May day

P seems to be waking earlier and earlier these days so my breakfasts are kinda growing in order to hold me over for the long(er) interim between the morning shuffle and lunchtime.

Kyle’s a gem of a husband and so unless he has a really early meeting or call, he plays with P for a little bit and let’s me get a workout in.

If he can’t, I take the BOB out for a stroller jog that ends with fun at the park.  We actually have a few different parks near us, so depending on which route I take I can stop at various places to play with him.

There are also goats, cows, and horses that we sometimes pass – all of which are mesmerizing to my little man.  Of course, so are sticks, so ya know, whatever works.

Anyway, I often nibble on P’s food while I feed him and sip my coffee.  It’s probably a bad habit, but I hate seeing things go to waste so if he decides he’s done with something (that can’t be tupperwared up for a later meal), I usually just finish it off myself.

Polenta is definitely a new favorite discovery for me.  Hooray for TJ’s – it’s organic, inexpensive, and tasty.  I just fry it in the pan before I do my eggs.  Topped with avocado and salt and boom.  Breakfast is served.

P’s latest thing is “cleaning”.  It’s AMAZING how much he picks up on (my) habits, because he got a hold of a napkin last week and next thing I know he’s hunched over the ground wiping the floor EXACTLY like I do after his meals are done.  He’s been doing it every day since.  And he loves it.  I can tell he is so proud to be doing it just like mama.  So I’m going with it!  After he is done eating I hand him a rag and I tell him he’s my helper as we clean together.

This was a totally inadequate lunch and I ended up eating another serving an hour later.  Oops!  I don’t know what I was thinking.

For the record, it’s peanut butter, avocado, and hemp seeds on Lundberg Farm’s brown rice cakes.

I had an apple as a snack later.  I don’t eat apples very often anymore because they are FODMAPs, but they have been looking SO good lately that I just can’t help myself.  Thankfully I didn’t feel anything the next day, so I guess the rest of the day’s FODMAPs were low enough to keep the load on my gut at a tolerable amount.

I made pasta for dinner, based loosely on this recipe.

In reality, the only thing similar between Becky’s dish and mine was the pasta, kale and squash.  I used goat cheese instead of parm and ricotta.  I nixed the bechamel sauce.  And I used GF pasta from TJ’s.

P had one piece of squash and spit it out.  He did eat some plain pasta with olive oil though.

We ate outside because it’s been sooo nice lately.  It was a simple but filling dish that left us with a bit of extras despite the fact that we both had seconds.

 

I had a few pieces of chocolate for dessert along with some unpictured candied ginger and Roscato.  I never take pics of my desserts because they are generally the same, day in and day out (TJ’s pound plus chocolate), but I thought the swirl pattern of these Dove pieces warranted a photo.  They’re from my MOPS meetup.