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[superstella]

Originally Posted by MidnightCommando

I have to ask - what does your siggy mean? I've been trying to figure it out for months : Is it hot dogs?

: I've just been waiting for someone, anyone to ask me about my siggy! I should have known around MDC it didn't seem *that* strange. It's just a particular quote that I absolutely LOVED from The Omnivore's Dilemma. I really wanted to remember it (it was some organic farmer talking about the way America eats, agribusiness, etc.) so I stuck it in my siggy. The "since 2005" is just there for good measure, totally made it up. .

Thanks for asking!

[angrypixiemama]

LOL!!! I thought it was hot dogs, too, or actual SPAM. I was trying not to feel to badly about the fact that the sitter gave my daughter a hot dog yesterday and she LOVED it. Sigh. It was the most she had eaten all week -that hot dog.

[katiedidbug]

Originally Posted by superstella

: I've just been waiting for someone, anyone to ask me about my siggy! I should have known around MDC it didn't seem *that* strange. It's just a particular quote that I absolutely LOVED from The Omnivore's Dilemma. I really wanted to remember it (it was some organic farmer talking about the way America eats, agribusiness, etc.) so I stuck it in my siggy. The "since 2005" is just there for good measure, totally made it up. .

Thanks for asking!

LOL!!!! How funny! On another similar note, does your mom really wear cloth depends?

Originally Posted by angrypixiemama

LOL!!! I thought it was hot dogs, too, or actual SPAM. I was trying not to feel to badly about the fact that the sitter gave my daughter a hot dog yesterday and she LOVED it. Sigh. It was the most she had eaten all week was that hot dog.

Well, I'm kinda there. The other day I made Atticus Kraft mac and cheese, and of course he loved it.
Anyone else wanna come clean with any sins?

[angrypixiemama]

Ok. If we are really fessing up here....DD had an Oreo. You would have thought someone gave her a million dollars (we don't let her have a lot of stuff like that). She walked around the house with it, going " MMMMMMMM" at the top of her voice. Very cute. She also signed "Thank you!" about a million times.

[katiedidbug]

Well, besides the mac and cheese, I guess I could add another one.
Seriously ladies, don't ban me from MDC for this one. We were at the mall play place and Atticus has this "habit" of running away from me and leaving the enclosed play place area (you'd think they could get a freakin' gate or something, but I digress) So I see him run toward the exit, I was tired of chasing after him so I called his name and said Do you want a drink? And of course, what am I drinking? None other than a Starbuck's Frappucino. Yes, ladies a Starbucks Frappucino. So he had a few sips, immediately fell in love and started screaming when I wouldn't give him more. I didn't cave in, but I do feel bad for those few sips.
It's just so easy to be bad sometimes.

[superstella]

Originally Posted by katiedidbug

LOL!!!! How funny! On another similar note, does your mom really wear cloth depends?

: Okay at least you mamas got my laughs in today. That came from a very funny exchange at CVS one day... So the cashier said something very funny, and my mom was laughing so hard (as was I) and Mom said, "Oh stop it, I'm an old lady and you all are going to make me pee my pants!"

Cashier: We have Depends for that, right over in aisle 2 (still laughing)
Mom: (guffawing and dying laughing now) Oh yes but my daughter here is such a hippie she only lets me wear cloth depends!

Or something very similar. It was very funny, we still laugh about it. But no, in reality she does not wear depends at all just yet (but when she does need them, you'd better believe I'll be sewing her some cloth ones!)

Okay, confession time. Homer loves Yoohoo. Chocolate junk. My dh somehow thinks this is an acceptable substitute for milk. It is a chocolate drink. I don't know how it found its way in my house, but he loved it. : But if I'm going to confess something I gave him, it has to be the chips from a few posts back. He now walks around alternating between "I want side (outside)" and "I want chips." Or "I want kawklit." Gawd we're healthy over here aren't we?

[katiedidbug]

Originally Posted by superstella

: Okay at least you mamas got my laughs in today. That came from a very funny exchange at CVS one day... So the cashier said something very funny, and my mom was laughing so hard (as was I) and Mom said, "Oh stop it, I'm an old lady and you all are going to make me pee my pants!"

