Earlier in the week we enjoyed Scott being done with his basketball season so that he could be home right after work to help with dinners and play with the boys. It was a pretty uneventful week of work and daycare. Evan still has a cough from the last cold he had, but both boys are healthy and we had no interruptions from daycare. Including no biting incidents! Maybe things are moving in the right direction...one can hope, right?
Friday, I picked up Evan from daycare and drove straight to Troy. I was going to sell a lot of my infant stuff at a mom2mom sale on Saturday morning and had to do the set-up Friday night. So, Evan and I spent the night at my parents' house and Scott and Sean stayed home. Sean had his first gymnastics class Saturday morning that Scott took him to. While, I should say it's his second, since he had to be put in a different class considering he couldn't handle a weeknight class. He did really well on Saturday morning, although he still has a hard time sitting still while the teacher is talking or while they are stretching. Hey, he's only 2.5. I can understand that.
Saturday from 7:30am-1pm I sold over $300 of baby clothes and gear! Considering a lot of these items were registry gifts or bought for us, I'd say that's darn good. It was a lot of work, but I think I figured out a few tricks to make my next go around easier. I plan on doing another in the fall of the rest of the baby clothes and gear and that should be a big one for me considering we still have a lot of big items that he's using right now.
After the sale, I picked up Evan from my parents' house and drove back home. We took the boys out to dinner to celebrate my sale and then had some friends come over with their four month old daughter in the evening for a few hours. It was a nice evening, but man I was exhausted. Neither my friend nor I could keep our eyes open past 11pm. The joys of being a parent...
So, this week, I decided to do my weekly cooking challenge on some infant teething biscuits that my mom made Evan. He always seems to be fussy and demanding during dinner time when we're trying to eat ourselves, so she thought giving him some teething biscuits would keep him occupied. I was a little weary since I worried about them breaking into small pieces and him choking, but these were perfect! She made them in a boot shape (stocking cookie cutter from Christmas) so that he could hold one end while gnawing on the other. And they held up great! They'd get a little slippery from his drool and slobber and he would keep dropping them, but he didn't seem to mind. Bailey was even lucky enough to catch a few of them.
1 cup flour
1 cup dry infant rice cereal (We used organic brown rice cereal)
1 ripe medium mashed banana (1/3 cup-I have also substituted pureed carrots and sweet potato)
2 tsp cinnamon
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
3 tablespoons water
Preheat oven to 425ºF / 220ºC. In a bowl, mix together flour, cereal and cinnamon.
Add in oil, banana and water. Mix until dough comes together to form a firm, non-sticky dough. Add water or flour (1 tablespoon at a time) if necessary.
On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough out about 1/2 inch thick and cut into shapes or bars.
Bake on a greased cookie sheet for 10-12 minutes, or until slightly brown. Allow to cool completely and store in an airtight container. Enjoy!
Happy Monday, everyone! We've got a busy week ahead of us with parent-teacher conferences and other work obligations, but I'm looking forward to finally having a weekend with no plans other than gymnastics class!
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