Creative Cooking

Well, my child has entered that wonderful stage where it is becoming more difficult to feed him. He is snubbing his nose up at Stage 3 baby food, so it has now become more of a challenge to find things he can eat. He has been good at eating a variety of things, he has never been picky thank goodness. I was mostly using the baby food to make sure he got his veggies in. The biggest hurdle has been to find things he can chew since he still doesn't have a lot of teeth. I want us to keep on track since he has been such a good eater.

I remembered seeing Jerry Seinfeld's wife on tv a few months ago with a new cookbook she had out that helped her with getting her kids to eat vegetables. She incorporated different purees into recipes. I thought it would be great to get a copy of this cookbook. Thursday night I remembered that someone in my MOPS group is a nutritionist, so I gave her a call to ask if she had this book. The reviews I was reading on Amazon were a little confusing. Sure enough she had the book and brought it to our Friday meeting. While I was looking at it, another mom in our group came over and was excited to see the book. She has it too and she had actually made a number of recipes in it. She gave a very favorable review of the Peanut Butter muffins, and a number of the pasta dishes. Her kids were very receptive to the recipes and liked them. That sold it for me.

Friday afternoon my husband and I went out looking for the book while we were running errands. Someone had mentioned Target had the cook book, but then my husband suggested we check out Sam's Club. Eureka! They had it and for the best price in town, $15.13. You can't beat that. Gotta love getting some use out of that Sam's Club membership.

So, I wanted to share this find with all of you. I hope to make some of the recipes soon and I'll post a review of them here on the blog.

Holiday Lights Tour

I know I posted pictures of my Christmas lights, but a week ago it dawned on me that I could actually post a video. I've learned a lot and will next time video a little slower.

Also, please forgive the amateur video and the dorky commentary. I don't know why I keep saying that everything is out to greet people. Duh. LOL I took this video New Year's Eve before we had family over, so I was pretty tired. And no, I had no alcohol to drink. That is my story and I'm sticking to it.

Hope you enjoy the light show.

Get thee to Bath & Body Works

Happy New Year! It is only 3 days into the New Year and I feel wiped out already. We had family over for New Year's eve and then my sister in law's birthday is New Year's day. Then I went shopping today with my mom. We hit a 90% off Christmas sale and I actually got the cutest New Year's flags. I can't wait to use them next year. I got a small one and a big one.



I wanted to let y'all know that Bath & Body Works is having an awesome sale. They are calling it the Perfect Pampering Sale. Sounds good to me. I'm always up for some pampering. Those wallflower air freshners and the refills for them are 5 bucks until January 6th. I got the Velvet Tube Rose. This is one of my new favorite scents. It isn't too overpowering. I highly recommend it. My sister gave me the body butter and the bubble bath for Christmas. I also have the spray.



They are also introducing a new scent called Enchanted Orchid. They have cute little bottles of the lotion and body splash spray by the registers. It is only $1 a bottle. They make great little gifts to give to someone unexpectedly. Wish somone a Happy New Year. Give one to a new mom. Treat yourself. I love these little bottles when I travel. They are a great size.



They also have some of their glycerin soaps on sale for $1. And, I believe the antibacterial soaps are 3 for $10.

Oh, and for those of you who have dry skin in the winter, I love their sugar scrubs. They have a deal now where if you buy 2 you get 2 free.

So, that is my plug, my shout out for the Bath & Body Works. They rock.