Momaha Magazine - November 2017

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VOLUME 8 · ISSUE 11 NOVEMBER

Tips for making it easy as pie

CHORE TIME! Start simple, make it fun

HOLIDAY GAME PLAN: Keeping your family on track

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CONTENTS

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Real MoMs + advice

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8 Editor’s Column 10 On Our Radar 12 Momaha Bookshelf 14 Be Well 28 Get Organized 32 Guys & Friendships

20 Miniature Pie Bar 22 A Crafty Table 30 Winter Soups

16 Thanksgiving Leftovers

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h, November.

The month of giving thanks for what we have in our lives.

I am thankful for so many things — my health, my family’s health, a wonderful job, a roof over my head, food on my table and the clothes I wear.

One of my favorite Thanksgiving crafts as a kid is one I hope to continue with my boys when they are older.

My classmates and I traced our hands several times on fall-colored construction paper. We cut out the shapes and wrote what we were thankful for on them. The whole month we added our hands to the board and, by the end of the week before Thanksgiving, we had a big beautiful wreath of things we were thankful for.

For another easy Thanksgiving-themed craft, check out Heather Winkel’s decoupage project,

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Speaking of Thanksgiving, I know it’s often an overlooked holiday between Halloween and Christmas, but I love it.

It’s always less hectic than Christmas. Growing up, I loved laying on the couch with my grandpa and watching football. I laughed (and still do) at my mom, grandma and aunts as they looked through all the coupons for Black Friday.

And the food. Oh, the food is a huge bonus.

Plus there’s always a ton of leftovers.

If it’s that way at your house, check out Heather’s creative ways to send extras home with your guests, page 16.

I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday filled with delicious turkey and all the fixings, pie, football, shopping and, of course, time with family.

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sychologist Kim Vogel won’t say the rapidly approaching holiday season is the hardest time of the year.

Not having a babysitter for summer vacation might top that list, says the specialist in children’s behavioral health at Children’s Hospital and Medical Center.

No matter how you celebrate, there are all kinds of challenges to the family routine the next few months.

“There is so much to juggle,’’ Vogel says.

She has plenty of ideas to keep your children – and yourself – on track.

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Time To Talk Sit down as a family before you leave for a holiday event. Make it clear how long you’ll be staying and what will or will not be purchased. Talk about expectations, too. Make sure your children know you want them to thank the hostess and bring their plates to the kitchen. Set clear ground rules and let them know the benefit or consequences.

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money limiTs Reduce shopping by having your children pick names. That way they can focus on one person instead of several. Teach them how to make gifts, such as a craft or card. Or they can think outside the box, and volunteer to do their brother’s chores for a week. “Help kids not just attach a money value to everything,’’Vogel said.

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Help your children identify when they need a break. Things like muscle tension, a tightened throat or a negative thought.

Come up with a code word that lets you instantly understand what’s going on. Then it’s important to listen if they tell you they feel stressed and need a pause. If an outing is slow, take a quick break to let them move around. If things are hectic, schedule downtime before going out so they are recharged and ready to go. It’s like break times at the pool, Vogel says.

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Keep your fridge from getting overstuffed – send guests home with extras in style TEXT, STYLING + PHOTOGRAPHY Heather Winkel

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Chinese food Container wraps Give Chinese food containers a holiday spin.

Use our printable template to create labels out of festive paper. After filling boxes with leftovers, attach labels using double-sided tape. Create a raffia bow topped with a button using hot glue.

sandwiCh fixings (BeLow) Fill coated to-go boxes with sandwich fixings.

Spoon gravy and cranberry sauce into disposable shot glasses and cordon off turkey, stuffing and mashed potatoes with parchment paper. Tie the box up with baker’s twine and stick our printable leftover sticker atop, (Print stickers on 8½x11 label paper before punching out with a 1½inch circle punch).

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pie boxes (right) Let your friends enjoy a slice of something sweet on the drive home. Use single serving pie boxes and tie a disposable wooden fork to the top with pretty ribbon.

Leftover tin topper Make leftover tins stylish! Download our printable tin topper and print on white or kraft paper. Cut out and place over the protective lid before sealing up food.

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A dessert station made for little hands TEXT, STYLING + PHOTOGRAPHY Heather Winkel

Rolling out dough can be messy and tough for little hands to manage, but single-serving graham cracker pie crusts are perfect for budding bakers.

Let kids make their own mini pies using pie fillers topped with an assortment of miniature goodies.

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Pie fillers • marshmallow fluff • whipped topping • pudding

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Create a colorful holiday table with place mats your kids have a hand in making.

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Thankful hands Table RunneR Get the whole family involved in creating this table runner. Then before the meal, go around the table and have everyone share something they’re thankful for and write it in a handprint using a Sharpie.

