Me: "What do you guys want for dinner?"
A: "Kraft Dinner!!!"
(should I have even typed that? revealing the fact that my kids even know what Kraft Dinner is?)
sigh.
Here's what we did, which I could live with (kinda ;)
I took one pouch of Easy Mac (ooh!!! revealed that we have THAT in our house... gonna have to stop blogging soon) and divided it into 3 portions (one for me - 80 cals each, btw). For those of you who have ever made a pouch of Easy Mac, you know that they're not very flippin' big eaten alone, never mind divided by three.
Anyway.
I used their "compartment" plates (love love LOVE those things) and put the (cough cough) Easy Mac in one spot, cut up raw carrot in another, yogurt & blueberries in another, and included a Cheese String on the side.
Presto - compromise, and they're eating it.
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2.01.2009
1.29.2009
Yet Again, Sea Monkeys And My Camera
Gettin' big!!! They squirm and zoom away when they bump into each other now. Some of them are distinctly faster swimmers. I'd say they're just over 2 mm in length (some are still smaller).
Alyssa started a list of names for the ones in her tank. I'm not sure how she can tell them apart, but who am I to argue...
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Alyssa started a list of names for the ones in her tank. I'm not sure how she can tell them apart, but who am I to argue...
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The Joys Of The Flu
I was awoken this morning at about 4:30 by my son.
"Mama look what's on my pillow!"
He's prone to nightmares, night terrors, sleep walking (to the toilet and then back to bed, thank goodness ;) and any and all assortments of sleep disruptions imaginable. He has even had night terrors about things on his pillow (poor lil' dude).
So when he referred to said pillow, I was reluctant to get out from under the warm covers. Been there done that. I called out to him in a voice that was hopefully loud enough for him to hear down the hall but not loud enough to wake my husband sleeping next to me.
Ya right.
"MAMA!"
Ok, ok, ok, I'm up. (sigh)
There was indeed something on his pillow - vomit! Awww... poor little guy. (And EW BLECH). I changed his sheets, changed his jammies, gave him some hugs, and tucked him back in again. Ahhh!! Back to my warm cozy bed.
Not for long - round two happened about ten minutes later. So far that's been all, but now I'm faced with that scenario where the younger child is too sick to accompany the older child to school. Of course big sister is at the age where a) she LOVES school and will be mad to miss it, and b) is too young to walk the three blocks herself (some parents might allow this, but um, not this parent).
As I'm typing this, my "get the kids up" timer is ringing. What to do??
a) I could just let them both sleep, and tell her the truth when she eventually wakes up.
PROS: it's the truth.
CONS: ooh-eee she be MAAAD at me, and her brother ("But Mommy I WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL!!")
b) I could go into her room and take her temperature, and tell her she has a fever.
PROS: She'd roll back over and go to sleep.
CONS: It's lying (which I'm not keen on, except for fun stuff like Santa & the Tooth Fairy)
Hmmm. But then again, she might really, actually and truly have a fever (ohhh, wouldn't that be handy ;)
Parenting is weird sometimes.
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"Mama look what's on my pillow!"
He's prone to nightmares, night terrors, sleep walking (to the toilet and then back to bed, thank goodness ;) and any and all assortments of sleep disruptions imaginable. He has even had night terrors about things on his pillow (poor lil' dude).
So when he referred to said pillow, I was reluctant to get out from under the warm covers. Been there done that. I called out to him in a voice that was hopefully loud enough for him to hear down the hall but not loud enough to wake my husband sleeping next to me.
Ya right.
"MAMA!"
Ok, ok, ok, I'm up. (sigh)
There was indeed something on his pillow - vomit! Awww... poor little guy. (And EW BLECH). I changed his sheets, changed his jammies, gave him some hugs, and tucked him back in again. Ahhh!! Back to my warm cozy bed.
Not for long - round two happened about ten minutes later. So far that's been all, but now I'm faced with that scenario where the younger child is too sick to accompany the older child to school. Of course big sister is at the age where a) she LOVES school and will be mad to miss it, and b) is too young to walk the three blocks herself (some parents might allow this, but um, not this parent).
As I'm typing this, my "get the kids up" timer is ringing. What to do??
a) I could just let them both sleep, and tell her the truth when she eventually wakes up.
PROS: it's the truth.
CONS: ooh-eee she be MAAAD at me, and her brother ("But Mommy I WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL!!")
b) I could go into her room and take her temperature, and tell her she has a fever.
PROS: She'd roll back over and go to sleep.
CONS: It's lying (which I'm not keen on, except for fun stuff like Santa & the Tooth Fairy)
Hmmm. But then again, she might really, actually and truly have a fever (ohhh, wouldn't that be handy ;)
Parenting is weird sometimes.
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1.18.2009
'Nuther Sea Monkeys Pic
Awwww, they have... three eyes?? (Oh my!) I was going to say "how cute" but I'm not sure we're there yet. (Fyi - still under 2mm in length).
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More Sneaking Nutrients Into Kids' Food
Here's a quick and easy way to get some wheat germ and flax into little tummies if they want toast, instead of a cereal type of breakfast (such as porridge).
I make cinnamon toast, which they find irresistible. I toast whole grain bread, then add butter. I sprinkle each slice with about 1/2 tsp of brown sugar (you don't need much, surprisingly), and before I add the wonderful, flavourful and fragrant cinnamon, I also sprinkle a bit of wheat germ and ground flax. I use a knife to spread it all together, cut into pieces and serve.
Mmmm... yummy!
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I make cinnamon toast, which they find irresistible. I toast whole grain bread, then add butter. I sprinkle each slice with about 1/2 tsp of brown sugar (you don't need much, surprisingly), and before I add the wonderful, flavourful and fragrant cinnamon, I also sprinkle a bit of wheat germ and ground flax. I use a knife to spread it all together, cut into pieces and serve.
Mmmm... yummy!
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