It’s been a day of trimming around here.
It started with lots of {dirty} little nails.
And was followed by impromptu taming of the curl chaos that is my daughter’s head…
While I’m always hesitant to lop off any of my daughter’s gorgeous curls {and have only mustered up the courage to do so one other time in her short little life…taking off a meager 1/4 inch}, she’s been looking a little wild and woolly lately. She has her mother’s hair: fine and weightless. Add curls and you’ve got chaos.
Before:
After:
Aaaah, much better!
Next, Bug took it upon himself to trim back on my frivolous glass candle holder collection {due to my stupidity in putting it within determined-baby-boy-arm’s reach}. Isn’t that so sweet of him?
Simplify. Declutter. Destroy.
So I shaped the disaster into a heart {to make me feel better about the loss. It worked}.
Feel free to notice the cheerios.
{and then ponder on the fact that he did not have cheerios for breakfast this morning. Hmmm, yummy.}
Once the deathly-sharp pieces of glass were removed from my artwork the pile, Cricket aided in the clean-up process.
Ah yes. Much better now, thank you sweetheart.
Next, I trimmed some of the needless fat from my favorite quick lunch…wraps!
While I’m a firm believer in cream cheese being a fundamental part of life, including starring as a basic ingredient in every delicious food substance I stuff into my mouth…I’m trying to quit, you know.
Inspired by a Tuscan salad one of my girlfriends introduced me to, all this wrap contains is spinach, carrot ribbons {made by simply running a vegetable peeler over a large carrot}, great northern beans and a drizzle of our homemade balsamic vinaigrette.
Holy wow, this was good! Even Cricket inhaled it {along with some grapes and apple slices with natural peanut butter}.
Low in fat, high in protein and fiber – not to mention flavor – this wrap is a winner.
We shall call her…”Tuscan wrap”. Ta da da da!
And finally, to wrap up our day of “trimmings”…I’m considering having Bugs legs shortened.
After {almost} climbing out of Cricket’s window {by nimbly scaling her chair and table – which has since been relocated to the other side of her room}, and after {nearly} climbing off a friends second-story deck {by again, scampering up the nearby bench and table without skipping a beat}…he attempted his escape again today, only this time it was via his own partially-cracked window {mommy is catching on}.
He is all boy.
In other random household news:
- My hibiscus has blown off my deck for the 356th time. I quit. Be free…fly home to Florida. I care no longer.
- You can enter to win some of my Mommy Cards over here.
- Bug is officially weaned. And my boobs have left the building.
- I have {finally} typed up my story; my testimony in a nutshell, if you will…you can read it and weep here.
- This week, the scale is my friend {at least, that was before I ate pizza for breakfast this morning}
- Beans, beans are good for your heart…we eat them a lot now, and they make us {smile}.
- My first parenting article for a new online magazine is brewing in my noodle as I type…more on that soon!
