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Hope everyone is having a good weekend :)
G, how is L doing now? I hope he is past the worst of it.
Cass, hope M is better and you got some sleep xx
Any idea's for mince? Maybe I should ask in the recipes section, I have my few faithfuls but I have a banana box full of mince in the freezer and I am in the market for inspiration.
The clothes thing is just his normal aversion to new clothing. Day 6 now and he still hasn't worn anything new. It is going to be a very hot summer for him if he is only going to wear his old pants and long sleeve teeshirts.
It was a nice weekend here, some old school friends of Rods came down for the weekend.
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Mince ideas - spag bol, chili con carne, shepherds pie, rissoles/hamburgers, tacos, sausage rolls, lasagna. I think that's all at the moment, I've been a bit low on inspiration lately.
Had a good day yesterday. Met up with a school friend who was down for the weekend. She has a little girl who is almost 5 who hit it off with K and they had a ball together. We headed down the beach after coffee and we couldn't get them to go home! Was really good, but made me wish I had some more mum friends down here.
Weather is average today. Not at all summery.
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Stuffed capsicums (with plenty of cinnamon in it), shepherds pie, nachos. No recipes here, I'm totally a freestyler when it comes to cooking. The other thing I have been know to do is borrow a casserole recipe that asks for beef pieces but then use the mince. It turns out a bit sloppier than with chunky beef but the flavour is essentially the same and that's how I'm a rockin' cook on a budget. Tight-ass boeuf bourguignon. LOL
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hi everyone
L is doing ok, seems to be improving. he actually wanted to go to the playground today but by the time we got ready and out the door it started raining :(
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thats a great sign G - he will back to his usual happy self in no time and just think how much better next winter will be without the sickness. do you feel a lot better now that it is done?
did you do the pizzas and sticky chicken> hope they went well!
Arte - i did post one recipe with mince - the burghur pilau - I dont cook that much mince, but am trying a new meatloaf recipe I will post if it turns out well.
Cally - sounds like a lovely weekend.love when it works out like that and is so easy. bet you meet more mums when K starts school - all the bday parties ensure it happens even for us working mums! has she got any closer friends at kindy - you could arrange some play dates?
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MP - I've met most of her best friends mums, but we're pretty different and I know they're going to different public schools so haven't done much of an effort. She will hopefully meet some new friends next year with preschool, then bring on 2013, kindy and local friends!!
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hi girls
yes i feel great that the op is over and done with. he is no longer snoring like a freight train at night so I'm sure he'll be getting more oxygen and better quality sleep.
i made the pizzas on saturday night and they were awesome! dh thinks they are a winner :)
haven't done sticky chicken yet but plan to do it this week for sure :)
cally- she will make heaps of friends when she starts school! i am looking forward to L starting school but i also know that i will miss him like crazy.
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Cally, it is really hard to find new friends. I hope you find some next year amongst the kindy mums.
MP, I had to google what burghur is lol. There is no way that will be at the supermarket here but maybe I could find something to substitute.
MD, I have a banana box of steak/schnitzel as well that I can casserole with.
Less than 3 weeks until Christmas! I think we will put up the tree this weekend.
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LOL Arte. You would be surprised it is in lots of shops... you use it in tabbouli! you can subsititute rice (or cius cous but the cooking time would vary there obviously). I also do it qith quinoa - but if you cant get burghul i dont think you will be able to get that.
YOu could also made the borekas I spoke about with mince - cook the mince with yummy seasoning and vegties and make triangles in puff pastry and bakes. my kids LOVE these. i would do it with greek seasoning and pine nuts and spinach. yum. you can add some fetta too.
G - glad the pizzas were a hit! great bases hey (I saw them at Aldi on weekend too)... i will have heaps of ideas for you next yr when I am studying and making up recipes/
I realised my kids would LOVE cheese souffle - mum used to make that./ i will have to see if I canm do it.
On the less healthy front one of my standbuys for the kids is hot dogs! they LOVE them - I do them not in rolls but give them cokctail franks and little pots ot dip them in (with guac and hummous so some nutritional benefit) and vegies on the side. they LOVE that dinner! Itsa standby with the nanny as I like to give her thinsg they will def eat.
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Cally I am sure you will meet more at school. I mustr say i didnt make many new friends at creche but lots from school (it may have helped that I knew ppl there a little)
N has more of a social life than me half the time so its lucky i get along well with the mums!
