[tags]wordless wednesday[/tags]

Well, for a few minutes, anyhow. They were just slurry sealing our street. Gage loves trucks of any kind. He heard the truck coming for the first round and just started hollering “Truck, TRUUUUUCK!”

Of course, they didn’t get started until noon, despite wanting all cars off the street by 7 am. Theoretically, that included for driving, although  obviously that wasn’t going to be enforced. Now that the slurry has to dry, we’ll see how long until they open the street.

I have a little challenge at lunchtime – my daughter loathes peanut butter. Really and truly cannot stand it. She doesn’t like most nuts, in fact.

So there goes a classic kids’ lunch. It doesn’t help that my son would gladly live on peanut butter.

Today we came up with a compromise. She got a jelly sandwich, which she adores but I hate to make because they aren’t all that nutritious (although I do use wheat bread). But she also had to have some lunch meat. I buy the healthier kinds, not just bologna. She’s happy. I’m happy that she’s getting something healthy along with her sandwich.

The kids are also enjoying fresh tomatoes from the garden.

I’d love to hear how other parents handle lunchtime challenges. What do you like to serve your kids for lunch and how do you cope with difficult food preferences?

[tags]kids,lunch,peanut butter,sandwiches[/tags]

Aggie tagged me.

The Rules:
“Each person links to the person who tagged them. Then each person posts the rules before their list, then they list 8 things about themselves. At the end of the post, that person tags and links to 8 other people and then visits those peoples’ sites and comments letting them know that they have been tagged, and to come read the post, so they know what they have to do.”

1. I love making homemade bread. Matter of fact, I have a loaf and 8 rolls rising right now. Probably done by the time you read this. It’s whole wheat bread and really easy to make.
2. My husband and I share a car. Some of you may remember that from when we got rid of my car early this year. Still going amazingly well. Some things are just not so hard as you might expect. I do miss the flexibility of having my own car, though.
3. I’ve been trying to talk my husband into moving to another state. California is just too expensive. He wants to return, but I pointed out to him that we can stop renting and start building equity sooner if we live elsewhere. We’re thinking Colorado.
4. I’m very quiet in real life. With all the speech issues we’ve had with my son, we joke that he comes by it naturally, through me! He and I are both very shy. Hopefully I can help him deal with it well.
5. I’m considering taking up quilting. My sister is going to check out prices so that we could maybe take classes together.
6. I don’t need glasses or contacts yet.
7. Chocolate is my favorite food group. Especially chocolate in the 70-75% cacao range.
8. I enjoy these memes, but picking new victims… err… choosing people to tag drives me up the wall.

I’ll tag:

No Average Mom
The Happy Slob
One Stop Mom
Gaia Girl

And anyone who wants to volunteer. Picking 8 is taking too long.

[tags]wordless wednesday[/tags]