Thursday, September 9, 2010

A break from the old family slide show...

I am sure I am not the norm here, but I would probably utterly dig watching someone's old family slide show circa 1959.

But, since I am certain I am not the norm, it is time to take a break from our family vacation photos to blog about this girl:



She is hilarious and funny. She can be loud, and tantrum throwing, or she can be quiet and observant and cuddly. I love her, and I love her cheeks. Her plump, squishy, kissable cheeks.

The past two weeks I have noticed something about her. She has very discerning taste buds. I wouldn't call her 'picky' per se, (even though she is...) but her palette is 'delicate'. Let me explain.

I gave her breakfast one morning and with it her usual cup of chocolate milk. To which she replies, "This tastes funny." I couldn't think why it did, until I realized that I gave her Millzies whole milk and not the usual 1%.

Then there was the Mac & Cheese incident. She LOVES Mac & Cheese. Again with the, "This tastes funny." (I used soy milk in it instead of regular milk...and used margarine instead of butter.) Geez.

She is this way about lots of things, some dairy related, but some not. For example she prefers: Rock salt on her grilled meat over kosher salt. Regular lemonade over 'light' (a given...I am with her on that.) She won't eat 'American' cheese (that's my girl). And it spills over into cereal, crackers, granola bars, lite mayo, different mustartds and hot dogs, etc. Substituting whole flour into a cookie recipe? Think again! (Not even the entire calling of flour, even one cup she tastes.)

Not only can you see I am a GREAT and AWESOME mom at what I feed my kids, but that she has some mutant taste buds. Love her, but sometimes...

What have you changed in your kids food rituals that they notice right off?

5 comments:

Emily said...

P.S. Your daughter is beautiful and I swear she looks just like you!

Emily said...

Well, when they get healthy cereal like Kix instead of Cocoa Puffs they totally notice! But on a more serious note, I don't think I have such discerning tastebuds in our family, just kids who prefer cookies over salad.

Calli said...

Calli hasn't gone quite that far yet, but I'm sure she will be the same. My husband is very much that way. He says he can taste the freezer on a pre-made casserole.

Jon said...

I see a Master chef in your future!!

Holly said...

First, I am sorry I haven't been following you more closely lately. I guess that's part of being on vacation and playing catchup but it's also kind of a treat to come back and see all these posts just waiting for me like a little gift. I've been love, love loving your New York photos. I'm dying to take Robbie there and I'm dying to do it in good weather but sadly...that's not going to happen this year.
Robbie's not as good as Mems and picking up on ingredient shifts but my goodness...that boy can spot a tiny spec of vegetable with his eyes closed and then he'll reject the whole hamburger/casserole/scrambled eggs or whatever. it's not enough to pick it out afterward...we have to cook it without it. Frustrating? Yes!