My Toddler Won't Eat!

Things to write home about 3/1/09

How to Make a Toddler Pillow & Quick Toddler Quilt

Easy Thanksgiving Recipes – Candied Sweet Potatoes
Originally posted on November 17, 2008 In my opinion, the best Thanksgiving recipes are easy, and they tolerate being made a day or two ahead of time with no loss of flavor or texture. This is one of those recipes. Depending on how things are going with cleaning (and how much room there is in my refrigerator), I will either pre-cut the sweet potatoes the night before or cook the whole dish the night before. It reheats beautifully, so it really doesn’t make any difference to the finished dish. I like sweets. A lot. And so, I use a bag (or two!) of mini marshmallows on top of these potatoes. They make the finished potatoes exceptionally sweet. If

Catch, Zeus! (How Not to Play With the Cat)
We have four cats. I love them, and prior to Grace’s arrival, those cats were like my babies. Three of the four cats are not especially fond of their replacement. Grace, however, loves the kitties. It was not normal this afternoon that Zeus came to lay on the floor in the living room, in the same space where Joe and Grace were playing. Joe and Grace were playing

Easy Thanksgiving Recipes – Crock Pot Mashed Potatoes
These potatoes are delicious and rich. They’re definitely not the kind of mashed potatoes that you’d make and eat every week. You could make them every week, though, because they are very easy to prepare. But then, you’d probably gain ten pounds between now and Easter. These Crock Pot mashed potatoes are part of my easy Thanksgiving menu. Crock Pot Mashed Potatoes

Eebee’s Mix & Mash
Grace and I have had the flu for the last week. We haven’t done any fun cooking, nor any fun eating. Grace hasn’t done much eating at all, in fact. That makes it hard to write about Grace’s kitchen exploits, you know? Earlier in the week, we received a preview copy of a book I wish I’d had when Grace was tiny. It’s called

Something Special
When I picked Grace up from daycare last Friday, I told her a secret. “Grace! Hurry up and get your things. We’re going to see something very special tonight.” Something special! Miss Eunice! We’re see something very special today! Sometimes, it doesn’t take much to get Grace excited. She’s a lot like someone else I know. I didn’t tell her exactly what the something special was until we were home. She had no idea what I was talking about, so I showed her a preview online. She told everyone she talked to from then on: We’re going see something very special today! I wish yo