The cleanse... Day 3

I'm enjoying a half a grapefruit, 1/4 cup steel cut oats sweetened with one date, cup of alkalizing broth, 1 tbsp flax seed oil and 1/2 an apple this morning for breakfast (as well as my HMF powder and yeast killer). I'm trying not to look at the leftover steak Craig made for himself and the kids and trying not to lick the leftover S'mores Ice Cream out of the dishes from dessert last night...

Actually, today is not that bad. Yesterday I had a mini meltdown when the kids ate hot dogs for lunch while I was preparing all my veggies with a splitting headache. But today, the headache is gone and I'm trudging along through this cleanse. I can hardly wait until next week when I can have toast with butter and preserves!!

Well, for those who aren't suffering through a cleanse, please visit What's Cooking Wednesday for some treats... I'll be bookmarking them and making them in a couple of weeks!

My artist son

I had doubts that my children would inherit their parents' artistic skills. Not any more. It's all Tyler wants to do... draw, colour, illustrate. Today he told me he wants to do the drawings like the artists do for the comics (he means animation for superhero comic shows). How awesome is that! Here's a sample to show he's well on his way.

Slings & Arrows

I am currently watching the gift I gave Craig for his birthday on DVD. Craig has been working unbelievably long hours so we haven't had too many nights where we can just sit back and watch movies together. We had watched a couple of episodes and I'm totally hooked. Slings & Arrows stars Paul Gross, Rachel McAdams and a bunch of other amazingly talented artists. The New York Times called it "charming and lovely" which is totally accurate. It has such brilliant comedy and softly touching parts (the last 3 words probably shouldn't be repeated aloud out of context). It's SO GOOD!!!! And DVD is so convenient and crazily addictive, I just want to keep watching but I'm showing admirable restraint by turning off the telly and blogging before bed.

On another note, on Monday I will be commencing a Swiss Detox diet (cleans out all the toxins invading your body and apparently elevates energy). I think I've convinced my sister Jill to try it too and hopefully Craig, if his crazy working schedule will allow it. Lots of veggies and no meat products for 3 weeks. To a carnivore like me, this will be complete torture but if it reboots my digestive tract and gives me an energy boost, I'm all for it. Right now, I'm eating all the food in the house that I'm not allowed to eat after Monday (a bag of cookies, pop, lunch meat etc). What! I don't want it to go to waste!! (Jill did mention that perhaps the kids could help me with this...I figure if I have to go a minimum of 3 weeks without cookies that I need to get my fill now!). I wonder if I should have a wager with someone that I can actually do the detox without cheating...

When did this happen?

I look around and Addison is sitting. When I left her, she was doing her version of the army-man-crawl but now, she is sitting. She should be cruising around, pulling herself up on things but give the girl a break... she was 3 weeks early. I'm just so overly impressed that on her own, her has figured out how to get from horizontal to vertical. And she's so proud of herself. She'll 'crawl' over to an open drawer, sit up, and ceremoniously start pulling everything out.

Also, I've noticed that her new 'sign' for when she's done eating (or just doesn't like what I've made) is to gently pick the food off her tray and, while keeping her eyes solely on me, drop the food on the floor to the ever-patience pooches. I'll kindly ask her to leave the food on the tray and she laughs at me.

Yes, I certainly do have my hands full with this one.