Our Kids

Okay so this is going to be hard to describe but Phoebe has come up with a new facial expression and it is a killer. Remember when she was first born and she had that cromagnon looking line that connected her eyes across the bridge of her nose?? Well it’s baaaaack.

So what she does is that she smiles as hard as she can, scrunches up her nose (hence the line) and then she grits her teeth (which don’t exist). It is so freakin’ cute. It is like she is smiling as hard as she could possibly smile and you can feel it all the way to your toes. I will try my best to catch it on film so you can share it:)

I am sort of getting the hang of sending lunches for the girls. They can’t have any processed foods or any juices etc in their lunches which doesn’t pose a problem for us since we don’t have those items on hand anyway except some crackers and Cheerios. Here is what I have sent so far and how it went over:

Kidney Beans (Piper had Chickpeas)
Cantaloupe and Grapes
Snap peas and cucumbers
Homemade vegan pumpkin spice bread
Piper’s snap peas came back, nothing came back from Lela

Baked Beans
Cucumbers and sliced Carrots
Watermelon
Homemade vegan pumpkin bread
Piper’s carrots came back, nothing from Lela

Whole grain tortilla with vegetarian refried beans (our version of quesadilla without the queso)
Homemade salsa (thanks to my friend Mary, it’s yummy)
Peas
Cucumbers and sliced mushrooms

So far the lunches have been devoured with a few minor exceptions by Piper who generally eats less than Lela but also has that loose front tooth and anything too hard gets passed on these days. Tomorrow we have to bring an organic fruit because they make fresh bread and fruit salad for snack when it is warm and homemade soup when it cools down.

Um…..I love this school:)