Deceptive

So for my birthday I got the greatest cookbook, Deceptively Delicious by Jessica Seinfeld. If you have kids you need this cookbook, it is filled with recipes to sneak fruits and vegetables into everyday foods. I have successfully blended cauliflower into macaroni and cheese, mashed potatoes and chicken chili. They have totally eaten spaghetti with sweet potato and cauliflower and didn't even bat an eye. How do you accomplish this amazing feat? You puree the vegetables so they are completely smooth like baby food, then the deception begins. My kids have no idea the veggies they have been eating and I feel so triumphant. It is almost like a game to figure out what I can sneak into their food.

Complete sidenote, Sweet Home Alabama is on right now and I heart this movie, alot!

My Favorite Picture

Every year Ally's ballet studio has a daddy daughter dance around Valentine's Day. Trent takes the girls and they have a special night together without mom. Every year I want to sneak over to the studio just to watch them together. I love watching Trent interact with his girls, he is so amazing and they love every minute of him.

Tell Someone Who Cares

Tonight I ran into Kohl's after I dropped the kids off at church. Ally was in desperate need of new shoes so I decided to see if I could find any good deals. I did find her some shoes as well as a great appreciation for the grandparents in my kids lives. There was a little girl about five shopping with her grandma, here is a snippet of their conversation
Five year old: "Grandma how about this shirt I think it's cute"
Grandma: "You are going to need to tell someone who cares, we gotta get the he** outta here, American Idol is about to start"
I'm not sure where else to go with this story but to feel comforted that these are words my kids will never hear from their grandparents...

Blank

So I finally have a couple minutes to blog and my brain is apparently on empty. I am sitting here but not one darned thing is coming to mind. Huh, maybe I'll take that as a hint that it is time for bed...

That's what VCR's are for

Last night I had the privilege of going to Family Reading Night with Ally at her school. Quite honestly it has been a long week, we have had something to do every night and heading back to Parma at 6:30 was the last thing I wanted to do on a Thursday night. You may think this post is going to be about my t.v. addiction, but keep reading...So Jason Colthorp was the "celebrity" reader, I am now a Jason fan. He was hilarious, had the kids engaged in the story and seemed like a genuinely nice guy. He interacted with the kids and it didn't even seem to bother him when the kids interrupted or said things not quite appropriate for the moment. Ally even jumped off my lap so she could sit closer to him, quite a move for a clingy kid. As he is answering questions about what he does he tells the crowd that he will be moving to channel 10 as of Monday so look for him there at 11:00. He tells the kids that's pretty late so they might miss him when a dad yells "hey that's what VCR's are for". Maybe it was just me but it caught me a bit off guard to hear of someone still recording on a VCR. Quite honestly I had actually forgotten that function of the VCR. We don't have DVR in our house but I seriously thought I was the last person in Jackson without it. Until that guy mentioned it I had totally forgotten we even had the capability to record t.v. Granted you can't watch the tape till it is actually done recording your show but thanks unknown dad for reminding me that we do have the power to record. And by the way the book he read was Skippyjon Jones and it was a great book!

Her favorite "toy"

When people ask what to get my kids as gifts I usually stammer and say "I don't know" and this is why. Today was clean up day in Lanie's room. She is ready to retire her Dora Castle and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse both of which she just got for Christmas. All morning she has been playing in her clubhouse with cans of food. This is her clubhouse...

yep, it's a box

Penicillin and Clown Make-up

These two items may not seem related at all to you, but to one of the patients in my office - these items could cause an allergic reaction. Since we need to know any allergies you have we have a box marked OTHER. Honestly, this is the first time I have seen clown make-up but I am wondering if I should add it as a permanent resident on the medical history. You never know when we might bust out the clown paraphernalia when you are hyped up on nitrous and Novocaine:)