Fleur de Aleta

We added a few ingredients to the recipe at the very last minute.  My husband said, "I would definitely order this at a restaurant" and gave it a thumb's up.  YES!  Very easy to make - just takes some time to cook, but hey, any recipe where you can use a crock pot is great, right? Ingredients: 3-4 chicken breasts (we used thigh meat, came out tender too) 8 ounce Philadelphia cream cheese 1/3 cup sliced jalapeños (no juice) 1 teaspoon garlic powder 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon cumin taco-sized tortillas 1 1/2 cups shredded cheese (we used cheddar with pepper jack shredded cheese) chopped tomatoes (we added this to the recipe) chopped green onions (we added to recipe) Taco seasoning (we added to the recipe) Instructions: Add chicken, 1/2 cup water, cream cheese, jalapeños, garlic powder, salt and cumin to the crockpot.  Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours or high 3-4 highs (we did high for 3 1/2 hours). Once the chicken has cooked, preheat oven to 425 and grease a baking...

Dear Son, Last week was your first week of Preschool.  Some of the other mommies that I keep in touch with on-line were surprised with you going to preschool.  It's a big step, but after you did so well with summer camp, I knew you could do this and it would be good for you. You have a "safe" sentence when dropping you off to school.  "I have to go to work."  You know this means the person is leaving, but will be coming back.  (Versus "Goodbye" - this word still upsets you and will make you cry.)  So, Oma and Opa (or Opapa/Papa as you say) will tell you that that are "going to work" when they drop you off.  You haven't cried when arriving at school and you are having a lot of fun. However... There was one day when you hit a child.  The teacher said it was unprovoked, but didn't say much more, other than the rest of the day was a good one for you.  I have only seen you hit when you are frustrated, someone takes something from yo...