It’s like I want to be an adult who eats sensibly, but also Ben put a huge box of Frango mints in my stocking, and I made two pumpkin pies.
Lunch dessert:
Ok. Let’s talk K-cups. Are there any that taste good? I LOVE drinking a fast cup of coffee the minute my eyes open, especially when I need to get up and work out first thing because Ben has to work and kid duty will descend upon me, but K cup coffee is… not amazing. I have Starbucks veranda pods right now, and they are completely OK, but is anything better than OK in your opinion?
I think Minnie has started pulling her hair out again. GAH— I really thought she was done with that, but she has some spiky regrowth, and one side has way less hair than the other. I am a hair puller and twister from WAY back, so I get it, but GAH.
We end Hanukkah every year with a sibling gift exchange, and it is a delight from name drawing (out of a hat- this year Coop’s new CCM hat that really shows off his straggly hockey hair) to shopping to the big reveal.
While I was looking for that pic, I found this one of a toy that has already broken and has already been returned:
After the initial assembly, I t lived in our front hallway for a few hours, and it was a delight to hear Beatrix trot back and forth over it— worth the whole hassle. (Also, I love Minnie’s diaper and PJ’s in the foreground that she immediately shed to put on the dress and boots she’s wearing. And! That striped bag in the back is a festive trash bag that I bought on the advice of the Girl Next Door podcast to have prettier Christmas morning pictures— loved that tip!)
Anyway: Sibling gift exchange
Coop drew Minnie and got her a princess tutu dress and a play food barbecue set. BIG HIT
Dorothy drew Cooper and made Ben take her all the way across town for a particular knee hockey goalie stick that she wrapped in a park of Ben’s socks
Harry drew Dorothy and took Cooper to help him pick something out. They looked at clothes at JC Penney and Kohls (LOLOLOLOL) before going to Target and buying her Minecraft for her Switch
Jack drew Harry and got him a book about the Chicago Bears and baseball cards (not only did Harry get a complete set of bball cards from Santa, but also his entire stocking was stuffed with them— that’s all he wanted fir the whole holiday, the adorable weirdo).
Honestly, I can sort of see why
You routinely have me laughing by the end of your post's first sentence and you've done it again:
ReplyDelete"It’s like I want to be an adult who eats sensibly, but also Ben put a huge box of Frango mints in my stocking, and I made two pumpkin pies."
And I DEFINITELY do each lunch dessert. Growing up we literally had dessert at every lunch and supper. I don't have something sweet after every meal, but I would say at least 50% of the time I have what I would classify as a "dessert" after my lunch! I'm not saying this is my greatest eating decision, but it sure is delicious. Also, I love pumpkin pie. We only seem to have it at Thanksgiving, but I should start getting one around Christmas.
Love the sibling gift exchange.
We usually only have pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving, too, but we didn’t this year, and there was a pumpkin pie shaped hole to fill
DeleteAh yes, pictures with a toddler in tow are very hard to pull off. Ours has strong opinions about pictures - sometimes he's all in and saying cheese, other times he yells "go away!" (Seriously, it's his favorite phrase these days...)
ReplyDeleteI love the sibling gift exchange! I look forward to the stage when the boys are old enough to help pick out gifts for each other!
And hey, I'm here for dessert as a meal. I haven't done that in a very long time, but we also do not really have much in the way of desserts that I can eat since I have a gluten intolerance. But if I had access to a GF dessert that I loved, I'd be all in on making a meal out of it!
PS You asked about the nuggett. Our boys LOVE it. But they are at great ages for it (4.5 and 2). The 4.5yo is always coming up with new formations. They love to make one cushion into a "mountain" and then he jumps off it onto the other cushion. That is not toddler friendly, so we will make a less steep formation that Will can climb and then he kind of slides down the other side of the mountain. I think it will be really good for our toddler's gross motor skills and we can do stuff we do at gymnastics, like forward tumbling and log rolls. So it was a great purchase for us and I bet Minnie would LOVE it!
PS, now I'm second guessing if you were the Sarah that commented on my post and asked about the Nugget! So that last paragraph might have been totally irrelevant to you!
DeleteThat was me and I love your review-- I think Dorothy would also still really like to too!
DeleteI love all of this! Re Minnie's hair, Sydney's hair is notably thinner on one side than the other (it made braids such a PITA) and I definitely get spiky regrowth. It'sot a bad idea to add fidgets in but it's possible that's just her head...
ReplyDeleteOoooooh— you know, now that you say it, MY hair is thinner on one side, too, which is not noticeable until I try to do a center part. Maybe I am making a problem where there isn’t one, something I have been KNOWN TO DO.
DeleteDo adults NOT eat lunch dessert? Am I all alone on my island of boring salads and pretzels and cheese sticks and then, whoops! a cookie is also on my plate? I mean, most of the time my lunch dessert is months old leftover Halloween candy or a bag of fruit snacks my niece left when she visited, but THERE WILL BE SOMETHING SWEET AT EVERY MEAL. *ahem* You're not alone is what I'm saying.
ReplyDeleteSolidarity for lunch dessert!!!
DeleteHa! That last sentence is perfection. This sounds like such a great way to do Hanukkah! (I already cleaned my menorah and put it away for next year, so I feel REALLY ahead of the game! Future Me is going to be so relieved.)
ReplyDeleteI almost bought a clearance menorah at Target stead of dealing with mine in the freezer
DeleteOops- In my last comment I said you had four kids- but you have FIVE! This looks like so much fun. And I'll join in and say yes- lunch dessert is totally a thing. I think it's required during the holidays!
ReplyDeleteAnother vote of confidence for lunch dessert— I love it!!
DeleteHonestly, I think all k-cups are trash. Obviously I haven't tried all of them, but the ones I tried were just not great (and I hate the waste that it produces). I tried the ones that you can fill with your own coffee, but even those are not great. I think it might depend on your coffee maker (some people swear by k-cups coffee), but I could just never find anything that tastes good.
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