Recipe ~ Easy Brown Asian Sauce

Today I was searching for an easy asian sauce to toss in my chicken and veggies..

I found one that was amazing!

And so simple!

Here it is!

Ingredients

• 2 cups beef broth (can be made with bouillon cubes)
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1/4 cup corn starch (Hint: mix this with few tsp of cold water first so no clumping occurs)
• 1 tbsp sugar

• 1/2 tsp garlic powder or 1 clove garlic

That is it!!
I added sliced up chicken with squash and mushrooms to mine over a bed of white rice!
Delish!!

Homeschooling!

I have decided to homeschool Dakota. There were recent events which led m to this decision, which I will go into detail about another day. Right now investigation is pending on his school so I will not disclose details.

We had the option to put back in public school ( not going to happen) or into another private school ( because that worked oh so well) or homeschool.  I decided after MUCH thought that I would try. I mean I know it will be hard and I know that he and I will get frustrated. But who is better fit to teach him and love him then .... well, ME!

So we transformed our living room into half homeschool room half living room.... photos pending, its a work in progress!

This is a new exciting journey for us! I am nervous, but I know I can do it!! Dakota and Eli love the new set up! They have already colored and painted and done puzzles at their table! I am happy they accepted t so easily!!

Look forward to more posts on how the heck this is working for us!!

Happy Halloween!

We decided this year to buy costumes the kids would continue using. So when I saw these hooded capes at the Halloween store, I knew this was it!! Angry Birds!

I brought home these three colors ( Skylar told me she wanted black) and I allowed them to choose!

They loved them and did so well trick or treating! Dakota went up to each door and said trick or treat and then also said, thank you very much! He did great! Even Eli figured it out after a few houses, that he needed his bag and he needed to hold it open!!  These kids crack me up!

Here they are in all their glory!!

Carving Pumpkins!

Carving pumpkins with the kids!!

Eli thought the insides were "gwoss".
Dakota tried to eat them - Um, ew!
Skylar opted to paint her pumpkin - which was a better shoice, because the very next day we awoke to squirrels eating them all up!!

UGH!

Happy Halloween!!

Surgery on the Man Parts

*DISCLAIMER* There are links in this post that contain pictures not suitable for little eyes. Man parts. Please be advised before clicking...


I have gone back and forth on whether or not to post about this. Is it too personal? Maybe it is. But this blog is our story. The truth. No sugar coating. This is how I live my life, my triumphs and tragedys...

Here it is.

My son, Dakota - who is 7 now, was born with a webbed scrotum. Due to this, they would not circumsize him at birth. They had a fear that it would pull back too far leaving his opening too wide. We digressed and agreed. Fast forward 7 years. Dakota throughout the 7 years often has infections and pain in his man parts.

We went to a Urologist down at our local hospital. All Childrens Hospital. They explained to us that Dakota appears to have phimosis. They then begin to explain that he will have to be circumsized and they are no longer worried about the webbing.

Circumsized? At 7? Oh man!

Yesterday was Dakotas surgery, and he is in a lot of pain. I really hope that he feels better soon, and that this cures all the issues he was having below. Being that he is limited in his speech, it was hard for us to make the decision to do this. But it was even more hard when he was trying to tell us he was in pain.

Trying to look on the bright side, I am hoping this will help with our potty training which has been an ongoing battle for years!!

Here are a few photos from our event...