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Pooped Out

(Straight from the 5 and 3 and 2 year old vernacular dictionary...)

My kids are obsessed with:

"booties, 

butts, 

poop, 

pooties,

farts,

fat farts, 

butty-bums, 

farty-butts, 

farty-farty poots, 

pooty-poots, 

poopies, 

poodies,

farty-poops, 

booty-booty-butt-butts 

and boooty-bums".

I just put those little poopies to bed and I swear, these are all terms I heard during the 40 minute ordeal.

When will this fascination pass?

I felt Crabby today

none

Getting to know me 101

Things I Likie:

chopping vegetables into different shapes

tapestries

rice.  you can make paper outta it!

old people walking with those little wire shopping carts on wheels.

asian straw hats

jerry curl

British murder mysteries

Herbal tea that tastes like earth

Incense...sandalwood, nag champa, musk...ooh and the vietmanese kind

sparkly toe nails

Louisiana style hot sauce on my pizza

grey days

coloring

window painting

mowing the lawn

Things I NO Likie:

Looking through binoculars wearing glasses

being hot

restricting bras

loud cell phone users in the checkout line

obnoxious vehicles (street hummer, huge trucks that pull nothing)

Lucky Charms cereal

Waking up cranky

small pebbles in my shoe

speeding tickets

a house with every furnishing being brand new

someone with a gourmet kitchen and all they do is microwave

parents who tell their kids they are "bad"

drinking cow milk

For Your Play Dough Pleasure...

We made home-made play dough the other day.

Once it was ready for use, I left the room to come back to these masterpieces:

(I know he's my son but I think Isaac's got mad skillz.)

"Ware-rabbit"  by the 4 year old Isaac.

"Lizard" by the 4 year old Isaac.

"Hello Kitty" by the 3 year old Peaches.

My latest yum

Rachel's Blackberry Cous-Cous Pudding

(Note:  I never follow recipes.  I measure-by-eye.  My philosiphy: Just keep at it until it tastes right.)

~~This is my take on an Indonesian-style dessert.~~

Steam: 

*cous-cous 

with a generous amount of:

* ginger

* cinnamon 

* cardamom 

Add:

* honey &or sugar (honey is yummier) until desired sweetness is reached (may need to add more later as cream will subdue sweetness)

* Lots of fresh "Washingtonian" black berries

* Fresh cream

Mix and enjoy.

Great for dessert or breakfast!

Serve warm or cold (warm is best)

I would love to hear from those of you who try this...