My little brown eyed Miss loves olives. Wait. She adores, craves—if that is possible at one, and thrives on olives. So last night, while the mister left to take a test, we made dinner-- Fried okra and olives. A little unconventional? Yes, but oh so yummy. As a child I loved me some fried okra… and still do. That is what parenting is all about: sharing joys and traditions while providing experience of growth and discovery. I am so in love with our little one, especially with her chubby cheeks full of plump black olives. There were a few times she began to gag, and I had to perform a quick swipe, but oh the joy on her face.
{Avery running up to grab her precious treasures-- before she devoured them}
In the future, when she begins her own journey of parenthood, I hope she remembers these days. Days we spent eating dinner on the living room floor squishing fried okra and olives between our teeth.
**What are some of your childhood treasures?**
Note: I do feed my child other things beside just olives and okra. FYI, just so you don't think I am neglecting little miss nutritionally. Sometimes it is okay to eat just what you love.
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For Livvy it is pickles and chips, we had taco soup for dinner tonight, but Liv wanted pickles. Monday morning the kids were making their lunches while Livvy was eating breakfast and she saw their chips. She kept saying, "Chips?! Mom, Chips, please." I would say no, and then she would ask, "Daddy, Chips?" and Joseph would say no. This continued a few times til finally Joseph said, "no, Livvy we don't have chips for Breakfast. you can have some chips for lunch." She thought for a minute and then said, "Daddy, Lunch please?!" What a little smartie pants, if she had to have lunch to have chips then she would take her lunch now.
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