Three weeks ago...
Saturday, and it is 4:50 am. This is the eighth day in a row that
Joaquin wakes up before the crack of dawn. We are tired. This is one
of those days when it feels very difficult to be parents. Don't they
know that we need to sleep too? Of course they don't, they actually
get to nap during the day. We don't.
The kids usually go to bed
at 7:00 pm every day, and every day they wake up at 6:30 am. We can
deal with it. We've been waking up this early, during the weekends, for
the past three and a half years. But before 4:50 am? Come on, this is
not the ARMY! Or is it? Sometimes it definitely feels like it.
By
5:30 am, I already fed both of them breakfast; because, OF COURSE,
Lucia also woke up after Joaquin started crying. Both of them are up,
munching on their second serving of guava and cream cheese turnover, watching a Lazy Town
re-run on TV. Thank God these days we have dozens of channels just for
kids that are 24 hours. How did our parents do it back then without
cable? I have no freaking clue. In the meantime, Enrico and I look
like zombies from a Romero movie, trying to get just five more minutes
of sleep.
It is 7:30 am and the kitchen is cleaned, the kids
are fully dressed, the beds are made, we all had breakfast, and it is
20 degrees outside. What do we do? We go straight to the gym for our
spinning class that starts at 8:00 am. At the gym we get TWO FULL
HOURS of babysitting while using the facilities. We like to call it our two hour time out. Thank you YMCA!
10:00 am and
we head straight to Target; the kids love it there and we get
to kill some time before nap time in this cold weather. Next, we'll
feed them lunch and put them to sleep for a good hour or, if we are
lucky, they will nap for two hours. We love those days.
It is
almost 3:00 pm. Four more hours until bedtime. Can we take them to
the park? Too cold. To the pool? Way too cold. To the zoo? Are you
kidding me? It is 20 degrees outside! What we usually do is either
take them to an indoor place, that costs money; or we spend the rest of
the afternoon, house bound, playing with them, coloring and just
keeping them entertained. Is it 7:00 pm yet? NOT REALLY.
Now it is 6:00 pm; the kids are ready to eat and ready for bath time.
6:45 pm and the milk is warming up. We start our bedtime routine.
7:15
pm on a Saturday evening and we just closed shop. Feels great! The
kids are in bed and we can enjoy some quality time together, listen to
Silvio Rodriguez and drink some red wine. After a very LONG day, we can finally relax, order Thai
food and just hope for the kids to give us just five more minutes of sleep the
next morning. Ay Mama!
Guava and cream cheese turnovers (super easy and delicious low fat treat!)
-Puff pastry sheets
-Guava paste (Can be found at the Latino section in most supermarkets)
-Low fat cream cheese
-Confectioners sugar
To get the step by step instructions, click on the pictures.
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It's official, I am gonna have to work w/ puff pastries now. (Is it possible to replace guava paste with nutella?- I'm gonna keep trying to add nutella into every food I eat)
I know, I am a Nutella kind of girl too - Nutella and bananas and follow the same procedure...And top it with vanilla ice cream to make it "a la mode". Super finger-linking-good!
Love this entry! Getting up early is the pits and kids just don't seem to get it. "Just 5 more minutes" is my middle name...
The recipe looks delicious too! I'm totally going to try it.
The recipe is very easy and with a cute cookie cutter, it definitely looks like it came from a culinary diva (ahem) ME!
Love the recipe! I need fast and easy ideas, and I have zero kids!
This is THE recipe for you! Easy, fast, YUMMY and cute! Try with Nutella and bananas too!
Estan belos los ni
Gracias Mireya! Te veo en el cumple de Dylan :) Un abrazo!