Halloween pie

Hip Hip Hooray! Halloween is near!! It's not the ghoulies, ghosties or monsters I fear, it's the 10 lbs of goodies that will go to my rear!!

It's Halloween!!!
I love this holiday. dress up all scary watch scary movies and get some sweet stuff.
I've got a yummie halloween pie recipe for you!

This is what you need:
2 cups pumpkin purée
5 tbsp maple syrup
3 large eggs, slightly beaten
1 cup milk
1/4 tsp. salt
2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp. ground ginger
1/4 tsp. grated nutmeg
1 tsp. vanilla extract

Preheat the oven on 220 degrees.
In a large bowl, combine ingredient and mix well until smooth.
Pour pumpkin filling into pie shell.
Cover the edge of pie with foil.
Bake pie for 15 minutes then remove foil.
Reduce oven temperature to 180 degrees and continued baking for an additional 45 minutes or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean.

I heard of some superstition where you look at a mirror and say "Bloody Mary" 3 times; wouldn't you get better results to say it while looking at a bartender?

Happy halloween

Non candy halloween snack

Booohooooo it's almost halloween. Just 1day to go abd then it's Time to get some candy and eat it all till my teeth fall out!
I'm joking.

Yesterday I've posted my zombie brain drink and now it's time for another halloween recipe.

You can make non candy snacks to eat or give away this halloween.
Here's one!
And this one is very easy!

Freaky Hot Dog Fingers

Cut hot dogs in half, width wise and then length wise into quarters. Open a package of crescent roll dough and roll Until very thin. Cut the dough into strips and wrap around each piece of hot dog, leaving a little bit of the tip uncovered. Bake as directed.

Zombie brain hemmorhage

It's almost halloween. My favourite holiday of the year!

I want to post a halloween recipe till Friday Halloween day!

So today is my first one but it's not for pregnant woman!

It contains alcohol!!!

So be warned!

If a zombie walked into a bar he would order a brain hemmorhage! He might also eat the bartenders actual brain.

I prefer to think of it as a Zombie Brain Hemorrhage simply because it looks like what I imagine zombie brains would look like: very, very gross. The drink also feels weird in your mouth.

But it taste very damn good! I saw this recipe on tipsy bartenders youtube page. And now it's time to try this out for myself.

Ingredients
1 1/2 oz. Peach Schnapps
1/2 oz. Bailey’s Irish Cream
 Grenadine

Pour the  peach schnapps into a shot glass. Over the back of a spoon, layer the Bailey’s Irish Cream. Hold the bottle of grenadine about 2 inches over the shot glass and slowly pour it in a thin stream. The Bailey’s  will curdle and form “brains”.

Grenadine contains citric acid and that curdles the cream and creates the look of brains.

My Utopia

Maybe you know the tv show Utopia where 15different people get locked up in a place where they must make a new better living together.

For 1year they must stay there without their family and friends. You only can write to eachother.

They must make money, work a lot and figure out what's the best Utopia for them.

Utopia: An imagined place where everything is good and beautiful.

Utopia: Nowhere Land

At first I thought it was crap. My hubby liked the show and I hated it. A group of people in a place and they've got money to start sonething up. I thought it was stupid that they get money allready.

During pregnancy we did not follow it any more till a couple off weeks ago.

It's a show with a lot of drama you can reconize with your own life.

Living for the money, talking behind peoples backs etc.

So I follow the show as a treu fan.

A lot of people in it I like and I think they're great. And others I think they're stupid, lazy and stubborn.

So I admit the show is a succes!

But how they live is not a way how I want to live.

My Utopia is with my daughter, family and friends, with my lovely animals. A big farm with peace for animals and the other living.

Hard work is a must but we respect eachother for who they are and not about the money. No talking behind the backs but just be honest to eachother. Love and Peace for everyone.

My own gym so people can workout.

Lots of friends for my baby girl so she can play with them. 

How does your Utopia look like? 

