Yet More Proof That Amazing Things Can Be Made With No Milk

For the past few years, Matthew has looked upon banana cream pie with longing. He loves bananas and having them in pie just seemed like a little bit of bliss. Unfortunately, I could not figure out how to make a cream pie taste alike that fit all his dietary needs. But with his successful food challenge for coconut earlier this year, all that has changed. Coconut cream has made a dairy free banana cream pie a reality. As usual, I was pretty impressed by how tasty it actually was. And Matthew absolutely loved it which was even more important. We all had one small slice and left the remaining two thirds of the pie for Matthew. And he consumed it with great gladness. (Although he didn’t eat it all in one sitting. That probably would have produced a rebound effect after which he would look upon future banana cream pies with disdain.)

Hoofed Squatters

There were deer in our yard this morning. This is not an unusual occurrence, but this time they weren’t just passing through. There were two deer just lazing in the back yard. They didn’t even flinch when Kev opened the door and hollered at them. When he walked out the door they got up as if they had all the time in the world and wandered back toward the street. Kev and the big boys left for school and work and by the time the garage door had closed, our visitors were back. Malia asked me what their names were and when I told her they didn’t have names, she did not think that was right. She defended her claim by reminding me of Dasher and Donnor and Rudolph.

Later this morning she told me the deer’s names were Gatcha and Gitcher. I’m not sure naming them is a good thing…