The power of the mighty muffin.
So, my girls are tracked out. They are in year round school, so they have 9 weeks in school and 3 weeks out of school. But, during December the school closes for 2 weeks (Christmas and New Years) then when everyone else goes back, my sweet ladies start their 3 week break. What does this mean? It means that for 2 weeks my kids get along great, they love each other, they have Christmas to look forward to, the elf on the shelf (named Sugarplum) is still reporting to Santa, etc so they are NICE to each other.
Then track out begins and somehow they turn into sister haters about 90 percent of the time. They can play nicely together for about 22 minutes out of every hour. I tell them to separate, but they must be together and I haven't figured out why, maybe to torture each other? Last night in the car they were listening to possibly the worst song in the world, I whip my hair back and forth, and they were singing it loudly. For those of you NOT familiar with this song, just sing the title about 300 times, add maybe 10 other words, and you have the entire song. They knew how much I loathe this song (as well as my ice ice baby loving husband) so they sang it, in unison, louder than necessary. As my husband's head was about to explode I looked lovingly at him and said "oh look they are bonding together for the purpose of irritating us, it is so sweet!".
Another issue with track out is the grocery store. Let's call it like it is, I hate the grocery store on a good day, on a day when I have a list, a menu, and I am alone in my food thoughts so I can sit, stare and compare prices. So, going to the grocery store with my 88 percent fighting girls is VERY unappealing. Instead of going to the store, I convinced myself that I am trying to save money and use the stuff we already have in the pantry. In reality, I really do throw too much food away, and I am tired of just being uninspired with food. So, I decided not to go to the store until we were desperate. For me that means out of almond milk, and tea and for my husband that means out of beer. For the girls being out of YoNanas is a crisis (if you are not familiar with them, they are half of a banana dipped in dark chocolate). So I have been working on the pantry......
Muffin time. I have been making muffins, I have gone muffin crazy. It all started when my sweet 9 year old (Tyler) asked one of her besties if "her Mom made breakfast for her every morning", and her friend replied, Yes, of course she does. Uh-oh. I had not been making breakfast for my girls during track out, they have been getting their own. You know, cereal, a bagel, or cereal and then there is cereal. I just kind of thought that I needed a break! Anyhow, the Mama guilt seeped through my pours while I was sleeping and I decided to clean out the pantry, save money and give my oh so neglected daughters breakfast.
So far I have made chocolate chip, french toast and peanut butter with nutella. The chocolate were very good but kind of like eating a cookie for breakfast. The french toast were seriously not great, but the kids liked them. The peanut butter with nutella were simply fabulous! And, my youngest daughter, Maggie, got to help me make them, but we will leave that for another blog. For now, I will keep working on the pantry........
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