Hiding vegetables

Spencer loves these yogurts. Which is good, because these days he's a meat and cheese and bread kid. He'll eat any kind of meat I put in front of him, including lamb, pork (his favorite), chicken, beef, bacon, shrimp, fish ... you get the point. And cheeses please him, and lots of bread (not too big on rice or pasta, unless it's covered in cheese). But the only vegetable I can get him to eat regularly is soybeans, and I don't know if that counts.

But I wish if they were hiding vegetables in yogurt that he'll gobble up, why can't they figure out how to make Blueberry-Broccoli yogurt? Or Green bean and blackberry? Or black cherry and spinach? Squashes and sweet potatoes I'm sure I could fit somewhere into his diet in other ways.
PS - He will eat raw brussel sprout leaves, but I can't get him to touch them cooked. He doesn't understand that they're like candy.

PPS- My next mission is to add cauliflower to the mac & cheese and see if he'll go for it.

It's melting!

We had to get a stove guard a little over a month ago, not because of little hands but because said little hands are attached to great throwing arms and were throwing toys on the stove while I cooked.

The stove guard has not fared well against, um, the stove.

Any ideas on what to do? Are there better stove guards out there?

Autumn cometh

Last week was the first day of fall.

On the second day of fall, it decided to get cool. By cool, I mean highs in the 80s, low humidity. Days that make me wonder why I hate Florida so very much. It didn't last long, but we've been taking advantage of the outdoors anyhow. We rebricked the front porch, so we now in fact have a front porch. Spencer has enjoyed playing in the front yard, referreeing watching the older boys play football in the street and yelling "touchdown" at random intervals. "Ta-dow!" We opened the windows and turned off the a/c ... for a few hours.

It's marvelous. Of course, by the weekend it was back into the 90s, but there's still no humidity so it's bearable. We weeded the front flower bed and cut back the overgrowth in the middle of the palm trees so I can see if there are random children coming toward me when I back out of the driveway. This is not to say I'll stop, just that I'll know they're there.

I can't wait for more than 2 days in a row of the pretty weather.

Attn googlereaders: I'm back!

It's officially been (checks Wordpress) 41 days since I last posted. In that time, I've been doing all the same things I was previously doing, I just haven't been blogging about it.

I've been cooking.

I've been playing with Spencer.

I've been failing at learning to crochet and/or knit.

I've been forcing my hubby to get glasses and then admiring how cute he is in them.

I've been deciding whether to have another child in the near future.

I've been enjoying my time away from my blog, and to tell you the truth, I haven't missed it much. It's just been over the past week that I've noticed myself taking pictures of baked beans, or of Spencer, and thinking, "I should post that". So ... I'm posting them. My life was complete without my blog, but I think I'm ready to come back. Have you missed me? Will anyone read this? Have you missed this face?

Isn't it apparent already?

I can't seem to get it up enough to blog. I've been continuing to read a few select blogs every couple of days, but I think that my blogging days are done, for now. Don't count me out all together, but in the meantime, if you wish to keep in touch, I'm on Facebook. Leave a comment and I'll give you my info so you can find me :)

Any of my regular haunts -- I would definitely love to KIT! XOXO! And all that jazz! =)

Carrot Cake will be the death of me

My supervisor knows that I love carrot cake.

She also knows when my birthday is.

She also knows I'm on a diet.

I ate three.

Eating my way through Chicago

Ahh, food. I decided that after my vacation, I would go on a diet. A major, zero carb diet. I know it's not the healthiest diet to be on, but I just want something to jumpstart my weightloss which has been at a plateau for a couple months. I figure I'll do the low-carb thing for a little while and slowly add in the complex carbs.

Oh, thai noodles, how I'll miss thee.

And Garrett's popcornsicle ... I'll have to put you on hold ...

Serrano ham-wrapped asparagus, I think I'm allowed to keep you ...

Sushi, my love. Ahh, sushi ...

I don't know if I can give you up. Maybe I'll save you for a special occasion.

Holy Cow! Chips ... I wonder if I can duplicate you with turnips?

Holy Cow! burger ... I can eat you without a bun. I could eat two (okay, that's stretching it).

I never thought I would miss pizza. But Chicago pizza, how I'll miss thee. I'll just have to dream about you instead.

In the meantime, on vacation I enjoyed myself. We didn't go anywhere especially ... special, but we had some damn good meals. The Grill, 1492 Tapas, Timothy O'Toole's, Harry Carey's, Salude (wine bar), Gino's East, Cindy's Pizza, Garrett's Popcorn, Silver Spoon Thai, Hot Woks Cool Sushi, all the food at Taste of Chicago .... ahh, good stuff. I think I might be okay with my memories of carbs for now ... :) Excuse me, I need to hunt down some meat.