Dessert

Captain Underpants

Lunch Miracle

I made pureed applesauce, and Mimi (predictably) went bonkers over it. It's new! It's spoonable! I LOVE FOOD! (Ernie wouldn't touch hers, and gladly spooned it onto M's plate.)

Are you ready for this next picture? That is Ernie eating a sandwich. I know she ate a ham sandwich last year, so this isn't QUITE ground breaking, but still: she's eating it!

I told her we were having Sushi Sandwiches for lunch, and she went bug eyed and couldn't wait to dig in (she loves the spicy tuna rolls I make.) She ate 1 1/2 sandwiches for lunch, and another for dinner.

I might actually be making tuna noodle wiggle casserole for dinner on Sunday. I can't believe we've found a new food Ernie adores, and it's healthy!

Cooking with Mommy

Hungry Girl just grabs a bowl and digs through the cupboards looking for something to eat. Crazy kid.

Ernie can get her own snack

That's a quarter loaf of bread, spread with a smudge of butter.

She ate it all.

(She, obviously, didn't get toast for breakfast the next day. Poor girl.)

No Love

At the suggestion that a bit of yogurt might help Mimi process dairy a bit better, I gave her a bowl or two of yogurt for a few days.

LOVES the yogurt.  LOVES.










If only the yogurt would love her back...after a few nights of waking up every 2 to 3 hours, culminating in a 5:30 up-and-at-em this morning...no more yogurt for baby.  Sorry.  I really am.  I'm sorry about your horrible diapers and recurring diaper rash too.

(The no sleep thing kept going for 2 days after the last bowl of yogurt.  Gah!)

Mama bought a tub of daufufa (a tofu dessert with a nice spoonable consistency, kind of like custard) and it wasn't a big hit.  She liked the ginger syrup, but a bite of tofu was promptly raked off her tongue and handed to me.  I gave it to her, I must want it back right?  Or at least know what to do with it?

She's loving her soymilk though- for a few weeks I added a little chocolate syrup, but she's been loving it even without the syrup...so maybe there's hope for tofu?  I'm looking for a soymilk maker, and plan on making a batch by hand to get my feet wet, as soon as I can find some beans at the store.  (Think the local co-op will have any?)

Nobody Does Sad

like Mimi does sad.

Best Joy School Activity Ever

We had the best Joy School day ever today- part because Mimi was off at her weekly love-fest with Grandma Sue-Sue, and part because of the activity you see above.

Yes- in addition to rhythmic dancing, story time, snack time, free time, clean up time, outside play time, and collages... they mopped my floor.

I love Joy School.

Bean Bag Love

Meemers loves this bean bag chair! She dragged it into the kitchen to amuse herself while I cooked dinner. Looks like it worked!

Fancy

Fanciness does not follow a clock. Fanciness can be worn to bed.


See??

Fancy.

(Nana- you were right. The princess socks are a huge hit!)

(Gah. I'm looking at this photo thinking, "What kind of mother doesn't put a bed skirt on her fancy daughter's bed??" If there are decorating police out there, don't tell them where to find me, 'kay?)

Do you want a snack?

Go get the snack!

Do I say they play well together... or Mimi is well trained?

Aunt LoLo, come and play!

Kitchen Crew

You thought I was joking? No, no. No joke.

Ernie's job is to unload the silverware from the dishwasher and put it away in the drawer.

Mimi likes to do whatever Ernie is doing. She also really, really likes the dishwasher, and this allows her to touch the dishwasher.

Between the two of them, they make quick work of it!

Starving

I have come to realize that on any given day, one of my children will go hungry. There's really nothing I can do about it.

Ernie will eat only familiar foods:
cinnamon toast,
white rice with Yoshi sauce,
oatmeal with cinnamon sugar, sprinkles, maple syrup, and brown sugar;
milk
apples
carrots
cold cereal
sushi
edamame
plain spaghetti with ball cheese (parmesan cheese in a green can)
quesadilla folded up with cheese (her words, not mine)

Yes, those condiments are constant. No, they are not optional.
umm....wow. I'm drawing a blank. Any others?

Oh yeah- boiled ramen noodles with Yoshi sauce.

In the summer, you can add berries, grapes, melon, and cucumbers to that list.

Dinner often consists of just a glass or 2 of milk.

Mimi, on the other hand, refuses to eat leftovers. She refuses to eat the same thing twice in a given week. Maybe two weeks. She'll simply push dinner away and suck her thumb, staring at you balefully.

Ernie requests oatmeal every single morning, and has requested oatmeal every single morning since November. Mimi gave it up weeks ago.

Can you see my issue?

Rice and beans saved the day! It's been too long since I made plain old pinto beans, and Mimi hasn't eaten this well in weeks. I made a special garlic bread loaf too- she picked up her piece and poked at it with a finger while turning to me. She looked at me and slowly cocked her head to one side and raised her eyebrows- I nodded yes, and she giggled out loud before stuffing it into her mouth. "Is this for me? Is this food? Can I eat it? YIPPEE!" She ate 3 servings of rice and beans, pushing them in by the fistful. 2 glasses of soymilk. Ernie happily ate her white rice with Yoshi sauce while Mama bit her tongue.

Happy tummies!

Oh and guys, thanks for all your well and sleepy wishes for our Meemster. Since taking milk out of her day, our nights have gone a lot smoother. So have diaper changes. You guys are the best, thanks.

And Mom? Who raised 5 kids? You're right. You always are. I need to chill.

Losers

Losers. You're all losers.

(Ah Meems- you're just jealous because you can't reach our heads yet.)