Independence

As I sit here, Boog is currently playing in his room - alone...I might be only 10 feet away in my room, but he is in his room playing without me.  He's not asking if he can bring his toys in my room to play, he's not asking if I can come play with him or sit in his room with him...

I know this is independence we both need - he needs it to grow and become his own person.  He cannot be an attached at the hip momma's boy forever...I need this independence for my sanity and to remind myself that I am not ONLY Boog's mommy...

I also took him to a "Parents Survival Night" at The Little Gym this week.  For $25 (member price, membership is $40 a year), they spend 2 and a half hours playing with a break for a pizza dinner in the middle.  For the last thirty minutes, they color to calm down and cool down.  For three hours I can drop him off and know he is being fed, taken care of, having fun and exercising in a way I still can't really manage yet.  He's interacting with adults and children he doesn't know.  He's learning how to play well with new people and personalities.  And I can go some where and have dinner and a drink alone, or I could actually have a date (OMG WTF is that lol).

This week, I watched the session for the first 15 minutes.  I say it was because he's never been left with strangers before.  That's true, but it should really be said that I've never left him with strangers before.  Because he didn't seem to care.  I, on the other hand, didn't want to leave.  I stayed in the shopping center and made my way over to Subway for dinner and then hung out in my car for a bit.  I went back to the gym for the last hour (my phone battery was dying and I was getting bored lol).  He didn't even notice I was back at first, but when he did he came out to say hi and then went back in to play.  He came over to the window and threw the ball at me a few times and then ignored me till the end.

Buffalo Chicken Dip

I made Buffalo Chicken Dip tonight, posted a pic or two on Facebook and got a few requests for the recipe...So here it is...

Four boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 12 oz bottle hot sauce
1 16 oz bottle Ranch dressing
2 8oz packages cream cheese

Boil the chicken until thoroughly cooked, let cool and then shred into a pyrex dish.

Once the chicken has been shredded, dump in the full bottle of hot sauce and mix so the chicken is drenched.

Pre heat the oven to 350.  While you are waiting for the oven to heat, mix the cream cheese and Ranch dressing.  You can heat it on the stove or in the microwave to mix better.  Once mixed, pour it on top of the chicken evenly.

Pop it into the oven for about 20 minutes, until the top starts to brown.

Variations - You can use bleu cheese dressing, which I can't stand lol, or add chopped celery, yet another thing I don't like.

The best thing to eat this with is Fritos Scoops since they're a lot more sturdy than most chips.  Something else I've done that was really good was to put the chicken dip on top of a big sturdy roll and top with a slice of Swiss cheese.  And last but not least, mix it into Ramen noodles.

Boogie-sized Pizza

Tonight's dinner was Boogie-sized Pizzas!  Made by my Boogie and me...

1 roll refrigerator biscuits
spaghetti sauce
finely shredded mozzarella cheese

We laid out the individual biscuits and squished them a little, though they probably should've been flattened a little more...Then add spaghetti sauce, just about a tablespoon, maybe a little more, then top with the cheese...the flattening and cheese topping were Boogie's favorite parts, before the eating part anyway lol...


 

 

Preheat the oven to 375, then cook for about 12 minutes.

 

 

And BAM!  Boogie-sized pizzas...

And Boogie-sized pizzas lead to a happy, full bellied Boogie...

The Accidental Perfect Photo

Sometimes you go to take a picture of your child and they move, the angle wasn't right, the sun was in the way, you forgot to move your fat ass fingers out of the way of the lens, whatever, something happens and it's not the picture you wanted.  Sometimes it's a photo of the ground or an unflattering look at your double chin...

But sometimes, it's perfect.  It's not the picture you were going for, but it's great anyway...You catch them at a moment that makes you look at them and then back at the world with a new attitude for the day...

It doesn't matter that they told you 8 times that morning to "leave me 'lone" or that the stomped their feet like a whole herd of rhinos when you told them they couldn't wear their blue and red Spiderman shorts with their green Polo shirt or that they asked you eleven billion times to "turn something on for me" while they ate their breakfast when all you were trying to do was grab yourself some yogurt...

The Accidental Perfect Photo 9/23/2013

The fair's in town!

 We went to the fair last weekend on the last day it was in town.  Boogie got to ride so many rides and even got to ride in a monster truck!

 Who doesn't love fair food, rides, animals, monster trucks and tractors?  We were there for 6 hours and he still wasn't ready to leave then!  But boy was he tired.  The night before he didn't want to go to bed, but that night he was telling me it was time early lol.

Doesn't everyone?

Doesn't everyone play monster trucks on the floor, nekkid?

Hello from DisneyWorld

Hello to all from DisneyWorld!

Boog and I were in the Magic Kingdom on July 23 and obviously had a terrible time ;)

We spent a wonderful week in Florida on vacation and I certainly didn't want to come back.  I shall have a ton more photos to post and some funnies later.