Today I’m mooching power and connectivity from my sister’s house since we still have no electricity following Irene’s visit this past weekend. I’m thankful our parents taught us to share!
Sorry, kids. There’s still no power or connectivity at the old homestead and with a limited time mooching off of relatives’ WiFi, I’m not going to be able to post. Hopefully the new day will bring back electricity and unfettered access to all that is digital goodness.
What a weekend! Whether you live on the East Coast or not, you probably spent a fair amount of time over the last few days hearing a lot about Hurricane Irene. She paid us a visit late Saturday and spent the night as so many house-guests will: wreaking havoc and generally making herself unwelcome. She left us Sunday afternoon but not before killing the power and internet access back at Rancho Deluxe. They’re still out as I’m writing this at my brother- and sister-in-law’s place in the next town over.
I know it’s not Friday but I had a thought about eating – or maybe about NOT eating – I want to share. Actually, as I think about it, maybe this is more about rasing your kids than it is food. I’ll let you decide. I do know it’s about business too!
We were pretty lucky as parents when it came to our daughters being picky eaters. Both of them ate pretty much everything until they got older (like 8) and it wasn’t really an issue to get them to eat at all. Watching other parents struggle to get their kids to eat anything reminded us about our luck in this area and even today while the girls have made some choices about likes, dislikes, and food in general (one is a vegan, one is an omnivore except for eggs), they have good palates and will try new things.