Last year we got so many apples from our small orchard! At first I was a little overwhelmed but I began to find so many uses for them. I used my free hours during naps for weeks to make gallons of freezer applesauce, frozen apple pie filling, baked apple rings and more. You can imagine we had a LOT of apple scraps hanging around and I didn’t want to let…
“may all of your days shine brightly and your nights blessed with peace wherever you lay down to sleep all things are made good for those who believe may you grow from a seed into a strong, fruitful tree as the days unfold hold your breath to see life is a mystery and joy, it is severe when the way is rough and steep love will make your days complete”…
Lunch another fun meal in our family and it’s definitely one of my twins’ favorites to eat! We often skipped lunch when we first started solids and my babies were between 5-7 months old. Around the time they turned 8 months old, I started making a point of providing them with some good lunch options every day! My twins are ten months old currently and still getting the majority of…
These banana oat pancakes are easily my babies’ favorite baby led weaning friendly breakfast! These pancakes are delicious, healthy, and packed with the protein, iron, and vitamin c that is so important for babies! We aren’t a strictly gluten free family, but I do love that these pancakes feature oats instead of wheat as their base. Oats have so many good vitamins and minerals and are a great source of…
Teething is not fun, there’s no way around that. If managing one teething baby is difficult, managing two is… really difficult. I’ve been extremely thankful to find that my twins cope with teething very differently from each other. One of them screams, the other one clings. I think I would loose my mind if we had two screamers! As it is, when teething pain hits, I’m able to pack one…
I was put on modified bed rest at 29 weeks for symptoms of preterm labor. I know a lot of twin mamas are put on bedrest a lot earlier than that, so I was incredibly thankful to be able to enjoy a moderately active pregnancy up to that time. All the same, for someone as active as myself, the prospect of sitting on the couch all day was not appealing.…