Food Jules will again be volunteering our time to teach a Cooking Workshop as part of this year’s Minds in Motion program on Saturday, December 1st.
Minds in Motion is an enrichment and education event for students K-8, and features hands-on, fast-paced, high-interest workshops for gifted and high-ability children. This program is part of the Connecticut Association for Gifted Children which supports and advocates for Connecticut’s gifted, talented, and high-potential children of diverse cultural and socio-economic backgrounds so they are identified and provided access and opportunities to an appropriate education by personnel trained and qualified to meet their cognitive, social, and emotional special needs.
This year’s Minds in Motion workshops will be held at Masuk High School in Monroe, CT. Register online.
Julian loved reading this black and white book. He loved looking at all the big, beautiful pictures and his eyes would light up every time I turned the page.
I miss reading this book and all the other books I used to read to him. He is missed every day.
Julian, you are such a beautiful, sweet baby. I want to hold you in my arms again some day.
On November 8, 2010, we welcomed our beautiful, sweet baby boy, Julian Michael Cerrato into this world.
It was a day filled with so much excitement, love and hope. As we were driving down to the hospital, we were smiling ear to ear, so excited to meet our baby boy. I remember the exact moment he entered this world, the doctor showing him to me and saying “Here is your miracle baby”. That moment will live with me forever. He was/is a very special baby, filled with so much love and life in his big, beautiful eyes.
As everything fell apart around us over the next couple of months, we continued to hope that he indeed was a miracle and that everything would turn out well but as you all know, it didn’t. Julian died nine weeks after he was born. Instead of spending days nursing my new infant baby and watching him smile at me and grow, I spent crying and yearning this horrible loss. It doesn’t seem real but it is, every day we have to live our lives without him here with us and it hurts, it really, really hurts. The only thing that gives me hope is that one day, we will be reunited and I will be able to hold my beautiful baby again in my arms and never let go again.
To Julian, Happy 2nd Birthday from your mother, father, big brother and sister. We love you and miss you so very much.
Julian, Thank you for the snow…. it reminds us all of you, as Lucas and Lilliana call you, “the snow boy”. They talk about you all the time and the snow makes today extra special as we remember all those days it snowed while you were here with us. We love you my handsome boy.
I am sure most of us would love to know what our future holds and if we are doing a good job living our life here on earth. What we fail to realize is that no matter what we are doing, we are all just doing the best that we can at that moment.
The important part is to enjoy each moment we are here on earth with our loved ones. Yes, we all have bad days, days when everything seems to be going wrong in our eyes or when it looks like we have been beaten so much that we just want to throw in the towel. There are days when we are just cranky, sad or irritated at everyone and everything. We ALL have those days, even my children have those days and they are so young. It is a human feeling and we are allowed to feel it. As a matter of fact, like I told my daughter this morning, we MUST express that feeling, get it out there and then just try to move forward, take a few deep breaths and think, “Why are we wasting our time with all this worrying or anxiety or anger?” I’m sure it isn’t worth it, so get it out there and move on.
I read a post yesterday that really touched me, ” In all of life’s unknowns, God never gets it wrong. We can have peace and joy in living in the not-knowing, while we wait to see what He has in store for us.” It brings up the obvious question that is on everyone’s minds at one point or another, is this all part of the master plan? Is there a master plan? Are the choices we make each day part of our path in this world?
Right now, I don’t think any of us really know for sure, but whether it is part of the plan or not, it is what it is, it’s OUR life here on earth. Let’s just do our best to be happy, truly happy and fulfilled with what we have here, by our loved ones, our close friends and family, the sun, the wind, the trees, the grass even the snow (yikes, let’s not think about snow yet). It is all beautiful and we are blessed to be able to wake up each day with a new beginning. Each day is a new day to step out of our crankiness and moodiness and give someone a hug or go for a jog and enjoy the fall foliage or just sit on the sofa and drink that warm cup of coffee!
Let’s not think about what tomorrow brings but enjoy what we have here with us today. Live in the present and try your very best each and every day to just be happy with what you have right at this very moment. Tomorrow is just another new day. I say, bring it on!
To my baby Julian, who’s second birthday is soon approaching, I live each day thinking about you, connecting with you in hopes that one day we will see each other again.
I love making breakfast, especially on our days off from school, on the weekends and on holidays. We all gather in the kitchen, still in our pajamas, start brewing the coffee and preparing a delicious meal! We all love pancakes so we make ever kind of pancake imaginable.
Well last week, we decided to try out a new recipe. Oh my, these Pumpkin Pie Crumb Pancakes are delicious and perfect for a Fall morning treat! Yes, they are a little on the sweeter side since each pancake is covered with the streusel crumb topping but hey, you don’t need any syrup for these pancakes. They are perfect just the way they are.
These pancakes received rave reviews, a perfect score so we will definitely be including them in our cooking classes. Enjoy!
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