Wifey recently made some fries out of butternut squash.
With some olive oil, salt, and pepper, the sliced butternut squash was put into the oven. Wifey mentioned that the final product was a bit on the soggy side, but that didn’t matter at all as the butternut squash fries were delicious.
The toddler recently made his first purchase practically all by himself. We went to one of the nearby malls. While wifey visited a particular store, the toddler and I walked around the mall. The toddler eventually spotted a Disney store. He checked out a lot of the merchandise, but there were a couple that stood out. He grabbed them, and I agreed that we should get them. We walked up to the register, and the clerk asked the toddler if he wanted to hold the bag, to which the toddler responsed, “Yes.” I had the toddler pay the clerk for the toys, and then the clerk placed the two toys into the toddler’s bag. We then walked over to where wifey was to show her the purchases.
We had taken a stroller with us, but the toddler did not need it at all. I’m thinking that the stroller days might be over, if not now then very, very soon.
The toddler has assisted in purchasing items before (always in a shopping cart or stroller), but this was the first time that he walked into a store, selected items, and took them to the register. Seeing him in action was very cool. We’ll see if I always feel this way about his wanting to buy things. 
Always Grateful,
~Hubby (aka Daddy)
We’ve been visiting my parents more often lately. The toddler seems to really enjoy his grandparents these days. Whenever he goes there, he definitely gets his fill of rice.
The above pictures are what us adults ate for dinner: brown rice, kimchi jjigae, bulgogi, and sauteed mushrooms.
The toddler enjoys eating rice wrapped in seaweed. This time around, we tried sneaking in some bulgogi in the rice, but he would have none of that. In fact, he started inspecting each of the seaweed wraps, as shown in the above pic.
There’s the toddler peeling mandarins again. Check out the concentration! And once again, I was the main beneficiary of the peeled mandarins. They were sweet and juicy!
Always Grateful,
~Hubby
Wifey recently prepared an awesome morning meal of pancakes, breakfast sausages, grapefruit, and pineapples.
Wifey also made some amazing soup, which she called her “Creamy, Garlicky Leek Soup.” We got the leeks as part of a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) delivery that we recently signed up for. I had not known about CSAs, but wifey had known about them for quite some time. We’ve already received two deliveries of quite an assortment of vegetables and have been very happy with the service in terms of price and quality and variety of vegetables.
The following are some pics of wifey making her soup.
Her combination of leeks, onions, garlic, water, salt, and pepper produced one savory soup. Experiencing this soup was one of the many times that I felt truly fortunate to be wifey’s hubby.
Always Grateful,
~Hubby
It’s always a treat to eat out. A recent trip to a salad buffet was a real good one. Wifey was satisfied. I was satisfied in that I didn’t stuff myself silly with too much hearty food items. And the toddler was quite happy with what he ate and got to do.
Wifey and I each ate a plate of salad. I helped myself to some extra goodies, like soup and dessert. The toddler ate quite a variety of healthy food items, and then ate a lot of macaroni and cheese. He then engaged in one of his favorite activities as of late – peeling mandarins. He peeled two of them, and I ate most if not all of them. Thanks for peeling!
Always Grateful,
~Hubby (aka Daddy)
The cucumber salad has become quite the staple in many of our meals lately.
For a recent dinner wifey prepared, the cucumber salad certainly went well with quinoa and wild salmon. The salmon was marinated in a lemongrass ginger sauce courtesy of Whole Foods.
And the following is wifey’s recipe for the cucumber salad:
- organic cucumbers
- Greek Yogurt
- dried drill
- brown rice vinegar
- salt and pepper
I wasn’t the biggest fan of cucumbers and most vegetables prior to meeting, and during the first several years of knowing, wifey. But I have now truly grown to love most veggies, which I know is a very good thing.
Always Grateful (for Wifey),
~Hubby