Cashier: We have Depends for that, right over in aisle 2 (still laughing)
Mom: (guffawing and dying laughing now) Oh yes but my daughter here is such a hippie she only lets me wear cloth depends!

Or something very similar. It was very funny, we still laugh about it. But no, in reality she does not wear depends at all just yet (but when she does need them, you'd better believe I'll be sewing her some cloth ones!)

Okay, confession time. Homer loves Yoohoo. Chocolate junk. My dh somehow thinks this is an acceptable substitute for milk. It is a chocolate drink. I don't know how it found its way in my house, but he loved it. : But if I'm going to confess something I gave him, it has to be the chips from a few posts back. He now walks around alternating between "I want side (outside)" and "I want chips." Or "I want kawklit." Gawd we're healthy over here aren't we?

Okay the cloth depends thing is pretty funny! It's good to know that we all have our secret food things. I'm glad I'm not the only NFL/AP mama who isn't 100% whole all the time.

[co op mama]

I'm not even going to start down the road of confessions about food. I have to admit Magnus is getting the short end of the stick when it comes to food. Being he's the third he gets all kinds of craptastic foods.

[twogreencars]

Originally Posted by superstella

The "since 2005" is just there for good measure, totally made it up. .

:

[twogreencars]

Confession time - will you all still talk to me?


I've given DD chocolate chip cookies

DH gives her Viennese sausages - the kind that come out of tiny tins - she LOVES them.

...

[abadine]

I can't stop laughing, been catching up on the pages, hmmmm maybe I need to get one here more than every other day.

Eating... welllll Jovie (thats my November babies real name) eats most things, but her favourite atm are lollies... its awful, our 4yr old is still asking for a lolly whenever she does no 2 on the toilet, and we still give it to her so whenever she does one, Jovie comes running up, pointing to the cupboard & screaming. If we don't give her one, she will lay on the floor and kick her legs. So for now, we just give her a little one. Bad, I know but its my sanity lolly. Well... thats what I call it.

katiedidbug, yep I'm so not allowed to have anything like a frapacino anymore, I get jumped on & screamed at...

I made some horchata on Monday for my Cinco de Mayo party (teach Australians about good mexican food...) and both my girls are addicted!!! I'm glad its all gone now, I don't have to worry about that anymore.

[AllisonR]

Originally Posted by superstella

katie - I just noticed upir sig and wanted to say wow and congrats! 40+ lbs is awesome!

Ita about the water, that's just sensible not overbearing. Homer won't stay with anyone else at the moment besdes me, dh, or dd/ds(she's 12 he's 16).

I'm glad Homer is not a runner so far because I wouldn't be able to catch him with this stupid lung disease. His older brother was at this age (my 4yo) but I wasn't so sick then and could keep up.

Midnightcommando I know what you mean about .

Homer almost fell off the slide today, gave me a heart attack. Thankfully his brother held him until I got there. So yea on the bruising, he's a daredevil all right.

Wow Katie! You ought to be proud of yourself. Wish I could say the same, but does not look like I'll be in my skinny pants by summer.

Stella - I hope the chemo is not too bad. I think the running thing is personality. DS was never a big runner. He would stop and wait for momma. DD laughs when I say stop and only runs faster.

Slides: I posted about this, but no one responded. http://www.mothering.com/discussions...d.php?t=891109 Even so, I still recommend the beam, if any of you have access. It is so FUN!

Ya'll are cracking me up with all the food your DCs eat. We had hot dogs on the grill yesterday.

I got my camera fixed! Come on momma's - post some pics!

[superstella]

Here is a link to Homer with my 4yo a week or two ago.

I don't know if I'm talking to some of you anymore . Hot dogs, lollies, chocolate chip cookies, frappacino... :. Oh, I did find the other day that Homer didn't like my meatballs. BUT, when I slathered them with ketchup he ate them all. Meatballs with ketchup. That's healthy, right?

I responded to your thread Allison. I didn't see it earlier, or I would have responded earlier!

