reading and eating

I sat down yesterday to write a post, but I quickly realized that I had no pictures from the week, and I couldn't even come up with any interesting things we did during the week.  That's what happens at our house when I get sucked into a really good book.  Everything gets put on hold until I finish, especially when I'm near the end of a good book.  Last night at dinner time I was looking for closets to hide in just so I could finish this book!  I was reading Water for Elephants.  I know, I know, I'm one of the last people to read it.  I didn't want to read it because I knew it was about animals at the circus and obviously it would have to involve the animals not being treated nicely, which I find so upsetting.  But I finally gave in when I saw it on the shelf at my library last week.  And just like I thought, it was soooo good, but it definitely involved a lot about the way animals were treated and I found it difficult to read at times.

Anywho, my mom convinced me that I also need to give in and read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series.  I just hate how every time someone tells me about the first book, they say that the first couple of chapters are hard to read and you just have to get past them and then the book gets really good.  I don't want to read a book that doesn't start out good!  But I think I will just have to give in and give these books a try.  I'm sick of hearing about them and not being in the loop.

But before I start that series, I'm thinking about joining in on a virtual book club next month.  They're reading My Life in France by Julia Child and it sounds like a nice light read to get me over the circus animals.  Anyone else want to join me?

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I thought I would give a little update on Sam and what he's been eating.  Because this kid likes to eat.  And the evidence is in the chunkiness of his legs!  (will definitely need to snap a pic of those chunkers soon)

Going the homemade baby food route has been so ridiculously easy.  Just about as easy as popping open a jar of store bought baby food!  And he loves everything I have made for him so far, which includes - sweet potato, butternut squash, carrots, green beans, zucchuni, peaches, pears and banana.  And I made a big batch of avocado and I give him a cube of that a day because apparently the unsaturated fats it contains are good for brain development.  Last week I introduced him to homemade yogurt and he did not like it at all.  So I whipped up another batch and added a good dose of vanilla so that it pretty much tastes like creme brulee and now it's his favorite meal of the day.

{Where's my yogurt?}

{Yummy, yummy!}

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We ventured out into the cold today to meet my parents at the botanical gardens.  It was so nice to be in the warm greenhouses.

Poppy decided to be a pip when I asked her to smile for me.

Unfortunately, we picked one of the busiest days of the year (schools were closed because of the holiday) and it was so busy that you couldn't really take your time and relax.  I'd like to go back again sometime soon.