Eggshell Green

Child-proofing the liquor

Chickie Little — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:27:56 +0000

I didn’t think I’d have to do this for a while, but the wine rack is now inaccessible to the kids – Cameron mainly, because at 9 months old he’s now crawling and has decided that pulling the bottles off was great fun.

Yes, that's a safety gate on the wine rack

Sorry to spoil the fun son – I’ll be spoiling the fun for many years to come so you may as well get used to it now.

Wipe that smirk off your face boy

Cooked my cooker

Chickie Little — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 07:34:05 +0000

So I melted my rice cooker today… I needed a place to put it and it ended up on the stove top, which is usually fine except I forgot to turn off the burner first.

I blame it on my lack of sleep, for which Cameron is to blame as he kept me up from 1:45am to 4:45am last night. (The little tyrant decided that 7 hours was enough sleep and it was time to wake up and play.)

Luckily the rice had already cooked or I would’ve been extra peeved off as it was dinner time and I had mouths to feed!

Cooked my rice cooker

Slow down Cameron!

Chickie Little — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:10:12 +0000

I can’t believe how fast my little boy is growing.

Cameron likes to push and chase things

Cameron is now 8 months old. In this past week, he has cut his third tooth, started crawling and even pulling himself up on things!

Ooh what's up here then

Uh oh here comes Cameron

Judging by how fast he’s picked up things, I suspect Cameron will be walking by the time he’s a year old…

(Below is a video of Abby crawling at 8 months. She commando crawled, without using much of her legs, up until she was 12 months old before taking her first steps.)

Just when you think things are going to get easier, they become mobile – yikes!

Holy swear word, Batman

Chickie Little — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 02:32:23 +0000

Holy crap. I’ve been saying I need to watch my potty mouth with Abby around – today she’s decided to say “holy cap”. I’ll try and pass that as a Christmas hat.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Future partners in crime

Abby chat

Chickie Little — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 08:51:18 +0000

Me: What do you want for breakfast Abby?
Abby: Snacks!
Me: You can’t have snacks for breakfast. How about toast, or cereal?
Abby: How about chips?

Smart-arse.

The conversations I have with Abby can be so hilarious. She sometimes surprises me with her responses. Often she goes off topic and blurts out something random.

She seems to be a lot more articulate than the average two year old, probably because she loves to copy what you say. It will be very soon that I will regret swearing within her earshot!

It’s nice to have someone to talk to during the day, even if it’s with a two year old :)

I like sax

Chickie Little — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 08:50:08 +0000

Abby has a huge vocabulary and says some pretty impressive sentences for a two year old, like “Mummy hold Abby up high”. There’s a subject, verb, object, preposition and an adjective in that – or are the last two words both prepositions… and one of those can be an adverb too I suppose… anyway…

She can also declare to the world if someone has farted, before giggling about it. (It’s never me because ladies don’t fart.)

And then there’s the word “sax”. Abby likes sax, yummy sax, and wants sax all the time – even begging “sax pleeeeease”. She means, of course, “snacks” (nuts and raisins etc). I know what she means, but people at the park aren’t so learned when she yells out “Abby have sax!”

Abby also likes being a trike fairy

Cameron on the other hand, thinks my yucca is yummy and nibbles at the leaves like a rabbit. He also discovered that he can put handfuls of its dirt in his mouth today. What have you got to say for yourself Mister?? Nothing – yet.

Cameron seems to like dirt

Warm Sausage Couscous Salad

Chickie Little — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 08:21:26 +0000

This is the delicious result of using stuff that needed using in the fridge and pantry.

Warm Sausage and Couscous Salad

Serves 2

Method

Make couscous according to packet. I used one cup which makes two serves. Use a large bowl that you can later add everything else to.
Heat a frying pan and fry a teaspoon of taco seasoning for a couple of minutes until fragrant.
Slice a couple of sausages and half a capsicum, add to pan and fry on high heat to get a nice caramelisation going.
Chuck in some chopped baby bak choy (Shanghai) and cook until wilted. Other greens like broccoli, beans or asparagus would work too but you probably would want to blanch those first.
Drain a can of chickpeas (or other beans), and rinse.
Use a fork to fluff up cooked couscous, add in a tablespoon of chutney, then throw everything else in and combine.

Time for bed, snacks

Chickie Little — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:46:16 +0000

Abby’s got a “Time for Bed” book about little animals going to bed. Her version, while eating snacks is “Go to sleep little raisin, little raisin…” (eats raisin). “Go to sleep little nuts, little nuts…” (eats nuts). “Time for bed little raisin, little raisin…”
Hahaha!

How the book’s supposed to be read is below.

Ubby Dubby Wall

Chickie Little — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 08:34:23 +0000

Abby’s new favourite game is “Ubby Dubby Wall” – she acts out Humpty Dumpty falling off the wall. I’m still undecided if I approve of this as sometimes it looks quite brutal doing face plants like that! She doesn’t seem to be hurting herself though, and at least it burns off some energy, and I get a bit of a chuckle.

Mega lots of Megabloks

Chickie Little — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 07:53:29 +0000

This is what 230-something Megabloks looks like:

My two year old and the tower of Megabloks

(Please excuse the state of my daughter’s hair in the above photo. We had just returned home and she had been sleeping in the car. And of course, building the tower took top priority.)

I got these blocks off Trademe, and it sure beats paying full price for them. Before today, Abby only had 13 Megabloks because they’re so damn expensive that I couldn’t justify getting her a bigger set.

We saw some sets for sale at the Sallies a few weeks ago, but we had walked there and I wasn’t prepared to lug the bulky bags home on foot. Unfortunately the blocks were sold by the time we finally got around to going back with the car. Gutted.

But then I remembered Trademe.

Abby with her newly acquired wagon and tub of blocks

I spent $45 but got about $200 worth. There’s a cute train to push around and an awesome wagon, both of which Abby tries to get into – too bad they’re not designed to carry kids! She even has 6 people now (although she has three identical boys, two identical girls, and one train driver).

Even if she doesn’t play with them I know that her daddy and I will!