"You Can Play With Your Food...

...As long as you eat it." Which has totally transformed the way my daughter eats mashed potatoes. Now, instead of a pile of white mashed potatoes on her plate, with a little food coloring and creativity, she eats a mashed potato volcano.
While it seems weird to eat purple or green or yellow or red potatoes they now get eaten. Of course now I'm wracking my brain trying to figure out how to make more foods, especially vegetables, exciting...

I saw an armadillo the other day. Exciting!!! It was dead on the side of the road (poor thing). It was super cool looking, like it had tank armor covering it's body. It was super ugly, but so bizarre and neat-o that I almost pulled over to look at it. If I wasn't stuck in the middle of commuter traffic I would have pulled over to check it out. But don't think I didn't go to work and tell everyone I saw an armadillo. I'm really intrigued by them in all their ugly armored glory. A couple days later I'm watching TV and of course an animal show comes on and it's all about...yep, you guessed it....the armadillo! So I'm finally starting to get over my armadillo experience and I see another one dead on the side of the road! I'm trying really hard not to obsess over these stupid creatures but they fascinate me. I kinda want one now. I know you can't have one as a pet, but I do - want one as a pet. I wonder if I could catch one. Is there a trap I could make for it or just make some sort of insect trail that it could follow into a cage that I could keep it in? Hmmm. I know it wouldn't be nice to keep one so I won't, but I want to.