Another Crazy Day!!

Today I was once again running around busy! Wednesdays are usually my day to work on my abs instead of go to the gym, for me to do a big activity with Amerie, usually an outside one, and for us to run any errands we have like grocery shopping...well unfortunately, all I got to do was drop off a resume and go grocery shopping! My lack of sleep is building more and more; between my daughter waking up in the middle of the night due to teething, me staying up too late working, not sleeping well at night, then getting up at the break of dawn because my stomach screams "FEED ME", I haven't quite caught up with it yet so I am still a little out of it! But I woke up this morning, starving for some reason, and had my most favoritist breakfast ever...homemade muesli. I prepared everything last night and all I had to do was mix and eat and ooooh man if only you could smell the picture....It's got about 20 or more different things in it but it was soooo fulfilling and satisfying and my kind of breakfast..creamy, crunchy, sweet, fruity, nutty, spiced and cold and just...mmmm! It was the best start to my day! Once Amerie woke up I fixed her a little mix of banans slices (which ended up in the trash), dried fruit including raisins, cranberries and cherries (they ended up being part of my afternoon snack mix), and a few chopped nuts (mix!), some yogurt (she ate!) and rice krispies with milk (her and I both ate!). For some reason she just didn't want to eat much and she had noo problem showing it either!

After eating I got started in my list of tasks including laundry I started last night, getting dressed and make-uped, finishing my application to apply for the like millionth job in the last week....and the rest I have no idea where it went! I know I did chase my non-listening toddler around today who was in a mood again, due to teething..she was moody, attitudish and very defiant! But we had lunch early at 11 cause I was again, starving, and made a salad in a wrap. It included spinach, green apple, avocado, shredded carrots, chopped walnuts and some raspberry vinaigrette dressing! It was once again, a meal for me, light, crunchy, sweet and savory, and creamy....however, after eating it I was still hungry so I ate the leftover black beans in the fridge cold with a little seasoning! They were good too! I love beans..ima a bean freak! For Amerie, I made what is called a Tin Plate consisting of just a bunch of stuff...apples and grapes, nuts, olives, pretzels, and cheese...with Amerie I have to give her a variety of things to choose from so I know she'll eat something and she did..mostly olives, cheese and grapes...at least she ate..she pretty much just munched the whole time!

After lunch we went grocery shopping which we love to do because for some reason we just play...she loves to help put the produce in the bags, holding on to all the goodies and for some reason we always munch on a snack! But we had fun, it was actually quite relaxing weirdly enough!! And she got to pick out a snack, honey vanilla rice cakes, which she carried the whole time and ate on the way home! When we got home, she helped me unpack the gorceries, which is so helpful and actually an excercise and great learning activity for Amerie....she learns about new foods and about helping others....and sometimes she'll even stack a few things..see developemental skills are being put to use! Then for dinner.....I made Cajun spiced sausage and Velveeta Mac and cheese for Tim and Amerie..well actually..Amerie had stir fried tofu....and I had another stupendous meal...Hummus Sesame Noodles with Stir Fried Tofu...I love hummus and noodles...the flavor is that of a cream sauce like the taste of mushroom and cream or beef stroganoff..it's so soo good!!! I absoluetly recommend trying it either with plain or a subtle flavored hummus..I'm telling you, you'll be amazed!!!