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Tag Archives: Eating
Reason #463 to stop eating fast food
As if we really needed another one. The Five-Year-Old, on hearing that another fast food run wasn’t on the docket until at least June: “Mommyo, not eating fast food makes me uncomfortable.” Mommyo: “Why?” The Five-Year-Old: “Because I’m losing my … Continue reading
How to get your child to hate St. Patrick’s Day
And maybe vegetables. Mommyo: “It’s St. Patrick’s Day, The Five-Year-Old, do you know what that means?” The Five-Year-Old, excitedly: “The leprechauns filled my pot with leprechaun money?” Mommyo: “No.” The Five-Year-Old, persistently: “You filled my pot with leprechaun money?” Mommyo: … Continue reading
Posted in Funny Stuff My Daughter Says
Tagged Eating, Health, Holidays, Leprechaun, St. Patrick's Day
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I can’t believe I just said that
Overheard in the Caterpickles Transport Pod (while parked in a parking lot): Mommyo: “The Four-Year-Old, don’t eat the whole bag of M&Ms or you won’t have room for your hot dog.” Mommyo immediately begins banging her head against the steering … Continue reading
“What does gy-normously hungry mean?”
Mommyo, as she prepared to dish out The Four-Year-Old’s oatmeal: “The Four-Year-Old, are you a little hungry, very hungry, or so enormously hungry you could eat a tiger?” The Four-Year-Old, with great enthusiasm: “Gy-normously hungry, Mommyo. I could eat something … Continue reading
Posted in Funny Stuff My Daughter Says
Tagged animals, Eating, food, Funny stuff my daughter says, nutrition
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Jalapeno Noon
The Four-Year-Old, face crumpled from the jalapeno her father has just encouraged her to try: “Daddyo, I’m not happy.” Daddyo: “Drink some milk.” The Four-Year-Old does, face uncrumpling as she slurps. Daddyo: “Now, drink some water and swish it around … Continue reading
Posted in Funny Stuff My Daughter Says
Tagged Carrot, Cooking, discoveries, Eating, food, Jalapeño
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Mind-Control Zombie Parasites and Other News of the Week
What? A rant about penguins wearing sweaters on a Friday? Science news on a Wednesday? Doesn’t this woman know how important routine is to preschoolers? What the heck is going on? Obviously, Caterpickles Central has been invaded by mind-control zombie … Continue reading
Posted in Science
Tagged animals, dinosaurs, Eating, Health, imperial woodpecker, mind control zombie parasites, science roundup, watermelons
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I have to hibernate soon
Preschooler to father at dinner: “I need to eat a good dinner because I have to hibernate soon.”
“What is a dormouse, and how did it get its name?”
Last night during storytime, my daughter listened patiently to an entire page of Under the Harvest Moon by Stella Gurney before interrupting my husband with a question. “What’s a dormouse?” “That,” my husband said, pointing to a small mouse-like creature … Continue reading
Posted in Ask the iPhone
Tagged Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, animals, dormouse, Eating, food, Middle Ages
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The Hypothetical Wishbone: A Caterpickles Fable
Once upon a time, in a kitchen not located anywhere near mine, was a mom who didn’t much feel like making dinner. So she picked up a rotisserie chicken from her local grocery store and served it to her family … Continue reading
Posted in Ask the iPhone, Science
Tagged Chicken, dinosaurs, Eating, Fossil, Velociraptor
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