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![Fun with friends!
[swipe ➡ for pics of the amazing dinner from @dinneronthetable ~ a local social enterprise helping families ~ and gorgeous salad ingredients grown by the students at The Hills School]
Tag your "chocolate chip" of a friend! X](http://scontent-sit4-1.cdninstagram.com/vp/bf4fef0637d25258ef02729bd5888277/5C292E01/t51.2885-15/e35/s320x320/41172553_314383656036329_6641702435776106043_n.jpg "Fun with friends!
[swipe ➡ for pics of the amazing dinner from @dinneronthetable ~ a local social enterprise helping families ~ and gorgeous salad ingredients grown by the students at The Hills School]
Tag your \"chocolate chip\" of a friend! X")
![When you are working your way out of a #fussyeatersbreakfastrut, getting prepared the night before is a good idea. I know it isn't easy / feasible or likely [well... Quite unlikely in my case at least 🙈].... But... when I do 💪💪💪 The day works a bit better. We are calm in the mornings. And after a week of everything being NOT.SO.CALM. Having these @healthylittlefoodies mango, banana and coconut bites ready to go this morning made ALL the difference.
They are SOooo easy too! I baked them last night whilst sitting with the girls for dinner. Super versatile recipe. And perfect if you offered banana at lunch / afternoon snack and had it #leftover from #familystyleserve. You can leave the mango as chunky as you desire too... So don't be put off by our large chunks #thatshowiroll
X Simone
Ps. Amy ~ if you are looking to re-name these brekky delights, my kids have decided that calling them Spongebob Squares is a great idea 💁😕😂...
Miss E: "It's obvious mum! Yellow banana. Yellow mango" [look of disbelief that mum didn't understand straight away]
Me: "Ok then ~ I will let Amy know."
Miss E: [satisfied grin]
😉](http://scontent-sit4-1.cdninstagram.com/vp/f1a39cf4363c8b99f12a3a522726cbb7/5C2C0593/t51.2885-15/e35/s320x320/40438236_238289563503783_4628775742545103775_n.jpg "When you are working your way out of a #fussyeatersbreakfastrut, getting prepared the night before is a good idea. I know it isn't easy / feasible or likely [well... Quite unlikely in my case at least 🙈].... But... when I do 💪💪💪 The day works a bit better. We are calm in the mornings. And after a week of everything being NOT.SO.CALM. Having these @healthylittlefoodies mango, banana and coconut bites ready to go this morning made ALL the difference.
They are SOooo easy too! I baked them last night whilst sitting with the girls for dinner. Super versatile recipe. And perfect if you offered banana at lunch / afternoon snack and had it #leftover from #familystyleserve. You can leave the mango as chunky as you desire too... So don't be put off by our large chunks #thatshowiroll
X Simone
Ps. Amy ~ if you are looking to re-name these brekky delights, my kids have decided that calling them Spongebob Squares is a great idea 💁😕😂...
Miss E: \"It's obvious mum! Yellow banana. Yellow mango\" [look of disbelief that mum didn't understand straight away]
Me: \"Ok then ~ I will let Amy know.\"
Miss E: [satisfied grin]
😉")
![📚GULP🎨
.
Standing in Miss E's classroom helping with literacy groups last week, I found myself doing the unthinkable.
The walls are adorned with posters all about the poetry techniques they have been learning. #LIMERICK caught my eye. And before my mouth could stop, I said to the teacher. "Oh I wrote a children's story in limerick verse 3 years ago." What was I saying? Why divulge this secret little folly?
Then miss E pipes up. "Can we bring it to class?"
I said "sure". [WHAT AM I DOING?]. Not one to back down, Miss E and I set about editing the text in the evenings last week. Then she painfully pointed out to me that it would be IMPOSSIBLE to take it to class without pictures. #gulp
Not being an illustrator, I was trying to work out HOW... When up pops the #getcreativewith
challenge for the week of Water Colours hosted by @raising.kinley.