Mommy tag

I saw this great tag at: dhini and I really wanted to copy this one.
Only I translate it to English ;).

Are you a working mom or a stay at home mom?
I'm a working mom. 32 hours a week. (4days a week) I've used to work 38hours (5days).
I work in a clothing shop that's open 7 days a week. So I work 1 day in the weekend as well.

Would you like to change?
No, I like to work and I want to deserve my own money. Maybe if it will be to tough I will go from 32hours to 24 hours. But we'll see. I'm only working now for 3 weeks.

My child always sleeps in her own bed or crib?
My little girls sleep in her stroller in our bedroom. This was the advice of our maternity care because I breastfeed her and we did not have a crib at our room. We've hoped that she would sleep through the night soon but that is not threu and as advice they tell us to let her sleep with us so I could stay in bed and put her away in her stroller next to me when she's done eating.

The best buy for your child?
Her bedroom. She's got such a beautifull bedroom!

How many children do you want?
I've always wanted two children. So they will have eachother. But first let me enjoy this one.
And then we'll see if we still want a second one or that we'll be blessed to have another one.

Date Night (a getaway with your partner)? How many days / nights a month?
Not that many. We'll go more out with the three of us then only together. I can't be so many times without my baby girl. I want her still near me ;). Haha

Favorite activity off  your child?
Playing with her pink dragon who can makes noices. Or laughing at her big pink big eyed owl!

Have you done a bad bargain during pregnancy?
A pink bouncer. She loved to be rocked if she's sad so we thought to buy a bouncer so that will makes it easy for us to rock her. But she sat only 2 times in it. She's only crying in it because she is not near us.

The favorite food of your child?
Booby milk!!!

Do you have purchased a larger (family) car?
My hubby must get a new one for his work and we picked a bigger car. Opel insignia station.

What is your dream vacation with kids?
Meet my family in Indonesia. Going back to Dubai with her.

And your dream vacation without kids?
Hmmm I can't imaging to go on vacation without kids any more. haha

What has changed in your life since you're mom?
I'm always busy, concerned about how my girl is doing. More tired and have less time for sports or social time with friends.

My heart melts when I ......... .. (make the sentence complete)
My baby girl laughs at me. That's just so cute!!!

Where do you shop the cutest baby stuff?
Zeeman, H&M, Bol.com

Favourite mama makeup and grooming?
Essence make up.

A brand or store brand?
Store brand for diapers (kruidvat) and further I've got Zwitsal.

Have you always had a child wish?
No when I was younger I did not want kids. I did not saw myself as a great mom. I've got a bad example for being a mother.
But when I was older I want children 2 before I became 30.
I'll always so now: I know how to not to do it.

What is the best thing about motherhood?
Creating a miracle. Enjoying everything of it!

Let Me Poop

I hear my little neigbour girl sometimes sing the song from Frozen (Let it go)

I did not know that that song was from a movie till I saw a couple of movies on youtube off people singing that song with their kid (so cute).

But this girl had a special version of the song. Did you hear this one allready?

Zwarte Piet (Black Piet)

Here in Holland we've got a holliday called: Sinterklaas (Nicholas). It's almost the same then Santa Claus.
He rides on a white horse over the rooftops with an entourage of cheerful black Piets (zwarte pieten) his helpers.
Every 5th of December he gaves children presents for everybody who was good that year.
The black Piets go through the chimney to place the present in every kids shoe.

Here in Holland we've got an extreme disccussion about the Black Piets the helpers of Nicholas.
They would be racist because they are black and it would come off the slave trade of the past.
But we celebrate it this way for years. And even in Belgium they do not make such a big point of it.
I can not imaging that the helpers will get another colour. If they are white I would feel discriminated, if they are yellow the Chinese people will come that it's a bad thing.
And what would you tell to the children who know that the helpers are black?
They are black because of the chimney.
Black as soot we would say.

But where does the helpers come from really?

