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We are getting off a week of being sick.  The only one coming away from it relatively unscathed was John.  Henry, JJ and I had strep, George has a viral infection and Emma had a little cough and rattle.

In my opinion, one of the most frustrasting things about the kids getting sick is that I never know for sure how sick they really are – how much of our lives do I need to cancel? I struggle with questions like if it is worthy of a doctor’s visit or should they go or not not go to school, should I cancel the kids that I watch over here?

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For a background on our smoothie adventures you can click here, or search the site for “smoothies”.

I mentioned on my first smoothie post that I embarked our smoothie endeavors because I was given the Montel Healthmaster.

That is the reason for the name of this drink.  I had my most fearless smoothie/ juice testers with me, Henry and George.  They have seemed to be my best testers, I guess because they are younger and more trusting…

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It has been a while since I’ve done this post!  We have been SO blessed by SO many meals since we had Emma.  It has been really great.  Hopefully it won’t be too traumatic to start menu planning and cooking again.  So here’s what’s for dinner this week…

Check our orgjunkie.com for more menu ideas!

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Friends are always amazed when George talks because he doesn’t talk a lot in public.  At home however, he talks a TON.  There are two things he says a lot now which I love.

The first is when I am feeding Emma, he will hand me my breast pad and say, “Here’s your cap mommy, put your cap back on.”  I never thought of them as caps…maybe someone should contact the marketing department of Johnson and Johnson.

The second is when he wants to be held, he says, “Mommy, I want to hold you, I want to hold you.” This is way more refreshing than the demanding “Mommy hold me, hold me”  And I like it when he “does the holding” cause what mom doesn’t want to be held?

First of all, my apologies, it’s been almost three months since my last post.  I didn’t even give you a “Dear John” letter or reassurance that my kids didn’t have me tied up somewhere or that I wasn’t in a lock down somewhere.

We are alive, Emma is here (!) and amazing and we are persevering as a new family of six..  Honestly, part of the reason I haven’t posted is because I felt like I had to fill you on on every detail that I haven’t posted about in the last three months and frankly that made me too tired thinking about it.

So I’m going to jump in where we are and of course I’ll fill you in on Emma and her entrance into our lives as we go.  So check back and I’ll keep posting!

John asked me last week if he could order a gift for Emma… he asked because I’m doing our finances right now.   I didn’t ask what it was, but I honestly assumed it was going to be some gadget, maybe a Princess Lea something, a Woot T-Shirt, something along those lines.

I was totally surprised when we received this sweet little package from humbleBea.com .  It included two onesies, one short sleeve one and one long sleeve, a matching flower pin and these super sweet little booties.   I love love love the colors and those booties – I could eat them they are so sweet.  All from Daddy – Emma is SO lucky to have John as a Dad.

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For a background on our smoothie adventures you can click here, or search the site for “smoothies”.

I don’t think I would call this one a smoothie, but a smooth drink maybe.  I tweeked the recipe a little so I included the original recipe as well as my revisions.

The kids loved it and said I needed to “keep bananas and peanut butter around all the time so we can always make this one”.

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I’ve had lots of nesting desires the last couple weeks – but really nowhere to nest since Emma doesn’t have a room right now.  So my urges have been put to good use in closets, friend’s basements, drawers and lots of to-do lists.

One of my favorite friends and blogs is Cary’s blog, I’ve Got a List for That.  It’s amazing to me how much I learn from her lists, from what to buy at Whole Foods to learning about her kids.  And I am always so impressed how diligent she is about blogging.  Anyways, I wanted to make a list of the things I want/need for Emma, it’s all in my head now and when the time comes I know it will have left my brain.

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For a background on our smoothie adventures you can click here, or search the site for “smoothies”.

I have never used a fresh pomegranate for anything before, so that was an adventure within itself.  The kids thought the inside was cool/weird too.  It’s fun to have the kids help put all the fruit in and learn along with me.  It also helps them be more “invested” in the creation and they are more willing to try it.

This smoothie recipes came from the HealthMaster book that came with my HealthMaster and got great reviews from my kids.

The thing that is hard with this recipe and some others that we have tried, is that while pomegranates are in season right now, kiwis are not.  So I think I bought 1 kiwi for  $1.50 just for this recipe.

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John suggested I take JJ out to lunch when the other boys are at Kids Day Out on Wednesdays.  I don’t know if it’s because he is the oldest or because he has always been SO independent, but I feel like he never “needs” me as much as the other boys.  And he usually has a play date with Scott over here or over at his house on Wednesdays , so I didn’t know how hot he would be with the idea of hanging out with mom.

I told him a couple of days before and when i picked him up on Wednesday from school, he asked excitedly if today was the day for our “special lunch”.  I was glad he was excited.  I took him to Carl’s Drive-In, which he has never eaten at the restaurant but we have had take-out several times.  For those that don’t know, Carl’s is just a s”stool” restaurant, you walk in either door and there is just counter seating and you can watch them cook your food.

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