July 31st, 2008 at 5:05 pm
(New, Recipe)
Now more Creamy
Like many kids Damien and Sergey really like Mac & Cheese.
Unlike most kids they eat the home made stuff.
My kids like is so much that I have doubled the recipe so that there is enough for everyone, and some left over for lunches.
Noodles
2 Cups Macaroni
(the whole package, I use Da Vinci because I like the flavor)
(Add some salt and oil to the water)
(obviously just about any noodle can be used here)
Cheese Sause
3 Tbls Butter
(melt butter then add the folowing)
3 Tbls Flour
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
+1/2 tsp dry mustard (secret ingrediant)
-1/2 tsp powdered onion (optional secret ingrediant)
(slowly add in the milk 1/2 a cup at a time to keep it smooth try to keep stirring)
2 Cup Milk
(once you have a nice creammy sause, slowly add in what ever cheese you want)
2 Cup grated cheese (I like mild chedder)
By now the noodles are done.
Strain the noodles and put a Tbs Butter in the pot to melt.
Add noodels back to buttered pot, stir.
Add cheese sause to buttered noodles, stir.
Server to kids.
Sometimes I add fresh Broccoli to the noodles a few minutes before they are done, this will steem them, and they go well with the cheese sause.
The kids may not like the broccoli but Olya and I do.
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July 31st, 2008 at 4:51 pm
(Dan, New)
This is a post I meant to post earlier, so better late than never.
So I am visiting my brother in New York, just for the weekend, since the kids and wife are in St. Petersburg (Ru).
(Friday)
Arrived around 11 PM
Flight was delayed, but we made good time on the flight and good time in the cab getting to Dan’s apartment.
Had a late night snack of some cheese cake, which was good except that there was a bit of mold on the outer edge, which I didn’t notice initially because I start to eat from the point. Well at least I got to enjoy most of the slice.
Started watching Walk the Line (Johnny Cash story)
Dan has a real bed, not the inflateable air matress of old. Acording to Dan I can thank his new girlfriend for that.
(Saturday)
We slept in really late (it was rough but we toughed it out)
Comic book Store
Met Dan’s new girlfriend Orlya (Or-Lee-Ah) not to be confused with my wife Olya (Oh-Lee-Ah).
Dan overcomes the confusion by calling her “Babe” or “Baby” all the time, course he now calls me “Babe” as well, which is akward with us sharing the same bed at night.
Avenue Q
An Adult Muppet show, and by adult I mean there is sex, puppet sex.
Very funny (even the muppet sex), and I recomend it for any adult with a sense of humor.
Had a late lunch at The Chicken Bar
Moldy black and White cookie at Starbuck’s (yes they even have Starbucks in New York)
Saw the cast of Avenue Q at Geogioes, waved at them.
Scrabble, I didn’t win, this should come as no suprise to anyone who knows me or reads this blog. Scrabble in not the game for me, now if we had played tactical game involving giant robots and space aliens, i think I would have wiped the floor with them, but Dan doesn’t have one of those kind of games (too normal).
Comendy / Improve
Well this was not that funny, if I could do it over I would have rather lost another game of scrabble.
The worst part was the troupes signature skit where they do improve to random music.
But the music was not that random, as they got to select what they wanted.
Kind of interesting with New York, is that they clear you out of the hall fast so that they can bring in customers for the next show ASAP, sometimes the showes are the same as with Avenue Q, other times it is a completely different show with a different cast.
Talked to police about why there were so many cops out, including a Swat team wearing full body armor, and holding Automatic Rifles. I was told this was normal and happened every night, just more on weekends. I am sure it keeps the crime down with just a show of force.
ate at Gerogioes.
The cast of Avenue Q was gone, but the food was still good.
Watched some more of Walk the Line
(Sunday)
Slept in later again (Woot).
My goal for the day is to not have moldy food.
Hoping to eat in Brooklin Pizzarea and Afgany restaurant, which Dan take everyone but me.
Well we mad the pizza place, and the pizza was good but I think they simple charged us for the special extras we ordered and gave us a standard pizza. Next time going to order a standard pizza.
Good lemonaid while waiting in line for 30 minuets to get a table.
Lots of walking but it was fun.
(Monday)
Had too leave early to catch my flight and go to work.
