Favourite Things..........

I have been tagged to show some of my favourite things by a dear friend that hasn't forgotten about us over here at twinville central. I am a simple girl and it's the simple things that I have come to rely on. But I'm not too sure if Kleenex falls under the gidgets or gadgets category so I didn't bother snapping a photo. I would also have to include my mega Mommy hair clip that has been my faithful friend since becoming a Mommy. Having looked at a few other sites I do have some "thing envy". Christine has some really cool kitchen gadgets I would love to have (mixer, weigh thing) and Rony has all the hired help a girl could only dream about. Strangely the song "and these are a few of my favourite things ...." keeps playing in my head as I am typing this. Someone please enlighten me where this song comes from? A movie? Sound of Music? Again, I digress, I swear it is the rambling -multi-task- Mommy- brain syndrome.

1. Number one on the list is ,(drums a-rollin'), sippy cups!!!!! Crowd goes wild, and 2 whiny 2 year olds fall silent as a hush falls over the room as they sip their blessed juice from the blessed sippy cups, AMEN.

2. Number 2 on the list is: THE WIGGLES CD's........aka Mommy blogging time!!! Need I say more?
3. Number 3 is this wine glass. Not too big, not too small but just right!!!!
4. The BABY MONITOR ... g*d bless the inventor. This gadget represents freedom for MOMMY especially when the green light is on! 5. Oh, and of course the Singer Sewing machine...it darns, it makes holes, it does embroidery stitches. It is one lean, mean sewing machine.


6. Had to add this last one, a little questionable depending on your definition of "gadget". My bed...represents sleep, peace and quiet and S+ A do NOT like sleeping in it...suits me just fine, 'cause I don't always like sleeping in it either, at times I like doing other things............

I'm tagging all of my readers who have not been tagged to do this one, and link your things to moi! Me, I am of to the big comfy bed, this meme has exhausted me. I had to line up the sippy cups, clear off the counters, make the bed, tidy the sewing room. Okay NO memes hear me? NO memes on the INSIDE of the house. Unless of course company is coming and I gotta clean anyway......

Monkey Bread

Guaranteed to satisfy any sweet tooth, make you look like a baker goddess, everyone will want the recipe, and you can make it in less than 10 minutes not counting the cooking time.

Yes, a mother of twins takes short cuts and I gotta tell ya I don't like to give out this recipe because then people will realize I am NOT the goddess of the baked goods, but merely a fraud. But for you my blogger friends here it is, oh it it will become apparent that it is NOT for dieters. One more thing before you make this go out NOW to the grocery store and buy some FRENCH vanilla ice cream ..............Okay, are you back? Here it is:

MONKEY BREAD

• 2 pkgs. Country Dinner Biscuits (Pillsbury)
• Cut each biscuit into quarters and roll into a mixture of cinnamon + sugar. (2/3 cups white sugar + 3 tsp. cinnamon). Arrange evenly in a greased bundt pan.
• Bring to boil in sauce pan: 1 cup brown sugar, 1/2 cup butter, 1/2 water
• Pour over biscuits just before baking.

Bake at 350 F for 45 minutes. Remove from pan immediately and serve warm with French vanilla ice cream. Delicious.

When I am entertaining I will pop this baby in the oven during dinner and it is ready by the time we are done.

Since I love food, new recipes and this meme consider yourself tagged if you haven't been yet.

Childhood Memories

I've been tagged by the monkeys at http://bugsandbows.blogspot.comto reveal 5 childhood memories.


1. Both of my parents always being there. At every baseball or ringette game, concerts, recitals etc. Whenever I would step onto the ice the first thing I would do is look for my parents ,and then I would start to warm up. It was just so important for me to see them there. I remember when I was in the Santa Claus Parade and my parents seemed to be everywhere I looked...they were marching alongside through the crowd.


2. Winning the city championship in gymnastics on the vault in grade 8. I did a handstand onto the vault with a half-twist off. No one at that time was doing that type of vault. I felt very proud especially when my school announced it over the PA system.


3. "Raiding" peoples' gardens. Sneaking around at dusk in the late summer, picking juicy tomatoes, cucumbers, and anything ripe ,from unsuspecting peoples garden. It was such a thrill. Dusk is still my favourite time of day in the summer.


4. Summer visits to the "farm". Being Dutch we had lots of farmers in our family and every year we would spend 2 weeks of the summer there. There was a pig farm, a dairy cow farm with horses, and a chicken farm. We would spend time visiting each relative and staying with our cousins. Talk about a city girl getting an education. I loved swinging in the barn off the rope and landing in bales of hay. We used to help our cousins with their chores, gathering the eggs, milking the cows etc. it was all fun for us. My Oma and Opa lived with my Uncle Harm in a big old-fashioned farmhouse complete with the hidden narrow stairs off of the kitchen to the bedrooms in an open loft where everyone slept. My Oma's bedroom was separate and I used to think it was so grand, with the big feather bed and duvet. I used to love being able to sleep with her in her bed. She lived a long live, she was 92 years old when she passed away.

5. Yearly family camping trips and then when we had more money, cottaging. Lots of laughter , campfires, playing board games and water fun. I remember the year we were determined to get my mom up on water skiis...Dad musta tried to pull her up at least 40 times. She gave up before he did! Then there was the other time that we swam in blood sucker infested water and my brother got one on a private body part. I'll never forget that my mom had to get a picture before she put salt on it. I was spared from the attack. But my younger brother had a tiny one between his toes and didn't notice until the next day! Gives me the creeps thinking about it .





Thanks for the tag. Has anyone else noticed that none of the bloggers tagged to remember their childhood memories have talked about materialistic things? At least not the ones I have read, but it sure makes me take notice of the memories that my children will make and keeps "other" things in perspective.

7 Things

I have been tagged by Rony to divulge 7 things about "moi".

1. I was on "Tiny Talent Time", twirling a baton.

2. People tell me that I am a "fast" talker...literally. I have a tendency to talk quickly I guess it comes from being the only girl in a family with 3 brothers...no one seemed really interested in what I had to say so whatever I did want to say I had to get it out quickly.

3. I took acting classes 2 years ago and actually auditioned for a local play...didn't get the part. But it is a secret passion of mine that I wish that I had pursued when I was younger.

4. I went to "Mr. T's" wrap party with a date, (who was an extra on the show), in Toronto, many, many moons ago. Was duly impressed, but wasn't interested in my date, ended up marrying DH and have been married for nearly 11 years.

5. I was always against international adoption because of the need, I felt, in my own country, that was BEFORE snort,snort, gag, and nearly vomiting, I met the SW, CAS people etc. etc. Who seem to think they have omnipotent powers and were selected by the Father Almighty himself.....can you tell I am just a wee bit jaded??

6. Have been teaching for 21 years........probably the longest serving teacher ever to take a maternity leave!!! Have been a SAHM since we got S + A ..about 18 months now and will be returning part-time this September! Yippeeee love my girls but...never thought a SAHM was THIS difficult!

7. Was a VERY rebellious teen....really, I know it is hard to believe. Just one antic that I can share is that as young teens we used to sneak out at night and meet up to go skinny dipping in unsuspecting people's pools. S + A will definitely have a hard time pulling "the wool over my eyes". But really, deep down inside I don't think ANY parent thinks that their little one (at this stage) is going to be pushing the limits in an unmanageable way. I sometimes think a higher power saved me from myself by not allowing DH and I to procreate!!! *Wink*