Nicholas initially had no helper, but in 1850 Schenkman introduced in his book St. Nicholas and Helper three new cases, all of which have been in a permanent place in the "Sinterklaas"Nicholas folklore: a helper for Nicholas, the arrival and the steamboat. The helper had in his book no name, he was a colored man, dressed as a page. In the course of time he has had several names; For example, he was called John the servant Trappadoeli, Nicodemus, Assiepan, Sabbas, Hans Moef, Pikkie, Robbert, Jack-crack, Micheltje Hansel of Vese (or Hansel from Kese), Jacques Jour (or Sjaak Sjoor).

In 1859 was for the first a printed article in which he is called: Pieter and in 1895 Black Piet was already come into use. It was not just one black Piet, in 1880 there where two helpers. After the Second World War, Canadian soldiers in the Netherlands organized a Nicholas celebration with a mass of Black Piets. Since then Nicholas accompanied by many helpers, nowadays often each one have their own task, led by a host Piet.While Nicholas is always dignified and distinguished, the Piets behave like acrobats and clowns who often make boyish pranks.

There a couple of stories where the Black Piet has his origin from:

- was originally a chimney sweep, and the soot blackened

- would originally have been a demon who was forced by the sacred to do good deeds.

- would an Ethiopian black slave Piter who was ransomed by St. Nicholas in a slave market in Myra

- would be a pre-Christian deity who had to submit to the Christian saint

- would be conquered Satan, deputy to the vanquished Wotan, or his helper Norvi, the black father of the night, who also wore a roe

- be descended from the black ravens Huginn and Muninn, Odin accompanied

- be descended from berserkers, which the body dyed black and wore animal skins

I think he must stay. He's been here with his black colour for years.

He brings presents and joy to people!

What do you think? Is it's racist or not?

Salad for lunch

What to bring to your work?

I'm hungry a lot lately so sandwiches does not fill me up!

So I've made a salad.

What you need:

1sweet potato cut into pieces

Chickenbreasts in pieces

Grated carrots

Bean sprouts

Endive

Red lettuce

White cabbage

Garlic

Put the potatoes in the oven on 200degrees for 30minutes.

Bake the chicken with some herbs you like and the garlic. If the chicken is almost done put the bean sprouts in it.

Bake them a couple of minuted with it.

Mix everything together and you've got your salad.

Do you like salads?

A windy adventure

It was a nice and warm Sunday. 23degrees for in October , sun was shining and I've got a day off.

After some grocery shopping we've decided to go to the beach with our baby girl.

We've packed our jackets some baby stuff and 1dog (Baco) goes with us.

It would be 3 quarters driving. But with some diversions it take a little bit longer! After more then an hour we've arrived at Grevelingenmeer.

I had a baby carrier for our little girl. We saw some kitesurfers it looks amazing. 

But it was pretty windy and our baby girl starts crying when the wind blew in her face. So we walked out of the wind. But that was hard and everytime the wind blew in her face she cries and did not breath. It was so sad to see that, so we look for a place to drink something.

But we've forgot we've got baco with us haha he was so quiet this time. So we could not drink in a restaurant. We drove past a pavilion but you must get a parking ticket to stand there. What a bummer.

So we went back home.

Only walked for 15minutes but we had a fun 15 minutes walk. Only so sad for our baby girl that she did not like it. Maybe if she's a little bit older.

Things you can't say to parents with 1 kid!

Some parents just can have 1 kid or they just want one kid.
And there will always be some people who makes "jokes"about it that you have 1 kid.

In the past when you were an only child you were often labeled as spoiled or not social.
Now these days we will not hear the things you could have said in the past.
Some people just don't want to have another child, or they could not have another one. So before you will hurt someones feelings read this.
And just don't say those things like:

"Our first child was living completely when he heard that she had a brother or sister."
But why is he so jealous at his birthday?

"Would it be nice to have a little brother or sister for him?"
Just don't you don't know if he will be happy with it.

"And? When comes the second one?"
Second one? I never have thought about it. I just don't want to think about it.

