Wednesday, 3/2/2011

I shredded a rotisserie chicken yesterday, getting it ready to use for meals this week.  It is so much easier to shred the meat when it is still warm, rather than waiting to do it after it is cold.  For tonight's meal, we made burritos with some of the shredded chicken.  I put a couple handfuls into a frying pan, heated it up a bit, added chicken taco seasoning and water, brought it to a boil, let some of the moisture simmer off, and then add it to tortillas with grated cheddar cheese.  It was a tasty, simple meal. 

We are really struggling, as most parents of toddlers do, with getting Katie to eat what and when we want her to.  She is rarely hungry when we are.  And, when she is sitting at the table to eat, she spends so much time playing and trying to get our attention to look at whatever she is doing, that it takes an hour each meal.  She is an expert at pushing our buttons during meals.  For instance, she won't take a spoon full of food directly from her bowl to her mouth.  She has to make a pit stop and rub the food on her other hand first.  Then she needs to get our attention to show us the mess she made, maybe ask us to clean it up, but still hasn't eaten anything.  Argh!!!  It gets very frustrating.  We know that she is just programmed to experiment and push boundaries.  We just don't have to like it.

But at the end of the day, we say our prayers and she is our sweet girl again.  She folds her hands in her lap and says "Dear God."  We then take turns thanking God for the people and things in our lives that make us happy and asking God to help those we know need it.  She finishes with a sweet "Ah-men."  What a dear girl she is:)