http://www.soggycheerios.com Is your bowl half full, half empty or spilled all over the table, dripping on the floor and tracked through the house? Fri, 22 Jul 2011 03:49:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I can't believe my baby is six.  That makes me feel incredibly old.... but pretty much everything does these days. We had a dinner and cake and ice cream with Grandma and our family and opened some presents on the actual day of her birth... and of course presents! A dry erase board ... http://www.soggycheerios.com/archives/734 This post apparently is too long to handle for Internet Explorer.  It does however post completely in Firefox and Google Chrome.  I tried to post just the second half and apparently IE still doesn't like something- so you'll have to switch to firefox or chrome for the complete story. I'm going ... http://www.soggycheerios.com/archives/730 Several weeks ago my youngest sister got married.  It made me feel incredible old.  I was 14 when she was born and now she's married.  CRAZY!  They had their reception the night before the wedding since they got married in Manti and were having the reception in Kaysville (about a 3 ... http://www.soggycheerios.com/archives/732 The great American pastime has come to our household and we are now in the middle of Spring Training. Here's Cori working hard on her T-ball fundamentals. From misc blog photos Keep your eye on the ball! Annika can bunt like no other! From misc blog photos Megan swings for the fences and it's ... http://www.soggycheerios.com/archives/729 This is Megan... Megan is getting her tonsils out next week (Monday- gifts accepted... for me-she'll already be spoiled rotten). We had a pre-op appointment yesterday. The dr. asked if she had any questions. Without pausing to think about it Megan asked, 'What color is your dog?' Props to ... http://www.soggycheerios.com/archives/728 First of all the winner of the $10 Walgreen's card is Lacey!  Woo!  High competition right?  ;)  I'll get that in the mail to you shortly Lacey. Second- my friend Laura has requested my Sweet Smothered Pork Burrito recipe.  It's my go to recipe to feed a crowd and is ALWAYS ... http://www.soggycheerios.com/archives/727 At our house we try to avoid ingesting chemicals whenever possible.  That means that we avoid artificial food dyes and artificial flavors.  Our current step is eliminating High Fructose Corn Syrup.  This makes buying medicine for kids difficult. I've taught my 5 year old how to swallow pills so that ... http://www.soggycheerios.com/archives/725 I'm laid up.  I tore my MCL (2nd degree tear) in my knee about 3 weeks ago (yes, in belly dance class).  I got sentenced to 6 weeks of recovery (brace, staying off of my feet as much as humanly possible, physical therapy).  I'm halfway there.  The first day or ... http://www.soggycheerios.com/archives/724 It doesn't happen very often.  But every once in a while I pull off an amazing mothering feat. Feat number one.  I didn't cry. I didn't lecture.  I didn't yell. Megan did this to her bangs... Feat number two. I made her look respectable for school. Now if I can manage to get ... http://www.soggycheerios.com/archives/723 About a week ago I got a call from a woman in Hawaii who was looking for a gift basket to be delivered to her parents- who live about a mile from me.  We talked a bit and it turns out her dad is very sick with cancer and they ... http://www.soggycheerios.com/archives/722