Chapter 36: The Saga Of Life w/Lily Continues......

Do you have a Lily? Maybe her/his name isn't Lily, but you sooo know the type!

Well here is more in my life w/my Lily.......

My dear Lily is 26m old and using 3 and 4 words now to make sentences...Now that doesn't mean we always understand what is is she is trying to ask for...take for instance this new phrase.......she's saying "I SUCK" and we have no idea what suck means.....

She says hold me or I need hug....or whatever else she wants that you can plainly understand...but suck? I can't for the life of me figure it out. We assess what she is doing or wants at the time she says it ....still at a loss. She usually says it pretty loudly in public. Yesterday I ventured to Target again...(no screaming at the birds in waddy thank you) and she's ready to get out of the buggy in the middle of my shopping.....she tries to stand and really loudly says 'I SUCK' no it's not for stuck...again she screams it....'I SUCK'

I have to admit it's funny at home, but not in public....trust me we don't teach our kids that they suck!

Story 2....

If you read my blog on Monday you knew that I was baking the Chocolate Hazelnut Thumbprint cookies...(side note...they were soooooo easy to prepare and bake....had trouble getting the nuts to stick to the sides, but after reading reviews I wasn't alone...some brushed egg whites to the sides to help get them to stick.....might try that next time)

So as I'm kneading the dough I notice white stuff....I'm thinking powder sugar that hasn't broken up...and don't think of it again. Then you roll the dough in 1" balls....and about the 15th one I notice more of that white stuff...but this time it looks like finger nails....I START TO FREAK....but notice them now all over the cookies....and in the dough....now I'm thinking broken teeth. (i know i know...but first impressions thank you)

Closer inspection I notice it's rice.....RICE.....HOW COULD RICE BE IN MY BATTER...I always wipe out my stand mixer before and after using...and besides I never use rice in it....checked my cocoa powder...nothing...checked the powdered sugar...nothing...checked my flour jar....OMG THERE IS RICE ALL IN IT.. ......

Ok Now I'm ticked b/c I didn't have time to start all over...I waited until the last minute in the first place to bake them...didn't have a back up plan and this was our first night of Advent.....so what does a mom do? I smashed each ball and tried to pick out as much rice as I could.....ugh! Needless to say there was too much and each cookie had about 2 pieces still stuck in the dough when I baked them.

I was still trying to figure out how on earth the rice got there....I have 3 canisters on the counter...1 for flour...1 for sugar (which there was tons of rice in that one too) and a rice jar. the boys love my cooking too much to tamper w/ and hubs rarely cooks....(besides he rocks at it) so I was at a loss!

Later that evening......what do I see with my own little eye? Lily was on the counter and she was opening my jars and adding rice to each one! THAT LITTLE STINKER. So lo and behold...my dear daughter messed w/the flour and the cookies had an interesting crunch. We ended up eating just a few and throwing the rest away!

Moral....always check your flour before baking if Lily has been in your kitchen!!!

I tell ya this girl keeps me on my toes!

Side note....I'm 31 weeks today.....9 more to go...I'm on a MAINTENANCE diet...not a diet...but to keep it where it's at. deep sigh. Had my midwife appt and I weigh now what I did when I gave birth to Miss Lil. yikes...granted it's only 30lbs...but I guess for me that's 10 too much right now! Pray for me....it's the holidays and I'm not looking forward to cutting stuff out! It's a time to eat, drink, and be Merry! Guess I just get to be Merry!