Abby chat
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
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
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
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.
Eggshell Green shops
Previously on Eggshell Green
Categories
Recent Comments
Tags
Older posts
Blogroll
Other sites
Some of my items...
