you'd think we needed to call poison control

on saturday, alexander turned five and a half months. now before you think i am one of those crazy moms who celebrates insignificant milestones, i just want to say two things: first we did not celebrate alexander turning five and a half months, we just used that date as the rough time around which we would introduce solids. and second, we celebrated alexander turning one month old by lighting a match that we stuck into a brownie square. and we took a picture, so just in case future babies feel like we love them less, we can show them just how much or little rather, fanfare alexander received. so anyways back to five and a half months. the time has flown. look at my baby at five and a half weeks and now at five and a half months.

on friday, i went to trader joe's and brought my scrunchy bunny an acorn squash. i spent part of nfl sunday roasting that thing and puree-ing it - i missed part of the redskins game, which it turned out, i didn't really need to stay and watch anyway. here is a chronicle of our first try at "solid" food.

*proud pureed squash maker and clearly a first time mom. check out that serving size!*

*a giddy alexander sitting at the grown up table, pre-squash*

*post squash GAG! he's thinking, "someone call poison control, my parents are trying to off me"*

*please mommy, no more squash. please."

one is the loneliest number

husband is working late. again. so i decided to be productive. i unloaded the dishwasher. (husband should not get use to this.)  i did two loads of laundry. sometimes, the carlsons go weeks, and i mean weeks, without doing laundry. good thing you can get fabulous unmentionables at fabulously low prices at marshalls . i'm pretty sure marshalls was created for just such a situation - people who have a hate-hate relationship with doing laundry.

and then i made myself dinner for one.

puffy pancake* topped with strawberries, lemon juice, and powdered sugar. it was pretty much a complete meal. the only two things that would have made this meal whole would be a side of large mcdonald's fries and this guy:

*puffy pancake recipe:

2 eggs

1/2 c flour

1/2 c milk

pinch of salt

pinch of cinnamon

1 tbsp butter

place butter in pie pan, place pie pan in oven while you preheat to 425 degrees. mix other ingredients together. when oven is heated, pour batter into pan, bake for 12 minutes. 

serve with lemon juice, powdered sugar, and strawberries, or jam, or maple syrup.

enjoy!