Wordless Wednesday 25 August

Another action shot from me.  McKenzie is in the black red and white.

New Teeth the up date

So I posted here about the fact that Hayden lost two teeth on the same day and some of concerns.  Fortunately he has a new tooth growing.  We are very excited and Hayden is just complaining of the sore mouth.  Of course we are very happy it does mean he has teeth and further medcial attention is not needed.

So the milo covered face is evidence (barely visible) of the new tooth.

Monday Menu 23 August

Here is my menu for the week.  I have some new menus I am trying so I hope they are likeable.

Monday  Fritata with Ham and Capsicum

Tuesday  Curried Lentil and Pumpkin Soup

Wednesday  bbq steaks with oyster sauce stirfry

Thursday  crockpot (my special recipe)

Friday  Dahl with Flat Bread

Saturday  Roast Chicken with baked potato and salad

Sunday  Leftovers

So it Rains

So it rains and it is the weekend.  The children are starting to get a little tetchy being stuck inside both Saturday and Sunday.  This is what they do in the puddle at the end of our driveway.

Yes even the cardboard floats or so they thought.  Hot shower were the order of the day.  After all it is August and technically still winter.

I just had to scrap the photos I had.  The credits can be found here at Nuts4digi

Wordless Wednesday 18 August 2010

Seeds just fallen.

Toothless

So at nearly eight years of age Hayden lost his first,  no first and second teeth both on the same day.  I have been thinking for some time that his milk teeth were looking very tiny and worn out.  I was worried that perhaps there are no adult teeth sitting in the gums waiting to pop out.  Deep down I have hoping that my fears have would be realised as the last thing that Hayden needed were more appointments with specialists. 

Last week he tells me he has a sore mouth.  Well that was the jist of what he was saying I think.  I write a note to his school saying such and added I think his tooth might be wiggly.  No kidding that afternoon I get home from work and he can't wait to rush out and tell me that his 'tooth' has gone.

What I was to discover eventually was he pulled two teeth out.  They really were only just sitting in the gum by the smallest slither of a tooth.

The worrries about no adult teeth are still there but at least he wont be swallowing any loose teeth.

Of course the whole conversation we had over the course of the day was a moment to record.  So this is it.

The credits can be found here.  The journalling is there too.

Creative Team Pages.

Here is something a little different from my usual style.  I have been working with Once Upon a Time kit by Caroline B  at Nuts4Digi

Really

and here is I can Fly

Ham Corn and Pasta Pie

Ham, Corn and Cheese Pasta pie

(weight watchers magazine nz/au  June 2010)

I have made alterations to the orginal.

1 small(200g) leek (pale section only), thinly sliced, washed, drained

1*310g corn kernels, rinsed, drained   ( I used frozen corn)

1 clove garlic, crushed

1 medium zucchini, grated

250g leftover penne pasta

4 green shallots, trimmed, thinly sliced

150g ww shaved leg ham, chopped

3 eggs, lightly beaten

1/4 cup (20g) finely grated parmesan cheese

3/4 cup (90g) light cheese grated tasty cheese
1. Preheat the barbeque to 130ish degrees.  I run all 4 burners to achieve this quickly.

2. Lightly spray a large non-stick frying pan with oil and heat over medium heat.  Add leek, corn, garlic and zucchini.  Cook, stirring for 5 minutes or until leek has softened.  Transfer leek mixture to a large bowl.add pasta,shallots, ham, eggs and half the combined cheeses.  Stir to combine.

3. Transfer pasta mixture to prepared cake tin.sprinkle with remaining cheese.  Bake for 25-30 minutes or until set.cool in tin for 10 minutes.  Cut into wedges and serve.

Serve with salad vegetables and enjoy.

So here is our uncooked pie ready on the barbeque waiting for the lid to go down. 

Enjoy

Mondays Menu 16 August

Another Monday rolls around and I am linking up with the Organising Junkie once again.

Monday  Fahija (using cold meat my verion)

Tuesday  Simple Saugsage Supper

Wednesday  Meatballs and Salad

Thursday  crockpot Provincial Stew  it is not a crockpot recipe but I am going to tweek it to make it work

Friday  Ham Corn and Pasta Pie (see other post for the recipe)

Saturday  Hamburgers

Sunday  leftovers

Wordless Wednesday

Here is my Wordless Wednesday

Our 60 year old Puriri tree broke a sewage line from our neighbours house.  Here are all 4 men out digging and managing the job,  the neighbour, my husband, etc etc.  The offending root was larger than my leg.