From Jan. to March of this year I have been and will be babysitting every Sunday morning. I met this family when I was unemployed as a means of additional income but now I just like hanging out with their adorable and sweet 2 year old!
I am only there from 7 to about 10 AM and then I head home to start my day.
The little boy's name is Miles (hmmm sound familiar?) and his parents are attending classes at their new church and needed a little help so I said 'why not?'
For Mike, the concept of getting out of bed any earlier then 10 AM on a Sunday is unfathomable so my babysitting gig is a little extra money and probably saves us from morning person vs. night person woes.
When I do get home around 10 AM, I am still energized from running around with a 2 year old and Mike is happy because it is late morning. So we usually take this time to have a nice breakfast together. My sister (she has 3 children) sometimes will call and say "hey what do young people with no children do for dinner? or hey, mel, are you just now having breakfast! it is 11 AM!?"
The answer is... yes we sometimes eat breakfast 1 hour before lunch time. ha ha
I am only there from 7 to about 10 AM and then I head home to start my day.
The little boy's name is Miles (hmmm sound familiar?) and his parents are attending classes at their new church and needed a little help so I said 'why not?'
For Mike, the concept of getting out of bed any earlier then 10 AM on a Sunday is unfathomable so my babysitting gig is a little extra money and probably saves us from morning person vs. night person woes.
When I do get home around 10 AM, I am still energized from running around with a 2 year old and Mike is happy because it is late morning. So we usually take this time to have a nice breakfast together. My sister (she has 3 children) sometimes will call and say "hey what do young people with no children do for dinner? or hey, mel, are you just now having breakfast! it is 11 AM!?"
The answer is... yes we sometimes eat breakfast 1 hour before lunch time. ha ha
For breakfast this past Sunday: Pumpkin MuffinsA can of Pumpkin was an item we found in our 'care package' from Florida so we thought... why just have pumpkin at Thanksgiving time?
Mike's mom suggested we make pumpkin muffins, and so we did. Although we did not have spice cake mix, we just made do with what we had (and they came out so so so good)
I am completely smitten with a new website/blog I have found and it is where we got the pumpkin muffin recipe:smitten kitchen
The woman is my hero, she is a lot of fun to ready, and very honest about her food. She messes things up, puts in the wrong ingredients, tells about great things that happen and terrible things that happen in the kitchen. Oh and she cooks in a itty bitty kitchen in New York. So if she can do we can do it!
Suger and cinnamon for the muffin top. Everyone's favorite part!
Mike made these and he is very particular about getting every single speck of ingredient mixed together. This drives me crazy. I am a hurry up lets get these things cooking- type.So I take pictures to keep me busy.
Then I noticed Miles. He is staring out of the window AGAIN!Since we showed him the window- he is here about 90% of the time.
No joke. And usually standing.
We have created a monster.
Muffin drop.
Muffin top.
Done.
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ahhh! those look and sound sooo good!!! i´m kind of mad i read this! there is NO WHERE in south america to get such a thing! i wannnt muffffinnnnnn! now!
ReplyDeletegimmeeeeeeeee!!
ReplyDeletein my head, this is the perfect perfect breakfast to fend off the chills and wind you're dealing with up there in the Great White North!