It’s easy to get jaded about the state of the world, and what humans are doing to it: pollution, war, greed, disregard… but there is so much more that’s good about our world.
Sometimes, we just need to step outside to refresh, and reset our perspectives.
Nature gives me hope
Kids give me hope
“seems to me, it ain’t the world that’s so bad, but what we’re doin’ to it” ~ Louis Armstrong
Love, Baby, Love… Yeah….
I hope you can take a moment and get outside to enjoy the beauty and magic.
My little girl has become quite the foodie. She loves to watch Anthony Bourdain (at age 2 she declared: “Tony is my best friend”), Chopped, Cupcake Wars, and pretty much any other food related show we will let her watch. She got a kitchen for her birthday: But one of her favorite pastimes is to sit and read out loud from cookbook; one recipe after another. That means my days sound like this:
It wouldn’t be so bad if the recipes were all healthy and nutritious, but her favorite book from which to read is this: All day long with the delicious sounding recipes, delectable ingredient after delectable ingredient. And the recipe she was reading in the video was for a Chocolate Hazelnut-Pear Tart. Mouthwatering.
So hour after hour I sit here having chocolate deserts described to me, and the more she reads those recipes, this more I want to shovel chocolate in my face.
Now I don’t pretend to be a cooking blog, so no, I haven’t made this recipe yet. Although, I do believe this particular tart is in my future. But, since we taunted you with the ingredient list earlier, I’ll go ahead and include the recipe she was reading here: Chocolate Hazelnut-Pear Tart.
I’m having a little trouble wrapping my head around Gem turning five. She’s clearly 5. She acts like a 5 year old. She thinks like a 5 year old. I’m just having a little trouble keeping up.
I thought an interview might be a good way to try to catch up
Favorite color: Red and pink Favorite animal: cheetah What do you want to do when you grow up: police officer What is your favorite thing to do: play cooking What is your favorite book: My Little Pony Equestria Girls What is your happiest memory: going to the beach Why do you like being a kid: because I can play more If you could be any animal, what would you be: a mermaid What’s your favorite thing to do with Mommy and Daddy: snuggle Where is your favorite place to go: to the doughnut shop What is your favorite TV show: My Little Pony What is your favorite food: pears What was your favorite birthday present: kitchen and cook book What is something you don’t like to do: wait What do you think Daddy does at work: work on his computer And what does Mommy do: work on her computer, too, and takes care of me What is something that you’re really good at: running fast What is something that you want to get better at: going in the water and being safe from the sharks What is something that you want to learn: how to make a paper boat Who is your favorite person in the whole world: Bella What is your favorite thing to wear: dresses What is your favorite kind of weather: rainy Why: because I can stomp in puddles with my boots If we went on a trip anywhere in the world, where would you like to go: to school What would you buy if you had $1000: cherries What is your favorite kind of ice cream: strawberry What are you looking forward to next year: going to Kindergarten
The day started out with a plan, and it was all Gem’s idea. We were going to go on a walking tour of all the beautiful flowers in our new neighborhood. And, I would bring my camera, so we could take pictures and use them for a blog post.
My little unpaid intern is really starting to pay off.
We got off to a good start.
But, after a while we came across this:
And inside, they had this:
They also had books.
The walls were lined with old classics
and my little girl was entranced
We spent hours in the doughnut shop, and I got to share with her some of my childhood favorites.
The garden tour / photo walk can wait for another day.
It’s not that she wont sleep, she just wont sleep in a bed. She’s not a fan of bed time.
This isn’t a new thing, it started as soon as she graduated from crib to toddler bed. I went to get her up one morning and she wasn’t in her bed. I scrambled around everywhere, and then found her snuggled up under her bed.
My heart still races when I check on her and she’s not in bed, but I know to look for her before I get too worried.
I’ve learned to look for little feet sticking out from under things
Lately, she’s taken to sleeping in her toy box. The first time, it took me a while to find her, I had to listen for the sound of her breathing.
A couple nights later, I found her in her toy box again. This time curled up with a kid’s cook book.
Yes, she drags that moose around with her a lot – maybe I should look for the moose first when I’m looking for her.
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