Curly was (and sometimes still is) a terrible sleeper. She was a bad napper as a baby and woke up several times a night for a ridiculously long time. A lot of that was my fault...being our first and only she was spoiled. One peep and I went running in. In order to get her to nap, I'd drive her around until she passed out and then I'd park in the garage and let her sleep.
I got smarter with StinkyMan. I also got luckier. He loved to sleep. Still does. Even before he could talk he would walk to the baby gate that blocked the stairs and point at his room. I'd take him up, kiss him, put him in his crib and he'd be down for the night.
Peanut is just the same. She begs to go to sleep if she is tired. She claps her hand with joy when I say "You ready for a nap?" and she happily climbs into her bed at night.
So Peanut and StinkyMan are clearly freaks of nature. How lucky would I get with BabyGirl?
Well, let's just say that her new phrase is "Nigh Nigh" for good night and this morning, at 10:30 she came into the family room to find me, said "Nigh Nigh" and held her arms up for me to lift her. She slept for 2.5 hours. Then tonight she said "Nigh Nigh" and when I didn't respond right away, she threw herself on the floor and howled. When Husband picked her up, she smiled, waved at me and said "Nigh Nigh!" and Husband reports that she practically dove into her bed.
I think I got lucky 3 times over. Now if only I could go back in my time machine and get a do over for Curly.
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Crockpot Tapioca Pudding (by request)
Ingredients:
2 quarts of 1% milk (half-gallon)
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1 cup small pearl tapioca (The only place I found it was Raley's)
3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
Directions:
In a four quart or larger size crockpot, combine the milk, sugar, and tapioca pearls. Stir well to mix. Cover and cook on high for 4-5 hours. You are looking for the tapioca to be soft and kind of slimy. The mixture will not be very thick, but that's how it's supposed to be. Even if it is thick, that's ok too.
In a separate bowl, mix the eggs with the vanilla. Take a 1/2 cup of the hot milk and tapioca mixture and whisk it into the egg bowl. Add another 1/2 cup of the hot milk and tapioca, and whisk that into the eggs, too. Then add yet another. Now you'll have a bowl of yellowy tapioca/egg mix.
Pour the contents of the egg/tapioca mix into the crockpot, and whisk until it is all well mixed.
Cover your crockpot and cook on high for another 30-45 minutes, or until the tapioca is pudding-like in consistency. Unplug and let it sit for about an hour to cool.
Ladle into serving-size bowls and chill in the refrigerator.
Or eat it hot hot hot right out of your crockpot. That's how we do it. So yummy on rainy Fall and Winter days.
Enjoy!
Ingredients:
2 quarts of 1% milk (half-gallon)
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1 cup small pearl tapioca (The only place I found it was Raley's)
3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
Directions:
In a four quart or larger size crockpot, combine the milk, sugar, and tapioca pearls. Stir well to mix. Cover and cook on high for 4-5 hours. You are looking for the tapioca to be soft and kind of slimy. The mixture will not be very thick, but that's how it's supposed to be. Even if it is thick, that's ok too.
In a separate bowl, mix the eggs with the vanilla. Take a 1/2 cup of the hot milk and tapioca mixture and whisk it into the egg bowl. Add another 1/2 cup of the hot milk and tapioca, and whisk that into the eggs, too. Then add yet another. Now you'll have a bowl of yellowy tapioca/egg mix.
Pour the contents of the egg/tapioca mix into the crockpot, and whisk until it is all well mixed.
Cover your crockpot and cook on high for another 30-45 minutes, or until the tapioca is pudding-like in consistency. Unplug and let it sit for about an hour to cool.
Ladle into serving-size bowls and chill in the refrigerator.
Or eat it hot hot hot right out of your crockpot. That's how we do it. So yummy on rainy Fall and Winter days.
Enjoy!
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