I can't wait to see how they taste.
10-3-2010: The bagles were great! My husband says they are his favorite bread so far oh and easy to freeze.
Here's the rcipe: http://www.breadmachinediva.com/2010/01/cinnamon-raisin-bagels/
What did you do this weekend? Was it sustainable?
Things we did:
My husband put in a Raised Bed to plant our winter garden. Oh and we found our tomatoes 
Rorie learned to ride a two-wheel bike. I am so proud of her and she loves it. She used a balance bike for the last 9 months (a bike with no pedals) and this weekend we traded it with a friend for a “tip over pedal bike” (this is what Rorie calls it). She did great and is riding (with no training wheels) at the age of 3.5. I would highly suggest the balance bike to parents of toddlers, it is a great way to learn!
What did I do that was sustainable? Well I finally started to bring not just grocery bags to the store but also produce bags. I am storing a few produce bags in my reusable grocery bags so I remember to bring them back to the store and reuse them. Oh and it was pizza night at our house for dinner. Yummy, homemade dough and we all had different pizzas with lots of leftovers for tomorrow night!
I had Caramelized Onion Prosciutto Pizza: http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2010/03/caramelized-onion-prosciutto-pizza/
Check back later this week for a give away with www.ecomom.com and a review of Smartypants vitamins www.wearesmartypants.com/!
I wanted to write a quick post about Leo’s visits to the Chiropractor/Cranial Sacral therapist (she does both).
Ear Infections: In the middle of July after many days of swimming, several plane rides and contracting the flu. Little Leo had a fever for about 4 days so I took him to the doctor and she said he had a double ear infection and needed antibiotics. I protested but the doctor won after explaining possible consequences of not medicating. Also I had to consider myself lucky that this was our first round of the dreaded pink stuff (amoxicillin) for Leo who is 18 months and Rorie has never had it.
So we did a 10 day round of amoxicillin which I can not say that Leo consumed the right amount of everyday but I can say that we tried our best (he truly hated the stuff). He got better and we were all sleeping good again. Until a week later when we went swimming again. He presumably (as we never went back to the doctor) got a second ear infection and was up all night literally screaming or nursing.
I wanted nothing to do with another round of antibiotics so I decided to try the alternative rout and found Dr. Lynn a Chiropractor/Cranial Sacral therapist where we live that specializes in babies and children. We began seeing her in early August and where as it was not an immediate fix I can say that Leo has beat the reoccurring ear infections and that he is healthier than he has been most of his childhood now 1.5 months later! 
He loves seeing Dr. Lynn she is great with him and he completely calms when she is working on him and signs “more” after she is finished. Leo has been congested most of his life and after seeing Dr. Lynn he no longer has a constant snotty nose! We are going to continue to see her for healthy maintance every few months or as needed.
You can find Dr. Lynn and read more about her work with babies and children at www.gernerchiropractic.com.
I am writing this just to share our experience with chiropractic care we have not been compensated in anyway.
I am always looking for healthy easy kids snacks and I forgot about making my own trail mix.
This weeks Trail Mix:
Cereal, raisins, sun flower seeds and dried apples.
Apparently I have been on a cereal, nuts and raisins kick, because I also made these yummy One Cup cookies, that are border line healthy but seriously taste so good! 
http://thepioneerwoman.com/tasty-kitchen/recipes/desserts/amazing-one-cup-oatmeal-cookies/
I substituted muesli for raisin bran because that is what I had on hand. I think these are my new favorite cookies! Oh and easily mixed by hand since I don’t have a fancy mixer!
Ummm yummy yummy pizza. So I am getting this bread maker stuff down. I have made a few good loves and a few that didn’t rise but I am figuring it out. But tonight we had the best pizza.
Made the dough using the basic bread maker recipe. Then added tomato sauce, mozzarella and other cheeses, bell pepper, Garlic (for Sean’s half) and sausage (made at Nugget market, its the best),. It was super good. Sean says one of the best pizzas ever. 
I also like that I can pinch off a bit of dough and let Rorie make her own. She made a heart, added sauce, cheese, bell peppers (I don’t think she knew what the red stuff was but she put it on and ate it) and sausage! She loves making it and I think she eats more because its her own creation. 
Tomorrow Sean says he will make French Toast with homemade bread so I gotta go program the machine.
I try to buy in bulk, we get a CSA box, shop at farmers market and I am learning to make bread, etc. All of these things help reduce the amount of wasted packaging that we bring home. However we still get a considerable amount of empty bottles, plastic containers and cardboard boxes. So I started a new bag of stuff that can be washed and reused, here are some of the things we have reused so far.
Medicine bottle: Small soap container for camping or milk container for kids kitchen
Plastic fruit container: storage container, snack container, kids craft: www.notimeforflashcards.com/2010/08/aquarium-kids-craft.html
Cardboard box: Kids toy, packing box, storage
Water bottles: Lady bug carrier (to bring lady bugs home from camping to our garden).
Egg Carton: Kids craft or seed starter
Many containers also make great sand, dirt or water play toys.
Some containers waiting to be 
This blog post was inspired on this weekends camping trip. We went car camping with friends in the Sierra Nevada's. It was tons of fun and the kids had a blast. We camped by a creek but it was not at a campsite with amenities, so we had to bring all our water and pack out our garbage. So we brought reusable plates, water bottles, etc. Our friends (who are great people just not so good at the 3 R’s) brought a huge thing of plastic water bottles, paper plates, etc. and completely did not understand why we would spend a few minutes washing the plates in the creek rather than throwing paper ones away. So at the end of a two day trip we had 2 bags of garbage, which we had to pack out in our cars. I don’t like to be wasteful at home, but when I am camping and enjoying nature with my family I feel even more guilty.
