This has been an emotional couple of weeks around the house. We have changed our original decision about sending our Blueberry Girl to Kindergarten in the Fall. Since she is a January 1st baby she is on the exact cutoff date for our area. At first we struggled with her being the youngest possible child in the class. After revisiting the idea we started to really think about how ready she is. Not to sound like a deluded parent but she really is a bright little girl who is seriously hungry for knowledge.
We went through all the fears we had and we realized that it was really the same fears we would have at any point letting her off into “the world” without us for the first time. We began to feel that keeping her back would be possibly doing more harm than good for her. She is so full of life and a yearning to learn and it became clear she needs this opportunity. As for her social skills, well she is more than confident. She is not afraid to walk into any social situation and meet new people. She is the type of child who can belt out “This girl is on fire” in the middle of a party of mostly adults, many who are strangers (true story). 🙂
I admit I am still in denial about it actually happening aside from looking into planning her 1st school wardrobe and thinking of fun lunchbox ideas. I spied this lunchbox and knew it was perfect, along with this book bag (her 2 fav animals). Denial and shifting focus is a useful blessing right now. 🙂 Anyone have any coping advice? 🙂
Cooking is always a wonderful use of time in my book. I made these very tasty wings and knew I had to share them with you all. They are super easy to throw together and very delicious. Enjoy! 🙂
Sriracha Glazed Chicken Wings
Course: Appetizers, Featured, Main Courses, Recipes4
servings15
minutes45
minutes0
minutesIngredients
1 lb Chicken wings disjointed
White pepper (to taste)
Salt (to taste)
4 tbsp Soy Sauce
2 tbsp Sriracha Sauce
1 tbsp Brown Sugar (or to taste)
1 dash Dash Sesame Oil
Directions
- Preheat to oven 350
- Season Chicken with Salt and Pepper
- Mix Soy, Sriracha, Brown Sugar and Sesame Oil set aside
- Cook Chicken till cooked through (about 45 minutes).
- Baste wings with sauce
oh I love sriracha! I’m so pinning this and thanks for visiting my blog also
here’s the pin http://pinterest.com/pin/254734922646174576/
Hi Katherine!
Thanks for visiting and pinning! Have a great week! 🙂
I know your little one is going to do amazingly well! And these sriracha wings? Look SO delicious – want!
Hi Amy! Thank you so much for the kind words. 🙂 I hope you enjoy the wings. Have a great week.
These chicken wings look delicious! I was the youngest in my class, and I was happy to go to school!!!
Thank you so much Elizabeth! I know she will be thrilled…it is just so spooky to let her go.
Could you please tell me what is Sriracha Sauce ? Thank you..Cindy
http://foodreference.about.com/od/Ethnic_Ingredients/a/Sriracha-Sauce.htm
Hi Cindy!
Sriracha is a type of hot sauce made with Chilies and Garlic into a paste. It is spicy but very flavorful. Here is an image
She’s a Cappie girl. She will solidly stand her ground and do things right the first time (perfectionist what??). Jan. 13th in da hooooooooose. Yup, was one of the oldest in my class (well, that didn’t stay back. lol) and had no problems. How exciting!!!! Congrats, mama! Can’t wait to see the pics in the fall AND …. can’t wait to try these! 🙂
*Hugs* Thank you so much Annette for the reassurance! She is quite a dynamo so I know in my heart she will be okay. There will be pics no doubt ;). PS I hope you enjoy the wings..they were really good.