* 1 cup coconut oil
* 1 cup baking Splenda OR 1/2 cup molassis
* 1 cup brown sugar
* 4 tablespoons water
* 2 tablespoons flaxseed meal
* 2 large eggs
* 1 teaspoon vanilla
* 1 cup bread flour
* 1 cup whole wheat flour
* 1.5 teaspoon baking soda
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 3 cups oats, thick cut if you can get [...]

A very long, very fun, very productive day.
Today is Wednesday, so this morning after dropping Erin at work we went to the Botanical Gardens to walk around, then to the Children’s Farmstead, and then out to lunch with Erin.  Normally, that makes for a full, tiring morning.  But, we’re in the middle of a heatwave, [...]

We’re having a heatwave, and its been miserably hot here!  Normally, we’d go to the pool, but since Killy’s newly potty-trained he won’t go to the bathroom on a big potty (like at the pool lockerroom) so I didn’t want to take him and have the inevitable meltdown after 30 minutes because he won’t use [...]

Sometimes I just can’t believe my life… and how quickly things are changing! It feels like just yesterday David and I were planning our romantic trip to New Orleans, hoping to start a family. Now, less than three years later we have a two year old who’s talking up a storm and recently potty-learned himself [...]

I had an ear infection this week, and I got over it without antibiotics.  Its one of those things that drives me nuts: people think antibiotics are necessary for ear infections when 80% of them are viral.  So, I had an ear infection this week and all I did to treat it was put sweet [...]

Killy peed on the potty 4 times this morning!  Woohoo!  He had one accident in his playset fort (couldn’t get down the ladder fast enough), and he said, “Uh-oh, mess.  Clean up!” so I got him some towels and he cleaned up.  And then he peed in the potty.  He is doing so great with [...]

This is a post only other mothers will appreciate…
The last few weeks I’ve been trying to get Killy interested in potty-learning.  I didn’t think I was suceeding very much, but he pooped in the potty today!  (On purpose, even – last time he pooped in the potty it was because I caught him pooping in [...]