Fancy Lunch

Ellen has discovered a book series called "Fancy Nancy." She LOVES these books and has memorized the three that we have. The basic story line is about a girl, Nancy, who loves to be fancy. Being fancy usually gets her in some sort of trouble - she stays up too late reading a fancy celebrity scrapbook and is tired the next day, she wears a fancy nightgown to school on pajama day and feels left out when her friends are in matching heart pjs, and other fancy adventures! :)

We have also been trying (and mostly failing) to get Ellen to eat different foods besides cheese and pb&j. Today was our first day of trying the Fresh 20 lunch plan! (see Fresh 20 dinner plan post here)
We had cheese and bean burritos, trail mix, and carrots and hummus. It was a huge success! I told her that we were having a "Fancy Lunch" and she got very excited. We even "cheers-ed" my glass and her sippy cup. :)

It was incredible. She actually sat at the table and ate lunch with me - and behaved wonderfully! We have really been struggling with dinner time lately - she refuses to try most foods and generally acts so crazy that she has to get down. I think maybe she's so wired from the day that by dinner time she just can't sit still and let herself eat. Lunchtime was so nice - she ate or tried everything, and liked it! She even ate some baby carrots- and this girl does not eat veggies.

Here are a few pictures of our delicious lunch: (notice the half eaten carrots!)

Mommy and Anna

At dinner time she ate two scallops and refused the spaghetti we had with it. So that was her dinner, plus some milk. Last night she ate only salt. So maybe lunchtime is when I will try to get nutritious foods into her! Tomorrow I am sending her to nursery school with chicken pasta salad, green beans, red bell peppers, and grapes. We'll see how that goes! She and Matt have a great routine where they take the bus together to go to nursery school every Tuesday and Thursday. Matt drops her off and then walks to his building to work for a few hours. He then picks her up at noon, takes her to his office, and they have lunch together. Then they come home on the bus and he works from home for the afternoon. Its the most wonderful thing for all of us! (except maybe Matt's productivity) Ellen adores her Daddy time and I adore my alone time with Anna and Lucy!

Speaking of, during our "fancy lunch" Anna and Lucy were being the good babies that they are and swinging happily! (and being held by me!) :)

Here's Lucy:

 And here's Anna:

And here's a cute picture of them hanging out before bedtime the other night:

(Lucy on left, Anna on right)

They have become great sleepers, they regularly sleep 6-8 hours, and only get up once a night. Its wonderful! They will be four months this week - can't believe how fast time is going!