Mommy Moments

There are moments of pure unadulterated love. Moments when the world reminds you that despite the early morning hours and stinky diapers that are here . . . in these moments are the exact reasons why you chose to be a mommy:

1. Feeling your sick baby cuddling into your neck, sinking into you and drawing comfort from your love
2. Hearing your toddler say, "I luv you!" with a big grin in her face
3. Seeing the puckered up lips of your toddler waiting for a kiss



4. Seeing your daughter finally grasp a math concept that has been eluding her
5. Seeing your babies play in the bath together
6. Hearing your sick baby softly whisper, "Mama" when you walk in her room to get her.
7. Having your older daughter give you a "World's Greatest Mom" award she created herself, just because.
   
8. When your toddler sees her daddy and her sick baby sister laying on the couch together and gets her blanket to cover them up.
9. Listening to your older daughter and your toddler giggling together in their room
10. Unsteady steps of your baby learning to walk and the complete joy on her face when she gets where she is going without falling down, only to turn and see if she can make her way back again.

11. Being up to your elbows in bread dough and having your daughter come up and ask if she can give it a try too.
    

Supper tonight is going to be:


CROCK POT CHICKEN CACCIATORE

1 lg. onion, thinly sliced
3 lbs. cut up chicken
1 can diced tomatoes
1 can tomato sauce
1 (6 oz.) can tomato paste
4 oz. sliced mushrooms
1 tsp. salt
1 to 2 cloves garlic, minced
1 to 2 tsp. oregano
1/2 tsp. sweet basil
1/2 tsp. rosemary
1 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper

Mix diced tomatoes, tomato sauce; add rest of ingredients. Mix well. Pour over chicken and turn crock pot on high until mixture begins to boil. Turn down on low and let simmer for the day. Serve over brown or white rice and have a tossed green salad.

I was too stressed to make my bread by hand today, so I tried my breadmaker. I have had it for years but still made bread by hand. Here is the recipe I tried:

Basic White Bread

Ingredients for a 2-lb loaf (I cut this in half for a 1 lb loaf):
1 1/2 cups water
4 1/4 cups bread flour
3 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons dry milk
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
2 tablespoons butter
2 teaspoons active dry yeast

Directions:
Select Basic setting. Add ingredients to the pan according to manufacturer's instructions.