i am gearing up for another stint as a single parent – magnificent leaves saturday evening for a long business trip. i see him for one night on 7 february and then not until just past valentines day.

some gal pals and i had a fun night tuesday – we went to the movies. all the girls attending live in our building and one of them hosted a pre-cinema drinks party in the form of lai chi margaritas. very delicious. she even made me a virgin one….now that’s a thoughtful neighbour!

27 dresses was an okay movie, but just getting out was even better.

jasper is busy telling everyone that he is a big boy now that he eats vegetables. and for the record, he did eat vegetables again tonight, carrots and broccoli. but seriously, how much do these kids like rice? it is amazing. sebastian doesn’t like pasta anymore (except kraft dinner, which can be used in lieu of a canadian passport if he ever loses his), he just wants rice. they don’t want anything on it, they just like plain rice.

when i put the broccoli on the fork, jasper insists on piling the rice on top of it. this is painstaking and let’s face it, we’re talking about rice here….this is sticky. so jasper has started carrying around a hankerchief so he can wipe his mouth and fingers when they get too sticky because of the rice.

if he asks for a finger bowl, he is out of here.