Wishing you a Happy 56th Birthday, Hon! Not sure HOW that happened. Remember when 56 use to be OLD?!! We'll be having Jake's Explosive Chocolate Turtle Cheesecake to celebrate this evening.
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Rhubarb, Anyone?
One of the nicest things about Spring is fresh rhubarb. Unfortunately, it doesn't go well with Weight Watchers. I made Rhubarb Crunch Monday. It is hard, in fact impossible, to pass it up. This is Grandma H's recipe except I doubled the rhubarb part. I've tried to double the whole recipe but I like it best with the bottom doubled and the crunch part left the same.Rhubarb Crunch
6 cups fresh rhubarb, diced
1 cup sugar
2 tablespoons flour
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 cup brown sugar
1 1/4 cups flour
1 cup oatmeal
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter
1/3 cup shortening
In bowl thoroughly mix rhubarb, 1 cup sugar, 2 tablespoons flour and nutmeg. Dump in 9 x 13 pan. In separate bowl, combine brown sugar, 1 1/4 cup flour, oatmeal and salt. Cut in butter and shortening until crumbly; sprinkle over rhubarb. Bake at 375° oven for 45 minutes or until crisp and brown.
Sunday, May 25, 2008
A Day at the Zoo
We went to the Toledo Zoo today. It was a perfect day for it. The weather was perfect. Mid 70's with a nice breeze. It was quite busy as lots of other people decided it was a perfect day for it also. 
Danny would stick out his tongue at this chimp and it would stick his tongue out at Danny. It was quite funny.
Danny would stick out his tongue at this chimp and it would stick his tongue out at Danny. It was quite funny.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Grandma Comes to Visit
Grandma came down with Elaine K. last Thursday. She stayed here last night and will leave tomorrow. She is working on her crossword puzzle while we are relaxing this morning. She is pretty serious with her puzzles. Note the crossword dictionary and her notebook with past hints. (Mostly hints that pertain to movies or movie stars.) We are going to go look for a lamp for a wedding gift and then will meet Ria, Karen and Lisa for lunch.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Babysitting Club
It was so cute, a few girls camping at the family reunion formed a babysitting club Saturday afternoon. They came up to Joanne J. and asked if they could take her baby because they needed one more baby for their club. Shortly after they pushed her away, one of the girls came running back to ask what her baby's name was!
I took Danny to the university hospital yesterday and he is now on thyroid medicine. It is pretty much a given for Down Syndrome kids to have abnormal thyroids. I was pretty impressed with our pediatrician last January when she wanted to do some blood work to check his thyroid. He had no symptoms and still doesn't of hypothyroidism but his numbers were very high so she sent me to the peds endocrinology clinic. The doctor there said it was probably "good timing" when I brought him in for a sore throat since that visit initiated the look into bloodwork, as his numbers were probably just starting to rise. I really liked the doctor we saw. She was very impressed with Danny's over all health. Even his height. She said she usually uses a special chart for Down Syndrome kids but Danny was about average on the regular chart for height and weight.
I took Jeanie to the eye doctor this morning as she failed the eye test at school. She does in fact need glasses and she picked out a cute pair this morning. We will post a picture of her new look when she gets her glasses! She basically needs them for reading and close work. He said she didn't need to wear them to play.
I took Danny to the university hospital yesterday and he is now on thyroid medicine. It is pretty much a given for Down Syndrome kids to have abnormal thyroids. I was pretty impressed with our pediatrician last January when she wanted to do some blood work to check his thyroid. He had no symptoms and still doesn't of hypothyroidism but his numbers were very high so she sent me to the peds endocrinology clinic. The doctor there said it was probably "good timing" when I brought him in for a sore throat since that visit initiated the look into bloodwork, as his numbers were probably just starting to rise. I really liked the doctor we saw. She was very impressed with Danny's over all health. Even his height. She said she usually uses a special chart for Down Syndrome kids but Danny was about average on the regular chart for height and weight.I took Jeanie to the eye doctor this morning as she failed the eye test at school. She does in fact need glasses and she picked out a cute pair this morning. We will post a picture of her new look when she gets her glasses! She basically needs them for reading and close work. He said she didn't need to wear them to play.
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