Swimming, Snacks, Santa, Snow

Maddie has been studying the letter S in school. SSSSSSSSSSSSSS... on this Saturday we've been through a lot of S events! Maddie woke up talking about how it's not really hot outside (it's 80 degrees) and she tried to convince us that it's Snowing and that Santa will be coming soon so we had to prepare. She put on her Summer dress but then followed up with a pair of pants, her winter coat from last year, socks, and shoes. Ain't she cute??!!!!

After convincing her that it wasn't Christmas time yet, we hopped in the car and went over to Puxi because daddy was the Official Ceremony Starter for the swim meet. Just think, he's had tons of education and has recently been promoted to Deputy Superintendent.... just to say, "Swimmers - on your mark!" Maddie and I were so proud of him!
After hitting a few antique stores we came home to hang out inside while it pours outside. I think there is more rain today than there was with Typhoon Wipha earlier this week! The last S for the day would be the Snack though... I know I've written about this before, but I'm still just gobsmacked.

Snack:
Pimento Stuffed Olives
Seasoned Seaweed
Apple Pears
Multi-Grain Ritz Crackers
Cheese

Her favorite?? The seaweed of course!!!!

Snacks - What Would You Choose?

Maddie has a hollow leg lately. She ate three pieces of pizza the other the night PLUS a huge bowl of watermelon. She then turned around the next day and ate about the same amount for a brunch Sunday morning. When she gets home from school everyday, she's super hungry so Ms. Zhou gives her a snack. However, since she has a hollow leg lately, she gets another snack before dinner when we get home at 5:00. So this was today...

Andy drove Maddie and Ms. Zhou to the Links office where Ms. Zhou catches the shuttle bus home and then Andy offered to buy her ice cream. Who could turn that down, right? So she ran inside the house, screaming at the top of her lungs... "I've got ice cream - I've got ice cream." I thought we could debrief about the day around the table so I grabbed myself a vegetable plate and decided to sit next to her. She had a choice: ice cream or vegetables. Guess what won! Vegetables won and in her words, "trees (broccoli) are fun to eat!"

She was finishing up her veges (still ignoring the ice cream in front of her) when she saw a jar of olives inside the fridge when Andy opened it. She had another choice: ice cream, vegetables, or olives. Guess what won! Olives won and in her words, "pickles (olives) are silly to eat!"

She finally did partake in that ice cream and then proceeded to eat a huge plate of shrimp for dinner immediately thereafter. Who is this kid?

Given the choices, what would you choose?!