Random Tip...3 Year Olds and Medicine

Here's a random tip of the day for you...

The other day I was getting ready to take my baby to the doctor for his four month check. My three year old had fallen asleep on the couch (which he hardly ever does), so I woke him up. He seemed a little warm, had flushed cheeks and was a little shaky. It was odd, because he'd seemed fine all day.

So, we went to the doctor for the baby's wellcheck and found out that Mr. 3 Year Old had a double ear infection. It was convenient, since I didn't have to pay anything extra for another doctor visit. :)

But, ear infections = medicine. My three year old does not like to take medicine.

There's no way he'll just drink medicine straight. I've tried squirting into his mouth, but that just makes a mess and a lot of tears. I've tried to hide it in his favorite drink, hot chocolate. Sometimes he wouldn't finish drinking it and I'd have no idea how much medicine he actually drank.

I needed to think of a new medicine hiding idea...

While we were at the grocery store getting the prescription I remembered that I had some root beer at home. I got some free root beer since I bought ice cream. Nice! I love free things!

When we got home I gave my little guy his medicine in a little cup of root beer. He slurped it up and then asked if he had anymore medicine to take. So, I gave him some tylenol to help with his fever. And he slurped that up.

I know it's not the heathiest idea to let your three year old drink root beer twice a day. But, hey, I'm picking my battles. And it's getting the medicine down happily. Hopefully some day he'll just drink the medicine like his older siblings. But until then we'll be washing it down with a sugary drink.

What are your medicine taking tips for 3 year olds? Have a happy Wednesday!

One Hour Rolls

These rolls are amazing! I've been making these rolls since 2001 when I was a newlywed and my sister-in-law shared the recipe with me. The rolls are light, fluffy, easy to make and they only take one hour! And delicious too! I've made these rolls more times than I can count, so I've perfected the art of making them. Here are some step-by-step instructions with pictures for you. Here's what you'll need. I buy pretty much all of the ingredients in this recipe at Sam's club, thus the huge containers. You need warm water, yeast, oil, sugar, salt, egg and flour. In the mixer bowl, add warm water (not hot), oil, sugar and yeast. Mix together. After ten or fifteen minutes the yeast mixture should be puffed up like this. Time to add the salt and beaten egg. Then mix in the flour. (I've used a mixture of half wheat and half white flour successfully.) Keep adding flour until the dough is manageable. It will be a little sticky, b

Week 394 Menu

Hi there! This week is flying by! So excited that we've been having blue skies and warmer weather. Our snow is almost all melted and little bulbs are sprouting in the flower beds. However, we had our 10th snow/ice day last week!!! Hopefully it was the last one. Life has been busy, busy and I need to plan out the rest of our week's menus, even though it's already Thursday. Here's what we've eaten so far and what I'm planning: Monday: chicken stirfry, rice/quinoa Tuesday: breakfast for dinner Wednesday: flatbread pizzas Thursday: roasted butternut squash, pasta, chicken sausage Friday: tacos Saturday: leftovers Sunday: pot roast, mashed potatoes, one hour rolls Alrighty, that's what we're eating this week. How about you? What's on your menu this week? Feel free to share. I love it when you do! More from Jenny:

Don't like your house to smell like food? I've got a kitchen tip for that!

I have a smallish, one story house and if I cook food that is kind of smelly, like onions, the smell tends to linger in every room. This is a pet peeve of mine and (also my husband's). Over the years I've found a few ways to cook smelly food without smelling up the kitchen. Use your garage! I use my garage quite often to cook things in. I open the window and it airs out, especially when you open the garage door. I'm sure my neighbors wonder what I'm cooking. I've used two different kitchen appliances in the garage: my crockpot and my food dehydrator. Crockpot - I did this very thing today since I'm simmering chicken, onions, carrots and celery to make chicken noodle soup tonight. I don't want my house to smell like onions all day, so I plugged it in on my husband's workbench. Food dehydrator - when I make jerky, I plug the food dehydrator in in the garage. I don't really want my house to smell like meat for hours

What is on your menu this week?

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