Walking down the block to the main street to catch a cab, I came to a shop with an awning. Lucky for me I decided to adjust my corse at the last moment to walk UNDER the awning, because as I did half a dozen or more pidgions decided to relieve themselves where I was about to walk. So I was spared smelling like pidgeon poop for the next few hours, which would have sucked on the plane ride.
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July 25th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
(Food, My Kids, New, Sergey)
Well yesterday morning was very interesting.
It started out very different than normal, becasue they “asked” for bibs, both of them, even Sergey who normally “do not like it” for bibs, wanted one. He even followed me across the kitchen so he could get the first one.
Then the kids were “done” with waffles, which is understandable, since they eat them almost every day. I have a large varity of flavors and textures on had at any time, but I can see how they would want to shake thinks up a bit rather than just the Blueberry vs Strawberry choice.
What they wanted was “pancakes“, which meant “crepes“, which takes quite a bit of time, which this being a work day I did not have, which prompted the response “No“.
So they decided that since Papa was eating cereal that they should ahve cereal.
So I gave them some Heart to Heart (to prevent heart attacks apparently) cereal.
So then they decide that since Papa has milk then they want milk.
So I get a towel ready for duty, and add some milk to the bowels.
To my ammazement they did not start a milky ceral fight of start splashing around in their own private, mini, water milk table.
To up the ante and make it easier on them, I gave them “real” spoons, since they were having trouble plucking the wet cereal out of the milk.
And…
They were fine, ate with less mess than normal. Could be that the experiance was so new that they were to distracted to make a big mess. But we will see how it goes next time. I’ll keep you posted.
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July 23rd, 2008 at 4:43 pm
(Animals, Cars, Damien, My Kids, New, Parenting Tip, Sergey)
well bill (me) has been slacking lately, especially with posting cool, funny silly stories.
I’ll see if I can change that, every now and then I find myself in a rut, and the best thing to do is to first realize I am in a rut (life looking rather rutty as of late), then do some things (fun or otherwise) to climb out.
So I will try and post every day, and see if that helps if not at least I am posting silly stuff every day and ah well, you can read it.
Ta DA!
So like yesterday I put Sergey in the minivan and left the door open, and the garage door open so he wouldn’t feel that I was abandoning him in a car coffin (because sometimes he acts like he is being buried alive when I buckle him in.) Then I went backintot the house to get Damien who was being disrespectful, and generally annoying in his lack of motivation about getting shoes and sock on to go to school. My (evil Dad) plan was to grab Damien barefoot, and put shoes and sock on at daycare. Olya came down and was helping Damine with his shoes, so my evil Dad plan being thawrted, I just grabbed the kids lunches and headed back tot he garage to put them in the car.
Let me just say that I was SHOCKED to find a dog sniffing around inside the garage right at the door to the house. and I sort of went into reflex mode and yealed at the dog until it ran with it’s tail between it’s legs. Then I hear Sergey crying, and saw the pen door on the minivan as if for the first time. as I got intot he minivan I could smell dog, and the seat has a slobber spot onit that was not there less than a minuet ago when I put him in, an he was holding his finger saying “owie”, and he had dog slobber on him.
So I am pretty mad at myself for putting Sergey in that situation. and I think what if that had been a fox, which live in the surrounding marshes. I know stupid parinoid thoughts, but I have lots of those.
Probably the dog heard Segery and went to investigate and may or may not have nipped Sergey on the hand, it could have also liked him onthe hand and gottenthe same reaction from Sergey who often claims “Owie” when he does not get his way (This is because Sergey is curently channeling “The littel boy who said Owie”). The dog looked to be a young black lab probably around 2 years old, so it is unlikely that that breed would do anything to hurt Sergey.
What did I learn from this?
Well I think I’ll be putting the most annoying child in the car first, that way when a rogue grizzly bear comes by and eats him when my back is turned, at least the less annoying one will survive, and I can consoel myself by knowing that this is just natures way of dealing with annoying children.
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July 18th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
(Damien, Damien Walk, My Kids, New)
This might be a new one or just a rehash, but here goes.
Walking on hands a feet, like a bear.
Damien decided that this would be the ideal way to walk up the stairs to go to bed.
For added points he was holding guys (toys) in his hands.
Personally I think he was simply trying to delay goign to bed by formualting a differetn method of movement, or maybe he is just hard core, and normal walking it too easy.
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