I was able to really do a lot of enjoying family stuff the last few days because last week we submitted a grant that has been hanging over my head for what feels like forever. I am pretty behind on manuscripts but it was nice to feel better for a few hours.
For Saturday's lunch, A was less than certain about the options (she did love the blood orange).
She found her school pillow and blanket and insisted on pretending to nap in the kitchen.
Yesterday, we had a few inches of sleet followed by snow so OSU was closed and Chad stayed home from work since the roads were pretty treacherous. Unfortunately, he caught A's head cold and stayed in bed most of the day.
I made A pancakes and strawberries for breakfast, which she loved.
She's a pretty silly girl.
I previously saw ideas on Pinterest and friends' Facebook pictures of "paint" with yogurt and food coloring so I thought today would be a good time to try that. Baby A was initially very unsure about coming near the paint. She has gotten pretty fearful lately. We are trying to be supportive and validating while also having her face the feared objects. This worked really well for the paint and she ended up having a great time (this has not gone well with her fears of loud noises; namely, the vacuum, the blender, the garage door, the mixer, the washer, and as of today, the refrigerator when it is making ice).
I promise she didn't watch the Oscars last night; though it seemed she was inspired by the selfie that went viral. :) She takes a lot of selfies with her teacher at school. :)
We also baked toddler cookies. Neither Chad nor I liked them. Baby A loved sneaking bites of the raw dough (no eggs so it was okay!) and seems to like them, though not as much as the muffins I made a few weeks ago. I'm not sure if the cookies will freeze very well.
Just in random news, I got a new blender for my birthday. I love it! I got it for the main purpose of trying to get more fruit and vegetables in my diet. Several of the graduate students have been very convincing that you can hide spinach and kale in a smoothie and they were right! Last week, I made a number of different "kitchen sink smoothies" (meaning I just threw in whatever fruit I had lying around) along with a handful of spinach, a spoonful of yogurt, and a splash of almond milk. I take half to work and freeze the other half in ice cube trays for a later date (Friday I used this method and it worked great, though I had read that 4 ice cubes = 1 smoothie and that was definitely not my experience). I am hoping to decrease some of the fruit and increase the spinach.
The cubes on the left are raspberry/strawberry (not a good combination; do one or the other!) with oats, spinach, and banana. The ones on the right are a mix of who knows what...
Because I didn't go through all the spinach before it was about to expire, I blended what was left to add to future smoothies. I'm a little nervous this may not work but we will see. I combined the leftover spinach with a Granny smith apple, hoping that would help some. I am fascinated that this actually works.
So yay. Smoothies. If anyone has a favorite recipe or other reasonable ways to hide veggies in their diet, I would love to hear them!
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