Mulberries

I just found out that mulberries are not poisonous. We have 2 trees in our yard and would never let the kids eat the berries because we didn't know if they were edible. It only took 2 years for me to figure out that I could research them online. Duh!

Guess what, they are (edible)! The kids were so excited! They just couldn't wait to try a berry. After we tried them, we realized how good they are. Those berries are really sweet. The only bed part is that they don't have a very long shelf life. Because of that fact, I tried to dehydrate them. Just an FYI, don't ever try that, they were really gross. I don't understand what happened to cause them to taste like cardboard.

We'll stick to the fresh berries. Whenever the kids are wanting a snack, all they do now is get a bowl and go outside to pick berries. I couldn't ask for a healthier snack.

Anyone out there in bloggy world have any recipes using mulberries?

Rainy Day Fun

Here's what we do when it's rainy outside...




Yep, we do the stair slide. You should try it sometime.

Other Uses For...

I just wanted to give you some options in case you are having a party and run out of chairs. Or if you can't find your crib and need to put your baby down for a nap, it works well for that too. Here's a good substitute.



You notice which one looks more comfortable? She is a smart girl!

Who Needs a Pack-n-Play?

Yesterday afternoon Mugs, L-Bug, and Muffin Man came over for a visit. Muffin Man is helping my DSH build a deck some time this summer.

Anyway, the kids could not wait for Mugs to jump with them. I really appreciate her - she is such a GREAT mom! She jumped, and jumped, and jumped. She was thoroughly worn out by the end of the evening.

During their visit, L-Bug got cranky and could have used a nap. We no longer have a Pack-n-play (We went to Lowe's after we moved and it was in our trunk. Since we now have a car instead of a van, we couldn't fit the Pack-n-Play and all of the stuff we bought into our trunk. So we gave it to a young mother that we saw in the Lowe's parking lot).

After much thinking about what we could use for a crib, I put L-Bug in our sled and slid her around on the carpet. Within 3 minutes she was asleep. It was really hysterical!

So...If it's ever nap time and you don't have a crib, try a sled!

Yes, she really is asleep in our sled!