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10/16/2005 Archived Entry: "Saturday, food and stars"

Yesterday morning started with hula, but it was late morning and didn't end until 11:30 so my day was just kind of off. We come home, I get lunch for everyone, then we went to Big Lots to see their Halloween stuff. We ended up with a cover for our porch light, but we won't put it on until Halloween as it's very cheap and will crack if the screen door hits it too many times. We also got a new welcome mat. We have a Halloween mat but absolutely cannot find it. I know it's in the garage, mainly because everything is in the garage, but I just don't know where to look anymore. But, this new one seems to be better quality anyway, believe it or not, so it might be a good thing.

Once home again, Chris and I did some work in the front yard and then put the baby down for a nap. I prepped dinner (potatoes au gratin, green beans vinaigrette and veggie Italian sausage) and then we popped and plopped. Popped some popcorn and plopped in front of the TV to watch Pooh's Halloween Heffalump movie. It was very cute and had Tabi laughing out loud on more than one ocassion.

Dinner went well with the wee miss playing nicely in her high chair when she was done eating. We're starting the restaurant behavior training now. We don't allow the kids to get down from the table because we would never do that in a restaurant. When Tabitha was a baby it was imperative she learn this as we ate out a lot. I mean, a lot! Now, we don't eat out anywhere near as often as we used to, but it would still be better for Daisy to be able to sit in a restaurant for the times we do go. She's a loud one though, so sitting is the least of our worries in public, lol.

Speaking of her Daisy and dinner, we haven't introduced anything new to her in a while. The last item was peaches and man did she hate those. I had to give her a week of yams just so she'd trust us and eat again. Then she was sick and not eating any solids and now she's having acorn squash again. I bought more apples because I want to try them again with cinnamon mixed in, she was fine with the cinnamon mixed into her pumpkin. I was going to do plums, but could tell by the way they felt they would be too tart. The only thing she hates more than sweet is tartness so I knew she would not go for those. I want to start her on yogurt, but only want one specific brand which I can only get at Whole Foods. Not worth the drive just for yogurt so it will wait until we happen to go there next. Daisy is also old enough for protein now, so we'll probably give her some silken tofu soon. I guess I'll try it as a finger food, but so far, she's only enjoyed eating stuff off the floor, not her tray. That reminds me of something that happened two days ago. There was apparently a rice krispie stuck to my carpet. We've been eating lots of rice krispie treats lately and there have been a few strays that my vacuum missed. Daisy, couldn't pick it up off the carpet so she leans over and tried to suck it off with her mouth! Crazy kid.

Today I'm up early as Daisy woke me at 5:30am and though she went back to sleep, I decided to get up. We're trying to get out of the house very early for the pumpkin patch and I would rather get up early and have a leisurely morning than be rushed later. One last thing, it's amazing how bright the stars are at 5:45 in the morning.

Posted by Mandi @ 10/16/2005 03:49 PM PST