No, I haven't taken to baby-wearing ... well, at least not the full-time baby-wearing where the baby sleeps, nurses, and lives in a sling, kind of like a kangaroo joey in its mama's pouch. BUT last night, Anna decided she wanted to make cookies - and I knew we had the ingredients for no-bake cookies. Since Miriam was semi-fussy - and Anna needed to use the STOVE, which I didn't want her to do unsupervised - I got out the maya wrap someone gave me. Miriam LOVED it almost the entire time she was in it - and I had both hands free to help Anna. Maybe I will turn into a full-time baby-wearer ... 
EVERYONE knows how to make no-bake cookies, don't they? I remember them from growing up ... Since we were soooooooo mature back then (not), we called them "doo-doo cookies". Lovely. As if calling something by a disgusting name would make you want to eat it - but somehow, it did. I've heard them called other things too, but I can't remember what. What do you call them?
Isn't it fun to watch your kids do something on their own (with you hovering over them to lend aid and advice just in case, if you're like me)! My son boasts that he is our "lunch cooker". He can make grilled cheese sandwiches and heat up soup. I think he's also made mac-n-cheese. Yep, he's ready for college ...
Anna's cookies turned out just about perfect. They were ready just in time for Dan to get home from his 3 days of chaperoning teenagers at our region's fine arts competition in Kansas City.
Sadly, the AACS has shrunk over the years - many, many schools have closed their doors (to include the Christian school my husband grew up in, which was in the Iowa Assoc. of Christian School, which has now also merged into the MAACS). I think the Christian school movement, which grew its roots in the 1970s, had its peak in the 1980s when I was attending school. Since then, there has been a downhill trend in Christian education. But no matter, I'm still a big believer in it just because I have reaped the benefits of being in Christian school myself. I realize it is a sacrifice as one has to pay tuition - but when I was the school secretary I often told people who grumbled while paying their school bill, "Christian education does not cost, it pays." (which is not a motto original to me - but I have heard it all my life, it seems). I know my own parents & Dan's struggled financially to send us to Christian school - but I am so thankful they did!
That said, please don't think I'm a narrow-minded Christian school fanatic. If your kids go to public school and you are instilling godly principles into them at home and church, then good for you! If you homeschool, well, there are days I even envy you! I think I'd love to homeschool because my entire family are such homebodies! However, I am convinced for our family, we NEED Christian school because I am not adequate to give them the kind of education & discipline & social interaction they are getting there. As long as you are following what you believe God has for you, that's how you need to educate your children. :)
In conclusion, we sure were glad to see Dan last night! He got home around 10:30 p.m. after making sure all the kids got picked up, the vans were secure, etc. He had some harrowing stories of the things some of the teens did and said - but overall, it was a good time for all. We even had a few students who won in their categories!
And to brag on him: even though he got in late and was super tired (went to bed late there each night, making sure the kids in his room were sleeping, and getting up earlier than the kids to get a shower before the 4 boys in the room with him), he told me that he'd take care of the baby in the morning when she woke up. He knew I was tired too after 3 days of single parenting. I can't even begin to tell you how excited I was to think about getting some extra rest! Sure enough, Miriam woke up at 5 a.m. - and after I fed her, he took her and got her back to sleep again for a while, and then he took her and Andrew on some errands around town. I was all alone until almost 10:30 this morning (Anna was here, but she watched cartoons and took care of herself).
I am living proof of the Belgium study (see previous post) that rising later (and I didn't even sleep in til noon) makes one more productive! Today I've cleaned the house - and now I have plans to make the Pioneer Woman's chicken spaghetti for dinner tonight. Happy Weekend! :)
3 comments:
Actually I learned to make no-bakes in jr. high home ec class :o (deprived early childhood? -- not with other homemade cookies and yummies like Kringla! and I remember eating them at the neighbor kids')
Anyway, to answer your question, our teacher called them 'Raggedy Robins' and I still have that recipe card in my file, so that's what our kids call them.
As far as private Christian schools, the tuition may be intimidating BUT it's usually far less than public schools receive per student, at least in Iowa -- AND Christian schools are usually teaching the kids something worthwhile, such as the 3 R's! =)
So yes, you pay twice (if you pay your taxes) just like homeschoolers do, but that's still better than a week at Disney World.
My recipe for these cookies--from my mom's recipe--is called "Chocolate Tangos". I always thought that was really strange....what does it have to do with the tango?? When our niece was little she called them "Amy's Blue Cookies" when I made them, but they weren't blue either!!
I did laugh out loud when I read what you (and all the other Christian school kids) used to call them! I think that's more accurate that either of the names I've heard :)
PS. I think at my neighbor's we just called them "no-bakes" =)
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