Nicki And Adam's Family Blog

I have made this dish twice now and I am still craving more of it. I love it, love it, love it. My husband likes it and Charlie eats it as well!!! Here is the recipe from the "French Kids Eat Everything" cookbook. If only the U.S. cooked something like this everyday! Stuffed Tomatoes Tomates Farcies (Stuffed Tomatoes) Preparation: 10 minutes Cooking: 20 minutes Servings: 4 small adult (or older child) servings This is one of our family's favorite recipes. Tomates farcies (stuffed tomatoes) are both filling and fun. The tomatoes are hollowed out and stuffed (in this case, with a savory ground beef mixture called "farce"), and then baked to perfection. The farce peeks out of the tomatoes in a coquettish sort of way, and the children love lifting up the tomato "hats" to see what lies underneath. Served with something that can absorb the delicious juices (rice and couscous are our favorites), this is a complete and easy, tasty meal. INGREDIEN...

Dancing with grandpa! Loved this! Dancing dancing dancing! Loved the strawberry sundae! Dancing with his girlfriend-Robin.

Our little boy is growing up so much! I just love his cute little face! Here are some developments as of lately: --Likes to go "pee pee" in the potty when candy is involved (or rewarded). Is not nearly consistent in this area, but this is probably more a parenting issue than child. We just like the "flexibility" of diapers! ha! --Loves to read books! Often ends our sentences on familiar books or sings the majority of the musical books. --Excellent at puzzles. Enjoys them and puts them together on his own. Just the simple wooden ones so far. --Can sing his alphabet song when in the mood and do it correctly. --Loves to "pull the weeds" all the time (weird!). --Putting together many many words to make a whole variety of sentences. --Asks questions of "where'd he/she go?" --Put together a whole family--today he said "Go bowling with Auntie Jeannie, Uncle Greg, Raelee, Emma, Dan and Maggie?"--I was shocked. That is a la...

For 6 days we hosted an student from Japan. Her name is Juna and she is 14 years old. It is part of the sister-city exchange with a city in Japan. We all had a great time with her and although her English was limited, it is amazing how people learn to communicate without much language sometimes! She loved Charlie! He was always laughing with her and giggling. Very Cute. We went mini golfing, shopping to Mayfair mall, had a bonfire, went Jet Skiing, she went to Madison with another family, bowling and much more through her organization that runs this exchange. It was our first time hosting a student. It was a good trial for us. We would definitely recommend this program, but we will probably wait until our kids are a bit older. It is hard planning a bunch of stuff for a teenager when you have to lug around a 2 year old (and more...). Here are some pictures: Juna and Shiori mini-golfing... Juna and Shiori hanging with Charlie.  A dance they performed on their final...

21 weeks pregnant and feeling quite good. This was before a wedding that we attended!

....is called "Bringing up Bebe" by Pamela Druckerman. As a warning of caution, I am a new mother. Parenting stuff interests me, ESPECIALLY the way other cultures parent their children. I realize that many people are not "into" this stuff and would thus not be at all intrigued by this book. Another word of caution. I am not French. I have never been to France. In fact, I am not sure that I have ever met someone who is from France. I don't attest to liking the French or disliking them. My conservative brother Russ dislikes them, which would make me think I would like them, but it is hard to tell. But, I LOVE this book. LOVE LOVE LOVE! A woman from America marries a British man and they live in France. Both are some sort of journalists. In the midst of living in France, she has 3 children. 1 singleton and a set of twins. She is constantly baffled at what she sees when she is at restaurants, children sitting and eating a four course dinner, when she is at the...

We had a small gathering of people for cake for my birthday. I am pretty sure when the candles were lit and the singing had begun, Charlie thought it was his birthday....again! Cute Cute! Here are some pics!