Momsicles!

While browsing www.kellymom.com I found this! Momsicles! Frozen breast milk popsicles for babies. What a great idea! Ideal for babies who are teething, to soothe sore gums or just as tasty, frozen, super nutritious treat! Check it!

1. Use the cap off one of your bottles, and a pacifier. The one shown here is a Gerber cap and an Evenflo "Natural Comfort" pacifier which has no hard parts.

2. Fill the cap 3/4 of the way and stick the paci in, then freeze. To release the frozen pop, run hot water over the cap for just a few seconds, the milk will melt a tad and release.

Another option is to freeze the milk in a sterilized ice cube tray. Try adding a peach slice or half a strawberry to each cube. Store the cubes in a heavy-duty freezer bag. Place a cube in a baby safe feeder and let baby suck and chew on it.

Em's Turkey Chili

I know a lot of recipes but this one I can actually take credit for and it's delicious! 

Ingredients:

1 1/2-2 lbs. lean ground turkey                

1 cup frozen corn

3 (14oz.) cans diced tomatoes                

1 red pepper, diced

1 small can mild diced green chilies

2 tbsp. fresh minced garlic

1 (14 oz.) can red kidney beans                

½ yellow onion, diced

2 tbsp. olive oil                        

1 (16 oz.) jar Pace salsa (mild)

½ tbsp. salt                            

1 tbsp. chili powder

½ tsp. pepper                              

½ tsp. red pepper flakes    

1 tbsp. oregano

Directions:

Combine ground turkey in a large bowl with salt, pepper, oregano, chili powder and red pepper flakes. Mix well with hands. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Brown meat with garlic, onion and red pepper and set aside. Set your slow cooker on low and add diced tomatoes, green chilies, kidney beans, frozen corn and salsa. Add meat mixture to slow cooker and cook on low for 4-5 hours. This chili has a mild to medium spice and is great served with garlic bread and a cold glass of milk. Enjoy!

Tooth Fairy Pillows

Today I made some tooth fairy pillows! One for Jayden and one for Noah! It's a fairly straight forward design made from what I had laying around the house. I used scrap fabric, felt, quilt batting and a receiving blanket. Now we just have to decide on how much to give for each tooth. I think I used to get a quarter so with inflation, maybe a toonie would do it? 

How much did you get as a kid and how much would you give your kids now?

Quilted Pillow

I had some scraps leftover from making Jayden's playmat and since we have hardwood floors, I decided to make a little pillow to match.

Comfy!

Jayden's Playmat!

Jayden's playmat is finally complete and he LOVES it. It was so fun to make and it's so nice to see him enjoying it. The design was fairly straight forward. I used a hula hoop for the arches and covered them with some extra fabric I had leftover from the quilt. The scraps measured about 9 1/2cm wide by about 125cm long (with a 2cm seam allowance). I left an extra 4 inches of fabric at each end, folded it under and sewed it to the bottom of the quilt. I made 6 small ties to attach the rings and one large one to keep the arches in place in the centre. I just used what I had to hang from the arches, a few plastic rings and a Whoozit toy for the centre. Total cost? About $18.