Teach them to cook and they’ll never go hungry

March 14, 2013 by Filed Under: confessions, daily life

play kitchen, kids, cooking, pretend

I taught my son how to make a grilled cheese sandwich on the stove today. Sometimes I think the greatest thing I’ve taught my kids is how to cook what they like to eat. Since I hate cooking, one day they’ll be able to do all the cooking and I can retire. I should also teach them to clean really well. It’s a good dream.

book stack, wicked, reading

I haven’t been reading much lately. I’ve been picking up A Circle of Quiet when I really want something to read, but reading aloud to my kids has taken up quite a bit of my personal reading time. So, when we went to the library I did grab two books I’d never heard of and I started reading Wicked while waiting at the doctor’s office one afternoon. I’ve had it for a while (borrowed from a friend) and never read it. How much of the musical is based on the book I wonder because the book is not PG.

two bags, purse

For my birthday I really wanted a new purse. I have the hardest time finding the perfect bag. It has to be open at the top, be able to stand up, be light inside so I can see things. Well I found two that I liked and ended up getting them both. I’m not a huge fan of pink, but I liked everything else about it and the leather one will be perfect always (except that it’s dark inside – can’t win them all).

hair color

I really wanted to try something new with my hair. I’ve been going darker and I wanted to warm it up, get away from the ashy tone that is my natural color. My hair dresser added browns and reds and I loved it. But no one noticed. No one at all! So I guess it wasn’t the big change I was hoping for. (By the way, those are not before and after pictures, they are both after).

 

8 Comments
  • Erin

    I like your hair. I can tell the difference. :)

  • http://www.partofthemiracles.blogspot.com/ Beth

    I did not enjoy Wicked at all and ended up putting down after a few chapters. I didn’t even get what was going on!

    And you can’t show us those cute bags and not tell where you found them, so spill.
    Your hair looks cute, by the way :)

  • http://annkroeker.com Ann Kroeker

    I like big bags, too, though I often stick a little bag inside the big bag so I can just run inside Target without hauling the entire tote.

    And keep up the cooking lessons. My kids are all pretty proud of themselves for knowing how to make a few things. Just tonight my 11yo son invited his grandma over for pancakes he’s planning to make in the morning. Perhaps your son will invite someone over soon for lunch: on the menu, of course, his famous grilled cheese sandwiches.

  • http://afamiliarpath.com/ Melissa Stover

    yes, i should have done that. the leather was a splurge at bodenusa.com, the pink bag was at tjmaxx for $30.

  • http://afamiliarpath.com/ Melissa Stover

    i have a ona camera insert that i put in my bags so i can add my camera if i need to, but i don’t have the perfect small bag to pull out for quick trips. need one of those.

  • http://annkroeker.com Ann Kroeker

    The friend who made my tote created it around an insert, too. I don’t know her supplier, but it was someone on Etsy. Maybe it was ona? I love it.

  • http://www.partofthemiracles.blogspot.com/ Beth

    THanks, they’re really cute. I find that a “splurge” on a bag is easy to do, they just seem so much more expensive than they used to be.

  • sellens

    Wicked the book and Wicked the musical are only very vaguely connected. The musical is less racy, funnier, and I think, more clever. It is a lovely companion to people who grew up with Wizard of Oz with some really spectacular music. The book is dark and depressing and unfulfilling.