A Happy Wednesday

So today was a pretty good day. If you missed it in my last post, I am caring for a 6 month old now as well as my own two. I guess I am getting a taste of what it is like to have twins, accept I am skipping the newborn age.  Honestly, so far it has been going fairly well. Today I had a moment when both babies wanted to eat at the same time... but we got it figured out and both were happily sitting in my lap with full bellies at the end.

In the afternoon we took a walk to Kroger to pick up a couple things. I am sure I looked rather odd with a double stroller holding the boys and Felicity strapped on to me in the Moby wrap. I got a few stares and a few comments but I didn't really care.  The babies were happy to be out and about and I was glad to get what I needed. Let the people stare :) They are just babies for goodness sakes! We need more babies in our lives! They make the world a much happier place to live.

At one point in the day the two boys were sleeping so Felicity and I decided to bake cookies. Well, Felicity didn't have any part in the decision obviously but she was a good companion for me while I baked ( until she fell asleep half way through). I pulled out the flour and it had been invaded by those little flour bugs ( not sure what they are called but they are pretty ugly little things). I was surprised because I have never had those in our flour before, though I remember my parents getting them. I guess I need to do more baking!

Anyway, so we ended up using a recipe with wheat flour instead. The texture of the cookies was denser and more hearty then normal Nestle cookies but I thought they tasted pretty good. Here is the recipe I used.

Ingredients

• 3/4cup granulated sugar
• 3/4cup packed brown sugar
• 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 egg
• 2 cups whole wheat flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 package (12 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips (2 cups)

Directions

• 1 Heat oven to 375ºF.
• 2 Mix sugars, butter, vanilla and egg in large bowl. Stir in flour, baking soda and salt (dough will be stiff). Stir in chocolate chips. Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet.
• 3 Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until light brown (centers will be soft). Cool slightly; remove from cookie sheet. Cool on wire rack.

 

 

The dough was pretty dense since it was whole wheat flour. I think I might cut back some of the flour next time.

Before she fell asleep

Sorry not the prettiest picture of them. But you get the idea :)

 



So that was our day so far. Babysitting has its perks for sure ( aside from getting to spend time with a cute little guy). My house stays much cleaner then normal because I have no choice now but to keep it that way... and when I get a moment to myself I find myself doing something useful ( because we all need to eat more cookies, right?).