Baseball, Baking and Bathing

I never thought of making homemade pudding.

Until last night, when I wanted to make a banana

pudding pie but did not want to make another

trip to the store to buy the pudding to make it.

So went to my favorite recipe site, Allrecipes.com.

I was surprised to find a very simple recipe that

I would easily be able to make into a sugar-free

dessert. It was so easy to make (and tasty too!)

that I had to make some more with Andan today.

And I am going to share the recipe with you!

Vanilla Pudding

2 cups cold milk

1/3 cup sugar

3 Tbsp corn starch

1/2 Tbsp vanilla extract

1 Tbsp butter

1/4 tsp salt

In small bowl combine and mix corn starch, sugar and salt. Pour in to small pot. Add milk and whisk ingredients together.While whisking, turn stove onto medium heat and continue to whisk without boiling. When it thickens to pudding like consistency, remove from heat. Add butter and vanilla and stir. Pour into container or single serving bowls. Let cool for 5 to 10 minutes and then chill (or eat it while it's still warm! Yummm). To make this a sugar-free (diabetic) treat substitute the sugar for xylitol and unsweetened almond milk for milk. Either way super yummy. I'm sure you could make chocolate pudding by eliminating the vanilla and adding cocoa powder!

I had a lot of fun, having fun with this LO.

Isha is really into trains right now. Especially

Thomas the Train. In La Mesa is this old steam engine

that has been turned into a museum. The kids got to

climb on it, around it and under it.

Andan is playing his first year of Baseball.

He is off to a great start and has already made

a double play at third base. He caught a fly ball

and tagged the runner out at third. Mommy was

so proud (and loud).

Squeaky Clean

Did you guys hear the story two months

ago how Isha locked me out of the house

when I was washing the car. He was inside

the house and could not manage to turn the

lock in the opposite direction to unlock it.

I was unable to get into the house. Well,
ended up calling the fire department so

they could reunite mother and son.

Admittedly, I have been leery of having

a repeat and have been careful to keep

keys and son in my hands when I walk out

the front door. So when it was time to wash the

car again, I was less reluctant to allow Isha to join me.
I thought he would play on the grass while I

kept a watchful eye on him.

REALLY, I only turned away for 3 seconds!

Well, I decided to go with it. He was happy,

I could watch him, wash him and the car

all at the same time.