We purchased water colours and special water colour paper (because that is a thing apparently)... And we gave it a crack. Both girls participated in the illustrations. They are very proud of the result. Problem is now, Miss E not only wants me to show her teacher, she also wants a book launch party! 😂 Her support knows no bounds (along with her soaring expectations of me 😝). Would you like me to read it out loud?
Would you give us honest feedback? X Simone "trying to meet a 6 yo's expectations" Emery
#accidentallymadeapicturebook #accidentallyonpurpose
#picturebooksforthewin #getcreativewithfood @get.creative.with](http://scontent-sit4-1.cdninstagram.com/vp/a9b5bac5fed447e7c9ecf440c866fa7a/5BA853AA/t51.2885-15/e35/s320x320/40585890_2182746471993747_8359347614222001628_n.jpg "📚GULP🎨
.
Standing in Miss E's classroom helping with literacy groups last week, I found myself doing the unthinkable.
The walls are adorned with posters all about the poetry techniques they have been learning. #LIMERICK caught my eye. And before my mouth could stop, I said to the teacher. \"Oh I wrote a children's story in limerick verse 3 years ago.\" What was I saying? Why divulge this secret little folly?
Then miss E pipes up. \"Can we bring it to class?\"
I said \"sure\". [WHAT AM I DOING?]. Not one to back down, Miss E and I set about editing the text in the evenings last week. Then she painfully pointed out to me that it would be IMPOSSIBLE to take it to class without pictures. #gulp
Not being an illustrator, I was trying to work out HOW... When up pops the #getcreativewith
challenge for the week of Water Colours hosted by @raising.kinley.
We purchased water colours and special water colour paper (because that is a thing apparently)... And we gave it a crack. Both girls participated in the illustrations. They are very proud of the result. Problem is now, Miss E not only wants me to show her teacher, she also wants a book launch party! 😂 Her support knows no bounds (along with her soaring expectations of me 😝). Would you like me to read it out loud?
Would you give us honest feedback? X Simone \"trying to meet a 6 yo's expectations\" Emery
#accidentallymadeapicturebook #accidentallyonpurpose
#picturebooksforthewin #getcreativewithfood @get.creative.with")
![🍕Carrot Pizza = Proof that I can still learn about new foods after 37 years 🍕. The kids and I were discussing pizza toppings yesterday. And rightly asked me, "if people put pineapple on pizza why not carrot?" #gotmegood.
And so it was planned.
And we liked.
Miss E even tried some cheese raw and cooked but went back to her non-cheese-preferred option. It's always on offer. She is my daily reminder that the "average" of 15 exposures before eating a food is exactly that ..... An average. An average across a population. An average across a range of foods. Some foods need fewer exposures. Cheese [for my 6 yo] needs eleventy-billion. 🙌😂 Have a super night!
X Simone "trying carrot on pizza since 2018" Emery
#GoodbyePickyEating #pizza #kidsfoodideas](http://scontent-sit4-1.cdninstagram.com/vp/20fa769a677f3d3cef3992e5dc8ac1d2/5C233180/t51.2885-15/e35/s320x320/41144323_2223188881044372_2068599645364277727_n.jpg "🍕Carrot Pizza = Proof that I can still learn about new foods after 37 years 🍕. The kids and I were discussing pizza toppings yesterday. And rightly asked me, \"if people put pineapple on pizza why not carrot?\" #gotmegood.
And so it was planned.
And we liked.
Miss E even tried some cheese raw and cooked but went back to her non-cheese-preferred option. It's always on offer. She is my daily reminder that the \"average\" of 15 exposures before eating a food is exactly that ..... An average. An average across a population. An average across a range of foods. Some foods need fewer exposures. Cheese [for my 6 yo] needs eleventy-billion. 🙌😂 Have a super night!
X Simone \"trying carrot on pizza since 2018\" Emery
#GoodbyePickyEating #pizza #kidsfoodideas")