Welcome to my blog

I am a stay at home mom, a student, an online course developer and a super hero to my children.  I am very lucky to stay home with my children and watch them grow every day, while my husband is at work.  We have fun daily with outside activities, crafts, playtime, story time, snuggle time, TV time and outings.  My children are; Chloe who is 4 and my twin boys, Evan and Oliver, who are 2.  My daughter is an actress with an imagination that runs top speed throughout the day.  As for my boys, they love their trucks and wrestling.  To say the least, there is never a dull moment at our house.

My Crew: The A Clan

My children are picky eaters and I need to be creative with recipes and the presentation of food that I serve; I am a chef of a four star restaurant for twin toddlers and an extreme four year old drama queen.  From textures, to colours, my children can find something with my meals that they enjoy or that they detest.  My children can love a meal one day and hate it the next time I prepare it.  My one twin will dislike something and the other will see his reaction, therefore also disliking a food.  The same with what my twin boys observe of my daughters eating habits.  My children could love cheese sliced a specific way for a month and then a change must be made to accommodate a dislike.  As a family, we are not organic foodies, we eat healthily and enjoy fresh fruit and vegetables daily, but we also enjoy not so great foods.  We enjoy favorites from mine and my husband’s childhoods, such as hot dogs, baking of any kind, chef Boyardee, Campbell’s tomato soup, grilled cheese, etc.  I like to think that we eat “normal” food.  Whereas the term normal means that we do not introduce exotic foods to our children, just to stay with the time.  We have learned to listen to what they enjoy eating and build from there.  I would like to share our trials and tribulations that we have dealt with as a family and continue to deal with during our meal times.  You will find tried and tested food that my kids enjoy eating and what makes a balanced meal in our household.  I will also be sharing with you baking recipes and snacks that we enjoy.

Enjoy,

Jessica :)