 minutes later with shots! Argh, so frustrating! But, overall...the appointment went well.

A few words from Kendry now:
I'm even more fun now than I was a month ago. I smile and coo regularly, and I'm starting to have whole "conversations" now. I love it when you say, "Ah-Ah-Ah-CHOO" and "SHOO... Stinky Feet." That makes me laugh out loud. I still love to lie out flat on Grandma's kitchen counter to get my diaper changed. Mommy thinks I'm just the cutest thing in the world, and I'm pretty sure everyone else agrees, because everywhere we go people say "Oh he is the cutest little baby!"

I'm also starting to like tummy time, and I really like looking at myself in a mirror. I don't know that it's me that I'm looking at, but I sure do like to talk to that other baby. He's one good looking little fellow - that's all I know. My favorite books are My Peek-a-Boo book and On The Night You Were Born....my grandma's cousin Judy sent it to us! Thank you cousin Judy!

If I can get my burp cloth on my arm just right, I'll play Peek-A-Boo with whoever is holding me. I'll bring the cloth up to my face while you say, "Where's Kendry?" and then bring it down, so you'll say, "There he is." Then I smile so big. I like it when Mommy sings "Where is Kendry" I also like "You are My Sunshine" when I'm trying to go to sleep.

Mommy says she's starting to think more about my future, and she's able to look ahead instead of living in so much fear. Mommy and Grandma both tend to worry a lot, but today the doctor said I was amazing...and doing perfect in every way. I tried to tell them to chill out, but they don't seem to really listen. Grandma is definitely a little bit of a control freak, but it's her only vice, so I try to cut her some slack. After all she has had a difficult month.....Grandpa made her really sad! He comes by often and plays with me for a little while! He said that he misses us.

Anyway, life just gets better and better, and everyone in our family feels so blessed to have me - living, thriving, enjoying my life. I feel pretty blessed too. I know God made this family just for me. And not only do I have a great family (that includes so many grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins that love me so much), but I also have so many family friends out there loving me too. And I'm so thankful.

Love and Hugs to all of you,
Kendry

Cookie, Cookie, Cookie, starts with C

 

Tonight we cookied up a batch of fluffy pumpkin cookie with chocolate chips and walnuts. Since the recipe contains both baking powder and baking soda, the cookie dough dough puffs up to make a soft, cakey cookie. The combination of pumpkin pie flavors and the chocolate chips is so fallish and yummy….here’s hoping I don’t eat the whole batch by myself!   (Yes, I know cookied and fallish are not in the dictionary!)

Ingredients: 

• 1 cup canned pumpkin
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 egg
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon milk
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

Directions

1. Combine pumpkin, sugar, vegetable oil, and egg. In a separate bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, ground cinnamon, and salt. Dissolve the baking soda with the milk and stir in. Add flour mixture to pumpkin mixture and mix well.
2. Add vanilla, chocolate chips and nuts.
3. Drop by spoonful on greased cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees F  for approximately 10 minutes or until lightly brown and firm.

October Brings ~ Pumpkins

October brings shorter days and a chill to the air along with the final harvest in our backyard.  Out of that final harvest comes an item I look forward to every year with great anticipation: pumpkins! Yes, pumpkins and winter squashes have arrived and Halloween is not far behind. 

Every year our family gears up for the one day we get to practice our hand at a fleeting but wonderful art form – Halloween pumpkin carving!  This year will be much different……half of us will be missing…..but the fun will go forward! 

This morning I started the Pumpkin Season with pumpkin pancakes for breakfast….they were so yummooo!   Lucky girl that I am, last year I purchased 3 large cans of pumpkin…because remember there was this big threat…………….NO PUMPKIN in any grocery store.   I hear the same threat is with us again this year….so if I find a few stray cans, I’ll be swooping them into my shopping cart…………just in case there are no more PUMPKINS!!!!!

 

Ingredients:

2 1/2 cups Pancake Mix

3 Tbs. brown sugar

2 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice

1 egg

1 3/4 cup half and half

2 Tbs. vegetable oil

2 Tbs. vinegar

1 cup pumpkin puree

Mix the dry ingredients together.   In a blender mix all the wet ingredients…this helps keep the pancakes light and gives the flavor of pumpkin a burst! 

They were fantastic if I do say so myself!