AAAaaaalvin!!!!!! food’s on the table!

Friday

I can still remember when I was a kid, very long ago, we had a record player; what is that you ask? it’s like a cd player, but bigger and doesn’t have flashy buttons, wait, some might not know what a cd player is, so, it’s a like an ipod, only a million times bigger, and you have to change a round vinyl flat thing, called a record…and we used to listen to it a lot…one of our favorite records was Alvin and the Chipmunks, and honestly, the only thing I really remember from it, (it was a looooong time ago), is a conversation Alvin had with David, that we, in our family quote till this day; and that had shaped me to be who I am today, and in an odd way sums up my philosophy of life, and how I view the world – and it goes like this:
Alvin: “I want to go to Spain and see the Colosseum!”
David: ” but the Colosseum is in Rome…”
Alvin: “Oh, REALLY? When did they move it?”

SO…watching Alvin and the Chipmunks, the movie (!!!) took me back to my old room, sitting in the corner , taking out the record from it’s cover, wiping it, putting it on the player and very carefully laying down the needle waiting for those magic sounds to come out of the speakers… I enjoyed the movie and laughed and cried in all the right places.
Back in the day, I truly received huge life lessons from those three little fellas -  and my kids, what did they take away from this movie?

Toaster Waffles! That’s what they learned. Toaster Waffles.

Kyle and Zoe: “We want you to buy Toaster Waffles”

Mommy: “But I make real Belgian Waffles every Thursday”

Kyle and Zoe: “We don’t like home made fresh, natural, whole wheat, healthy Waffles”

Mommy: “Oh really, When did they move it?”

In every square there's little circle waiting to appear

I confess- store bought Toaster waffles are just not that photogenic.

This is what I eat....

rise and shine for food

Thursday

If you walk the streets of Paris, you can buy a baguette at the Boulangerie, cakes at the Patisserie, and  crepe at the Creperie, but the isn’t a Wafflerie….in France, the best Belgian Waffles were to be had at the flea market, fresh off the griddle, topped with Creme Fraiche that melts into the waffle before you actually get to it, and ends up on your hands and makes everything stick to you for the rest of the day… Today I changed the recipe a little, and reduced the amount of besquick…yes, I use besquick (I’ve tried it from scratch- too much hassle and not enough benefits)  they turned out much softer and yummier, but it still doesn’t taste like Paris; so if anyone has the BELGIAN WAFFLE that you eat in FRANCE recipe- comment! or email me directly..

one egg

2 cups of besquick

smokin'!

OJ

Have a great day!!!

Something to eat in the AM

Mercredi (Wednesday)

I lived in France for 5 and a half years of my life, and I never saw a toast like this…but who cares- the French SHOULD have thought about this- a sweet Challah bread, left over from Friday,  soaked in egg, milk and a drop of vanilla (French Vanilla…) and fried with rich rich butter…oh…the only problem is, this French Toast breakfast is scheduled for Wednesday….!!! Zoe actually likes the whole wheat, full of Fiber bread that I use for her, but Kyle claims to not like it (even though he uses that bread for his grilled cheese sandwich, and his cream cheese sandwiches (that I make for him..it may have sounded like he was making it…AHAH!) so I find myself on Tuesday night running to the store to get Challah (at Trader Joe’s they have it everyday….) I say its for Kyle- but really, French Toast is one of my favorite forms of breakfasts…. Enjoy, and Happy Wednesday!

it's good to be close to the plate

OUI! French Toast

leave me alone- I'm eating!

when my kids are wearing their matching striped pajamas in perfect pink and blues I can’t resist taking a photo!

wake up and smell the chocolate chips!

Tuesday

One day, while picking up my kids from school, they were busy making pancakes, they had the mix in a corner of one of the classrooms; the teacher sitting on a small kiddie chair, her knees reaching her chin, and on the shelf nexto her, was a warm plate on which they were frying about 2 pancakes an hour- it was so slow, you could see the drool marks on the kids’ shirts…

It was a surreal scene, as they all patiently (PATIENTLY!!!) waited their turn to make their own little pancake…but what really caught my eye were those tiny little chocolate chips they putting in the pancakes- what a brilliant idea I thought…2 years later, we have raised the average consumption of chocolate chips in the united states by 50%!!! A couple of weeks ago I made the 4 chip rule to the pancake because it was getting to be a chocolate chip cake held together by pancake mix.

Trader Joe's Semi Sweet

I am holding the milk in one hand, and camera in the other. I did spill some on the floor.

The secret to yummy pancakes

4 chocolate chips to a pancake

Double the cakes, double the YUM!

morning chum

Monday

Waking up on Monday morning after a 2 day weekend, is as exciting as a dentists’s visit…granted, I am happy to send the kids back to school, and get some me time, and catch up on facebook, but the getting up and getting back to normal takes a few minutes…hours…and the last thing I want to do is make a breakfast that requires measuring, mixing, heat, and more than one spoon…so cereal it is…Seinfeld anyone?

5 grames of fiber! W-oopy!

Puppy love

Puppy Valentine's Card

Everyone loves a new baby…but does everyone love a new puppy? of course!!! How can you not!!!! Harley is a new addition to Tanner’s family, and he’s as cute as a  button (seriously, have you ever seen a cute button…I guess, you could see a button and say….oooohhhh, it’s so cute….) but this dog is cuter than a button. Really. It took him sometime and some bribes to warm up to me, and by the end of the session, he was more worn out than warmed up- he was exhausted; it’s not easy smiling at the camera… Welcome to the world Puppy and Happy Valentine’s Day!

and if you were wondering- he is a Boerboel and he’s going to be BIG.

You lookin' at me?

Hello Harley

I know I'm not supposed to be chewing on this...but it's so good!

I knew it too…but I was getting such good shots I just didn’t care!

Itchy and scratchy

I felt so big until Champ walked in the room

Those sticks behind me? Champ's legs

One day, not so far away, I'll be bigger than him!

Who's your DADDY?!?!

I can barely keep my eyes open!

ZZZZZzzzzz......