The overflowing box is squash. We have been rich in squash this summer. Just this past week we pulled 7 huge squash from the garden. I cooked up 3, gave one to Miss Petrie’s teacher and still have 3 to cook. I’ve been freezing it for use in recipes later this fall and winter. The [...]
Just a little FYI about the cost of the school lunches I pack for Miss Petrie. In New Mexico, school (cafeteria) lunch is $1.80. This does not include snacks. I like to perform cost analysis to remind myself why I spend time looking for deals and preparing food for my family. I save money every [...]
Every night as Mr. Petrie bathes the girls, I make work and school lunches. Miss Petrie’s been pleased with the lunches, although I must admit that the baked tofu snack didn’t go over so well. I tried. It’s so much fun to put together cute, nutritious lunches. Have a great day.
We found the most incredible little school for Miss Petrie and we could not pass up the opportunity for her to go there, so she started kinder again this past Monday. She was nervous, but she ended up having a great first day. Again, she did wonderfully as we left her at school and I [...]
Miss PD has a completed, pink and cheery room! We kept it spartan due to the fact that she can turn any space into a disaster zone in 2.5 seconds. Miss PD is 19 months old and I wasn’t sure if she would appreciate her own space, but she seems to love it. She gets [...]
We felt it was time for little Miss Petrie Deux to get her own room. Her stuff was busting out of my closet and Miss Petrie’s closet. And we have sadly been using the office as a de facto storage. Here is a very messy before picture of our office space. As much as I [...]
Here is the lovely Armenian cucumber cut into slices. Doesn’t it look fancy? Our last two seasons of cucumbers have been finicky. Two years ago we got a few beautiful cucumbers, then aphids attacked. Last year, the very vine-y pole beans overtook the cucumber plants, and we got no cucumbers. I’m hoping this is the [...]