"So let's say, nice and quiet!"
Well with three kids it is pretty busy. But my kid counts for three!

"Don't he feel alone?"
No, he plays with his friends a lot and he can't be bullied by his younger sister.

"With one kid you are pretty flexible?"
And you just don't know that before?

"Look at you, you've got your old figure back. With a second one it will be different"
What do we hear? complain? I know mothers with 3 children with a nice fit body. So off you go to the gym!

"Aaaaah, a second one is so fun!"
I know it is, but whe aren't blessed like you guys!

You just can't look in someones agenda if they are planning to have another one. More parents thinks that one child will be enough these days. Let everyone in its value and enjoy his life.
I really want 2kids. I hope we are blessed to have another one one day. But first I will enjoy my little baby girl. 16weeks allready today!

Spam your facebook blog page!

Yeah it's time to spam again. 

But this time not to spam your blog page but your facebook blog page!

I'll post fun stuff, quotes on my page and you will stay tuned of new blogposts!

My facebook page: www.facebook.com/fitmomslife1988

Like mine and I will like yours.

I'll like to follow other blog pages.

Will I see you there? 

First day at work

It's one week ago that I have started working again after 7months.
And well I must say it's complicated.
Early mornings late back at home.Bring my daughter to the daycare.
A whole day long without my baby girl.
It's so different to go back to work again.
New colleagues, grumpy costumers. Well I can spent my time different.

I'm lucky to have nice colleagues. And the rest will come.
I must get used to it and it takes some time.
I work 32 hours a week.
"How many?"Yes 32 hours. I know what you're thinking it's a lot. But I love to work and if I can't handle it I can always switch back to less hours.

But that does not mean that I don't miss my baby girl.
I miss her a lot, but getting back home is so much more fun now. When you see her and she smiles at you, just so cute!

Because I am breastfeeding, I have a right to have some time for some  pumping.
I was nervous first. Because at home when I pump some it goes easly, but my baby girl was near me.
Now I was at work in a kitchen where you can sit private.
But I have read that with some "baby porn" (pictures and films of your baby) it would work.
And well let me say it works perfect!

I have some storage at home for daycare and for her grandparents.

I've only called the daycare 2 times. I was proud of myself.

And I've heard that she is such a cheerfull girl. She laughs all the time and plays a lot.

Tomorrow another day at work, a new day a new start.

Beetroot stamp

It's getting colder. Summer is really over now.

So it's time for different stamps.

Stamps are made of mashed potato and it's a Holland kind of thing.

Specially kale stamp. Hmm I love it.

Now it's time to make beetroot stamp. 

What you need:

1 ½ kg floury potatoes 

50g butter 

300g smoked bacon 

1 onion 

500g cooked beetroot 

1 apple

Peel the potatoes and cut into equal pieces. Boil in salted water for 20 minutes.

Meanwhile, heat 25g butter in a frying pan and fry the bacon for 6 min. till they are crispy. Cut the onion into half rings. Add the onion to the bacon and bake for 1 min.

Peel the beetroot and cut into cubes. Add the beets and bake for  4 minutes.

Remove the core from the apple and cut the apple into pieces.

Add them to the beet mixture.

Drain the potatoes and catch some cooking liquid. Mash the potatoes with the remaining butter and the broth with potato masher until you've got a smooth puree.

Add the beet mixture to it and mash it up again.

Season it with some salt and pepper if you want.

This is a gluten free, dutch dish.

Rice pudding with cherries

It's starting to get colder. Autumn the years last loveliest smile.
Every leaf is a flower, just look closely and you will see the beauty of it.

 So it's time to make a healthy dessert.
You can also eat it for lunch.
It's easy and hmmm delicious!

What you need:
100g risotto rice
500 ml of whole milk
1 tbsp maple syrup
2 cinnamon sticks
350g pitted cherries from a jar (not preserved in syrup base)
3 tbsp jam sugar

Put the rice with milk, maple syrup and cinnamon sticks in a thick bottomed pan.
Bring to a boil and let the risotto for 30 minutes. gently boiling until you've got a smooth porridge.
Stirr regulary. Remove after 30 minutes, the cinnamon sticks.

