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Tag Archives: food
“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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Breakfast at Caterpickles II
Rainy winter mornings when The Four-Year-Old wakes up early and there are guests in the house simply scream for complicated breakfasts. This is especially fun when The Four-Year-Old is in a measuring and stirring sort of mood. On this particular … Continue reading
In which my daughter puts her dinosaur vocabulary to good use
The Four-Year-Old, watching her mother carve up a roast chicken: “Please can I not eat the chicken, Mommyo?” Mommyo, who is proud of how the chicken came out and who kind of wants to hear her daughter exclaim over its … Continue reading
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
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Tagged Carrot, Cooking, discoveries, Eating, food, Jalapeño
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“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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In which my daughter reveals herself to be a very picky eater
Preschooler, after wolfing down a graham cracker and a peach: Mommyo, I want something else to eat. Me: OK. What do you want? Preschooler: Oh, anything. Except flies. Me: Um, OK. No flies. Preschooler: Or any kind of bug. I … Continue reading
Posted in Funny Stuff My Daughter Says
Tagged bugs, Eating, food, nutrition, picky eaters
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“If we eat healthy food, does that mean we’ll never die?”
Preschooler: “Mommyo, if we eat healthy food, does that mean we’ll never die?” Mother, suppressing a sigh and taking a determined chomp of her now slightly less enjoyable Granny Smith apple: “No.”
Michael Howell
Shala Howell
