First (grown up) food

So--not exactly a "mother-of-the-year" moment, but at dinner last night, i let Cora grab an eggroll that Amara wasn't eating. 

I really thought she might lick it, or maybe take a nibble.  She's such a good eater, I try not to "not let" her have things--I've always heard to let the kids have lots of different seasonings and spices, etc. to expose them to it. She had been eating plain white rice and a little bit of pork from dumplings, so I just thought she was curious...

...boy was she!!

She kept saying "mmm" and kind of gnawing at it.  All the bites were tiny shredded cabbage and carrots, so nothing she couldn't have, but Eric and I just kept exchanging looks and she had a death grip on it and showed NO signs of giving it up.

Eventually it started falling apart after all the gnawing and man-handling it, and she dropped it on the ground.  Ily was quick to snatch it up and BOY did Cora let us know that was NOT COOL!  She was so upset :(  not crying--just like REALLY???

Anyway, I guess our eggroll count is up to 4 now...maybe not every time, but she sure enjoyed herself, and so did we all, watching her.

Happy New Years!

...and another year is come and gone.

We didn't exactly go out as we went in, but even better!

New Year's eve was low key, and the same for New Year's day.  We made our traditional pork fried rice, and I made banana monkey bread squares *Yummy!*

My mom and dad came over and we just played and enjoyed being home--I think there was a little football on the TV, and Eric got to take a nap with his baby girl, Cora.

I'm hoping for the best in 2012--Cora is about to turn 1, Beanie will turn 4!!  Hoping for a great (SLOWER) year and just as much fun.  Dance and gymnastics don't start for a couple weeks as well as WeJoySing, but it will be good to see their friends and teachers again soon.

Happy New Year!