This morning I got to spend just a little while with my little man before we dropped him off with Papa and Gamma so Andy and I could trek down to Nashville to visit his brother and sister-in-law and baby niece, Sara. She is 7 months old and just had surgery to repair her VSD (Ventricular Septal Defect) at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital.
When we got to the room, Sara was not quite asleep and not quite awake either, but she came to life quickly and it was so wonderful to see her sitting up in the bed awake with huge grins on her face the whole time we were there.
I have to say that it will also make you count your blessings when you realize there are 8 floors to this hospital, full of sick and recovering children, and when your own son has only been to the doctor a few times in his life, with the most severe diagnosis being strep throat, you have to take a second and praise God for his mercy and grace.
When we left the hospital, we made a quick (and I mean QUICK) trip to Trader Joe’s for two reasons. Number one, I wanted to get back to my Ryman and number two, that place was CRAWLING with people. It happened to be THE PLACE for everyone in Nashville today evidently, so we scanned around looking at all the wonderful treats and selected a few new things to try.
I highly recommend the Just the Clusters Chocolate Almond Granola Cereal if you like chocolate or granola at all! It is wonderful!
The Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Salted Caramel Truffles…I mean, do I really need to even explain that?!
The Dark Chocolate Tahitian Vanilla Caramels are also wonderful and VERY rich.
We’ve never tried the Lobster Ravioli or the Butternut Squash Triangoli, but I am feeling a pasta night coming on really soon.
Meanwhile, back at Papa and Gamma’s house, my Rylnn was having a blast! He got to spend the entire day outside doing all kinds of things and he got to help them build a frame for a beautiful swing that is now sitting in my front yard…Pictures of that to come tomorrow!
Tomorrow at church, our Sunday School class has “Connect Time” which is basically breakfast for the church so I whipped up some Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies (they have oats in them so I believe that qualifies them to be a breakfast dish). I adapted this recipe just a little bit from a jar mix that someone gave me for Christmas one year.
Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies
1 cup flour
1 tsp cinnamon
½ tsp nutmeg
1 tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
½ cup packed brown sugar
¾ cup sugar
1 cup chocolate chips
2 cups oats
1 ½ sticks softened butter
2 eggs, beaten
1 tsp vanilla
Preheat oven to 350. Then, I turn my mixer on and just start dumping ingredients in. It’s just that easy. Then I drop them by small spoonfuls on a greased cookie sheet and bake for 10-13 minutes. Makes about 3 dozen.
Now I’m off to finalize Mother’s Day preparations for tomorrow!
Sugar Coated Sheridan 