http://wendolonia.com/blog Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:59:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en OK, so who thought I wouldn't be posting a bento box update this week? Huh? Huh? Show of hands... Yes, I did in fact make Wyatt a bento for preschool every day this week -- this week that also happened to be the first week we were home from the hospital ... http://wendolonia.com/blog/2008/09/05/the-week-in-bentos-september-2-5-2008/ Baby August  was born on August 31, 2008 at 2:21 a.m. He was 9 pounds, 12 ounces and 21 inches long. Yes, we make giganto babies in my family! Things are going pretty well so far. Augie is a great eater and he caught on much more quickly to nursing than Wyatt ... http://wendolonia.com/blog/2008/09/05/look-what-we-made/ This week was a bit strange for us, so I did my best to keep Wyatt's lunches simple. Tuesday was his first day back at preschool after a two week break and it was also the day our new baby was due. Not knowing exactly when I would go into ... http://wendolonia.com/blog/2008/08/29/the-week-in-bentos-august-26-29-2008/ Yessiree Bob! I am super duper pregnant. Tomorrow is my due date, in fact. I've been hecka sick with a head cold for the last three days. Saturday I was so miserable that I barely left my bed all day. I'm definitely feeling better today, but I'm hoping this kid holds ... http://wendolonia.com/blog/2008/08/25/9-months-pregnant/ A few weeks ago, on the way home from work, I heard this story about hanging laundry out to dry. I thought it was an interesting story over all, but the part that really struck me was the second half of the piece where they discuss how millions of Americans ... http://wendolonia.com/blog/2008/08/19/laundry-love/ My maternity leave began today. I suppose if you want to get technical, it officially began on Saturday, the first day after my last day of work. But Saturday felt like a regular Saturday and it took a weekday to make me realize I'm really and truly off work for awhile. ... http://wendolonia.com/blog/2008/08/18/stay-at-home-momming/ In the last few weeks, I've seen an marked increase in people coming to this blog after having searched for terms like "school lunch ideas" and "preschool lunch packing." School is starting up again around the country and parents need ideas for what to send to preschool, kindergarten and elementary ... http://wendolonia.com/blog/2008/08/12/lunch-box-ideas/ This was a short week at preschool because their summer vacation starts on Friday. Monday night, I finally made some home made blueberry muffins. I subbed in whole wheat flour for a quarter of the flour called for in the recipe and they came out sooooooo good. So of course Wyatt ... http://wendolonia.com/blog/2008/08/07/the-week-in-bentos-august-5-7-2008/ I got my hair cut tonight! Wooo! No more split ends and now it will be harder for the baby to barf all over it. I'm sure he'll find a way though.... http://wendolonia.com/blog/2008/08/06/new-hair/ Seeing as I am eight plus months pregnant, you can imagine that I am nesting just a little bit. Through a circuitous chain of events, this nesting instinct  caused me to spend a few hours this morning making cloth napkins. Here's how it happened: I've been feeling the need to stock-pile ... http://wendolonia.com/blog/2008/08/03/cloth-napkins-tutorial/