http://sleepybreeze.com mom blog Thu, 15 May 2008 14:29:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Tulip's fourth birthday is coming up in a bit over a month, and I'm thinking about presents. One of the only things she has asked for is toy lemons for her kitchen, so I've been shopping around. Haba makes some pretty wooden ones that I'll probably order soon, but looking ... http://sleepybreeze.com/2008/05/15/i-can-make-that/ 1. Not every injury that you worry needs stitches actually needs stitches. 2. Babies can climb stairs very quickly. 3. Our green comfy chair completely blocks the bottom of our stairs and makes a nice reading spot. 4. Tulip's doll house blocks off the top of the stairs nicely now that she has ... http://sleepybreeze.com/2008/05/13/things-ive-learned-while-neglecting-my-blog/ My husband made me delicious chicken korma from Critical Mastication. It was wonderful, but I was less than pleased when I looked over the pictures to pick one for my blog. I have eaten a hair. Blech. We added some veggies to the recipe, obviously. The peas were my favorite, ... http://sleepybreeze.com/2008/03/18/chicken-korma-better-without-the-cat-hair/ No, I'm not going to catalog every flower that blooms in my yard (eight!); I have a craft idea. You need: one sheet bright yellow tissue paper one sheet pale yellow tissue paper one yellow marker one pair of safety scissors one green pipe cleaner white glue one pair of pinking shears (optional) Step 1: Trace a child's hand ... http://sleepybreeze.com/2008/03/12/the-second-daffodil-of-spring-craft-time/ Yesterday was beautiful, so we spent a great deal of it outside. Tulip and I found this amazing maple leaf. I wish I could take better pictures of it, but this is the best I can manage. I've thought that leaves looked like subdivision maps way up close since I ... http://sleepybreeze.com/2008/03/11/leaf-skeleton/ It has finally happened! We just came home from a pirate-themed dance class to discover that the first of the thousand (or that's how it seemed when I was digging the holes last fall and the one before when I was hugely pregnant) daffodils Tulip and I planted has bloomed. ... http://sleepybreeze.com/2008/03/10/the-first-daffodil-of-spring/ I just found a great new-to-me site thanks to 5 Minutes for Mom's Ultimate Blog Party. It's called The Opinionated Parent, and it has excellent reviews of books, toys, kid gear and everything else and constant give-aways of stuff I would actually want. Since I may as well rename this ... http://sleepybreeze.com/2008/03/10/the-opinionated-parent/ I frequently see blog entries and hear comments about the woeful state of affairs when children are "over-scheduled," but as far as I can tell, the definition of that state is pretty vague. To some it means kids being shuffled from one activity to another from morning to night, ... http://sleepybreeze.com/2008/03/10/scheduled-families/ I have a sad baking story to share. It is the story of a person who forgot until after dinner one night that she needed a breakfasty baked good for a meeting the next morning and didn't have all of the ingredients. Did that stop this baker? Of course not. ... http://sleepybreeze.com/2008/03/09/updating-my-favorite-scone-recipe/ We (by which I mean my husband with no help from me) finally turned our compost last week. He made me a wonderful composter last fall, and we have added scraps and leaves all winter. For most of the winter, the compost was frozen solid, so not much decomposition ... http://sleepybreeze.com/2008/03/09/its-time-to-turn-that-compost/