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i am eating tabbouli right now!! arte they have the burgher in safeway.
mp- i am looking forward to all the recipes next year! the kids have ****tail frankfurts once a week here lol
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MP that standby meal would be a hit here too. they love doing it all by themselves :)
G: that is great news that you can already see improvement with his sleep. amazing stuff...i have a *feeling* that my L needs to have her tonsils out. she has these humungous beauties that leave very little space. she has quite a laboured breath when she sleeps :think:
MD: i like meals on a budget! especially scrumptious casserole style ones. YUM! i am so addicted to the slow cooker it aint funny. in fact i saw a great recipe on Oprah website (a fancy-pants dhal basically lol), and tried it in the slow cooker and oh yummo!
AFM: today we had a beautiful day. my opa arrived in town late last night and we all decided to visit our friend who lives on a property out near healesville. his house burnt down in the black saturday fires and (finally!) he got approval 3 days ago to rebuild, so we went out to visit the old site and help burn off the cleared trees (such a weird thing to do: surrounded by charcoal-black trees standing on a site that was once his bedroom burning off shrubs lol). anyway...it was so beautiful, the birds singing, the girls jumping on the trampoline (spookily enough it survived the fire! the only thing!) and overlooking the valley. such a lovely sunny day too...ahh if only every day could be awesome like that.
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Cass, that sounds like a nice day :) That was a long time for your friend to wait for rebuild consent.
MP, our supermarket is tiny - the only cous cous they have is the Diamond brand instant morrocan flavor lol. It is a meat and three veges type of town. I might have a look in the city if I remember.
Tomorrow is the mothers group Xmas party - the kids have been making pinatas for the last few weeks so they get to open them tomorrow. Next week we have playgroup shared morning tea on Tuesday, music xmas party on Wednesday and then Kindy Christmas party on Thursday. It is getting Christmassy but I am just not feeling it this year. Maybe because DH bought a heap of little gifts from a wholesale toy dude at his work and we are only getting them one other big shared present so there is no shopping to do.
Erin is the best baby in the whole wide world!
ETA, up to Day 8 of the new clothes war with no progress! This is a record even for him. Are other kids this difficult?
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hi girls
cass- your day at healesville sounds lovely.
arte- no lewis is not that difficult with new clothes. he does like to choose his own clothes in the shop but once we get them home he is happy to wear them.
L is doing really well. he is off the medication- he says he feels better and doesn't need it so he's really only having a bit of panadol here and there with is great. hopefully things will be back to normal next week.
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that is totally awesome G! good on Lewis! he is much braver than me lol!
Arte: no, we have the opposite, that L only likes new stuff :rofl:
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Hiya chickadees.
Ginger, that's awesome that L is finally coming out the other side, it's onwards and upwards from here!
Arte, we get a bit of clothes pickiness here, but it tends to be more about whether things "match" (in her head) and it's very arbitrary, I can negotiate my way through about 50% of the time. Have you asked W what it is about the clothes he doesn't like? There might be a very specific reason (like the clothes feel stiff or the tags are scratchy). You could try just making the other clothes "disappear" very gradually so he's finally faced with a choice of either a new thing or a new thing. Or could you negotiate that he can wear one old thing IF he wears a new thing as well? Man that's so tiring isn't it? WE had a half-hour stand off this morning over eating breakfast, poor H was late to school as a result. I'm glad things are so much easier with E!
Cass, lovely that your Opa is there! Is he staying for Christmas? That day up at Healesville sounds perfect, it's the simple things in life that rock! BTW I'm going to confess I lost your fish curry recipe, I would love it if you could share that again please.
Cally, I don't really have any mummy friends, totally missed the boat on that. Luckily a few of my older friends now have kidlets so E has a few others in our wider social circle that we see sometimes. I had high hopes of meeting other parents etc when H started school but unless you're up there doing the drop off and pick up and can stand around chatting everyday, it can be a very slow process. Or maybe I'm just scary looking or I wasn't wearing the right mummy uniform PMSL.
WEll I'm about to put my elf hat and elbow pads on and wade out into the teeming shops. Wish me luck! Saw an angry birds IRL game which I reckon both my girls will love.
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L has gone the full day today without even panadol. met up with his best friend and his little bro at our local cafe at 11.30am and we headed over to the playground. it got too hot in the sun so we ended up coming back to our house and they have just left now! a full day of playing and fun! most of the day was actually spent playing outside with our sand and water table (what a great invention they are!) and he is just having a rest and watching abc2 now. so happy! he has done so well and seems as though he is 80% recovered :)
what is this angry birds game you talk of md?
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Angry birds knock on wood. :D
Am feeling quite disgruntled right now. Went out to the shops armed with catalogues for 4 different things, sales all started today, not a single one of the shops had the thing they'd advertised. And not becaus they'd sold out, because they didn't have the stock in. HELLO??! That's why we're all shopping online, ya freakin idiots!!! So I got to trek around and wait endlessly in queues to come home empty handed. grrrr
