Today we received a bag of hand-me-down clothes. It was very fun. The kids love to go through and see what’s what and try things on. B got some much needed snow boots and C got a great winter jacket and some snow pants that he should be able to use next year.
It reminded me of a conversation I had with a friend a while back about feelings of guilt associated with hand-me-downs. I personally have no problem with gently used passed on items but this friend was feeling guilty …

My son was having a fruit snack before bed and found this bazaar banana. It seems like there were two (twin) bananas in one peal. It tasted fine. David said “It must have come from Mansanto.” Of course I replied “It was organic, fair trade from the coop.”
Regardless, I found it disturbingly strange and freaky. B just found it yummy and very filling.

I am trying to introduce my kids to a larger variety of foods, especially vegetables. So tonight it was Japanese.  Not exactly local, I know.
We had terryaki baked tofu or chicken, short white sticky rice and Forbidden Rice, salad (mixed greens, cilantro, shredded carrot, sesame seeds, sesame oil and lime juice), edamame and jasmine tea.
My kids loved it. C said the salad was a little too tangy and B said the rice was too filling. Of course this is a first for B. He usually asks me for food about …

Check out this great blog about a school teacher who is eating school lunches for one year. Fed Up
Yucky! I would definitely have my kids take their lunch if they went to school.

I love Macarons! Not the coconut concoctions but the french petite ones. I have been trying to master them for a while and I have finally succeeded! Check out this little cutie.