Please don't take the babies away, but....

I fed them grasshoppers. Really. I did. Delicious, crunchy grasshoppers at a sushi restaurant. And this isn't the first time (I may have even blogged about it then, but I'm too lazy to go back and research and see if I did). We had the initial grasshoppers when the babes were barely two or something and they don't remember, but last night I asked them if they wanted to try some grasshoppers and they said yes. So I ordered up a few. This particular restaurant fries them whole and puts them on top of sushi rice nigiri-style with a little of that sauce they put on eel. They're actually quite good - crunchy and salty and a little nutty with that delicious sweet sauce. Yum. Anyway, Belly ate hers like it was nothing. Just another piece of sushi. Buggy took a bite and said, "Ummm, I like the rice and the sauce, but I don't think I want to eat the crunchy. It has too many parts in my mouth." Fair enough, but she tried it! And then she went back to eating her salmon nigiri, octopus nigiri, and eel and avocado roll. What would I do if I actually had picky eaters? I guess they'd starve. Here's the Bug's face as she took a bite.... Ha!



Dude is currently in Boston for the week. He's been traveling a lot for work lately, which is basically a bummer, but also easier as the girls are getting older. I treat it as a special time for the three of us - I cook much less, we have a lot of special treats, we shake up routines. Sometimes it's great. Sometimes it backfires and they are hellions. This morning, it's fantastic. They helped me make smoothies and popcicles and because they were such good listeners while using the blender, I gave them smoothies, bananas, and biscotti with gobs of nutella on top for breakfast. Normally I go for a more nutritious breakfast but dang I just couldn't be bothered. Now we're watching Sesame Street and no one is arguing. No one is tattling. No one is in anything remotely close to a bad mood. I feel like I've got this parenting thing down. For this five minutes. I'm going to go enjoy it before something ugly happens.....

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