Diapers do pose a problem. Hmmm.....

What if we kidnapped one of the smaller adults -- one we could gang up on, so we wouldn't get pushed around?

Oooh! Kristin! She's way small!

Yes!!! And she's a teacher. I'm not being stuck on an island with a bunch of illiterates.

Amen to that.

Chris:

I'm thinking it's time for a boyfriend, and my mom taught me how to make Valentines yesterday, so I could totally charm you with my mad construction paper cutting skillz. And I like Boston! I think.

Also, I am SO behind that "square, and white, and looked like a tooth thing". I don't blame you at all. I mean, come on, everyone needs a little adventure, and it's fun to watch mommies go all purple and 'splodey.

Last, I am way closer to your age than Olivia. Even though she is really cute. I'm thinking she and Dillo would make the perfect pair, really.

Love,

Sara

(5) I just made muffins from scratch, and boy howdy are they good -- also very full of fiber and with almost no sugar and no flour at all;

No flour? Do tell.

Buffista babies are cracking me up. And making me cough from laughing so hard. Does Emeline, Chris, or Sara really want to be responsible for causing my untimely demise?

Really, the coughing can stop anytime now. I've been a good girl and taken the Mucinex (and refrained from smoking), but still the cough, she persists.

(5) I just made muffins from scratch, and boy howdy are they good -- also very full of fiber and with almost no sugar and no flour at all;

No flour? Do tell.

It's a recipe that's part of the Weight Watchers Core plan (to make it completely core, the applesauce needs to be sugar-free, and the sugar should be replaced with fructose or splenda) -- they're dense but not insanely so, and pretty yummy.

Fruit Muffins

Into a large mixing bowl put the following:

2 cups 9 Grain Cereal [this is just a fiber-y blend of grains -- I found it in the oatmeal section of the cereal aisle -- in a bag]
2 cups of oatmeal
2 cups applesauce
2 cups ff plain yogurt
4 eggs
2 tsp vanilla

Mix all together and allow to soak for about 20 minutes

Meanwhile, mix together the following:

2 cups oatmeal [you can substitute uncooked Cream of Wheat cereal for 1 cup of the oats -- since Cream of Wheat has a finer texture, it is -- sort of -- "flourlike"]
1 tbsp baking powder
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 cup sugar (or Splenda) [if you use fructose, cut it down to 1/2 cup]
2 tsp cinnamon (or any mixture of spices you enjoy)

Add the dry ingredients to the moist and stir just until all is moistened. Add 1 cup of blueberries (frozen are fine)

Spray muffin cups with fill them to the very top (they do not rise). Bake at 375F for 20-30 minutes.

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I cut the recipe in HALF, and it made 18 regular-sized muffins. I'm guessing it would make 8-9 jumbo muffins.

Plei, we just got namechecked as the high water mark for obsessiveness. Again.

HA!

We rule!

And I only watched, like, one episode today. And, okay, maybe that clip from home on YouTube until just thinking about the word "please" coming out of Dean's mouth made me want to cry, but still! Just the one ep.

I have no plans to scan transcripts and episodes for a full inventory of the number of times he actually begs his family for something. None. Nope.

Lillian would like her stenographer to make a note that she is currently, due to Extreme Teething (editor's note: she may be lying about that, but she did say "Mouth hurt." during negotiations), indulging in Dessert Before Dinner. (editor's second note: which is to say, nursing before solids")

She recommends to all toddlers that they play the Pain Card and make big sad anime eyes to go with it.

Those sound good, but god, are you making like 9,000 muffins? 2 cups of cereal, 4 cups of oatmeal, 2 cups of apple sauce, 2 cups of yogurt, 4 eggs? Those are hard core numbers.

Just saw your PS. Still.