I spent the better part of this laid back Saturday with Nora. If you've spent any amount of time with her, you know she's a verbal child. Even though she can hold up her end of the conversation, I still find myself with random thoughts bouncing around in my head at the end of the day.
We watched a cooking show on the Create channel before dinner. I was trying to put off serving dinner until 5:30 (still early, I know). This was the first cooking show we'd taken in together and we both enjoyed it. The subject was breakfast food. After demonstrating how to make pancakes and sticky buns, the chef revealed what she usually ate for breakfast. It included cooked greens, miso soup and mixed veggies. It looked yummy and she had a good point. Eating sugary things in the morning (my norm) leaves you feeling tired, but apparently eating veggies for breakfast leaves you feeling alert. I may have to try this.. yeah right. Who has time to make that in the morning? Aren't most people starving because they haven't eaten for 8-12 hours?
We went to the mall today but it was absolutely crawling with people so we left. I'm not really sure what I expected. It was a beautiful Feb. day outside, sunny and bright. Naturally, everyone inside, shopping at the crowded mall. So we headed to the library where Nora picked out an Elmo book, a Dora book and a pigeon book. If the 2nd career as a chef doesn't work out for me, I'm going to create a character appealing to kids. I'm going to create one that is furry, teaches you to count and speaks another language who sells movies, books, clothing and accessories. I'll call him ARON (nora spelled backwards). Note all cool kids characters have two syllables in their name. Watch out Hollywood.
In my quest to use up the food in the house, I took out frozen broccoli, fresh cauliflower, cheese, chicken broth, milk and spices and made soup. That was dinner, but we had leftovers and I didn't want leftovers.. so I put it in the freezer. I guess that about cancels out the frozen broccoli I took out in the first place.
I have a package of mushrooms to use up. I need inspiration.
I've been trying to figure out the logistics of nighttime potty training Nora. Door opened? (but the cats could get in) Closed? (could she open it in the dark?) When do I move her out the crib? See, I have nothing better to worry about. Anyway, I didn't take a picture, but Bob the cat let me know I am not in control of whether he is in or out of Nora's room. Twice this week he was in there after her bedtime and it took me a couple hours to figure it out. The second time he was sleeping IN the crib with her when I went to cover her up.
Well I'm off to watch TV (aka take a nap on the couch) and do my part to use up freezer things by making a coffee ice cream milkshake, which I think could be enhanced by Kahula.
I'll leave you with this final thought. Don't buy milk at the gas station. A 1/2 gallon costs as much there as a whole gallon does at the grocery store. I figured we needed milk though for that awesome bowl of cereal I am going to whip up tomorrow 40 seconds after we wake up. I'll save the miso soup for another time.
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