Nummies and Giraffies!

This last week flew by! I had a birthday, spent time with my cousin from Boston, and went to the Wild Animal Park. Did I mention that I ate brownies, cheesecake, and lots of graham crackers? Emmy (the cousin) and I were on a major sugar kick for five days. It kept us going so that we could entertain and contain London, my daughter who is fast approaching her second birthday and is a grazer like me.

It became a running joke to yell out "nummies, nummies, NUMMMIES"!!! This is London's initial manner of requesting food when she is hungry, which is quite often. I've tried spacing out the meals and the result is a miserable toddler with a grumpy mother who then seek out other people to frustrate in an effort to have some company in their misery pit. Regular doses of nummies is far more preferable and conducive to everyone's well-being, as well as the little one's metabolism.

The only downside is that I like what I feed her and I find myself stealing her food occasionally. Graham crackers are really good while driving. Juice boxes taste great when you get to steal the first two or three sips "so she doesn't spill it when she holds the box". The miniature blueberry frozen waffles are fabulous and we all know that a good pb and j never goes out style! Just call this the food edition of Tidbits.

It was awesome to go to the Wild Animal Park and see the giraffes running in a pack downhill. Lions were lounging on a grassy knoll eating some massive treats and looking adorable and fuzzy. The cheetahs bug me because they're never up-lazy bums! We fed ducks and I walked the whole way up and down the hills without hijacking any senior citizens for their motorized Rascal. That's it for now.