Let the cherries drain, but collect 4 tbsp moisture. Do this liquid with the cherries in a saucepan. Bring to a boil and add the jelly sugar to it.
Let boil gently for 2 minutes and then cool off.

Serve it together!

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First day to daycare

My baby girl went to daycare for the first time.

Me and my hubby drop her off together.

After 3months being 24/7 with my baby girl it's now time to go back to work and let my baby girl go.

She went only for a morning just to try out before I really must go to work.

It was pretty different getting her ready on time. Bath her, breastfeed her, we must shower ourself, breakfast, drinking coffee walk with the dogs and pack her stuff.

Damn I've needed more time! But glad I did not have to go to work.

Now I know I must probably getting out of bed an half an hour early. Yikes! And I'm not that morning kind of person!

When we've got there my hubby had to look around (I was there with the intake but he had to go to work) a lot of kids where playing. Our baby girl was the youngest! 

We've placed her stuff into her own basket. The "nanny" (I'll call her nanny) asked our questions when she ate for the last time etc. I've also wrote everything in her own little book.

And then it was time to say goodbye. 

It was hard really hard, but I did not cry! I just don't want to do that for our baby girl. And a little bit for myself also. 

Back home my hubby and I drink some coffee and he's going back to his work.

I had a morning free. I went with my dog Baco to the petstore because it was his birthday. 3years allready, big boy!

vacuumed, mopped, bathroom cleaned, did the dishes. Pomped some more milk and it was time again to get our baby girl!

I was so glad I saw her and that they told me everything went fine! She ate, played and slept a little. 

A boy asked her to marry her. 

But I was happy to see her smile on her face when I hold her!

I'm glad she is now here with me.

But tomorrow I must go to work a whole day! I'm not looking forward to it but it must. And yes I will miss her a lot, but the more fun it would be to getting home from work to hold and cuddle her!

How did your first day at the daycare go?

Whole wheat pancake muffins

I love pancakes but I can't eat a lot of them.
So I've got an idea to make them so you can save them ;).

I've made muffins out of these pancakes. And it's pretty easy to make them and you can serve them with different toppings.
I've used banana's, cocoa nibs and cinnamon.

To make the pancake mixture:

Ingredients:
2 cups whole wheat flour
4 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp cinnamon
2 tsp sugar
2 large eggs
2 cups + 2 tbsp fat free milk
2 tsp vanilla

Mix all dry ingredients in a bowl. Add ingredients to the mixing bowl Act and mix well with a spoon until there are no more dry spots; do not over-mix.

Preheat the oven on 180 degrees.
Use a muffin tin to add the mixture in it.

I've used cooking spray first so you can remove the pancake muffins easy.

When you have add the mixture you can put the toppings you like on top.

Put them in the oven for about 30minutes.

Here you go: pancake muffins! You can save them in a sealed plastic tray.

This way you can bring them easy to your work, school or a day out!

Breastfeeding week.

This last week was the week to stand still off breastfeeding.

And well let me say right away I breasfeed my babygirl!!!

I am a real supporter of breastfeeding.

And now I want to share my story why I breastfeed, how it started, the struggles.

Breastfeeding is the best nutrition for your baby. Breast milk contains exactly the nutrients your child needs and also protects against diseases and infections. Also, breastfeeding have benefits for the mother. For example, breast-feeding makes it easier to get back to your normal weight.

A baby has the most benefit when they get at least 6 months of breastfeeding, but  every week counts.

So it's a reason to try it and every day or every drop of breastfeeding your baby gets counts. But I will tell you more about this in another blog soon.

Your baby also get's to know more different flavours so they will used more easly to solid food.

If your baby has a sore eye, you only need 1drup of breast milk in her eye and it will go away!

