My Little Assassins

Thanks for all the feedback on the UTI issue for Priya. I didn't realize it was an issue for a lot of kids. Probably because it's not a fun subject to talk about. We've got her on the antibiotic now, and they're going to try the dye solution first. It sounds like a whole lot of soft science to me, but what do I know. I think comic books have ruined me for a procedure like that. I just keep thinking about the Hulk, which makes me think of Bill Bixby walking away slowly, which makes me sad.
The orphanage was very good at giving Priya the vaccinations she needed, but unfortunately only one of them actually worked, so we're in the process of slowing giving her those vaccinations again. She had two yesterday, but did pretty well with them. She went to the eye doctor, and there's nothing wrong with her eyes, so we're chalking that up as a victory. She's realized that she can make her eyes cross, and she thinks it's hilarious, but it's freaky to be talking to her and suddenly her eyes cross.
Most of our summer activities revolve around water in some way. We have a pool at the apartment we live in, and it's heated, so we love it. Neither of these girls have an ounce of body fat, so if the water is cold at all they freeze. We try to go to Lagoon-a-Beach, but it's about 30 degrees in the water until August 15, and then it's 35 degrees. We actually do love Lagoon-a-Beach, but we have to wait until July. I'm seriously considering buying wet suits for the two of them, but then I'd be the guy that bought wet suits for his 3 and 4 year old. I don't want to be that guy.
One of Mirinda and Priya's favorite things to do in the pool is to have Dad go under the water. Neither of them have figured out how to hold their breath yet, but they're happy to have Dad do it. Last night they found it was even more fun to have Dad go under water, and then to hold his head under the water, and laugh hysterically. I tried to explain the Judaeo/Christian ethic of Thou Shalt Not Kill, but that made them laugh even more. It looks like I'm going to have to start sleeping with one eye open from now on. Mirinda's toenails could gut a fish, despite our best efforts to keep them trim.
One of the things I like to do is buy cereal that I loved from my childhood and let my daughters try them. We're really into Capn Crunch with Crunch Berries (for the vitamins) and Oops All Berries right now. It's fun to see what they like and what they don't like. However, this has made me try cereal I thought was good as a child, and it's really, really not good. Honeycomb is one example. I loved that as a child, but I'd rather eat Styrofoam peanuts. I'd get more fiber from them anyway. It's way, way, way not good. I still have 3/4 of a box in the cupboard. If you want it let me know.
Another one that is so not good is Golden Grahams. It's got a really weird after taste. It tastes like mom burnt the toast, and then accidentally dropped it on the ground, but then gave it to you anyway and told you to eat it. There are others however that I've fallen in love with again. Cocoa Pebbles is an example of that. It's the best chocolate cereal on the market, even better than Cocoa Puffs, though I do love those. Amy likes to buy the no-name brand of cereal sometimes. I can't do it. I work to hard to buy no-name cereal in a bag. We'll go for name brand cereal only. I always remember that day at school when you'd get the packet of free samples, and there was always the malt-o-meal hot cereal packet in there, and you'd think it was so cool cause you'd bring home a free sample, and then you'd eat it and realize why it was free.
That actually brings me to my recommendation for the week. It's not food this week, it's a podcast. It's called Baconsale. You can listen to it on podbash.com or baconsale.com. They have a new episode every Monday, and I wait for it all week. It's 3 guys that are all from Utah. One is a movie critic, one performs at Quick Wits, and the other is the moderator. It's all about pop culture, and there are some extremely random episodes, but they have an amazing chemistry with each other. They've done an episode where they ate everything on the menu at McDonald's (they were so wrong on the Big Mac), everything on the menu at Taco Bell, they've done shows on sound tracks, etiquette, video games, movies, Dr. Who, Mystery Science Theatre 3000, and a ton more. Even if none of those subjects interest you, go check it out because you'll probably find something that does. One of the reasons for going back to childhood cereals is they did a whole show on ranking sugary cereals, and it's one of my favorite episodes. Go to baconsale.com and search for cereal and it will come up. Listen to that one episode and you'll be hooked. As a bonus, I saw Jacob (the moderator) at Sweeto Burrito, and Kent at Lagoon, so they have good taste.
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