Downs

• I had trouble getting Calvin to take his morning nap. Normally, he’s ready for a nap about 2 1/2 hrs after he gets up. However, today I couldn’t convince him to take a nap till an hour after that. This put me behind schedule for starting work on time. However, we have a new project I’ve been working on that’s been requiring night work so I think I’m still okay regarding hours for the week.

Ups

• I made pretty good pie crust today. I can bake most things ok but pie crust is still a challenge for me. Today I made a savory Samosa pie and used the “Flakey Butter Crust in a Mixer” from BakeWise (though I needed to add an additional 2 tbs of water, probably because of Colorado). It turned out better than most pie crusts I’ve made, very flakey. I think I need to tweak the technique a bit but other than that it worked well.
• I decided to pick up some ice cream for a supper treat on the way home from picking up Calvin at daycare. At King Soopers, I carefully examined my ice cream choices. I’m pretty picky when it comes to desserts; I want them to be worth the calories. I thought that a coconut flavored ice cream might pair well with our supper. While scanning for coconut ice cream, I saw Coconut Crunch by Boulder Ice Cream. I casually scanned the ingredients and then did a double take and started carefully reading the ingredients. When I finished, I started over again because I couldn’t figure out what I was missing. As far as I can tell, the “Coconut Crunch” ice cream doesn’t actually contain coconut. Please, go to their website, take a look at the ingredients and tell me I’m wrong. It doesn’t make sense. Anyway, I ended up picking a pint of Haagen Daazs Pineapple Coconut which was very good. Haagen Daazs is one of my favorite grocery store ice cream brands. They are high calorie compared to other brands but the ingredients are great and the taste is usually fantastic. If one is going to eat empty calories, you should make sure they are good empty calories

Cute Calvin Moment

• This morning Calvin decided he wanted to hold the bottle himself. Normally, I hold the bottle but he seemed pretty insistent so I let him. He sucked on it enthusiastically for a bit listening while I talked to him. At one point, I opened my mouth to say something and he looked at me and then shoved the bottle nipple into my mouth. I was startled so I laughed as I moved it out of my mouth. I guess laughing reinforced the idea to him because the rest of the morning feeding he kept trying to share with me.

Simplification

• I cleaned out our snack shelf today. I threw some away, moved less commonly used stuff to the basement and organized the remaining snacks into three sections: nuts, processed snacks, and dried fruit.