The "First Meal"

With Roman sick all weekend, I had been unable to do little more than wiping noses, administering medicine and cook for the rest of us. The beginning of my very long weekend started Friday with a sick baby, a blizzard warning and a frozen pizza. Saturday was shrimp with risotto, which I will blog later. Roman did little more than drink water all weekend, which concerned me because he never loses his appetite.

Yesterday afternoon, the Hub came home with Slow Melt Popsicles, these are great if you have toddlers by the way. Roman decided that these were okay to eat and slowly finished one off. Immediately, I saw a glimmer in his eye and what began the return of his appetite. He slept off and on all day, finally waking up for dinner.

I was actually able to cook with him napping so much, thankfully. I had planned to make Ellie Krieger's Beef and Barley soup, which was just perfect for the occasion. So, maybe this weekend wouldn't be such a bust after all.


(This was taken earlier[mid-cough] when I tried to get him to eat some yogurt. Pitiful, isn't he?)

This made for a very hearty meal needing nothing else to accompany it. The Hub raved, Camden gave it an "okay", and Roman? My previously, lifeless boy, ravished it picking out all the mushrooms and eating them first. Go figure, he is probably the only kid I know that loves mushrooms. I was glad to see his appetite back.