Saturday, August 2, 2008
Equality in cuteness
Guess what? Pumpkin has made up her weight deficit and both girls are now 6 lbs 11 oz! Here is a picture taken right after they had their 4 month shots - they were feeling a little under the weather and turned right towards each other in their sleep. The power of a "womb"mate I guess. 
Monday, July 28, 2008
Deliciousness
As JT and I get used to having our little peanuts home with us things are a bit different around the house [understatement]. My quest to have kitchen counters with the absolute bare minimum of things sitting upon them has been abandoned. Well, I guess in that sense, I do have the bare minimum out. It is just that the minimum now includes a half dozen baby bottles and attendant parts, frozen milk containers thawing, plus various and sundry tummy trouble remedies (if anyone has tried something besides gripe water, gas drops and chamomile tea that works, please let me know!).
One thing that has helped us keep it together is all the people stopping by with food and an extra set of hands for an hour or two. I do love to cook but feeding twins has reshuffled my priorities a bit. In calmer times I would handle menu planning by showing up at the grocery store with dozens of potential meals rattling around in my head and then see what sale ingredients would lend themselves towards making. This satisfied both my inner foodie and my el cheapo nature -- god forbid that I choose a meal for the week that was not comprised almost entirely of sale items.
Our good friend (and wedding officiant) Jean took it upon herself several months ago to organize a parade of food for after the girls came home from the NICU. Sweet relief! Good hearty food and adult conversation on a rotating month-long schedule.
Many thanks to everyone who as stopped by so far and we can't wait to see all those who are next.
For anyone interested in some delicious vegetarian recipes, here's what people have so kindly brought for us over the past several weeks.
Connie's pizza and salad http://www.conniespizza.com/
Lasagna with a salad of mixed greens, bleu cheese, walnuts and mandarin oranges
Spicy roasted eggplant sauce with lemon pepper noodles
Lentil soup
Feta, olive and red pepper quiche
Baked Penne with Roasted Vegetables
Spinach Rice Gratin
Baked Macaroni and Cheese
Sesame/peanut noodles with broccoli and tofu
One thing that has helped us keep it together is all the people stopping by with food and an extra set of hands for an hour or two. I do love to cook but feeding twins has reshuffled my priorities a bit. In calmer times I would handle menu planning by showing up at the grocery store with dozens of potential meals rattling around in my head and then see what sale ingredients would lend themselves towards making. This satisfied both my inner foodie and my el cheapo nature -- god forbid that I choose a meal for the week that was not comprised almost entirely of sale items.
Our good friend (and wedding officiant) Jean took it upon herself several months ago to organize a parade of food for after the girls came home from the NICU. Sweet relief! Good hearty food and adult conversation on a rotating month-long schedule.
Many thanks to everyone who as stopped by so far and we can't wait to see all those who are next.
For anyone interested in some delicious vegetarian recipes, here's what people have so kindly brought for us over the past several weeks.
Connie's pizza and salad http://www.conniespizza.com/
Lasagna with a salad of mixed greens, bleu cheese, walnuts and mandarin oranges
Spicy roasted eggplant sauce with lemon pepper noodles
Lentil soup
Feta, olive and red pepper quiche
Baked Penne with Roasted Vegetables
Spinach Rice Gratin
Baked Macaroni and Cheese
Sesame/peanut noodles with broccoli and tofu
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