Mornings

A good morning is rare around these parts lately. It all started a little over a month ago. Audrey is going to be 3 in May and she still had a binkie. We had a love hate relationship with the binkie, it was great that she would beg to take naps and go nicely to bed with her binkie. But the downside, when anything happened to her that made her sad she wanted to go "take a nap" so she could suck her troubles away. Audrey was really not dealing well with her emotions and thought binkie was the answer to all her troubles.

One morning we had Audrey throw her precious into the garbage, and she did it without any hesitation. Oh we thought this was going to be so easy that it was us depending on them more than her. But nap time rolled around and she cried and wanted her binkie back. She finally settled down, but then bedtime rolled around and that was not easy. Audrey even started waking up a few times in the night screaming and not settling back down. Right at this moment we are thinking as parents that we totally screwed up our kid and vowed to never give another one of our children a binkie again!

Now a month later, bedtimes are a bit easier. Audrey does not wake up in the night as much, but the putting to bed part is more difficult. She needs a book read, then a story I made up, then a song, then she needs a hundred animals to sleep with, a few kisses and hugs, nightlight left on the the door opened. Daily naps are long gone, 1. She either passes out on the couch watching a DVD. 2. I have to lay down with her on my bed. 3. There is no nap and we are in for a horrible evening.

Mornings come way to early. The girls now share a room so one or the other is up way to early and waking the other up. It also seems like we have been getting sick almost every other week since Christmas. Audrey wakes up crying at o'dark thirty and wants in my bed. I don't want her to wake up Aria so I give in at let her. But she gets in my bed and never can settle down and just ends up kicking my kidneys. I get up because I can't stand it anymore and then the rest of the house follows. We have all woken up on the wrong side of the bed. I know things will get better. I just love my sleep and I have come to terms that I will never get to sleep in again. I love my girls and I am looking forward to our new addition. When times are rough, I remember that "This too shall pass." , Just can we pass this stage a little quicker please?

So you had a rough morning like me. What is better than a carb filled breakfast to get your spirits high, like a donut? I love me some donuts, really anytime of the day is perfect for a donut. I must be careful, because I think my thighs are growing faster than my baby bump. I found this recipe a few days ago and it is just had good as a donut and you don't have to deal with the hot oil part. I did not get a photo of these Biscuit Fritters, but I made them Saturday and we all loved them. I am now thinking I should have bought more biscuits from my grocery store(3 for $5 at Bowman's right now until Wednesday). If you need a picture head on over to Real Mom Kitchen. I hope it will make your morning better, it did mine!

Biscuit Fritters

•2/3 cup sugar
•1 Tbsp. cinnamon
•6 Tbsp. butter or margarine, melted.

•1 (16.3 oz) pkg. Pillsbury Grands Southern Style Buttermilk Biscuits (I could only find Grands Southern Style)

Glaze:

•1 Tbsp melted butter or margarine
•1/2 cup powdered sugar
•1- 1 1/2 Tbsp. hot water

1.Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a bowl, combine the sugar and cinnamon until well blended.

2.Dip each biscuit in melted butter, being sure to coat all sides. Follow by dipping each biscuit in the sugar and cinnamon mixture coating the entire biscuit.

3.Place the biscuits on a baking sheet and bake at 350 for 13-17 minutes until golden. Remove biscuits from the oven and combine the glaze ingredients together in a small bowl. Drizzle the glaze over the warm biscuits and serve. Makes 8 fritters