Sunday with King Arthur

No, no royalty arrived at our house this morning...however some royally good pancakes did!

You see Morgan has a hate hate relationship with vegetables and fruits (although she wanted me to note that applesauce is made of apples and she likes that). Because of that she has also struggled with some crampy stomach issues from time to time - no need to go into details there - but in order to attempt to achieve better digestive health we've been trying to alter her diet slowly.

 

This morning - revised pancakes and where our friend the king comes in.  Typically whole wheat flour takes some work and an alteration of taste / texture buds to get used to, luckily though I found King Arthur White Whole Wheat Flour - it's still whole wheat just lighter in texture and more like the traditional all purpose. 

The results have offered success in that small person actually eats the end product(s) - no "this tastes weird" commentary - I swear she has some super sensed taste buds (then again, maybe all children do since they haven't been dulled by years of eating yet). Anyhow, if you too have been looking for some semi-revised pancakes (with digestive benefits) here is our recipe:

3/4 cup white whole wheat flour

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

1 tsp sugar (honestly I think with the van. soy milk the sugar could be left out - and honey, or other sweetener could be used instead)

1 scoop flax seed powder (sure flax oil would be just fine and this can be left out)

3/4 cup vanilla soy milk (with a couple extra tbsps as needed - reg. milk works too just add a tsp. of vanilla is you sub.)

1 egg

1 1/2 tbsps oil 

If you need a lot the recipe measurements would need to be doubled, but for us this provides enough for breakfast and a few extra to save in the fridge and heat up during the week. 

ps - this is a flour based semi-bread product - so does success here count toward my bread goal... ha ha

What Good Mornings Are Made Of

- Sleeping in until 8:45 a.m.

- A daughter who says "mama, you stay here and watch a show you like, I'll go in the other room"

- Coming out to find a fully dressed child - no less than 10 minutes after she woke up

- then... seeing same dressed child make her own breakfast and offer to make mine...

I wonder the chances of a replay tomorrow morning???             :-)

I Won!!!

Ok - this is a little silly to be this excited - but I never really win anything... So, because I WON SOMETHING today - I am just really bouncy super-excited and had to share. You see, in addition to maintaining a blog I also follow other blogs and every so often people offer give aways - you just leave a comment and if they select your number you win. 

This specific give away is a book - and there were 7 potential winners - AND out of 524 people I was one of the 7!!!  I'm excited to read it and feel a strong obligation to pass it along afterward... I feel it's only right to pass along the giving...

Hope everyone has had a great week and weekend - new post to come soon. Morgan had her investiture ceremony this afternoon - that means she is "officially" a girl scout! Also - she tested for and received her white belt on Thursday - picture to come!

 

What a Lucky Duck...

Since it is the weekend, and especially given the case that Morgan had such a good report card, I decided to take her to the children's museum in Truckee. It's a relatively short drive, but given weather / shortened hours during the summer, etc... we don't make it up there very often. 

We headed up in the morning and spent a little over two hours - she was able to make a mask in their mask workshop, play in the farm, and climb all over the jungle gym. Everything is indoor and "pretend" and she loves it. I even got to have my first real moment of "old" when I had to explain what a rotary phone was and show her how it works (they have one hanging in the play house).  I remember using such a phone, she has barely seen a phone attached to a wall. :-) 

We also got a chance to check out the NW library - one of the only ones that I / she has not been too. I have to say there really is benefit to checking out the different libraries - they all have their own look and layout and they all have different materials / workshops available. We had already been to our normal library location Friday night, but can you ever have too many books?  As with many of our recurring themes I think you can tell by now - we love the library! 

Needless to say I now have a very tired child laying on the floor in her "blanket fort" watching Snow White and fighting desperately not to fall asleep.... 

"Bear" with Us.

This is "Bear".  

Bear is Morgan's very favorite Bear and he travels with us everywhere we go (even hangs out in the front pocket of her backpack during the school day).  Bear is VERY loved!

The Results Are In....

Morgan got her "report card" yesterday (it's actually more of an assessment) - but regardless of name - she is doing so well.....

Ummm.. have I mentioned how proud I am of my daughter.... :-)  

Battle(s) with Bread...

I have to say my personal battle has been bread. Not the liking of bread, or the over-eating of bread - simply the baking of bread. 

I have tried a few times with less than stellar results - and frankly I want some stellar results.

 :-) so... 2010 is my year for bread. It's gonna happen - not asking for miracles, just want to make some decent rolls or something.

Morgan asked what we would do with the bread - to which I answered eat it, possibly, unless it's a fail and then - well then we will have to find some other use for it's industrial strength "orbage". Yes, orbage is not a word - but it fits - because the bread is like an orb - and it's also kind of like garbage when it goes bad, ha ha. In any case, I digress, she agreed with the eating of the bread and went on to discuss that we can eat bread for lunch, or dinner, or breakfast. Yes, bread - our versatile little friend from the oven.

So may the power of the flour be with our household.... May the gluten stay soft (or whatever state if should retain)... May the yeast proof long enough and at the right temperature... and may we never have to figure out what to do with bread "orbage".