Look what I did!
I'm so proud of this! I can't believe it took me so long to sit down and figure it out. The first attempt wasn't perfect, but I was pleased and heartened with the results. Mostly I think I need to work on keeping it in Cat's hair, because this one didn't stay in for very long. But at least I'm on the right track.
Candid Camera
The other night we had a ham dinner. As with most non-dessert and non-white-bread type foods, ham is liked by some of my family, but not everybody.
Eliza said that she simply could not eat the ham. Unfortunately for her, some amount of ham consumption was required before she would be allowed to have any dessert. I told her that I'd be happy to puree it, baby food style, if that would help, and she immediately requested that I let her eat it that way. Since I was joking about the pureeing, I decided to do the next best thing. I took a few regular-sized bites of ham and cut them into the tiniest bits I could manage, then mixed them up with a scoop of mashed potatoes. Eliza likes mashed potatoes, so I thought the combination would work well.
Eliza decided that the ham wasn't diluted enough in the single scoop of mashed potatoes, and immediately added two more big scoops of mashed potatoes to her plate. I reminded her that she needed to eat every one of the little bits of ham, and she assured me that she could.
Until, she couldn't.
And she asked me to retrieve the ham bits from the mountain of mashed potatoes on her little plate.
So I did.
And it was after about 15 minutes of playing search-and-rescue for miniscule bits of ham swimming in cold mashed potatoes that I decided I was probably being punked. Because what I was doing was absolutely in sane and would provide great entertainment for the general public.
But the Candid Camera crew never did emerge. I suspect that they're still hiding somewhere in my house, awaiting the next opportunity to catch me in the act of crazy.
For the record, Eliza finally managed to choke down the ham.
All in the name of dessert, my friends.
Eliza said that she simply could not eat the ham. Unfortunately for her, some amount of ham consumption was required before she would be allowed to have any dessert. I told her that I'd be happy to puree it, baby food style, if that would help, and she immediately requested that I let her eat it that way. Since I was joking about the pureeing, I decided to do the next best thing. I took a few regular-sized bites of ham and cut them into the tiniest bits I could manage, then mixed them up with a scoop of mashed potatoes. Eliza likes mashed potatoes, so I thought the combination would work well.
Eliza decided that the ham wasn't diluted enough in the single scoop of mashed potatoes, and immediately added two more big scoops of mashed potatoes to her plate. I reminded her that she needed to eat every one of the little bits of ham, and she assured me that she could.
Until, she couldn't.
And she asked me to retrieve the ham bits from the mountain of mashed potatoes on her little plate.
So I did.
And it was after about 15 minutes of playing search-and-rescue for miniscule bits of ham swimming in cold mashed potatoes that I decided I was probably being punked. Because what I was doing was absolutely in sane and would provide great entertainment for the general public.
But the Candid Camera crew never did emerge. I suspect that they're still hiding somewhere in my house, awaiting the next opportunity to catch me in the act of crazy.
For the record, Eliza finally managed to choke down the ham.
All in the name of dessert, my friends.
Christmas Eve
Here are a few highlights from a lovely Christmas Eve:
My family knows me so well! My sister and BIL surprised us with dough balls
from a delicious liege waffle restaurant nearby, without knowing that Ben and Cat
had already gotten me a Belgian waffle maker for Christmas. So I got to open up my
gift a day early and we had the most delicious breakfast ever. Yeah!
Suz and I had some Christmas story time with the kids, letting them each choose
a Christmas story for us to read while we were comfy with pillows and blankets.
The kids were excited to have another Bethlehem Dinner this year, and we changed
our menu a bit. Just like last year we had homemade hummus (thanks to Suz) and pita bread,
nuts-to-be-cracked, grapes, and olives. But we sampled some olives from our grocery store's
olive bar to expand our palates a bit, and added some cured meats and red peppers. Probably not the most authentic meal ever, but that's okay. I think the kids enjoy the
candles (especially if they float) and nut-cracking as much as anything else.
Luke was too grumpy to stay up through the reading of Luke 2, so I missed most of it
while I was putting him to bed. That means he also missed the chance to sleep with the
other kids in the play room. They sure looked cute all lined up and trying so hard
to go to sleep quickly so that Christmas would come sooner.
Pre-Christmas Adventures
The Museum of Natural Curiosity - 12/21
Provo Rec Center Pool - 12/22
Seven Peaks Family Fun Center - 12/23
Whit + Eliza
These two were great friends during Whit's visit over Christmas. In fact, Eliza was completely inconsolable when it was time for Whit and his parents to leave. I love that they had this time together, along with the other kids, to just hang out and have fun. Here are a few memorable moments from around the house:
E: We're police.
Me: What are those papers?
E: They're police prove-ers, so we can take out the paper and
prove we're police. We wear white in this town.
W: That's why I help everyone. I'm a very helpful boy.
E: Whit! It's an emergency! We don't know what the lower case A is!
While Ben and I were out one night, Suz found the kids hiding in
the Harry Potter closet watching Home. They were really enjoying themselves,
but felt bad and immediately turned the iPad over to Suz.
Then they asked Suz to turn off the light so they could pretend to sleep.
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