Weekend of firsts

This weekend has been a fairly busy one...Saturday specifically. Friday night we had dinner at Red Robbin with mom and dad (Lilith's request). Then cards. Lilith ended up spending the night. Saturday morning, Grams and Papa got her new booster seat put together and the Lilith got a special outing...a ride in Papa's car. They went to the gas station, Safeway (for treats...she had a dry Pull-Up that morning), and then Starbucks...just the 2 of them. From what I hear, Papa really enjoyed their special time. I think he had her help shift, too. Last night, Lilith was telling me "Papa had me do this" and then make the movement with her hand. He used to have Shawn help when he was little, too.



My Saturday was spent in the kitchen pretty much all day. Over the past couple of weeks, I have acquired 2 new cookbooks. A friend sent me Deceptively Delicious. And then I bought the second one, Doubly Delicious. Saturday was about trying some new foods. Once I got up, I got busy steaming and pureeing spinach and carrots and broiling some beets (they got pureed, too). I made the chocolate cake with beet purée and chocolate cream cheese frosting. Kevin made chicken parmesan with spinach in the breading and carrots in the sauce, asparagus 2 ways (1 with bacon), and guiltless mashed potatoes (with cauliflower). (The cake was out of the first book and the chicken was out of the second. The rest Kevin found online.)


Dinner wasn't too bad. Lilith tried the asparagus with bacon and then told me " No thank you." It's something new I'm trying with her...she has to take one bite and if she doesn't like it, she can tell me "No, thank you." It's something I read online somewhere. Kevin tried and ate most of it. And I ate it all except for the other asparagus...didn't really like it that way. Dad had seconds. And mom picked the breading off the chicken and the bacon off of the asparagus.



And then there's the cake. Lilith had a piece and seemed to like it. Mom had a small piece, but didn't really like it. Dad stole a bite from Lilith's piece. And I had a piece later. It was really dense, almost like a brownie. And I just don't like cream cheese frosting evidently. It went out with the rest of the trash tonight and will not be made again. Good news is, couldn't really taste the beets (and I did actually taste them -and the spinach- after they were cooked.) The chicken might be made again. Some with the potatoes and asparagus with some other things tried.

This morning, I tried another new thing...pancakes from scratch. The current Food Network magazine had a recipe for strawberry pancakes with homemade syrup. The syrup was brown sugar dissolved in water and simmered for about 30 minutes. The pancakes have slices of strawberries placed in the batter once it's placed on the pan. Mine looked nothing like the pictures, but they tasted pretty good. I wasn't fond of the syrup, though. Lilith actually asked if I could make them again, but with blueberries. I still have batter leftover, so I might make her some in the morning. I think we will make some yogurt pops (out of the 1st cookbook) and some soap crayons.

One more quick Lilith story:
She's been wanting Kevin to play with her all day today. We had gone out for a little bit. As soon as we gone home, I heard "Mommy, I want to do something with you." Sadly, I had to tell her that I couldn't because I had to make dinner. She then went up to Kevin and told him he had to make dinner. LOL Unfortunately, had to go finish his paper. So, she got to watch a movie. Oh, and she ate all her dinner without us talking to her!!!

I can't believe she's already 4!



1/22/2011


1/23/2011 Her actual birthday.


Her new trick.

She had her 4 year check up on 2/1/2011. Like always, she's perfect. 43" tall (100%) and 37.3lbs (50%). She also got all of her shots...5 of them. Poor thing! We weren't expecting them so Kevin hadn't gone with. :(

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