Smoothies

Whydnai I stick with them before? Honey they are the answer to getting nutrition in at one shot!!

I saw this pic in the last issue of Oprah as I was waiting for Nosh to be done with school and it was of a glass with cut up bananas one part, strawberries the same equal part and blueberries the same equal part. The image stuck with me and at BJs last weekend I bought a bag of frozen blueberries, (my sub-conscious at work.)

Yesterday I listened to a mom talk about how her kid was gorging on fruits and veggies and suddenly it just occurred to me that the pic had stuck in me brain for a reason. My kids dont have a problem per se eating them  (who am i kidding) but this way - they go in all at one time! WOWOWOWOWOWOW!

I made the smoothie yest, gingerly, wondering if the drain was going to get the benefits of all those fruits. Surprise surprise, the kids lapped it up. I sat there, at the table, you could have knocked me out with a feather. 

All the mental preparation I do to make sure Nosh n Reh get their fruit and veggies, preparing for deals and cajoling them, actually planning which day to give what and when when all of it could go down like a tasty pill was magic. I could feel a knot unravel itself in my shoulder. lol...no really. The younger they were the easier it was to get them to eat. The older they get, the more inventive my dealings have to be. Next time I could put in a dollop of ice cream and it'll go down even more faster. Good thing summer's round the corner!

P.S. today I popped in carrots too and they didnt miss a thing!

Discovery of the week

is that your kid's voice sounds so sweet when she/he is on the phone with you. I realised that this week while I went grocery shopping and Nosh and Reh called tot ell me to get something for them on the way back. I almost stopped in the middle of the parking lot wondering who the hell called me from own home that I cant recognise (yea it was that surprising!), did R bring the neighbour's kids over to play before Reh said - "its me Reh mamma!!" Sounded totally different and so like the itty-bitty beings they are instead of the kids pretending to be older in person.

Now my current thing is to call them even we're home - landline to cellphone and delight in their heavenly, sweet, soulful voices.

I dont want to forget to mention, for the record that my first thought was how come R never mentioned this to me since he's more often on the phone with them from work, outside, coming home, going etc etc. missed out shehh.