Break the Cycle

Whole Wheat Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Mini Muffins from moneywisemoms.com 1 large egg 2/3 cup light brown sugar 1 can of pumpkin puree 1 cup skim milk 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt 1 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp nutmeg 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Using an electric mixer, beat egg with brown sugar until smooth. Add pumpkin and milk, and mix. Add baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg to wet ingredients. Mix well. Slowly add in whole wheat flour, mix until well combined. Fold in the mini chocolate chips. Spray a nonstick mini muffin pan with cooking spray. Fill muffin tins 2/3-3/4 full. Bake for 10-15 minutes until a toothpick poked into the muffin center comes out clean. Allow to cool in muffin tins for 5-10 minutes. Remove from muffin tins and completely cool.

And in some ways - not. I gave up my WW meeting to take Adam to Lowes to build a fire truck. I had promised him, and my kids know I always try very hard to keep my promises - so I had to go. DH did say he would, but after some sighs and ummmmms, I decided he probably really didn't want to - so I did. Not a great start - I've been a WW member now for 2 weeks, only made it through the initial meeting, went back the second week, got weighed in, but was called to duty immediately thereafter and didn't get to stay for the meeting, and then this week - nothing. Right back on track though! I did find time to sew this weekend - made a pretty neat table runner entirely out of scraps - just need to make a binding and get it put on the table !

Wow - we had a blast this last weekend of summer - we spent a day with the Jessie O crew and did a little deep water fishing. The water was rough, but all the kids handled it well - good to know. We went bowling - and both Adam and Nadia did surprisingly good. Of course, they had gutter guards in and used them creatively - but their scores were impressive. Then our last trip of summer - Six Flags Great Adventure. WE usually try and go one last time during the Muslim Days which mark the end of Ramadan, but because Ramadan is now in the summer - they cannot hold Eid at the park since it's open for it's regular season. Muslim Days this year falls on a school day - and since it's not "really" the religious holiday (that was this past week) - I won't let the kids miss school to go (mean mom that I am). So, I took them yesterday. They had a blast. I even rode the Congo River Rapids with them twice (I had brought a zip lock baggie for my phone) Adam was a...