Ch-ch-changes...

In my head, that's always how that word sounds. Don't know what I'm talking about, here you are.

Anyway, I was reading over at Peas and Thank you about her picks and what brought her to the choices that she has made for her family. You know it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy on the inside. Though we aren't vegetarian or vegan like the peas, the choices I've made with regards to how we live our life have definitely been little one inspired. (I probably shouldn't call her the "little one" in anymore, she isn't so little).

When I was pregnant with Abi I ate a lot of fruit. I couldn't get enough fuji apples. Realizing I was eating my weight in fruit on a monthly basis, I started eating organic fruit. In addition to following the normal rules for what to eat and what not to eat while pregnant, I started reading about food issues. We started making conscientious choices about the food we were getting instead of just getting the bananas that were just so (bright yellow, no spots, 40 % or less green). She was the cause. I wanted to be better for her, I wanted to give her a fighting chance. The lease I could do was to eat things that couldn't do her any harm.

Once she was here, that kind of increased to making sure that we always had things that were for her- food that I could feel okay about giving her. Now it has become that we, as a family, eat as locally and organically as possible. My father in law is relentless in the teasing about this, it's annoying. I joke with him, but in the end I hope that he gets it. He (and really anyone else who cares) understands that the choices we have made are because, I feel like, it's the least we could do.

A new week begins

Today has been a slow and yet interesting day. Abi woke me up by coming into our room and saying "I'm all done with sleeping now". Sounds great to me! This is a definite change from the usual, crying with no words of explanation.

We got up, breakfast was had and the coffee was made. We worked on some letters, worked on our spanish (courtesy of La Casa de Mickey), and now she is down for a nap. Abi and I actually worked side by side at the kitchen table, she on her letters and mommy on the menu for the week. This a very loose menu for the week, sometimes I'm successful and other days not so much. I'm trying to be more consistent, but also allowing some wiggle room for when life and my taste buds have other plans.

In planning for this week, I've sought out a few different resources: pillsbury.com, our co-ops magazine, the freezer and The Gorgeously Green Diet: How to Live Lean and Green! This book is awesome, to the point where I think our mail man may be bringing me a slightly used copy for my very own. I picked up the copy I'm perusing over at the library and can we say AWESOME?! I've spent a good bit of my table time reading, and realizing some new ideas to add to our spectrum of green. What I love best about it is that the author, Sophie Uliano, understands that there are different ways and also different circumstances that affect our green. Even better, SHE ACTUALLY WRITES THE BOOK WITH THAT IN MIND!

SHUT THE FRONT DOOR! (Okay, forgive me, I've always wanted to say that.)

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