Cuddles, food and Good Friday

I just put Jesse down for his nap, after rocking him for 10 minutes while he was totally out. I usually put Jesse in bed, wide awake, because he doesn't fall asleep any other way. However, he passed out while I was feeding him, and I just savored cuddling with him fast asleep. We've had a busy week with a handful of play dates, dinner dates with friends, a messy house to clean, lots of banking and errands, and I'm on another cooking spree and have been going to town with trying new recipes.

I went through all my Chatelaine and Canadian Living magazines from the past year, and tore out any recipes I thought looked good, and were gluten free. I put them all in little plastic sheets in a binder, and that is my new "go-to" for supper. I am SO nerdy, I know. I love organizing things. However, upon completing this project, I noticed that I tend to pick out similar type recipes as I am drawn to certain things, like pasta, lemon, garlic, and chicken. So....what I've decided to do to spice up my life, in the Spirit of "Julie and Julia," is go through an entire recipe book that I have. Now... I'm not going to blog about it- or put any time limit on it. But, I have this GF cook book I was given for Christmas, and most of the recipes call for things I'm not familiar with, or don't have around the house. So... I've decided to work through that whole one from page 1. This morning, the first recipe we came to was brown-rice flour and yogurt pancakes. They were DELICIOUS! The texture was perfect, and they were SO easy to make. We let Jesse try out one, and he mostly thought it was a floppy toy. Cooper ended up with most of it, lucky dog.

We have lots on the go for this weekend, too, but are taking today to rest and relax as a family, and reflect a bit on Good Friday. We're also trying to decide how much or little of an Easter tradition we want to take up with the kids as far as "The Easter Bunny and Egg Hunts" go. I want our kids to know and appreciate the actual reason for the season, and don't want it overpowered by chocolate! But do want to do some fun and yummy stuff, too. Hmmm......thoughts?

The weather is suppose to hit 26 today, so I think we'll probably go for a good walk down by the water. Dave and I have this special little spot along the river we would frequent while I was pregnant with Jesse, and we'd talk about how we'd bring him there when he was born. And we haven't yet. Today will be the day. I hope all of you have a great long weekend. Thanks for reading. I'm out.