First Day - Kindergarten Photos

Here are just a few photos of the first day of Kindergarten last week. Jase loves his school, class and teacher!

Rocking out on the way to school.
Not excited at all!
Walking to the room.
Found his chair.
See ya mom and dad. It's all good.

First Day of School

Tuesday was Jase's first day of kindergarten. He had a wonderful day. When I called him on my way home from work that night he had a wonderful description of his lunch. Below is a brief transcript...

"How was lunch today? Did you eat all of it?" - me
"YEP - I ate all my hot dog?" - Jase

"You did. Was the hot dog good?" - me
"Yep - and guess what Mom. It was a special hot dog!" - Jase

"A special hot dog?" - me
"Yes - it was an "American" hot dog" - Jase

So Main Street elementary apparently has gourmet hot dogs on the grill. At least as far as Jase is concerned they do. For all of you that have been reading my blog through the summer school craziness. Jase did fine after school. He made it to Latchkey and they didn't put him on the wrong bus (or any bus for that matter).

I have pictures, but haven't had a chance to load them. Will load soon.

Phone Power

The idea of signing a contract for items like Internet service and cell phone service has always been an issue for me. You never know what could happen in the future - so why sign something that says you will continue with a service.

Well - this slight phobia of mine was put to the test when my cell phone bit the dust. I was 15 months past the end of my current contract and had not resigned with my carrier. So Saturday was spent on the pursuit of a new phone. This isn't saying that I just started my research of new phones on Saturday. Believe me, I started researching about 2 years ago - just couldn't bit the bullet.

I am proud to say that I have moved light years forward in my cell phone "class". I didn't even have a camera phone before and now I am the proud user of a MOTO Q. Yes - I have a calendar, Internet and email all at my access (oh yeah - camera too). The Internet and email portion of this phone wasn't a real big deal to me until I realized these instances when the Internet might come in handy.

Instance #1
Driving down the road and see some storm clouds ahead. Oh - no problem let me pull up the radar online and see how bad it looks. (This is great for all weather junkies out there.)

Instance #2
Going out to eat and want to make a smart decision. Oh - no problem let me pull up WW or DWLZ and check out some points values.

So I am embracing the technology and just not thinking of the contract portion - then life is good.

Busy Bees

We have been truly busy the last few days/weeks. Below is just a sampling of all the things that the Stewart Clan has been up too.


Day at the Zoo
































Yes Yes - I know we have probably taken this picture many times in the past. But I still love it.

















Nanny's Birthday Party

Passed OUT

Thank you to my hubby

So if you have been reading my blog for the past few weeks, you would have seen the images of Tony after his surgery. Needless to say I owe him a big thank you for not taking any photos of me while sitting in the hospital Tuesday night while getting the bump on my head examined.

Thank you Tony!

Soccer Stud

Even with the scorching temperatures of 500 degrees, we made it through the first official soccer practice. Coach P started the evening with some introductions and just kicking the ball around.

We did forget to tell the coach about Jase's competitive side. I'm sure he will figure it out.

Zero Point Soup

The name of the blog was created to insinuate all of life's trials, errors, joys and wonderful moments. You take those items, through them in a pot and there you go - Life Soup. In an effort to justify the name of my blog - here is my first "healthy" recipe recommendation. I must admit that it makes a smaller portion and I don't know about you, but i cannot make anything in a small portion. So I use this recipe as a base and build from there.

Garden Vegetable Soup


Ingredients:

2/3 cup sliced carrot
1/2 cup diced onion
2 garlic cloves, minced
3 cups fat free broth (beef, chicken or vegetable)
1 1/2 cups diced green cabbage
1/2 cup green beans
1 Tbsp. Tomato paste
1/2 tsp. dried basil
1/4 tsp. dried oregano
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 cup diced zucchini

Directions:

1. In large saucepan, sprayed with nonstick cooking spray, sauté the carrot, onion and garlic over low heat until softened, about 5 minutes.
2. Add broth, cabbage, beans, tomato paste, basil oregano, and salt; bring to a boil. Lower heat and simmer, covered about 15 minutes or until beans are tender.
3. Stir in zucchini and heat 3-4 minutes. Serve hot.

Serving Size/Points:

This recipe makes 4 servings. About 1 cup each. Each serving is 0 points.