Wink, Wink ;)

My toddler, The Present, never ceases to amaze me. One of the reasons I wanted to start this blog was to put down some of the funny things that he says and some of the funny things that he does while he is growing up.

Here is an example from the weekend.

I had a girlfriend in town that I have known for ages. We were at lunch with my sister and The Present was climbing over the back of the booth. I had told him several times to stop, and the last time, I looked him in the eye and told him not to do it again. He looked at me, gave me a slow nod, and then winked.

I couldn't help but laugh.

The Sneaky Mom

The Present, my toddler, is what I would consider a good eater. He will snack on edamame with me, he loves all sorts of fruit and will even leave sweets on his plate. But just like any kid, he loves to eat the likes of mac 'n cheese and other packaged foods that have little to no nutritional value.

That brings me to today, where I have been mixing, processing and pureeing foods to "slip" into his lunches and dinners. I got the idea from an Oprah show based on the book "Deceptively Delicious" by Jessica Seinfeld, but what I read on the Internet led me to the book, "The Sneaky Chef" by Missy Chase Lapine (her book was out before Seinfeld's).

Now I have all these little baggies in my freezer full of pureed white beans, broccoli and zucchini, carrots and yams, and my flour and bread crumbs are fortified with whole wheat flour and wheat germ. I hope I am as sneaky as Missy Chase Lapine!

I guess I will find out tomorrow when we have mac 'n cheese 'n carrots 'n yams for lunch...