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Phoebe's First Joke

 

Last night we were playing the "Who's that?" game with Phoebe, which we do a lot, so much so that she's probably wondering why we don't all know who we are. Anyway, she named herself and me and Chris and Mallory and then I pointed to the dog, lying conveniently under the kitchen table, and said, "Who's that?"

"Rinn!" Phoebe said.

"Yes, it's Finn. And what is Finn?"

"Mouse!" Phoebe answered, and laughed. And we all laughed. And we made her repeat several times that Finn was a mouse and we all laughed some more.

Phoebe's favorite sentence nowadays is "I want this." Her use of "I" impresses me; maybe it shouldn't, but I don't think Mallory was using "I" this early -- she would say "Me want" or "Baby want" instead. But Phoebe can say "I want this" and "I sit" and "I bed" and "I play" and "I bath" and "I coat" (when she wants to go outside) and "I nex" (when she sneezes and wants a Kleenex). Oh, and once she said "I love" when her Daddy said good night to her. Almost certainly a genius, this one.



Day one of diet. I'm not going to write about this every day, I promise, because how boring would that be. Just want to say that going to the store and buying only healthy, wholesome foods for the week is really expensive. And that I'm hungry. And that it's been seven hours and I haven't cheated once, so yay me.
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aimee said…
It is expensive buying healthy food. I thought, for a moment one day, that we would buy more organic food but then decided, after looking at the price, that I haven't eaten organic my whole life and I'm still okay so surely we will be okay.

BTW, Phoebe is so cute!
4:10 PM
Anonymous said…
The reason that so many poor people are overweight is because healthy food is so expensive. Think about it - you can go to McDonalds and get a full meal for around $5.00, but you can't go to the grocery store and buy a lot of fruits and veggies for that. Phoebe is cute. I may have to plan a trip in the spring if you aren't coming until summer.

Mom
5:08 PM
H Noble said…
Exactly right on the price of healthy food. I'm with Karen on this. We are trying really hard to eat more fruits and veggies, and the grocery bill is significantly more! Justin teases me about my kiwi consumption, but the last few weeks they have been 13 cents a piece. Do what you can, and stick with it!

The munchies fix for me: pumpkin seeds, dried fruit, nuts. Not the same as a candy bar, but if you really need a chocolate fix, Russell Stover and Nestle both have sugar-free candy that aren't too bad. I recommend the peppermint patties- yum!
Holly
8:58 AM
Anonymous said…
I saw a segment on Good Morning America the other day that was about "changing your eating habits" and the doctor said that if you can stick with a change for four days then your body will adapt to it and become accustomed to what you are eating. Then you have to go four more days for your body to adapt - you get the idea. So maybe that will help - think about doing it in four day segments. I personally do not know whether this works, but it makes sense.

Mom
9:41 AM
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