We'll be traveling west (to Colorado down to New Mexico and ending in Tejas) for about 10 days so posting may be sparse!
Catch back up with me in July when July really does become Health Challenge month.
See you soon!
Baby Alive
We don't buy Sweet P a lot of toys. Most of what she has, she received as a gift from one set of grandparents or the other. And though she may not have a lot of toys, trust me. The kid is never bored. She doesn't even play with most of her stuff, she looks for things like a measuring spoon or a sippy cup and walks around with those in her hand all day.
So. After saying we don't buy her a lot of toys. I've come to tell you that I bought her her first hard body baby doll this week. It's a "Better Now Baby" Baby Alive doll (I picked it because it had a hard body and was on sale) and she loves! it. I tried to let her pick which doll, but the one she wanted had moving arms and legs and made scary noises...and kept making the noises long after we'd moved down the aisle. No, thank you. Not bringing that into my house. The last thing I need is to hear some creep-o doll talk in the middle of the night. Nope.
She knew exactly what to do with the baby, too. Sponges, I tell you, these kids are sponges! She picked her up and rocked her, hugged her, carried around the room, kisses her if prompted and gives her water from the doll's sippy cup. I'm excited for this doll to play a role when we have another baby (this is NOT an announcement). It has a diaper and wets if you give it water (which we don't). She also came with a thermometer, stethoscope, blanket, band-aids (which we also don't use!) and a medicine spoon.
Try as I might, I was unable to snap a good photo of her with the baby, but here are the ones I got. Oh, and she's definitely a fan of the doll's ponytail on top of it's head. It's in her mouth constantly. Shocker.
At least the doll's in focus
Rainbow Pasta
Sweet P digs pasta. She really likes it. Which is a good thing because we eat it a lot around here. I make quinoa pasta for her most of the time (brown rice pasta tends to fall apart) and she gobbles it up. So in an attempt to give her pasta some oopmh, I created this.
*Tempeh can be hard to find, but you can usually get it at Whole Foods or other health food stores. I've never seen it in a regular grocery store, but that doesn't mean they don't carry it.
Rainbow Pasta
1/4 c chopped tempeh
1/2 c quinoa fusilli pasta (it's colored!)
1 chopped mushroom
1 chopped carrot (previously steamed)
1 tbsp peas (fresh or frozen)
3 to 4 tsp (not tbsp) olive oil
1/2 stick of string cheese
dash garlic powder
Cook pasta as directed, the quinoa brand takes 6 to 9 minutes, drain and place in a bowl. Saute chopped tempeh in about 2 tsp of olive oil. Add extra oil if needed and add carrots, peas and mushrooms and saute until soft. Pour vegetables on to pasta, chop cheese into small pieces and mix in. Serve!
The bowl I used is an adult bowl and she ate it all! The bamboo spoon pictured (from Whole Foods) was wider than other spoons we have so it worked really well fitting the pasta on it. If you're interested in brands here is what I used:
Cascadian farms organic peas
Earthbound farm organic carrots
Organic Valley Stringles cheddar cheese
Ancient Harvest Quinoa organic pasta
Lifelight organic flax tempeh
Kirkland organic olive oil
Forest organic mushrooms (the actual brand, not out of our forest)
It's worth saying that Sweet P doesn't like raw tempeh, it has to be sauteed. Raw tempeh has a strange flavor so I'm not sure I'd want to eat it raw either. And if you're wondering why I didn't use our own carrots or peas, it's because we don't have any...yet!
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