Hungry?

The other day we had oatmeal for breakfast. A favourite for Daniel, and a you-never-know for Jacob. Anyways, on this particular morning Jacob was not enamoured with the oatmeal so I left it on the table, because sometimes he will change his mind and come back for it. I don't know what I was doing but when I turned around the boys had dumped the cold lumpy leftover oatmeal on the floor and were eating it. That's right, Jacob is eating it like an animal... at least Daniel is using his hands. I was a little appalled at this and yet I didn't stop them until after I took a picture. Then I got them some real fresh food to eat.

And, I have been wanting to make cinnamon raisin bread for a while, so I went ahead and made some. This stuff is so good I could have eaten a whole loaf on my own... just give me a toaster and some butter! I made it even more special by rolling out the dough, sprinkling with cinnamon and brown sugar and then rolling it back up into a loaf shape. When done, I brushed melted honey on top. Yum.

It's Advent!

Alright, so I am a little late with this post, since it is already the second week of advent, but I finished making my advent calendar in time! I even had it filled and hung up the night before. Each day the boys get a little character from their nativity set or an activity to do. So far it has been fun.

And here are the boys making me supper the other night...

I am not sure what Daniel was making...

But Jacob said he was making an omelette with lots of cheese.

Delicious.

Happy Advent! Enjoy the WAIT until Christmas.

Thought of the Day

"I was only going to eat three cookies but I forgot to count." -Little Critter

The Way I See It...

We participated in "No Impact Week" twice this year (you can google that if you don't know what it is) and both times came away with some new insights and ideas. Above is the list we made during the most recent week. We started at the beginning of the year with small changes like recycle more, restart composting, eat vegetarian once a week, make less garbage, and buy less stuff. Once it started I feel like it snowballed, in a good way! When we started writing down the ways we have and the ways we can make better use of this world's resources this time around, it was amazing to me how easy it was to change my own mentality. Suddenly it just made sense. I want to be a good steward of creation and what a better way to start than with little changes that over the course of one year turn into life-changing ways of living. I really believe our Earth needs saving and I really believe we CAN save this planet.