97/365: photographing food

My mother thinks I could be a food photographer...clearly my biggest fan, but let's see if I can make even an impromptu toddler dinner look magazine worthy. Mimi will be the judge of that! Sam would have a dinner of just fruit and desserts if it was up to him but tonight he was hungry enough to polish off this pizza bagel before requesting something sweet! When the day is done and I didn't snap a photo, thank goodness for photographing food

96/365: signs of spring

We have been starting to go outside and looking to see what we want to do with the landscaping around the house and assess the fence around the pool which needs repair and all the things that come with springtime. This morning I noticed right by where we keep our trashcans, little tiny berries on a bush by the garage. We need to work on adding some color leading to the front door and maybe somewhere by the pool but for now, I will settle for any color that says warm weather is on the way! Thank goodness for signs of spring

95/365: managing your "number"

Every morning that scale sits in the bathroom in the same spot, but this morning Sam was in our bathroom first thing when I came in and he says, "Mommy, want to know your number? Step on!" Ah, the innocence! Little does he know that when you are a woman who always struggled in this department and had a baby five months ago to boot...you really don't want to know your "number." The truth is I know it and have been obsessing about it but really need to stay focused...kick up the exercise whenever I am able, write down everything I eat, which is what I did when I was successful in the past and try not to get discouraged along the way toward my goal. I have done this before and I can and will do it again. When I do, maybe I will even blog me on the scale with my "number" :) Until then, thank goodness for the ability to make changes to manage my "number"

94/365: Oreos

There is nothing quite like an oreo cookie. The two chocolate cookies sandwiching the perfect amount of white, vanilla creme in the middle. There have been numerous commercials through the years about how to eat an oreo...I prefer to open it up, eat the creme out of the center then dunk the two chocolate cookies in milk to make them soft before I eat them. Sam was so excited to have them for dessert tonight after eating up his whole dinner that he simply devoured them...no technique needed :) Thank goodness for oreos

93/365: Steamed chicken and broccoli

It is the strangest thing how I really disliked Chinese food growing up, may have even had a tantrum or two as a kid when I had to give in and go to a Chinese restaurant because my sister liked it so much and now I really enjoy it! I try to keep it healthy so I basically only order steamed chicken and broccoli with their brown sauce on the side to watch the sodium and I really like it. Funny how things (and tastebuds) change! Thank goodness for steamed chicken and broccoli

92/365: Goggles

While away on vacation, Sam played with a bunch kids who all wore goggles in the water and he would wear his sunglasses and call them goggles :) It dawned on me that the problem of Sam's major dislike of water near or in his eyes could be solved by goggles! So today I bought Sam a pair for when he has his weekly swim instruction at the JCC but we decided to test them out in the bath tub. It made rinsing the soap out of his hair a dream! Thank goodness for goggles

91/365: our little trooper

Luke is able to smile and giggle even with a little red, sore nose while surviving his first little cold with sneezes and coughs. Thank goodness for our little trooper