Tuesday, March 04, 2008

Bad snack ideas - Or, how do our young survive to adulthood?

Yesterday Pebbles had a serving of cereal for breakfast. Then we sort of left the cereal out and she snacked on it bit by bit all day long. Then for dinner we had some very yummy red beans and rice.

This morning? She was in bed, laying on her back with her pj's unzipped, staring in horror at what snacking all day on ALL-BRAN had wrought upon her clothing. What kind of deadbeat mom looks at ALL-BRAN and thinks "hm, well, that's better than chips or candy" and absent-mindedly turns back to her laundry without even considering the repercussions?

If you've ever wondered if it helps you lose weight, I can tell you now that it certainly trimmed down my poor, skinny, little toddler's already diminutive waist. Today she's eaten with a certain caution inflamed only slightly by her body's desire to restock.

Anyway, a friend came over today and we headed for Costco to try out their digital photo printing. Can I tell you how cool this service is? You take in a memory card or a cd, plug it into thier little computers, tell it which ones to print, edit them for red eye and cropping, and one hour later it's done. Just the good ones, as many of each as you desire, and enlargement. Each 8x10" is $1.?? and great quality (4 of them, after tax, came to about $6.30). What an easy way to put my kids on the wall! You can even send them in online and go pick them up whenever you're ready. Forget school pictures (which actually got lost which was mightily upsetting), I'm going to drape some sheets and take a few pics here and call it good. Oooooh, a new hobby! :)

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