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Pretty sure it was the only good choice for a costume this year.

 

Final call! Until 6 pm!

Folks, she is in my kitchen right now. Melanie, of Hopes Kitchen is in my kitchen! (With some awesome handmade halloween decorations behind her made by yours truly when I was just a wee one.) She's getting some html help from Rory. He's good at that stuff.

Now here's the deal. Remember that Hopes Kitchen is in the running for the top 25 Food Allergy blogs on Circle of Mom's? Well, Ms. Melanie is now NUMBER NINE!!! People! This is awesome!!!

The fun now is to #1 Keep her there and #2 See if she can eek up any further.

So TODAY! Before 6:00 when voting ends, click over on THIS LINK and give Hopes Kitchen another vote. (Even if you've voted already, you can vote once each day!) Time is ticking! GO, MELANIE, GO!!!

oh! nice day!

 

Ivar walked outside yesterday and yelled back at me, "Oh! Nice Day! Nice Day, Mama!"

 

And it was!



baby isaac

Ivar has a bit of trouble sharing the spotlight. We had my cousins Kathy and Mark over recently with her baby (her baby shower just doesn't feel that long ago!)and were watching Elsie and Isaac have some tummy time. Ivar looked at us watching the babies, yelled, "Tummy Time!" and got between them to show us how he has mastered this very basic skill.

And then we were taking pictures of the babies side by side... And then we were taking pictures of the babies and Ivar side by side.

 

Today Kathy is taking her boards for med school. She started her tests at 7:30 am and will be done at 6:30 pm. I texted her this afternoon letting her know that I had changed seven diapers since she began her test. That's how long she's been sitting in that chair!

 

So proud of her. Can't wait to celebrate having this day behind her!

 

And, I'd like to dedicate this post to my Aunt Louie who said to me on the phone today, "Where are you? I check your blog everyday." So here I am. Thanks for looking for me, Aunt Louie.

 

Hope's Kitchen

So my friend Melanie (pictured below) started an incredible blog with recipes that are gluten, egg and nut free. It is a beautiful blog, full of heart with a simple mission to provide good food for families working around these allergies. The thing is, the recipes always look so good that her following is growing to folks with no allergies, but who just like good food. Check it out at www.hopeskitchen.info Pretty sure the cookie dough bites are the best idea ever...egg free!

There is a mom website called circleofmoms that has a HUGE following...6 million moms. Each year they sponsor a contest for the Top Food Allergy Mom Blogs. The top 25 get a a little "badge" to put on their site and they keep a list on their site so that many more moms can find help on these blogs.

Hope's Kitchen is in the running to be a part of this helpful list. It is a resource pool for mom's looking for allergy friendly blogs. And she needs our votes!

If you'd like to vote, please click on this link and then look for Hopes Kitchen. This morning she was number 91 and tonight she's number 55! You can vote once a day and it is easy peasy...just click on the thumbs up button to the right of her bio. (it will make sense when you see it...)

 

And then vote each day!