One morning last week I kept a friend's new baby for a little while. The sweet baby was asleep when I got there and on the monitor she looked so precious in her swaddle blanket. Right before her mom returned home, she woke up. I was so excited to see her and hold her. She was all smiles and snug as a bug in a rug. I spent a long time trying to figure out the swaddle blanket and struggled to get her out of it. Sarah Kate LOVED to be swaddled as a baby. It would always calm her down and help her sleep longer. Maybe this explains why SK likes her clothes to be tight. SK's little velcro swaddle blanket was nothing compared to the Miracle Swaddle Blanket. It was a puzzle for me. That night when I was tucking my girls in for bed, I told SK that I was going to swaddle her. I wrapped her up as tight as I could and she pretended to immediately go to sleep. Emily wanted to be swaddled too. The girls got a big kick out of this and they laughed and laughed. I know I was crazy to do that, but it was a whole lot of silly fun!
That's awesome! ha! My friend bought me a miracle blanket for #3- it was AMAZING!!!!!!!!! That and the Halo sleep sack which I kept her in until she was 2+ and bought us more crib time- she couldn't get a leg up! :)
This Fall Emily has participated in Cotillion. Some of you may wonder what that is, well, Cotillion means a social dance. The boys and girls dress up, learn manners and learn several different dances. Emily is loving it!
Ever since Steve and I started dating, when we would go to Mississippi, his aunt would make the BEST ROAST IN THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!! Steve's Dad's side of the family gets together at his Granny's house for lunch every Sunday after church. The food is always sooo good!!!!!!!!!!!! I have always taken a liking to his Aunt Judy's roast. It really is the best roast I have ever had. When we were there on Labor Day weekend, my sister in law asked Aunt Judy for the recipe. Aunt Judy began naming all the ingredients. She said Ranch Dressing mix, and I bugged my eyes out and nearly chocked. I HATE RANCH DRESSING. I don't even like to be in the room with it. I had to focus on the word MIX....not the mayo and butter milk and sour cream that you add to it. Just typing those words makes me shudder. The recipe sounded awful as she rattled off the ingredients, but I promise, you have got to make this if you like a good roast. Trust me on this. Here it is: Get a tender chuck...
Maybe I am wrong, but I don't remember life being so complicated when I was in middle school. Everything is so competitive now. Maybe it was back then and I just didn't realize it. Sarah Kate started playing city league softball a couple of weeks ago. We've been encouraged to get her private batting lessons. When I was in third grade I started playing softball and I just did it for fun! No stress at all, as far as I can remember! I just played. I wasn't very good, but I liked it! Ha! Emily started band this year! Before school started, I got a letter from the school district strongly encouraging "your band student to take instrument lessons." WHAT? I bought into it and got Emily private clarinet lessons (which she really enjoys)! But, what happened to learning as you go? I never thought about taking private trumpet lessons when I started band. It seems like most parents are striving for their child to be THE BEST....
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