Made croquettes with Thanksgiving leftovers today. Ivy actually liked them, which is why I'm recording how I made them ( Read more... )

Today, Maggie's teacher complimented me on her healthy lunches. So that was a nice little encouragement to keep on with the bento-ing ( Read more... )

Yesterday at the end of school, Maggie's teacher mentioned that she'd been a bit wander-y. She says she's doing well, just sometimes lacks attention. rainfletcher and I presume that this is mostly due to being-four-ness, and that a bit of time will help. We also had a discussion with her about doing what her classmates are doing and paying attention to her ( Read more... )

The first thing Mags said this afternoon was "I ate my WHOLE LUNCH!" Which is mostly true, as she didn't touch her crackers (she's eating them now, instead). She ate up a mini cheese quiche, edamame, bell pepper, green & black grapes, a tangelo segment, Kix, and fruit leather. So clearly I need to keep packing about the same amount of food and ( Read more... )

As noted in my previous post, Ivy spent the whole day wondering where her sister was. rainfletcher took advantage of adults temporarily outnumbering children and did some tidying ( Read more... )

Another made-up success that I want to record for future dinners. ( Maggie ate it! Ivy ate it! )

Last Saturday, we attended another lovely party hosted by Cheese. It looked like it would be overcast, but ended up being very nice. The theme was "white" and everyone complied except barryfreed, who wore a t-shirt in honor of his recent skydive (he also brought along a dvd of his jump, which we all watched). Todd lost the croquet tournament for the first ( Read more... )

Writing this down because the whole family liked it, and I want to be able to recreate it.

( Wooo, I made something up and MAGGIE ATE IT. )

The first, on Wednesday, was at Juanell's, a late birthday party for Mike. It was all very fortuitous: Maggie and I had walked to Ralph's, more from a "let's get some fresh air and exercise" point of view than a "we need X food item" point of view. Suddenly I heard someone calling Maggie's name, and turned around to see Juanell. She mentioned ( Read more... )

Dinner at Mary & Bob's. I brought that Eggplant & Artichoke Ragout--it turned out very well ( Read more... )