Feel good Foods

I went shopping at Whole Foods with my mom yesterday to get some things for a recipe i will post next blog, and i came across something really interesting while i was in the snack bar isle looking for my absolute favorite treat the KIND snack bars. i looked on the shelf above me and saw something i hadnt seen before (mostly because i have blinders on when i shop so i dont over spend) a granola bar called Kutoa, but that wasnt even the most interesting part about this treat. What is said on the box and wrapper is what caught my attention the most. "buy a bar, feed a child." So naturally i grabbed one and began reading. Every bar you buy, send a nutrition pack to a hungry child. The nutrition packs that WFP delivers are packed with the vitamins, minerals and micronutrients essential for maintaining bodily functions, growth, immunity, productivity and prevention of mortality among vulnerable populations. They are delivered to children between the ages of 6 and 59 months and effectively alleviate malnutrition and the diseases that coincide.

That wasnt even the best part, right next to the Kutoa bars was another box with a pleasant message Two Degrees Food's box said "for every bar you buy we donate a meal to a hungry child". Their mission is to empower you, the consumer, to help feed 200 million hungry children through just Two Degrees of separation. After all, in today's world, none of us are that far away. Instead of grabbing just any snack, you can go for one that feeds your hunger and helps do the same for another.

Other foods that give back:
Specially Foods

Rishi Tea

Savannah Bee company

KIND snacks

Do Goodie Brownies

Numi Tea

Holiday recap

So I finally fell behind on my posting, which is no good considering a lot has happened... Easter weekend went very well I am very happy with my future family in love, I have yet to see a negative to any of them. We ate our own weight in crawfish and drank till we stumbled into the campers. I thought I took pictures of the pink lemonade cake I made for Easter but I can't seem to find them, if I do I will post.

April 10th 2005, was the day my now fiancé asked me to be his girlfriend. On Tuesday's my fiancé works nights so we celebrated early on Saturday. He surprised me with an authentic Rangers jersey, and FRONT ROW SEATS! To the rangers second home game! I was absolutely mesmerized by how close I was. If I screamed the player would have actually be able to HEAR me! On a daily basis I realize how blessed my life is, and every day I spend with my fiancé I feel like he just blesses my life more and more.

Easter of coarse was Sunday and I nanny Monday and Friday so coming back to the babies the day after they get baskets FULL of treats was an interesting day. Who ever decided to make all these holidays of gift giving, sucks. Especially for families with multiple kids, all day it was a none stop "Mine!" festival. This is mine that is mine, you have more than me... Luckily toys don't capture attention for long and all their Easter stuff only lasted for a day.

Sweet baby stories

It is mornings like this when i LOVE my job, especially on a beautiful Friday before a holiday weekend. Every morning when i come to work my day always starts off with a story of something i missed from earlier in the week. This morning Blond Baby hurried up to me as fast as her tiny two year old feet could carry her and began babbling on and on in the sweetest tone of voice. i could only understand about every third word but i nodded with a smile, she always seems to appreciate the effort i put in while doing my best to follow along. she took my hand and led me to the stairs, on the way she scooped up an old news paper that had been left aside by her mother or father, and carefully carried it up stairs as she led me to her perfectly pink princess bedroom. She tosses the paper onto the bed and tells me she needs to read the news so i have to tuck her in. Afer she is all snuggled in her Disney Princess bed covers i ask if there is anything good in the news "nope, never" well does the news say anything about the big scary storm. "no, but the ice balls were falling with the rain and the trees flewed so high, but its alright we'er otay".

i think if i could have a super power it would be to read minds, what i wouldnt give to be inside the mind of a child, to listen to all the simple joy-filled thoughts, pondering in depth about things us adults take for granted. Hearing how the wheels turn in their imaginations, the creations of all the elaborate make believe worlds they spend hours playing in.

One of the good or bad things about being a Nanny is that no day is EVER the same, you never know how the day will turn out. Even though today started with a sweet baby story, it ended with a run away five year old. Crabby Baby, desided to invite herslef over to a neighbors house and before i could say yes or no she ran right out the door with out any shoes of or even telling me where she was going. As i went out after her Blond Baby ran out the door to stop her sister so i had both babies running bare foot down the street. After i caught BB, i began nice and calmly calling for Crabby Baby. This is where i went through every version of parenting i have learned in my many years of psychology. NONE worked, i even pulled out my phone and had a fake conversation with her mother about how sassy and a naughty she was being at the moment. Nothing phased her she kept walking away and even quickend her pase. Finally i found myself bare foot in the middle of the street with a 2yr old on my hip screaming at CB to "get her bottom back her RIGHT NOW!'... i had just become "that crazy woman". It took me walking all the way down the block to her and using the angryiest voice i could come up with till she finally slowly and reluctantly began to walk back to the house, as huge sobs came rolling out. Stomping and yelling she eventually made it back inside where she spent the next 20mins SCREAMING in her room, till she came down stairs asking for a treat....

On a sunny day

Its finally spring time, the sun has made it out from behind the clouds and the air is warm enough to tingle the skin. It's time to spend more time outdoors and in good company, creating memories and stories to share for when the sun goes back into hiding its heat from us. I spent this past weekend laying out by a pool with my best friend, then laying in the back yard with my fiancé. We had a delicious crawfish dinner with my "brother in law's" girlfriends parents and ended the night with wine outdoors listening to the last few COOL breezes rustle the leaves that were left on the ground from the near by trees. The smell of fresh cut grass in the air and the sound of a good conversation and laughter brought the evening to a beautiful close.

Remembering a wonderfully pleasant weekend helps me ignore my extremely runny nose and painfully itchy eyes as the traditionally terrible Texas allergies roll on through and ruin my mood. Trying to keep up with two little girls and my nose is no easy task. Especially when the itching and watering of my eyes makes it very difficult to color in the lines properly, and when coloring with a 5yr old it is best to be as accurate as possible or they are sure to point out your mistakes. It is also basically impossible to say "no we can't go outside today" to a 2yr old, they don't understand that the beautiful cool sunny day out side is Nanny's worst enemy right now. So we all slip on some flip flops I stuff a couple handfuls of toilet paper into each of my pockets for future nose blowing and we head out. Off into the day on pink sparkly tricycles.