[katiedidbug]

Originally Posted by abadine

I can't stop laughing, been catching up on the pages, hmmmm maybe I need to get one here more than every other day.

Eating... welllll Jovie (thats my November babies real name) eats most things, but her favourite atm are lollies... its awful, our 4yr old is still asking for a lolly whenever she does no 2 on the toilet, and we still give it to her so whenever she does one, Jovie comes running up, pointing to the cupboard & screaming. If we don't give her one, she will lay on the floor and kick her legs. So for now, we just give her a little one. Bad, I know but its my sanity lolly. Well... thats what I call it.

katiedidbug, yep I'm so not allowed to have anything like a frapacino anymore, I get jumped on & screamed at...

I made some horchata on Monday for my Cinco de Mayo party (teach Australians about good mexican food...) and both my girls are addicted!!! I'm glad its all gone now, I don't have to worry about that anymore.

What's horchata? Sounds yummy ...

Originally Posted by AllisonR

Wow Katie! You ought to be proud of yourself. Wish I could say the same, but does not look like I'll be in my skinny pants by summer.

Stella - I hope the chemo is not too bad. I think the running thing is personality. DS was never a big runner. He would stop and wait for momma. DD laughs when I say stop and only runs faster.

Slides: I posted about this, but no one responded. http://www.mothering.com/discussions...d.php?t=891109 Even so, I still recommend the beam, if any of you have access. It is so FUN!

Ya'll are cracking me up with all the food your DCs eat. We had hot dogs on the grill yesterday.

I got my camera fixed! Come on momma's - post some pics!

Thanks for the compliment! I posted a response to your slide post, too. I hate it when I post something and no one responds. It's kinda embarrasing, you know, like no one really wants to take the time to talk to me. So, I'm more than happy to respond to another Nov '06 mom!

Originally Posted by superstella

Here is a link to Homer with my 4yo a week or two ago.

I don't know if I'm talking to some of you anymore . Hot dogs, lollies, chocolate chip cookies, frappacino... :. Oh, I did find the other day that Homer didn't like my meatballs. BUT, when I slathered them with ketchup he ate them all. Meatballs with ketchup. That's healthy, right?

I responded to your thread Allison. I didn't see it earlier, or I would have responded earlier!

Yummm...ketchup. I could eat ketchup on everything, so I certainly understand where he's coming from.

Cute pic, too.

[MidnightCommando]

I like confession time! We've been pretty good about food but DD loves sun chips wen I eat them. I've also been know to do a few kraft mac n cheese luches when I haven't shopped or am feeling lazy. I make myself feel better about it by stirring in frozen peas. She also thinks ketchup is not a condiment but a main course. I'll make sweet potato fries and give her ketchup to dip. She eats it with a spoon and asks for more.

I made cookies the other week (break and bake choc. chips) and DD wanted a bite. I gave her one and she spit it out and said 'icky'. I was amazed and relieved. We eat relatively healthy around here but I feel that making junk food or sweets forbidden will only make her want them more.

abadine - I want to know what horchata is too!

superstella - the omnivores dilemma is a book I've heard a lot about and it is on my to-read list. I'm reading a great book called 'woodswoman' right now. It was written by a woman who moved from NYC to the wilderness of the Adirondacks and lived off the grid for a long time. Very inspiring.

coop mama - I've heard that you become a bit more relaxed with each child. Is it b/c you are exhausted or that you just BTDT?

katiedidbug - keep on rocking on your weight loss. that is really something to be proud of. it is sooo hard to do and takes so much self-control (something I seem to be lacking)

Today is shaping up to be a fantastic day! DD went to bed at 9 last night (unheard of) and as of 8:21 a.m. right now - she is still sleeping. To top it off - she didn't wake me up once last night!!! Funny that I've been longing for an uninterrupted nights sleep and the first night she sleeps through the night - I kept waking up to see if she was o.k. It is my day to 'work from home' and my stimulus check came in. I think we are going to take a trip to lowes or home depot and go garden shopping for a fence, new wheelbarrow wheel and a few other fun things!

someday I'll get around to posting pics. in the meantime - keep 'em coming ladies! our November babes are the cutest!!!

