{"id":470,"date":"2012-05-29T22:45:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-30T02:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/tuesday-may-29-2012-2\/"},"modified":"2012-05-29T22:45:00","modified_gmt":"2012-05-30T02:45:00","slug":"tuesday-may-29-2012-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/tuesday-may-29-2012-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday May 29, 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"May<\/a> <\/p>\n

Liam celebrated his fourth birthday! I love, love this stage with the boys. Independent. Fun play time (bat and ball beats pushing trucks on the floor any day). Easy to buckle boosters. Funny stories. The other day when I told someone (in her fifties), I love this stage she said, “I’m so glad to be done with all of that.” It was like one of those moments of clarity. I knew I enjoyed this stage of life; but hearing her say that made me realize how MUCH I am loving it. They can stay this age for two more years as far as I’m concerned.<\/p>\n

\"May<\/a> <\/p>\n

I really wanted to invite all our family over one last time before we moved. At that point, we still didn’t know when or even IF we’d get to move; but we were moving in faith. Liam’s birthday seemed like a great time for a get together. It’s always fun to celebrate with lots of cousins!<\/p>\n

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I love that we’ve found a gluten and dairy free carnita recipe. It tastes aMAZing and no one would ever guess it’s allergy friendly. Liam was just thrilled to have cake! I made the top layer gluten free and let him cheat with cream cheese frosting. Sometime I’d like to have a frosting recipe that works like decorator frosting, but doesn’t make you gag when you eat it. Seriously, whoever came up with mixing crisco and powdered sugar together and called it frosting …………<\/p>\n

Smooth or not … and in this case not …. at least cream cheese icing is like vacation for your taste buds. <\/p>\n

\"May<\/a>
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Liam has been strumming an air guitar for months. He is so obsessed with music that if something started playing while he was eating his breakfast, he would jump off his chair and strum for a few minutes. How could we not get him a toy guitar? I wouldn’t know either. He plays and plays and plays and Adam tries to get a few minutes in whenever he can. <\/p>\n

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Love that little boy who is so little, yet so grown up. <\/p>\n

\"May<\/a> <\/p>\n

Liam the night of his birthday: “I fink it’s birfday take dat makes you turn one year older.” <\/p>\n

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Carnitas<\/p>\n

Mix together:<\/p>\n

1 cup salt
4 tbsp garlic powder
4 tbsp onion powder
2 tbsp ground thyme
2 tbsp ground bay leaves
2 tbsp black pepper
2 tbsp celery seed
2 tbsp Hungarian paprika (I used regular)<\/p>\n

Rub onto a Boston Butt roast and let it sit for a few hours. Or if you’re like me, rub it in minutes before your husband throws it on the grill. Grill until finished.<\/p>\n

Shred. <\/p>\n

Put it in the crock pot with:
beans
garlic
onions
cumin
a little hot sauce
and some broth (chicken or beef, I used both) to keep it moist. <\/p>\n

Simmer it all day. <\/p>\n

Layer corn tortillas with meat, cabbage (or better yet, cabbage slaw, but I don’t have time to post the recipe), cilantro, avocado (cheese and sour cream, if you’re dairy free). <\/p>\n

\"May<\/a> <\/p>\n

Inhale. Well, not literally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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