Food-related confessions

July 5, 2009 at 11:18 am | In Eating, Quirks | 2 Comments

I lick my fork in between bites.  I like to eat with a clean utensil.

I drink chocolate milk at restaurants and white milk at home.  Never the other way around.  I like my white milk super cold and get strange looks when I ask for it on ice.

I didn’t learn how to cut my own meat until I was 12.

I mush up my hard ice cream and turn it into soft ice cream.

I eat yogurt off of the convex side of the spoon, not the concave.  I dip and lick, not scoop.

I can pour the exact amount of milk required on my cereal so that when I’m finished there is none left.  I hate sweet milk, and wouldn’t drink it, but I also hate to waste.

I like ketchup and gravy on my fries, together.

I can eat two footlong subs in one sitting.  For some reason, they don’t fill me up.

I hate coffee as a drink, but it’s one of my favourite smells.  I also can’t pass a Tim Horton’s without salivating at the thought of an Iced Cappuccino.

I once drank sour milk for three days straight thinking my taste buds were playing weird pregnancy tricks on me.  Now I can’t drink milk within two days of it’s expiration date.

I have never voluntarily eaten or drank anything dyed blue.

I’ve been known to consume entire jars of olives, juice included, all in one go.

I hadn’t tried fresh cherries or blueberries until last summer. 

At Harvey’s, I get lettuce, relish, and pickles on my burger.  I like how it tastes, but it’s mostly because they are all green and that soothes the anal retent in me.

This one time, at Disney World, on the Monorail, we found a brand new box of fudge sitting on the seat across from us.  Yes, we took it and ate it.  It was like $20 worth of fudge; we couldn’t just leave it there.

When I was little I used to go out to the garden and pick the rubarb and eat it raw, unclean, straight from the ground.

Speaking of rubarb, someone brought a strawberry-rubarb crisp to Avery’s birthday party.  I ate the whole thing myself.  It was good and I don’t regret it.

EDITED BECAUSE I THOUGHT OF A COUPLE MORE:

In between bites, I usually put down my fork while I chew.  That, with the cleaning of the utensil, makes for a long meal.

While eating finger foods, I only use my thumb and forefinger.  Like pinchers.

I turn my plate during the meal.  I like to have the section of food I’m eating to be located directly in front of me.

I eat one thing at a time.  Usually meat first, then potatoes, then veggies.  Meat first because it’s the tastiest and I’m not a “save the best for last” kind of girl, then potatoes because they’re gross if they’re cold, then veggies because they can be eaten cold (see the licking and the setting of the fork down – food is often cold on my plate).  Plus, if I get full then I’ve eaten the yummiest stuff first.

Time for Bosco to earn his keep

July 3, 2009 at 4:12 pm | In Eirinn, Photos, The Dog | 1 Comment

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Bosco has, for his entire life, been a kisser.  Especially right inside your mouth when you least expect it (or up your nose, if you happen to have a runny one) and especially right inside the kids’ mouths.  The above picture was taken when Eirinn was 8 months old, immediately following a mouth-kiss from The Bossman.  He’s too quick with the tongue to stop, so what is a mom to do but take a picture right when the baby is squealing in shock?

Jump on over to http://durhamregionbaby.com/2009/07/photo-friday-pets/ and vote for our picture!

Happy Birthday, my Tweet

June 30, 2009 at 9:25 pm | In 1, Avery, Milestones | 2 Comments

Dear Avery,

Today you’re one.  You are growing too fast and learning too much and becoming too cute.  Mommy can’t handle it.  I can’t believe that it was a year ago today that we first met.  You had a pile of dark hair, pointy little elf ears, and an outtie belly button.  Where did those all go?  You’re becoming a beautiful, charming, super-genius that I just want to kiss and squeeze all day long. 

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I go back to work in less than two weeks.  I will mourn the loss of our full days together.  I will forever miss spending endless hours with you, experiencing life just the three of us, with your big sister.  I’m going to miss your first steps, one reason I took a full year off, but that’s ok.  You’re laid back with the physical milestones, but you make up for it in spades with your verbal development.  Your doctor called you ‘a chatty little thing’ today.

You say hi and bye bye and ball and more and ma and dada and baba, rawr and woof.  You point your finger and grunt and can let us know exactly what you want.  You love to spit.  You love to spit.

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Our most favourite quality about you is one we hope continues throughout your life.  You are the most affectionate baby I’ve ever known, with free hugs and kisses, real kisses.  You grab our face, turn it towards you and pucker up, making a kissy noise.  No doubt about it.  You’re a mushy kid and we can’t get enough.

While you can certainly be a cranky pants (remember Grocery Shopping Avery?), you can also charm the socks off a penquin.  A giant goofy grin, a whispery friendly ‘hi’, and every adult is putty in your hands.  You’re the kind of baby people gravitate to.

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Today, on your very first birthday, I want you to know how much you are loved.  You and your sister are the most important people to your daddy and I and we wouldn’t trade you or any part of you for anything in the world.

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Happy birthday, my tweet.

Love, Mommy

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