We've had Christmas (which seems to drag on forever when you have separated parents on both sides)... We've had two little nieces born since my last post, and another on the way. Two of the kids have had birthdays since then, which means I am now the proud mother of a 9 year old, 6 year old and soon to be 3 year old. But people still can't believe that I am old enough to have a toddler, when they first meet me alone with my youngest. lol, I 'm remembering being insulted by those kinds of comments, people thinking I'm only 16 with a kid (some people were very rude), or people thinking that my kids belonged to my mother and I was just some young auntie or babysitter... I knew that one day I would appreciate those kinds of comments, and now, THOSE DAYS HAVE COME! :)
Since my half-marathon in October, I really haven't been running much. Actually once the snow hits the ground I get LAAAAAZZZZZZY... I would love to go to the gym or buy a treadmill or anything, but those things just aren't in our single-income budget. Now it is spring and I am on a rampage! All I want to do is be outside walking, running, anything. Yesterday we went hiking and foraging as a family, though for the youngest it was more of a long distance run. I really want to get into foraging this year, I've been impatiently excited about it since the fall after everything good is done for the year. And now, still impatient to get out there foraging, all I could find this time of year was a few premature thistles and dandelion greens. (which I put in this morning's smoothie).
The kids and I have started back on the raw food diet (yes AGAIN), but this time they WANT to do it. We're trying to make it fun by letting them chose the recipes and putting it all together, they've been really excited about it! You wouldn't believe the things they've been eating, kale and parsley, tons of spinach, you can pretty much hide any greens in a smoothie and make it taste good! (so long as there's banana, lol, that seems to be their favourite ingredient in just about everything we make). Last night for supper we made a salad with oranges, dates and bananas, and honey, lemon juice and cinnamon for the sauce. This was their favourite new recipe so far. There have been things that they've LOVE and there have been things that they HATE. Olives, tomatoes and peppers are still on the hate list for them, and apparently coconut, coconut juice and coconut milk are on that list too. Too bad they can't taste the coconut oil in their smoothie everyday! I put greens, Acai berry, coconut oil, and ground flax into every smoothie, all of which are tasteless. And then it's just a matter of how we want our smoothie to taste (what berries, fruit, almond/nut milk, honey, vanilla...) and what colour we want it to be (for them, it has to be an actual colour, either pink or green, if it's in between they call it "puke colour" and they wont drink it!)
Anyway, I'm very glad that at the moment in the lives of the nutrition and the beast that the beast is the one out-numbered... It really is nice to have the kids on my side (by choice). I still have to make meals for him, although lately he must feel a bit bad because he's been telling me not to bother... Who knows, maybe soon he'll join TEAM-GREEN!
...Well I can hope.
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