Food

I must have been hungry today to think of these Three Good Things for the day:

1. I had leftover lamb stew for breakfast.  Eggs are so Twentieth Century.


2. Champps has the best patty melt I've ever had.  Wow - go get one tomorrow!  Lunch with Sammy is always fun.


3. We had crab legs for dinner.  This happens to be both mine and Adam's favorite food.  It was nice to see Sammy enjoy it with us.

Silly, Sandals, and Savory

Three Good Things for the weekend:

1. The musical version of "Go, Dog. Go!"


2. I wore sandals and a short-sleeved shirt today.


3. Lamb stew in the crockpot.  (I skipped the mushrooms but added a bag of frozen stew vegetables at the end.)

A Little Thing

Sammy just taught me how to make a neat pile of cards.  She has some small, square pieces of cardboard that are part of a board game.  She collected seven of them and spread them out.  Then she placed each one in a neat stack.  She picked up the whole stack and tapped the edge on the table to line up the cards.  She rubbed her finger over the top edge of the stack to make sure the cards were aligned.  Then she said,

THAT'S HOW WE DO IT.  NOW IT'S YOUR TURN. 

I love Montessori!

Humming, Heat, and High Traffic

Three Good Things for the day:

1. My daughter's humming and singing as she works.


2. The Virginia sun in November is strong enough to heat up my car, even when the temperature is in the low 50's.  Quite a change from the Michigan sun in November.


3. Highest traffic ever on the blog today.  Thanks, Diana!

Birthday Suit, Boxers, and Balmy

Three Good Things for the day:

1. We had an old friend from Michigan visit for dinner tonight and the minute he walked in the door, Sammy promptly stripped off her clothes and put on her ladybug shoes.  Luckily our friend has two girls of his own, so he gets it.


2. I took Toby to the dog park and we met up with two Boxers.  Their owner couldn't get one of them to drop the tennis ball so he could throw it.  He warned me that the dog would bite me if I tried.  I felt like quite the Dog Whisperer when I stood over that beast, made him sit, and then told him to "drop it," and he gave up the ball. 


3. It's November 5 and I don't need a coat.

Mini Fridge for Mini Me

Adam came up with the brilliant idea of setting up our miniature refrigerator in the kitchen for Sammy.  She isn't able to open the door on the big fridge yet, which hampers her ability to get her own snacks.  We had this little fridge just sitting in our storage room and Adam realized that Sammy probably had the strength to open it. 



He set it up, and, voila!  Sammy now gets her own yogurt and cheese whenever she wants it.  In fact, she loves serving yogurt for two.  She'll get the two containers of yogurt and place them at our respective places at the table, then she will get 2 napkins from the shelf she can reach, and 2 spoons from her low cabinet.  Then she asks, WOULD YOU LIKE HAVE YOGURT WITH ME, MOMMY? 

We plan on putting more food in the fridge for her, but yogurt is her main refrigerated snack.  We do have a small pitcher of milk in there (you can buy the pitcher from For Small Hands for $7.50), but she hasn't had the guts to try it herself yet.  Once she does, she'll be able to get her own cereal for breakfast.  And that will bring me one step closer to my selfish goal of having her be totally self-sufficient in the morning.  Interesting how my selfish goals seem to coincide with what is best for her, isn't it?

Objectivist Round Up

Here it is!  NoodleFood hosts the Objectivist Round Up this week.  Food for your noodle, indeed.