Monthly Archives: April 2017

Apr 20 2017

Dance pictures 2017

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It’s that time of year again. Where we find ourselves busy at the end of the year with lots of dance and school activities as we draw near the end of a dance season and school year. This evening was dance pictures. Seeing Aub & Bitty all dolled up in their recital costumes posing for pictures that will join all the other framed pictures from dances classes the years before just melted this mama’s heart. Especially when Aub suggested the picture she took with Bitty be like the one she took with Mad two years ago looking at each other, both sisters so incredibly proud. I can hardly wait until next year since Mad has been talking about dancing again with her sisters since she realized she doesn’t have to wear the girly costumes all the time.

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Apr 14 2017

Mild salsa recipe 

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Two years ago I canned salsa for the first time. We loved it! It was a mild salsa that even our girls were able to enjoy. Then I misplaced the recipe until a few days ago. I quickly ran out with the full intentions of spending Good Friday home with our little ladies making a new batch of salsa for our family. This time I’m going to blog it so misplacing the recipe doesn’t happen again! Plus a few friends asked for the recipe. 

Ingredients:

  • 40 Roma tomatoes 
  • 6 Bell peppers 
  • 6 Jalapeno peppers
  • 3 Anaheim peppers 
  • 5 Onions 
  • 3 Cloves garlic
  • 1/4 cup Salt
  • 2 cups Vinegar 
  • 1/2 cup Bottled lime juice (not fresh!)
  • 12 oz Tomato paste (for thicker salsa use 2-3 cans)
  • 1/2 cup Sugar 

Instructions:

  1. Rinse, core, and peel ingredients.
  2. Run ingredients through a food processor. I didn’t run the tomatoes through until they were very fine because I like to make it a little chunky.
  3. Boil in large pot (I used my large magnalite pot) for two hours stirring occasionally. 
  4. Portion into mason jars and put them in a wet bath for 40 minutes. 

Side notes: 

  • Use any tomato you prefer, I lean towards the roma 
  • For a spicy salsa use 12 jalapenos and up to 8 Anaheim peppers. 
  • It’s important to NOT use fresh lime juice so that it won’t be too acidic. 
  • I like to use both green and yellow bell peppers to give it a good color. 
  • For this batch I had really large onions so I only used four of them. 
  • Salsa will have a shelf life of one year. 
  • This batch made 2 quarts and 12 pints. 
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Apr 13 2017

Parent watch night…

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Twice a year we get a parent watch night at our girls’ dance class. Okay, so I technically get to watch Bitty every other week when I’m dance mom in their class. But it’s something about the parent watch night and the pride these kiddos hold in showing their parents all that they have learned before the end of year dance recital. We’re so incredibly proud of our girls. I was in complete awe of Aub watching her hi hop routine tonight! I mean really, maybe she can teach me this dance for a good work out? I can hardly wait until next month to watch our little lovelies up on that stage! 

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