Cooking with the sweetest thing you can have in the kitchen.................Payton Ann

Since finding out Payton has food allergies we have had to make a few changes to the way we eat or what we can even have in the pantry. Which can be hard to change after 28 years of living with all the foods choices you can desire. 

 When we were told Payton was highly allergic to eggs and nuts I was beside myself. I blamed myself at first-Was it because I ate the wrong things while nursing or we maybe because we introduced her to the foods at too early of age? No, No, No  The doctors cant pinpoint why. Why Payton is with 1.1 percent of the population that has a nut allergy. So I just have to live in some fear that she may just pick up that nutty dessert or candy bar and go into Anaphalaxis and stop breathing! To lighten my fears we carry around two epinephrine auto-injector (epi-pens) and hope and pray we never ever have to use them!!

Not only am I terrified that she will a reaction to eggs and nuts and that we will eventually have to rush her to the E.R because she has stopped breathing. I am very saddened, now she can't enjoy the great foods with these two ingredients in them. Which is quit a bit if you set and think about it. So we try to enjoy what we can and leave eggs and nuts aside!

So today we made rice krispie treats...FREE of EGGS and NUTS and still delicious!!

We made it a learning activity, she counted the marshmellows.

she could hardly resist sticking the gooey spoonful into her mouth!

 













Butter the dish so they dont stick!



She sure didnt like this messy hands after buttering the pan.





the best part is licking the spoon!!
Another one of the things she can't do with cake batter's and cookie doughs because they contain eggs.

Ready to eat the yummy treats!

I love cooking with my sweetie! One day I hope she passes that on to her child too!

Make my day better pleeeassee!!

On Saturdays I get up and get ready for the dreadful day at work. Work is not only work (YUCK) but it is a day away from my husband and daughter who are usually at home awaiting my arrival from the minute they wake up. Andy knows how bad I hate it and how bad I had rather be at home with them.  So to brighten up my day he usually send me picture for approval of  the outfit (or hat) he has on Payton or a thumbs up to his hair dressing attempts with our daughters long curly mane. Sometimes I approve and applaud his great daddy skills and sometime I think "what was he thinking?".

 Today I was surprised with a video of Payton dancing to "Shake it for me girl". She has great dancing skills and it was just what I needed to make my day better. If  I can't be with her I can at least get a glimpse of what she is doing. I am so grateful for technology.

  

I love getting these pictures and now video's, it usually makes me burst out in laughter or smile from ear to ear, but today it did a little more. It actually made me want to dance, laugh and smile all at once. Not only did it make me happy but sad at the same time, my day now seem even longer because  I had over 9 hours to wait to see my little dancing baby girl in person. Just some of the pain a working mom has to endure.

I hope you all enjoy this video as much as I did! I hope this brought a smile to your face and joy to your heart. Enjoy your Saturday with your family and don't take a day for granted!