1. Cut a piece of burlap about 1½ feet wide and the length of your table. 2. Using nontoxic yellow and orange paint and a foam brush, coat the palm of your child’s hand. 3. Place hand directly onto burlap and push down to make a handprint. Continue making handprints up and down the runner until you are happy with the design. Let dry overnight before placing on the table, where everyone can add, in each handprint, what they’re thankful for. baskeT Weave PlacemaTs While dinner is being prepared, let kids create basket weave place mats and then help set the table.

1. Purchase 3 12x18 foam sheets (brown, orange and yellow). 2. Fold the brown foam in half lengthwise and hold ends together. Using a pen, mark lines crosswise at 1¼-inch intervals. Cut on the lines you marked with scissors, ending the cuts evenly at the end to create an uncut brown border around the piece of foam. 3. Cut yellow and orange sheets into strips 12 inches long and 1¼ inches wide.

4. Begin weaving a strip of yellow foam up and down crosswise through the brown foam. 5. Continue weaving across the brown place mat switching between yellow and orange strips of foam. 6. Once you get to the end with a strip, glue the end down to hold in place.

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color-Your-own place mat Keep little hands occupied the whole meal through with crafty place mats. Print these black and white place mats on standard 11x17 paper. Place at each kid’s seat with a jar full of crayons.

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Decoupage chargers Do this craft with kids a few days before Thanksgiving. They’ll be proud to show their handiwork off when you sit down to eat!

1. Cut squares of tissue paper in red, yellow and orange. 2. Wearing rubber gloves, start coating one side of a round pizza pan in Mod Podge with a foam brush. Attach tissue paper piece by piece, covering in Mod Podge as you go. TIP: Pizza pans from the dollar store make great charger bases (and you can’t beat the price!). 3. Continue until charger is covered, then let dry.

4. Once dry, spray with clear acrylic sealer to water seal.

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October 14-15, 20-22 and 27-29 It’s time for Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium’s annual Spooktacular. This safe and family fun evening includes after-hours admission for trick-or-treating and fun activities. Take a sweet stroll down Story Book Lane and experience exhibits like never before. Head to Spooktacular and get ready for a candy-munchin, moon-howlin good time.

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Get ORGanized // amy tOkOs Amy Tokos is a Certified Professional Organizer and the owner of Freshly Organized. You can find more organizing tips at freshlyorganized.com.

Kids who do chores are more successful adults.

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Harvard study 75 years ago came to the conclusion that people need two things to be successful; love and a work ethic. You can give lots of love. Instilling a good work ethic in your kids requires them to do some work. Start young with small chores that you turn into a game, then work up to bigger chores and more responsibility.

Toddler

Preschool

Late afternoon/ evening toy pick up. Make this a game by singing or counting toys.

A quick 10minute session can help keep spaces picked up.

Be careful not to over-organize.

Expect your toddler to follow your organization rules, and keep everything simple.

Your child has learned at preschool that toys and books need to be put away, and everyone in the class gets to help.

This is a great age to harness that expectation and hopefully their enthusiasm. Good chores for this age would be a toy room pick up, sorting laundry, feeding the pets, setting the table, and helping in the kitchen.

Grade school

Junior hiGh school

This is when chores begin to not be fun. Don’t give up. You are building selfconfidence. Good chores for this age are to empty the dishwasher, vacuum, dust, clean windows, empty trash, help cook dinner, help with the grocery list, full care of animals, put away laundry and basic yard work.

This is the time to remember you have the control.

You are the only one to get them to their activities and friends' homes.

They can help you around the home if they would like these extra services from you.

Junior high kids can do their own laundry, maintain their bathrooms, assist with meal planning and shopping and yard work.

hiGh school Your young adult will tell you they are too busy to do chores, all the while snap chatting their friends.

They have time; you will need to keep it an expectation. Your young adult should be able to do every chore that you do around the house.

If they can’t, then it’s time to teach them. After high school they are on their own, and your prime teaching time is over.

Having children do chores is one of the hardest things about being a parent. Children by no means are good free labor. They do horrible jobs in the beginning that you will either have to accept, have them redo (if appropriate) or you redo. But, we can still be grateful. Grateful for their help and grateful we are contributing to a better future. If all kids grew up with a good work ethic, just imagine the possibilities!

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A trio of soups to chase away the chill of winter RECIPES Mary von Gillern & Julie Barnes STYLING Chris Christen & Heidi Thorson PHOTOGRAPHY Daniel Johnson

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ChiCken & Dumplings

Crab & roasteD reD pepper soup

Yield: 12 to 15

Yield: 8 to 12

Broth 1. Bring 4 32-ounce boxes chicken broth, 1 onion,

1. In a large skillet, saute olive oil, 1 tablespoon butter and 1 onion, chopped for 5 to 10 minutes.

Add 3 cloves garlic; sauté for another 1 to 2 minutes.

Set aside. 2. In a small stockpot, melt ¼ cup butter.

