Faux Peanut Butter

I can't believe nobody ever told me about this:


Somebody actually made a soy concoction that tastes exactly like peanut butter. I just had my first peanut butter and jelly sandwich in my own house since Liam was born. Next I think I'll try making peanut butter cookies.

Party of Five

A few weeks ago I lost my sweet tooth. I feel sort of dead inside, after going from a constant chocolate chip cookie craving all day, every day, for as long as I can remember, to no craving at all. This has only happened to me one other time--when I was pregnant with Liam. So based on past experience, I think it's pretty safe to say that there's a baby boy growing in my belly.

Kindergarten

Liam started kindergarten last week, but before school started we went in to meet the teacher and tour the classroom. That night, Ben asked Liam if he got to see his desk. Liam answered, "I don't think I have a desk. I don't even have a computer!"


Seriously, what a joke. Kids are expected to go to kindergarten without personal computers on every desk? Way to ruin a 5-year-old's expectations.

False Alarm

I promised myself I wouldn’t get my hopes up, but then I started planning our meals for the rest of the week: dinner at P.F. Chang’s, lunch tomorrow at Chick-fil-A, Five Guys after that, then Cold Stone for dessert and Thai Food the next day…

I even told Liam that maybe after we got his test results back he could have a bag of M&Ms. Can you believe that kid can’t even eat plain M&Ms?

Well, the blood test came back positive. The doctor can’t figure out what went wrong with his scratch tests, so we’ll be going back in for a re-test in a couple weeks. BOO.

Nutty Business

Today was Liam's annual visit to the allergist. I'm not getting my hopes up until I find out the results of his blood test, but check this out:


1: peanuts
2-9: tree nuts
10: shellfish
11-12: dogs and cats

The only red ones are dogs and cats! He could be cured! Just in time for kindergarten! If his blood test comes back negative, we'll go back in next week and the doctor will give him peanut butter. I thought this boy would never taste peanut butter! This is totally blowing my mind.

Pre-K Nerdiness

Liam just informed me that Saturday was his favorite day of the week because, "Dad doesn't go to work on Saturdays." Then he changed his mind and said, "Actually Monday is my favorite day because when Dad gets home from work on Mondays, his phone gets an update."

SYTYCD

Tonight while we were watching So You Think You Can Dance, Ben looked at the remote and said, "I really wish we had a Skip Mary Murphy button on here."

Shaping Up

Liam is on a shapes kick today. He drew a picture of a triangle, a square, a star, and an octagon, and then called them by name. When I asked him what a 5-sided shape was called, he said, "Umm...a decepticon?"

The Smell of Sweden

I just gave Liam a cinnamon roll for breakfast. He said, "Mmmm...it smells like Ikea."

A Whole New World

Am I the only one who can’t get Mod Podge to work right? I always have serious air bubble issues.

I had originally used spray adhesive on Liam’s world map canvases, but they just looked too poster-y for me so I Mod Podged them. That was a huge mistake. Now they look like bubble wrap. I would show you a picture, but I didn’t take one before I ripped them apart.

For my second attempt, I went to the Silhouette machine. I started by painting over this canvas that used to hang in our old house.


Then I asked my Silhouette to make a world map out of contact paper, stuck it to the canvas (like a stencil), and painted blue around it.


And now Liam is stuck with another imperfect map of the world on his bedroom wall. No one is allowed within 10 feet of this...especially if you’re from the east coast or Saudi Arabia. But at least it has no air bubbles.