The advantages of overalls

As Shiloh gets closer to the 15 month mark, we continue to overflow with joy when we're around her! Shiloh loves babies and puppies, drinking the milk from her cereal bowl, saying "hi" to everyone she can, reading books, playing with animals and babies and "daddies" by taking them in and out and transporting them all around. Shiloh calls all male figurines "Daddy"(GI Joe, Ken doll, Sesame Street's "The Count" and Joseph from my African nativity scene). And no, Ken doll does not live at our house, as we will attempt to stay far away from all things Barbie for as long as possible :o). Shiloh's vocabulary is just exploding, and in the right mood she will try to imitate just about anything. She's become a pro at using "no" which actually has reduced the amount of food thrown on the floor, and she's added a favorite vegetable to her diet: corn. Speaking of corn, check out this video of Shiloh's experimentation with candy corn!

Vegetable victory

After offering numerous vegetables numerous times in numerous ways, we finally tricked Shiloh into eating some this weekend. Crispy kale was a huge hit. We just tear up the kale into small pieces, put it on a baking sheet, sprinkle some salt on top, and bake it in a 400 degree oven for about 10 minutes. Shiloh was grabbing handfuls and stuffing it into her mouth as fast as she could. Then Sunday afternoon she must have believed me that the spaghetti squash really was noodles, because she gobbled that up as well. I promised myself I would never tell my kids that spaghetti squash was spaghetti, because when my mom did that the disappointment was huge when you saw what it really was! But, for now, that's okay.

Way to go Shiloh!

(We won't mention that she absolutely refused to even try the potatoe/spinach/tomato gnocchi later on Sunday. I told her I was making noodles, which was actually true this time, but apparently these were not the type of noodles she was expecting!)