And this is why I cook at our house.

You remember my Valentine's Day present, right? Where I get to pick one special thing every 2 weeks for Greg to do for me? Well this time for my special treat, I asked Greg to make supper for our family one night (I normally make supper, and you will see why). We picked last Saturday for him to do this, so he wouldn't have to get home after work and rush to get supper ready. Here's what happened.

Last week as I was getting groceries I asked Greg if there was anything he needed me to pick up for his supper. I normally plan my meals so I know I have what I need to make what I want. He said no.

Saturday comes and we had a busy morning and early afternoon, but were home for the day around 3:30. Greg had also bought a new lawn mower on Saturday because our old one broke, so he decided that this would be a good time to put it together. We normally eat supper between 5 and 5:30, and for those of you with little ones, you know, babies need to eat or else they get cranky.

I'll let the pictures tell the rest of the story.

Prepackaged heaven. It was nice to not have to cook or plan or think about supper for one night (even though I did still have to feed Asher since my lovely husband was so late. Oh, and I wouldn't have fed him that crap anyways).

Greg's only worry is that since he did such a good job, he knew I'd ask him to do it again. And he was serious (and I was secretly laughing when he said that).

The end.

Boy, do you guys know me!

Alright, you guessed it! The lovely new contraption does have something to do with reducing my plastic baggie and plastic wrap consumption (I guess the fact that I just blogged about this was an easy give away). Meet my new Food Kozy. Here's how they work:

You open up the kozy

Put your food of choice in (thanks to Greg's lunch sandwich for serving for demo purposes)

And seal it up using the Velcro strips

Seems pretty easy, huh? I'm still trying them out, so I don't have a full review yet. My early thoughts are that they're easy to use, easy to clean, and really cute but they can't work for everything. If the item you want wrapped is really big or really small, then the Velcro strips won't seal properly. I guess even if they don't work for everything, they are still helping me to use less plastic, so that's worth it.

I bought them from a mom-friend of mine who just opened an on-line store selling unique baby products, but these are on there too. Check it out:

http://www.nutara.ca/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=111

You should totally buy from there. They rock.

The end.

Any guesses?

I purchased these lovely new creations this week. I've been looking for something like this for a while now and I'm so very pleased with them! We're trying them out on everything, just to see how they do. Any guesses as to what they are??

Hint: it has nothing to do with babies or breastfeeding (shocker, I know).

I'll give you the answer in a few days, so come back!

Contract #2

Greg is the king of giving contract gifts this year. Some of you may remember my Valentine's Day contract, which I'm enjoying very much, thank you. This year I also received a kick-butt Mother's Day contract! I'm so thankful Greg came up with this idea, especially now that Mr. Asher gets up between 6 and 6:30 every day. I laughed and cried equally when I read this Mother's Day morning. Have a look!

I love my boys, a lot, and I will also especially love this gift!

Observations: running edition

~ For me the term "running" should be used rather loosely since really my pace is probably as fast as a typical 3-year old can run.

~ According to Greg, my knee stopped hurting the second my new sneakers were in my hands. That's not quite true, but the new shoes have made a huge difference. And they're cute, too!

~ I must be catching the running addict bug since I actually went running last week, even though it was raining.

~ I learned that I run much better in the rain, because I just want to get the heck out of the rain as quickly as possible. It's the worms, people. I cannot handle the worms.

~ A bunch of people I know seem to be into running now as well. I'm not sure if this is because I'm just more aware or connected to this now since I've started running, or if motivation just seems to spread.

~ Learning to run is kind of like going through labour. It's hard for a bit, then it's easy for a bit (I'm still doing run/walk intervals), and you just have to have a little routine in your head to get you through the hard bit until your next little break.

~ It's funny to me that when the Learn to Run folks talk about short and long-term running goals, they always mention qualifying for the Boston Marathon as a long-term goal. Hello, am I supposed to know what you're talking about? Qualify for the Boston Marathon? I'm in the Learn to Run class here, folks. As in beginner. As in I still have no sweet clue what I'm doing here. Remember, the class you're teaching? We're all newbies. I don't know what you're talking about when you say the words "qualify for the Boston Marathon" since I've obviously never run a marathon. I don't even know what the Boston Marathon is!

~ I love how good I feel after a run. It is so energizing!

~ I still don't see how I am going to be able to run for 20 minutes in a matter of mere weeks. This should be interesting. Wish me luck!

Asher's First Birthday Party

Asher had a great first birthday party! There was lots of people and it was a little chaotic at moments, but Asher had lots of fun, and that's what matters. Here's some pictures of the day, you know, since I couldn't fit all of you in my living room!