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After Ali left on Friday, we spent the entire day getting caught up. We continued working on Saturday, and already had cabin fever by that night. We took the boys to a Japanese steakhouse for dinner and, boy oh boy, was that a hit! The chef made an “onion volcano” right in front of Mason and he thought that was super cool (or hot!).

Mason Watching the Onion Volcano

The food was pretty good except I had to remind him twice not to put sesame seeds in any of my dishes (because of my diverticulosis). He did so I couldn’t eat my veggies or my fried rice. I went there mainly for the seafood, and had only planned to eat a few bites of rice anyway, so I gave my sesame-seed-laden dishes to Richard. The grilled shrimp was amazing! Max tried it, and then kept asking me for more (he’d ordered steak). He’s previously only eaten fried shrimp so we were pleased he was being adventurous. In fact, he’s tried a lot of new things on this trip and he’s liked most of them!

On Sunday, we took the day off. After a quick trip to the health food store, Max rode his bike most of the afternoon. We then went to the beach for a couple of hours.

C-c-cold Water!

Max’s “Kingdom”

We took the kites along but there was almost no wind. The water was very similar in color to the sky and the waves were very small. It was quiet and beautiful and several horses walked by (with their riders, of course), while we were there. It was a perfect day!!!

Life is Good! Hey, somebody’s gotta sit here, right? Why not us? (Horses are in the background.)

Max dug “a hole for Mason’s butt”…so we called it his “butt hole.”

That evening, Max rode his bike some more while I cooked my high-protein, sweet pancakes for the boys, along with a side of cinnamon apples.

WIRELESSTRIPS HIGH-PROTEIN (SWEET!) PANCAKES
(for kids like Mason who won’t eat meat!)

2 c. flour
2 T. baking powder
2 T. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 c. powdered sugar or sugar (we get the raw, organic sugar)
4 eggs, well beaten
1 1/2 c. milk
2 tsp. vanilla

Combine all dry ingredients in a large bowl, and wet ingredients in another bowl. Then, mix all together in the large bowl. Add more milk or flour, if necessary, to get the batter to the right consistency.

I melt butter in the pan instead of oil (for more protein) but both work just fine. Heat your non-stick pan (or griddle) to medium or medium-high. (I like a higher heat because I’m busy and I like to cook them faster. Just be sure to keep an eye on them!). Test one pancake first, just to make sure the batter is thick enough. Cook until light brown, flip, and cook on other side until light brown and cooked through.

Mason (age three) likes the dollar-sized pancakes. I put the leftovers in a Ziploc bag, throw it in the freezer, and heat them up in the microwave for him (about 45 seconds) whenever he wants one. He’ll eat them for any meal and they make great grab-and-go snacks since he doesn’t eat them with syrup. Max (age eight) will only eat his with real “Maine Maple syrup.” Yeah, he’s spoiled.

For our dinner, I heated up some butternut squash soup, and made grilled cheese sandwiches with light wheat bread and pepperjack cheese.

Monday dawned with a heavy sky, and thunder in the distance. My mom sent me a text early, saying they might get “up to six inches of snow” tomorrow. I texted back, asking her if she’d called Al Gore yet. See, Mom lives in Texas, just about an hour and a half north of Houston.

They’ve already gotten snow and sleet this year, which is very, very unusual. I can count on less than one hand the number of times we had snow there when I was growing up. Now, they might get an actual, bonafide snowstorm? Wow!!! I think global warming is something cooked up by corporations and governments to further their own revenues…and I’m not just using one snowstorm as the basis for my beliefs. Oh, just got a picture from Mom. Here it is:

Anyway, I just hope all that snow falls out of those clouds before that front reaches us here in South Carolina!

I’ve posted even more pictures HERE.

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