Product Praise

I want to give a shout out to mesh fresh food baby feeders. When I registered for this item a lot of people told me how horrible they were and how difficult they were to wash. I do not agree. This product has been a staple at our house lately and a life saver. Let me explain...

Both boys are teething, super cranky, drooling profusely, and chewing on everything. Some things that we have found that work; so far, cold wet washcloths, orajel for day and night, and the mesh fresh food feeders.

(Munchkin Fresh Food Feeder shown)


How the mesh feeders work for us is we slice up bananas and freeze the slices. When we're ready to use the feeders we pop out a frozen banana slice, put it in the feeder, and let the boys chew away.

Here's Brady enjoying his banana slice.


Here's Reese enjoying his banana slice.


Here is a fun and yummy recipe with frozen bananas that is more for big kids and adults.

Frozen Banana Treats

Ingredients:
One Banana
Magic Shell Chocolate Syrup
toppings (Sprinkles, chopped nuts, dried fruit, etc.)
aluminum foil
craft stick (optional)

Directions:
Peel the banana and wrap in aluminum foil. Place in freezer.
Once banana is frozen, immediately cover with Magic Shell Chocolate Syrup and roll into desired topping. (Magic Shell will hardened quickly so these step must be down fast.) Now enjoy!
(Picture provided by Kraft Foods)

Funtastic Fourth!

Without going into great detail of our weekend, I'll only highlight the really exciting points. One of them being a visit with my good friend Nicole. For those of you who don't know my friend Nicole, she is a stay at home mom with SIX children, all her own. She has five boys and just recently gave birth to her first girl. Now, I've always had this reputation with her boys as "Mommy's friend that's my girlfriend." The boys love me and have kissing wars over who gave me the most kisses. Not a single one of them has ever given me a hard time or has rejected me. Of course, this didn't prove to be so with her first girl. As Nicole handed her off to me she explains what a good baby she is and that she never cries. She cried or fussed anytime I held her. It has to be a girl thing or a sign...perhaps I should be satisfied with my two boys and not try for a girl.

The rest of the weekend was spent swimming and barbecuing at my brother-in-law and sister-in-law's house. They just put in a very lovely pool/splash area. I honestly don't know how they don't play hooky from work everyday. I had a blast! I think we all did. You can tell in the pictures.

Brad, the boys, and I


Reese


Brady and Papa


G-ma, the boys, and I