David as a teenager. So freakin' cute!

Amazing.

David ate half a banana today. If you know David this news will make you fall out of your chair.

David volunteered today with some other volunteers from my church to work in Galveston and help muck out peoples homes and cut trees etc. A lady, our neighbor, went as well. She looked after him, and at one point told him to eat a banana. He said "no thanks, I don't like them". She said "Oh just eat it, you'll need the potassium" and handed him the banana. David took it, handed it back and said "What? I don't know how to open that thing". She said "Oh brother" cut it in half, peeled it and said "just eat half". Hahahaha HE DID! I can't believe it. I mean I can not believe it. I've never seen David eat any fruit, except perhaps in juice form, and then only cran-grape or orange juice no pulp. I don't think David has eaten so much as a taste of an apple slice since he was a small child. He has never eaten a banana, hates the smell of them.

He said he was just swallowing bites whole and chasing it with water...said he was doing fine until he hit a particularly sweet part that made him (his words) ALMOST projectile vomit. Hahaha. How do you almost projectile vomit? Projectile vomiting cannot be controlled can it? He said the memory of the taste made him want to vomit all day! Hahahaha. My poor baby.

I was proud of him for stepping up to do service. He said there were over 650 volunteers from my church today, yesterday there were 600. 1 house at a time, 1 work order at a time. They probably didn't even make a dent. He said there are boats strewn about along the freeway in Galveston, and that it smelt awful. Lots to be done.

Conversations in the Car

David: hmmm, Turtles

Diana: What's that?

David: Oh, you know, People.

Another Go

Attempting potty training again. I kept his diaper off a good part of the day, used his potty book (thank you Lisa) to help explain the concept...uh-um and even demonstrated how to pee pee in the potty myself...He was really excited and he kept sitting on his potty chair. Then when I was making lunch he comes in the kitchen and says "Mommy! Pee-pee!" and I run to look but no pee pee in the potty, so I look to where he is actually pointing...the couch. Haha, he was so proud.

Attempted Recipe: Eggs Benedict

I was leafing through Saveur Magazine while feeding Violet when I saw a recipe for Eggs Benedict. So I thought, oh I want to try to make that.

EXCEPT I didn't have enough distilled white vinegar, so I substituted apple cider vinegar...and I didn't have english muffins so I just made toast with regular bread. I didn't have canadian bacon or slices of ham so I just used microwave bacon. AND since it was just for me I didn't want to bother making hollandaise sauce so I topped it with canned diced tomatoes and chilis.

So you can probably guess it didn't come out as good as hoped. First of all, apple cider vinegar has a stronger flavor, so I really tasted the vinegar on the eggs, and really the only purpose the vinegar is supposed to serve is to cook a smooth egg (according to the magazine anyway). I had to drink a ton of hot chocolate after to get the vinegar taste out of my mouth. I can still smell it in the house.

Secondly, I forgot all about the bacon in the microwave.

Thirdly, the diced tomatoes and chili's, well they were a good topping but they made the bread super soggy and wasn't too good a combo with the vinegar taste. English muffins would have held up better.

Actually I think I have a stomach ache now.

The only good part. The eggs cooked perfectly, and that was my first attempt at poaching eggs. But again. The vinegar *shudders*

Verdict: Needs Work

I Suck At Puns

Me: You know I really think puns in general are not funny or clever, but I love when they do them on Flapjack because it seems so tongue-in-cheek and that makes it funny.

Dave: yep.

Me: I came up with one today and sent it to Kileen.

Dave: what was it?

Me: Well we always send each other stupid gifts on facebook and then make a cheesy comment to go with it. So I sent her a picture of a Pen and then wrote: Write me sometime.

....crickets...

David looking at me with a slight frown. Me thinking...why isn't he commenting on my pun? Then *Ding*

Me: Oh how dumb, that isn't a pun at all is it? (I start laughing hysterically). Should I have said something with the word Right as in right and wrong? Man I know there is a pun in there somewhere!

Dave: maybe something about "Pentificating"

Me: but it's pronounced Pontificating.

...crickets...

Me: Oh that's the pun! Man I suck.