[co op mama]

Midnight Commando: LOL I have BTDT, I have older kids so it makes it more challenging it's like abadine said Magnus see the older kids having treats and he wants them too. At Easter he kept finding m+m's and although he didn't really eat them he would suck on them. So you know when everyone has a treat (which doesn't happen everyday) then he wants it too.

I'm not exhausted as in being tired but mentally for sure. My husband works in the Bay area and is often not home till 10:30 at night. He does get to work from home two days a week but Magnus is all about mom these days.especially if he has a choice

[MPsSweetie]

Thank goodness for all the confessions! I'm glad we aren't the only ones who occassionally sneak a treat in. James and I are serious chocoholics, so we have some goodies around at all times. Asheby LOVES MMs. I try not to give him more than one a day, but he is so darn cute when he wants one. And we are just now finishing the last of our girl scout cookies, so he has eaten a few of those too. Oh, and we went on a picnic the other day at the Smokey Bear Days in a neighboring town. Well, he discovered Doritos... I couldn't keep his hand out of the bag.

But really!! We DO eat well around here, I promise! He also loves french onion soup, ettoufee (sp?), chili, veggies, garlic stuffed green olives, etc...

On another note, has anyone noticed how fast this thread is moving this month! Page 3 and its only the 8th of May, . I can't keep up with you girls lately!

[katiedidbug]

So, another confession here...I started letting Atticus watch Sesame Street while I was taking a shower, and now he's OBSESSED w/ Elmo! Should I feel bad? I mean, he genuinely loves him. He has a few books, and I think it's so cute that he can point him out. Overall, I didn't want him to get indoctrinated in branding and stuff, but his like of "Melmo" seems really innocent. What are your guy's thoughts?

[katiedidbug]

Originally Posted by MPsSweetie

Thank goodness for all the confessions! I'm glad we aren't the only ones who occassionally sneak a treat in. James and I are serious chocoholics, so we have some goodies around at all times. Asheby LOVES MMs. I try not to give him more than one a day, but he is so darn cute when he wants one. And we are just now finishing the last of our girl scout cookies, so he has eaten a few of those too. Oh, and we went on a picnic the other day at the Smokey Bear Days in a neighboring town. Well, he discovered Doritos... I couldn't keep his hand out of the bag.

But really!! We DO eat well around here, I promise! He also loves french onion soup, ettoufee (sp?), chili, veggies, garlic stuffed green olives, etc...

On another note, has anyone noticed how fast this thread is moving this month! Page 3 and its only the 8th of May, . I can't keep up with you girls lately!

Yeah, we've been really chatty this month. Good for us!!!! We just get along so well.

[MidnightCommando]

Originally Posted by katiedidbug

So, another confession here...I started letting Atticus watch Sesame Street while I was taking a shower, and now he's OBSESSED w/ Elmo! Should I feel bad? I mean, he genuinely loves him. He has a few books, and I think it's so cute that he can point him out. Overall, I didn't want him to get indoctrinated in branding and stuff, but his like of "Melmo" seems really innocent. What are your guy's thoughts?

LOL - DD is an elmo fan too. We don't watch TV with her but for Christmas the inlaws gave her the tickle-me elmo and she LOVES it. Our neighbors heard of this and brought her over a plush elmo kids chair - which also laughs and vibrates. I approach these the same way with food. If you make it forbidden, they will want to seek it out more. Unless you live completely off the grid, there will be no way to shelter our LO's from the influx of ads and brands - especially when/if they start going to school. I don't think it is the worst 'brand' for a child since Sesame Street is a great program and promoted tolerance and positive values. Its the dora and other nick stuff I can't stomach. A little licensed character exposure won't hurt them.

I was raised "AP" where my parents limited TV, junk food, etc. But, I was allowed to watch sesame street, was obsessed with barbie and rainbow brite and my little ponies and mom brought home the occasional box of Trix cereal for a treat and I think I turned out alright.


BTW - it is 9:41 a.m. and DD is STILL ASLEEP! I don't know whether to do a happy dance or be worried