Add ¼ cup flour until you have a roux. Whisk until smooth. 3. Add 4 cups chicken broth or stock, 1 large can roasted red peppers, ¼ cup tomato paste, 1 pound fresh lump crab meat or crab meat from 3 large Alaskan king crab legs, 1 teaspoon old Bay seasoning and ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper to the stockpot. Stir in the sautéed olive oil mixture. Simmer for 10 to 15 minutes. 4. Stir in 1 cup heavy cream, 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar, 1 teaspoon salt and ½ teaspoon white pepper.

Simmer for 10 to 15 minutes. 5. Top with chopped roasted red peppers and a swirl of sour cream.

quartered, 3 cloves garlic, 3 stalks celery, chopped, 6 whole carrots, chopped, 4 chicken breasts, skin on, to a boil, and then cook on medium heat for 20 minutes. 2. Remove chicken and veggies. Reduce broth to a simmer. 3. Cut chicken into chunks and set aside. 4. Once dumplings are ready, bring broth to a rolling boil. Drop dumplings in one at a time. Add chicken back in, and simmer for 15 minutes.

Dumplings 1. Use a pastry cutter to cut 2 cups flour, 1 teaspoon salt and 4 tablespoons butter together. Add 2 eggs one at a time and cut into mixture. Add 2 tablespoons water. 2. Knead dough until thoroughly mixed.

3. Roll the dough out onto a floured surface to a 1/8-inch thickness. (When rolling out the dough, lift the rolling pin up as you roll toward the edges so you don’t make the edges too thin.) Cut into 1- to 2-inch squares. 4. Drop into broth as directed in step 4 above.

kale & lentil soup (left) Yield: 15 to 20

1. In a large stockpot, boil 4 32-ounce boxes vegetable broth, 3 to 4 garlic cloves and 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts for 20 minutes. Remove chicken breasts. Cut into chunks when cool enough to handle. 2. Add 6 peeled and diced carrots, 4 stalks diced celery, including leafy ends, 1 whole onion, chopped, 1 bunch asparagus, cut into 1-inch pieces, 3 large bunches kale, trimmed and chopped to the broth and bring to a boil. 3. Add 1-pound bag dried lentils, rinsed; boil for 10 to 15 minutes. 4. Add chicken chunks and 1 large can diced tomatoes, drained. Reduce heat; simmer for 30 minutes. 5. Add 1 to 2 teaspoons cracked red pepper to taste.

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Social support keeps life in balance for all STORY Marjie Ducey

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t was an eye-catching headline.

The biggest threat facing middle-age men, the Boston Globe reported, isn’t smoking or obesity. It’s lonliness.

Dr. Richard S. Schwartz, who wrote “The Lonely American: Drifting Apart in the Twenty-First Century’’ with his wife, Dr. Jacqueline Olds, told the Globe that study after study shows that those who were more socially isolated were much more likely to die during a given period than their socially connected neighbors.

It went on to say that loneliness has been linked to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and stroke and the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. One study found that it can be as much of a long-term risk factor as smoking.

But hold your horses before you run to your significant other with this article, demanding a night out with friends. If, that is, there are any you still remain in contact with in the craziness of working and raising kids.

You don’t have to have a buddy, says Jennifer Harsh, director of be-

havioral medicine for general internal medicine at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

“You need to have human connections and social support,’’ she says. “If you get your social support and human connections met through family members, that can also be powerful and beneficial.’’

That doesn’t just mean the nuclear family. Tap grandparents, parents, siblings — anyone in the family who allows you to show and experience different pieces of who you are, and use different skills and strengths.

“That can be really helpful and really healthy,’’ she says.

Harsh isn’t against having friends or doing fun things away from the family.

While it might be going to a party for one person, another might get that same release from taking an art class, playing a round of golf or enjoying an hourlong drive.

It’s different for everyone.

“People need to have outlets and times they can feel unencumbered,’’ Harsh explains.

The important thing is to talk it over as a couple.

Harsh offers this advice: - Compromise. If one person wants to party until 3 a.m. every weekend, leaving the other person in the relationship seething, find a solution that works for both. Maybe they stay out with their friends until 10 p.m. instead.

“If a partner is able to hear and not judge, you can come up with a plan that feels good for both of you.’’

- Birds of a feather. While one person might get their energy and emotional support from friends, the other partner in the relationship might relish time with family. Both fulfill a need, and so are important. “Neither one is the right or correct way to get support.

They just have different needs and both should be respected.’’

- Conversation starters. Partners with different interests and activities can bring some zing to the marriage when they talk about something they’re passionate about instead of what they need at the grocery store or what Johnny did wrong at school.

“You have more to talk about as time goes on.’’

- Forget about it. For some, the discord and distress caused by seeking socialization or interests outside of the marriage isn’t worth it. But when a partner doesn’t allow those connections and experiences, and the other is left feeling stifled, well being is affected.

- Together forever. If you are one of those couples who shares interests and goals and loves to spend time together, that’s great.

“If both partners are satisfied with that and both are feeling they are getting their needs met, then good for them. Go for it,’’ Harsh says. “If one person isn’t satisfied, it would be beneficial to have a purposeful conversation where everyone’s needs are met.

Work out a strategy.’’

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