Feeding the Niece

So sometimes you need to take care of the ones you love, even when things might not exactly make sense or be perceived as healthy.

Things like feeding your niece chocolate.

Did I mention that chocolate was on toast?Oh, I should clarify that chocolate was for breakfast!And that since Niece was having chocolate, what kind of mother would I be to decline an opened jawed four-year-old? Really! Boo-Boo was certain she needed this breakfast too. It was like breakfast went to a whole new level for her. She mixed her chocolate with peanut butter.

At this point I did a double take and made sure I didn't just serve her a "Reese Peanut Butter Cup".

And since we mixed up our day with chocolate for breakfast, why not keep going?

When supper rolled around we fried up more than a pound of bacon! I believe Niece's quote was "bacon makes me happy!"But before you write me off totally we are capable of doing dinner in a normal fashion! Really! Here's a peek! Sometimes though it is fun to change it up just a bit.

dinner

homemade beef, barley & potato soup

crusty bread with oil & balsamic vinegar

lemon meringue pie

supper is all ready

now, i just have to survive my kickboxing class

really, i would rather just eat

might sound impressive

after all my complaining last night

supper this evening actually came together alright

prepped and ready i have

bacon wrapped beef tenderloin

aspargus with bernaise sauce

rice

now, before you start thinking this is a regular meal

sorry...it is not!

we get our beef from a local farmer

and whether it is tenderloin, t-bone or ground beef

it all costs the same

the only difference is I get 50 pkgs of ground beef

and one package of tenderloin

so i guess we can live high class, or at least sound like it,

once a year!

dinner dilema

oh! so painful
i simply couldn't motivate myself to make supper
i wanted to be saved
rotten ronnie's or 1-800-THE-PIZZA sounded really good
so i asked big cheese what he wanted for supper
as he hemmed and hawed
papaya came up with a suggestion
and boo-boo offered her help
she was pretty serious too
she got an apron on, pulled up her chair
and asked "what can i do?"
well....we started making supper, at first i was still pretty cranky
but then we worked together, got it made and enjoyed the time
she was very proud of her efforts, amazing what a 4-year-old can do
as we sat down to a homemade three course dinner
i was truly thankful for the hands that helped to prepare the meal
and that it wasn't take-out