Another weekend, another chance to torture small children with vegetables. This weekend’s secret weapon for making eating better fun was fondue. The first course was cheese. Z hates cheese. We had bread, apples, and cauliflower to dip. She ate some of the apples but no cheese. That’s ok. She’s been crazily ambivalent about apples. One [...]
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Since I’ve been home I’ve been catching up on shows I missed. One of them was Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution. After watching Z eat french fries all week I was ready to fight to get her to eat some decent food. I just had to convince her father not to give in. He’s great at [...]
I have a new mantra. I say it over and over in hopes of changing the world. Try it with me. “We do not chase kitties!” It is true that kitties are small and furry and they run in such satisfying ways. But if you catch a kitty then they slap you on the nose [...]
So I was pretty proud of myself for running for 20 minutes straight. Two days later I was scheduled to go back to intervals. 5 minute run, 3 minute walk, 8 minute run, 3 minute walk, 5 minute run. No problem, right? I started out and at 2 minutes 30 seconds I was dying. I’m [...]
The SO had to get a MRI this morning so I was on kid duty. I ran her ragged. First I made her help clean up the house. Then we went and dropped off recycling. A quick trip to the library was after that. She wanted books on dogs. She’s obsessed with getting a dog. [...]
I have an idea for an extra level of Hell. Take an overtired, overstimulated five year old and put her in the car for a four hour drive. At first she lulls you by falling asleep but she wakes up nasty. Let her start demanding food. When you remind her of her refusal to eat [...]
I’m vacationing with the SO and Z at my parents’ house. It was supposed to include beach time but it is cold and dreary. So my parents, Z, and I went to the zoo. It was the first time I’ve taken her anywhere without the SO. She did pretty well. She got a bit mouthy [...]
Acceptance?
Posted in General on Jun 8th, 2009
I got back from Montreal late Saturday night after Z was in bed. The next morning she was full of questions about where I had been. Turns out that I was in a bit of trouble with her for being out of town “because you’re part of my family now” and therefore it is my [...]
It is the end of week 4 of my Body for Life Challenge. I didn’t see any big changes this week on par with fitting into smaller pants last week. I also spent part of the weekend with my parents so the whole food program went out the window. I only missed one workout though [...]
Quilting with kids
Posted in General on Feb 19th, 2009
Ok, I need advice from those of you used to quilting around kids. Z is fascinated and wants to help. Since she’s five she is both supremely unhelpful and not physically able to do a lot to help. I don’t want to discourage her because I want her to enjoy crafty stuff and because our [...]
101 Things update
Posted in 101 in 1001 on Feb 1st, 2009
I did #1 on the 101 Things in 1001 Days list. We went tubing. I think I might have meant tubing on a river but at this point tubing down a hill will just have to work. We took Z and went to a ski place with tubing runs. I like these because you don’t [...]
My twist on Pilates
Posted in Fitness on Jan 4th, 2009
I’m going to make my own exercise routine. It is a twist on Pilates. To do it you put in a Pilates DVD of your choice. Then you add in a 5 year old who wants to help. Suggestions: grabbing your leg on every forward kick crawling under your leg while you are holding it [...]
Need A Friend?
Posted in General on Jan 3rd, 2009
The kid was being good last night and this morning. Lately spending time with her has made me doubt my lifelong desire to adopt. But she was being decent and even making an effort to be polite. Then we went to a kids’ museum and that was going good too. We went to see a [...]
Z rode a horse for the first time yesterday. She has never shown an interest before. We took her to see the horses at the barn and decided that if she wasn’t scared she could ride Prize. I would lead and the SO would hold her so it would be safe. I was on my [...]
Yesterday I was dealing with a total kid meltdown. The details don’t matter but she was starting to hit and call me names. Then she reached out and tried to bite me. She bit at my waistband. I was wearing sweats so they stretched. She pulled back with them still in her teeth and slammed [...]
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