La Leche League nutrition presentation

wow!



now I get it : stroller parking lot!
Saturday the 11th, Hannah gave her first "feeding babies" presentation! :)




it was quite the turn out! a dozen mothers with, what seemed like, twice as many babies! I snuck in a quick snapshot. ;) I was on the sidelines babysitting other kids and parenting Oliver. and as this is the first of many presentations to be sure, Ollie and I will be in the background smiling proudly.

--Posted by Hugo

oh the dreaded milk pick up

Posted by Hugo:

Of the many things that have changed the most in my life, I would like to address one today.
the dreaded milk pick up.
we are,as of late, part of a raw milk club. local farmers make raw milk and raw milk products and then sell them through a mediator. neat: local food, 'green' food, sustainability, etc. except for a minor detail- I have to go pick it up. so what's the big deal, right? get a bag, pick up some dairy and ride the train home badabingbadaboom? ha!
behold! the milk pick up!




it doesn't even fit on the kitchen table! dear readers, I implore you, does this seem like a 'run by the store and pick up some milk' scenario?!?
ok this particular day was an extreme version. but, believe me, it's only by two gallons and a few quarts that it is beyond normal.
however, I must say that using the pure butter has really improved the taste of my favorites: toast! pancakes! potatoes! (cereal! but dont tell hannah;) ) and Ollie loves his fish milk (milk and cod liver oil [CLO]).




it's worth it in the end-everyone is happy. what's a hundred pounds of dairy on this healthy burro's back every couple of weeks?
:>
-- Posted by Hugo

Brooklyn Food Conference!

Here's the face of Earth/Body Kitchen! what a lovely table at the brooklyn food expo.
but will they come?






of course they will! there are hordes of people here and they all stop by to see 'what's this talk of a local meal planning service?'
is there anyone prouder of his wife than this husband?
I doubt it :>

-- Post From the blessed iphone

steep price

this is what usually greets me when I get home from a long day of work. hannah's efforts to make everything from scratch is paid with more work from my tired muscles. and the sink is only indicative of other dishes laying about the kitchen table and house that I can't see. (as a guy I have housework blindness) Is this the price I have to pay so that I'm eating healthier and that Oliver grows up healthy with beautiful teeth like mr. tooth?!?!


well I'll gladly pay it! I will wash sinkfuls of dishes for health and happy mouths!



-- Post From the blessed iphone

as an introduction

**Devil's (Food) Advocate**

this is my morning breakfast. I know hannah is rolling her eyes loudly right now (believe me, entirely possible and I make it happen often). but it's justified!
the weekday mornings are cold and forbidding places to be. I need the comfort of a warm hug of coffee, the pat of a savory egg and cheddar bagel, the sweet kiss of a cherry danish and I need them delivered to me in the quick and now.
now I know I should be having hannah's breakfast of champions oatmeal. I know it would probably keep me up and running for the whole day. I know it would help me acheive my genetic potential for the days to come.
but it's still cold outside. it's early. and I need something to ease the pain and launch me into the here and now like a skiff into the wild river.
in the warm springs days to come I will change my food habits. I can see it now: gourmet oatmeal in the park under a canopy of green leaves paired with spring air.
but until then
'The usual please!... to go, thank you.'
;)

-- Post From the blessed iphone