What we're doing this week

Hello, everyone!

We're going to share some fun things we've been doing this week! 

What we're eating

Belle's Superfood Pudding

We have the Trim Healthy Mama book by Serene Allison and Pearl Barrett, (you can buy it here) and I modified their recipe for Chia Tapioca Pudding (page 234) and came out with this! This is the way I did it, but I imagine you could could change it up a lot to make it more convenient. ;)

Directions

1. The night before: Put 1 1/4 cup Unsweetened Almond Milk and 1/2 teaspoon glucomannen (you can find it here) into a blender and blend briefly to mix glucomannen with milk so there isn't any lumps. Don't keep blending until a thickening effect occurs.
2. Put it into a mason jar with a lid and add 3/4 - 1 Tbs. Chia seeds and about 1-2 tablespoons of sugar, honey, stevia or whatever sweetener you would like to use. Put the lid on the jar and shake it well. Put the jar in the fridge and shake it again before going to bed.
3. In the morning: Shake it again and put the contents into the blender. Blend well for several minutes until you can't see the chia seeds anymore. Then add 2-4 tablespoons of cocoa (I didn't really measure!), 1 tablespoon flax, and about 1/4 cup of cooked oatmeal and blend for several more minutes until smooth. It sounds weird, but it's AMAZING and healthy, too! :)

One of Gabby's breakfasts this week:

Blueberries on yogurt with honey, a piece of toast, and an orange. Delicious and healthy!

Where we're going

Belle's Favorite Place:

Bookshop on the Avenue

http://www.bookshopontheavenue.com/

A really fun place!! You can spend hours there by accident and bring home stacks of books! Each room has a different genre of book.

Gabby's Favorite Place:

Lahaye Ice Center

I love going ice skating and I took a class there and I really enjoyed it! You should definitely go there!

What we're wearing

Belle's 'What I wore on Wednesday' 

(except I actually wore it on Sunday :)

Black Sweater: the brand is Ann Taylor Loft, but I got it from a friend. ;)

Pink Shirt: New York & Company

Black Skirt: Thrift store, but the brand is Jason Maxwell

What we're listening to

Lawson Bates

Clean it Up by The Laurie Berkner Band (here)

A Thousand Years by Christina Perri (here)

Lay it Down by Daves Highway (here)

Love is Everything by Daves Highway (here)

What we're reading

Belle:

Any books by Louisa May Alcott or Elizabeth George Speare :)

Art books by Christopher Hart

Books about English bears (Paddington or Winnie the Pooh, for instance)

Nancy Drew Mysteries by Carolyn Keene - or any other mysteries for that matter!

Gabby:
Classics
An Old Fashioned Girl by Louisa May Alcott
Any books about baking
The Tumtum and Nutmeg series by Emily Bearne
Imagination Station series by Focus on the Family

What we're watching

↤ Fireproof - A really good movie about saving your marriage, produced by the Kendrick brothers.

 

↤ Inside Out - a 

great movie about 

our emotions and 

what supposedly 

goes on in our head.

What we're doing

Belle:

• I am taking violin lessons from Taryn Harbridge (Taryn Harbridge)
• I've been drawing cartoons a lot 
• I've been drinking Trader Joe's Chocolate Mint flavored Black Tea (See on their website here or buy on amazon here.) SO GOOD!

Gabby:

• I am babysitting my little brother a lot
• I LOVE ice skating 
• I've been writing a lot in our writing class

Have a good day! :)

- The Cinnamon Sisters