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06/16/2005 Archived Entry: "hula, veggies and brownies"

I've been meaning to mention that my fil won a gift basket in the raffle at the ho'ike. Guess what was inside? Hula implements! So Tabitha now has a gorgeous set of uli-ulis with feathers (she already has a plain set for practice), pu'ilis and kala'aus. Not to mention there was an autographed cd and photo from Bulla and an autographed photo from Augie T. There was also a pair of thongs in my size! I still need to wrap them in fleece though like Tabi's. Everything came in a nice beach tote.

Daisy has a second little ridge to go with her first one. Very different from Tabitha who didn't have teeth and then one day had two teeth. None of this slow growth stuff for her. But Daisy's are taking their sweet time, so she isn't the happiest of babies right now. We hit Henry's last night to grab some Hylands teething tablets in the hopes of the child getting some relief. We also stocked up on their exceptional produce and Chris and Tabitha made the rounds to the sample stations. My little healthy eater doesn't like the caramel and just ate the apple piece, lol. She's so funny like that. Tabitha is just amazing when it comes to food. She'll try anything, but she's not real big on combinations. She likes food in it's natural state. She loves to chomp on baby spinach, whole carrots, red pepper, cucumber skins and parsley. All of that uncooked. The only veggie she eats cooked is broccoli and even then, she often wants it raw. She eats all kinds of berries, except blue, plus grapes, apples, pineapple and watermelon. I cook whatever veggie I want for Chris and I and then I can just give a handful of one of her preferred veggies as a side for Tabitha's dinner. No extra work, no stress that she's not eating right. I'm only sorry I wasted two years worrying about what she didn't eat instead of taking a step back and seeing what she does eat. Why should I force zucchini on her when it's easier for everyone to put baby spinach or grapes on her plate? She re-tries stuff every few months just to see if her tastes have changed. We learned last week that she most definitely still does not like pear. The face she made was great. But she's recently started eating pineapple after not liking it for years. So she's open to trying things more than once, which is probably the best attitude she could have towards food.

Didn't really mean to go off on that little tangent, lol. We bought two more boxes of Kellogg's cereal today and finally got our first Disney wobbler duplicate. A few people have been finding my site recently by searching Disney Wobbler, so I want to put out there that if you collect them and want to set up possible trades, even if you don't have any duplicates now, feel free to email me (the email address is in the right column).

Last night we did not play VMK or Sims. Instead I filled out my application to become a Brownie co-leader. I'm waiting on one person's reply to my email asking for info and then I'll send it off. I don't necessarily have the best feeling about it. I want to do it, especially because my friend who would be the actual leader, will make a fabulous leader and it would be very fun to work with her. Not to mention that Tabitha really wants me to do it. I want to do it too, for that matter, but my last encounter with someone within was less than pleasant so we'll see.

I'm supposed to be off for my walk in a couple minutes so I'll sign off here.