WiTKL.......15

Whoops, I'm a day late with this post. Did anyone really notice? Guessed not.


Well we had a nicey playmate yesterday and Flynn has declared that she is "his best friend EVER". It was super cute and I am so glad that they like to hang out. Sometimes I worry that his friends are by default - you know - only because they are siblings of Lucy's mates.


Week 16, this kid has:

back to the old phone camera

• an apple for recess
• pizza scrolls (made a dough in the bread machine and then just did a roll up thingy. This is an easy way to may vegemite or cinnamon ones too) 
• Fruit juice
• banana yoghurt treat *(see below)

* You may have noticed that our lunches usually don't contain much of the fun dairy stuff like yoghurt squeezey things or yogo's or custards. That's because we have a bit of trouble digesting the majority of dairy products available for lunchbox convenience.  I always manage to keep our calcium level up with other items and I try to include all the dairy that we can handle as much as possible. Up until recently it hasn't been a big issue. We are now entering a phase of Lucy noticing what other kids have or do and comparing them to what we have or do. Generally we discourage trying to 'keep up with the Jones' ' type of attitudes, and we celebrate being different, but sometimes it erks me when I feel like she is always missing out on something.

The something that has come up a lot is the treats that other kids get in their lunchboxes. Chocolate seems to be a repeating offender, but I want to stay firm on that one and maybe only give her something like that once a year! And Yogo. I think it's the only really naughty thing the kids  can get from lunch orders. (We don't have a canteen on site so there are no slushies or icy poles to compete with.) We can't eat Yogo. Insert sad face here! 

So I have started making our own yoghurt delight treaties. Todays is banana nesquik flavoured but we usually have chocolate using a natvia based drinking powder so it is sugar free too.

I basically hang some Mundella natural yoghurt in muslin over night to remove all the watery part and then mix in some flavoured drink powder. Nesquik flavours are super yummy. Hanging the yoghurt isn't absolutely necessary, but it does make it thicker and removes a little bit of the tang.

Lucy thinks it's a winner too. It's a nice feeling to know she feels part of the cool kids all because of a bit of yoghurt.