Cup of Dirt

I thought it would be fun to make "Cup of Dirt" for dessert one night. I made the chocolate pudding and poured it into bowls, added gummy worms and topped with crushed Oreo cookies. I put them in the fridge to get cold.





I wasn't sure how I was going to introduce the idea to Sammi, but the perfect moment presented itself. She was starting to fall asleep on the couch at about 5:30 which only spells disaster. In trying to wake her up, I told her we were having a special dessert after dinner. Intrigued she perked up and asked what we were having. I told her a cup of dirt.

She looked quite concerned and told me we don't eat dirt. I told her it was okay and I'd found a few worms to make it that much better. She spent from then until we presented the dessert saying over and over, "But we don't eat dirt, Mommy!" I started telling her she'd just have to see it before she decided. I thought once she saw it she would know it was a gummy worm and Oreos.

But I was wrong. She wouldn't even touch it! Brent went and got another Oreo, showed it to Sammi and then crushed it in his hand so she could see that the crumbs were the same as the ones in her dessert dish. She just took the remaining cookie from Brent's hand and ate it! She wouldn't try it until she saw us take bites.




She was still worried about the worm and didn't ever eat it. Once she got a taste of it, she started to warm up to the idea. She was even able to joke about eating dirt. But she isn't a big fan of pudding so she didn't finish her dessert. Oh well. The build up was PERFECT! I couldn't have asked for it to be better. I didn't think she'd buy it so it was a lot of fun to play it up and drag it out through dinner.

Elli had fun playing with the Oreo crumbs,
but wasn't a fan of the pudding, either.
As you can see, she loved her rice at dinner.

Yummy Dinners

Here are some yummy dinners we've eaten recently:
Navajo Tacos on fry bread is one of our favorites. It's a great way to finish up leftover chili.
This beautiful assortment of colors turned into stir fry that was oh so yummy. I love all the veggies!
Okay, so this one wasn't dinner! But isn't it pretty? It's pumpkin bread with chocolate chips cooked in my new bundt pan. It's so fun to eat!

When I do a bunch of posts at once, the first ones get neglected. So I am spacing them out with one new post a day for the next several day. Be sure to come see tomorrow's post where Brent becomes an officer.

Out of the Raw

We're making gyoza for dinner tonight. Sammi is helping us fold them to get them ready to cook. She pointed to the pan of uncooked gyoza and said they're already cooked. I explained that they weren't cooked yet; they were still raw. Sammi responded: "We need to cook them to get them out of the raw." So smart for two years old!

Brent has called her GQ: you know, Gyoza Queen!

Sammi and chopsticks

Sammi and Daddy had a fun dinner while I was away learning about Internet stuff... I think trainer chopsticks are in line for her birthday! But, shhh, it's a secret!


And if this video wasn't cute enough, Brent composed the music himself! He created it in GarageBand knowing that one day I would need Asian-inspired background music!

Sugar Cookie Fun!

Patty-cake
Patty-cake
Baker's man
Bake me some cookies
as fast as you can!
Roll them



and Pat them











and Put them on the sheet








and throw them in the oven











Now they're ready to eat!

Family Snack Night

Instead of Sammi's traditional cup of milk before bed, the other night we decided to make Orange Juliuses with Sammi's goat milk. They were delicious, as you can tell by all the mustaches (I graciously declined.) We found the recipe for the Orange Julius from a pretty interesting blog.