Life without milk...

Aiden has been drinking soymilk for a few weeks now and he is loving it! He drinks just as much as his big brothers do so we are going through about 4 gallons a week. We still keep all the dairy out of the house because Aiden's allergy is so severe and the boys don't understand that they can't share their food with Aiden. Since last May we have been doing all our cooking without dairy so I am always on the look out for new recipes. Monday night at my twins club meeting a mom (also with a child allergic to milk) gave me a ton of new recipes to try out. Yesterday when we were snowed in I decided to give one of them a try at breakfast.


This is called puff baby. It is eggs, flour, dairy free margarine, and soymilk. You sprinkle the finished product with powdered sugar (which the boys thought was snow...which was funny since we had about 12 inches of snow outside). Anyway as you can see by the picture it was a huge hit and I will be making it for them again.

Running buddy

Last Friday we had a 40 degree day here and after temps being in the teens it almost felt like spring. So while Michael and Logan were at school, I decided to pack Aiden up and take him for a quick run. Aiden has not gone for many runs with me since I usually go before all the kids wake up. When Michael and Logan were babies I took them with me all the time. Aiden was not very happy about all the layers I dressed him in to keep him warm but loved every minute of the run once we got going.

Preschool Madness!

Brian and I love the church we attend and they are well known for their preschool program. I have known people who have tried to get their kids in the program in past years and they have ended up being number 45 on the waiting list. This time last year I was not ready to send my babies off to a Mom's Day Out yet. I wanted them to be home with me. Well, as soon as the terrible twos hit I was calling all over town trying to get them in somewhere:) They ended up at a church near our home that has a good program but I really wanted them to attend our church's program. So last week was registration....this is where the madness begins. I had heard from other moms whose children were already in the program that parents arrive at the church the night before to start waiting in line for registration which opens at 8am. One mom in the boys music class said she arrived at 3am last year and was second in line due to a dad arriving at midnight. I spoke to the lady in charge of the program the morning before registration and she said it would be incredibly difficult to get twins into the same class. She thought they could end up going on different days. She still needed to go over her list of open spots (once you are in all your children are guaranteed a spot in the years to come) but it looked like she only had 2 spots open for the same class which meant that we would have to be the first family in line. Once Brian heard this he packed up the minivan for an overnight in the parking lot of the church. I won't tell you what crazy hour he arrived but let's just say he had time to watch 2 movies on the IPOD, do some work, and listen to several talk radio shows. I arrived at 4:30am to relieve him and send him home for some sleep before he had to head into work but after sitting there all night he really wanted to be the one to finish the process. People were courteous to wait in their cars til about 5:30am when the line started outside. Luckily it was 27 degrees out that night so not as cold as it has been this winter. The church doors opened at 6am and we were allowed to wait inside for the remainder of the time. At 8am we turned in our paperwork and crossed our fingers that the overnight in the parking lot would pay off. At 9:45am the preschool coordinator called to tell me that Michael and Logan had both gotten into the Wednesday/Friday class! Brian and I were ecstatic! This is where they will attend school for the next two years and Aiden will join them when he turns two. Isn't is amazing the things you will do for your children? A HUGE THANK YOU to Brian for being willing to be the first dad in line! I love you sweetie!

Sick boys and a sippy cup

All three boys (plus Mommy and Daddy) have gone from having the stomach flu to a very nasty cold! This latest cold has hit Michael and Logan especially hard and they have ended up on nebulizer treatments to help with their breathing. Even with the treatments they are still up all hours of the night coughing. Luckily they actually like taking the treatments and pretend to give them to each other. They say to each other...."Let's go play medicine!" So far Aiden has been toughing it out without taking any medicine. He does not seem to be quite as sick as Michael and Logan. Over the past couple weeks we have been trying a lot of new foods with Aiden and he has now moved on to sippy cups! He is doing great with soy milk and is starting to eat some of the same meals as Michael and Logan. His new favorite food is waffles made with soy milk. Each week we try something new with him and so far he has loved everything we have given him.