Let the Deception Begin

With the new year, I'm on a new kick to make sure my family eats healthy. Of course, it's a much easier task for me to get the kids to eat healthy than it is me and Dominic. I always make sure that they eat at least one fruit and one vegetable for lunch and dinner and a fruit for breakfast. Lenny has always been a great eater until recently. He's at that stage where he doesn't like anything even if he has never tried it. This has been difficult for me to make sure he eats enough.

Mealtime has become a thorn in my side especially now that the babies eat what we do. I feel like I'm constantly having to figure out what we are going to eat. I know it would be easier to make a weekly menu and I plan to do that soon. I loved it when Lenny was in daycare and they made the menu, cooked the food, fed him, and cleaned up after him. And it was a well balanced healthy meal. Oh, to only dream about how much easier that was.

Now for the deception. I had heard about the new book called Deceptively Delicious. It is a book with recipes to help you get your kids to eat healthy food if they wouldn't otherwise eat it. It's all about adding fruit and vegetable purees to everyday food. So, I asked for it for Christmas and my mom got it for me. I love that book! I've read it from front to back several times. I've already tried it on the kids and it has worked. The first thing I tried was pancakes (with sweet potato puree). They loved it! I also made it in my pancake puff which made it even more fun for them since the pancakes are round and perfect for dunking. I even really liked the pancakes. I don't think I'll make them the normal way again. It had a wonderful taste to them. So yesterday I tried the banana bread (with cauliflower puree). I wasn't so thrilled with it because I could taste a hint of cauliflower. But Lenny, Brooke, and Nathan loved it. Lenny keeps asking for more. I'm not sure what I will try next but it has been great so far. Too bad it doesn't work on Dominic. He has seen the book. I need to be a little sneakier with him. I shall not reveal my secrets for him because I know he reads this. :-)

Here are a few random pictures from the last few days.

Where is Brookie?

More kisses from Nathan. He loves to give kisses!

Acting silly together.

Lenny playing on the computer. He doesn't need my help at all. I don't even need to sit with him anymore. It's great!

Nathan is the craziest kid out of all of them. He loves to climb in one end of this end table and come completely out the other end. Then he gets up, walks to the back of it and does it all over again. He's just silly, that's all there is to say about it.

They both love to play around on the couch. Someone just has to stand nearby to make sure they don't roll off. They seldom do.