MOCHA MORNINGS

t he smurf boat Buy the boy a piece of PVC pipe at Home Depot and it becomes a horse, a sword, a baton and a Cane...and that's while your walking through the store. Go to a restaurant and the jelly packets become a skyscraper or a train and the salt and pepper shakers are army men fighting each other or riding on the jelly packet train. After making homemade macaroni and cheese last night he asked for the Velveeta box, so I said, "sure!" Five minutes later he has a boat built with all the essentials that a smurf might need while riding in it. You know, a belt, couple of hot wheels, a Lego block and a tech deck.  Complete with plastic forks and knives for the sails and artillery.

n ot for these organic carrots.  i can proudly say that the plastic bag these delicious carrots came in was recycled, the pile of peelings, tops and ends were laid to rest in our compost pile created by my 10 year old son, and the orange, tasty, carrots themselves were happily devoured by my entire family.  no evidence that these carrots ever existed, except for this lone picture which was taken minutes before they were thrown in the broiler to steam.