I think it's a beautifull thing of mother nature that your own body can make the food for your baby.

So boobies are not only a sex object ;) they are food sources for your child. That's why I think it's stupid that mothers can't place pictures of her with her child while breastfeeding, but social media accept woman half naked and that's ok?! Don't get it...

And wen you breastfeed in public how people can react? So stupid sometimes, it's just such beautifull thing of nature.

My story of breastfeeding is a little short.... Because I was to damn lucky how it started and goes. And I've got great support in the hospital. 

I've made milk right away that was my luck. I was so happy!

But it was a struggle to let my baby girl drink from my breast. She did not know how it worked and when she finally got it she fell a sleep. We must tickle her in her neck undet her feet to get her drinking. 

Because she was 4weeks to early she also got formula milk through fingerfeeding.

In one day she loosed to many weight so she gets more through fingerfeeding from 15cc to 25cc to 30cc. But you she spit everything out. If she kept on doing that they would place her to the child care. So first she must drink from my breast after that she got filled up with formula milk or expressed milk. I had to keep pumping to keep everything in motion. 

After 3days she started to eat normal and only from my breast! Even till 100cc!!!

After 4days laying in the hospital we finally can go back to our home.

We had a huge sweet maternity nurse.

She helpt me during breastfeeding and everything went great. I'm still thankfull for her help!!! We had a laugh when my boobs are so big because of the trim. My nursing bra did not fit anymore. So we stuck the breast pads with skin tape on my breasts! 

Now 3months later I still breastfeed my baby girl!

I know lot of struggles specially at night. Sometimes she wants to drink every hour.

I am often exhausted but it's all worth it.

After 2weeks I had a breast infection with a high fever. But it did not stop me off breastfeeding.

But I can not complain some woman can not breastfeed their baby. Or they have a lot of pain doing it. I'm lucky I don't have those problems.

Breastfeed my baby girl is a special moment of our both. I enjoy and love to do that! It's our bonding time.

And she grows 200 to 300grams per week off it!

From the clinic I can not quit because she grow so well!

My goal is to breastfeed my baby girl at least till she is 6months old!

I hope my body and mind can handle it till at least 6months. And I hope longer!!!

Do you breastfeed?

shoplog

Yesterday I went shopping with my good friend the neighbour and our kids.
She needed some socks for her 1 year old daughter and I needed some sleeping bags for my baby girl.
But you can gues I came home with more things then I would in the first place.

First we went to the Hema. They've got cheap and nice looking baby clothes and stuff!

 These socks are to cute! The little bird on top makes noice when she move her feet. She love them. Everytime she move her feet or kick her legs she smile because of the noice they make.

 Neon anti slip socks. I know she can't walk but they've got tiny feet underneeth and I love the color!

 onesies with spaghetti straps! They are so easy for underneeth her clothes.

 Onesies short sleeves. Her old ones are to small so she need new ones in bigger sizes.

pink with stars sleeping bag.











White sleeping bag.










So after the Hema we went to the H&M. I could not find something nice for my daughter but I bought a shirt for myself. Size 170! a childsize, can you believe it?

Then we went to the Kruidvat. I've bought some diapers and changing mats.

Avocado soup

Avocado who does not love them? Full off good fats and vitamins.

I've made a cold soup of it. 

Here you go:

1avocado

Half onion

Fresh lemon juice

Vegitable stock 1cup

Put everything into a mixer and add sone pepper if you want.

Let it cool of in the fridge.

It's yummie with some toast!

Work those abs!

I have prepared a training schedule to train your abs.
Just stay at home when it suits you.
I exercise my abs 3 times a week with one day rest in between so you can restore muscle..
Your muscles also need to grow, therefore I recommend to rest at least 1 day up to 3 days.

Do 3 sets per exercise with 12 repetitions. 

Day 1:

Traditional crunch

Oblique V-up

Pulse up

Day 2

Reverse crunch












Side crunch











V up

Day 3

Crunch twist








Superman







Prone Cobra