Quite the Little Chef

As I have said before, Lucy loves play kitchens. We are trying to find her one that we really love right now. In the meantime, I got her a shopping cart and some play food at Target this past weekend. She adores it. She cooks me all kinds of things in her pots and feeds it to me with a spoon. It just cracks her up. I love it because it really promotes her using her imagination. We love to pretend to lick the ice cream or nibble on the crackers. The food is wooden and seems to really be holding up well. It is just the cutest stuff. Here she is in her apron and hat.




Today is Ash Wednesday. I am not Catholic, but I always like to challenge myself during Lent. I am giving up caffeine and starting an exercise program. I am going to start exercising at least 3 times a week. That is not too much. I am going to do things such as walking with Lucy, Tai Bo, and my pilates video. It will be a start to getting a bit more fit.

Still no milk going down. She did at least drink a few swigs yesterday morning and a bit of milk from a straw in the afternoon, but not much at all and none today. I am going to stop stressing. I talked to the doctor today and they said that I am doing everything right and to just give her some time to adjust to the idea of milk in the sippy cup and try and push other dairy products as much as possible, which I have been doing. The nurse made me feel better by saying that they see this a lot, and the kids always end up coming around after some time to adjust. She doesn't seem to mind missing the milk at any time other than first thing in the morning. She really wants it in the mornings and gets really upset some days when I just give her the sippy. It is frustrating for both of us. It is just hard for me to understand why she will drink anything else from a sippy but her milk that she wants so badly. I know it is just the change, and I try and remember that. I really appreciate all of the great suggestions that you guys have given me. We are going to Target tomorrow afternoon to pick out her own special cup. I think this is a great idea. In most instances, I give her choices so that she does feel a part of the process. I have let her pick out her cup several times from our vast array of sippys, but it hasn't worked yet. Maybe getting to pick a brand new one will do the trick. I also REALLY appreciate the advice on the eating. We are going to take the approach of 3 meals a day and a morning and afternoon snack and no grazing in between.

I got all of my cleaning done for the week. I have felt more productive in the past couple of weeks than I have in quite some time. Lucy is really great about letting my get the cleaning done in the morning. In order to keep her content, I always let her "help". I will let her try out the mop for a while before I actually use it or push the vacuum around. She loves to feel like she is participating and once she has had a turn, she will go and find something else to play with. To treat myself, I got a gorgeous bunch of tulips yesterday. I love this time of year when the tulips are in season. They are my favorite flower. Whenever I work around the house in the mornings, I make sure and do something extra fun with Lucy in the afternoons. This way she never feels like she is getting less attention and she allows me to get stuff done.

We had a play group at our house yesterday. Lucy plus 4 other kids. She had such a great time. They all played in the sandbox. It totally wore her out and she was passed out by 7 last night.

Lucy and her bestie, Anna. Could they be any more adorable?


I thought I should document this since it is so rare - a clean plate. Of course, it was a waffle and syrup, but she actually ate the whole thing. WOOO HOOO!

How she eats her raspberries