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Old 03-02-2011, 03:14 PM   #166
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I am loving her list...and stealing some ideas from it.
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Okay - just showed DD the Snack list and she wants to know what a White Elephant cupcake is???

aparently - we have missed out on some yummy snacks!!!
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Oh my gosh that list sounds to DIE FOR! Yum!
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She is an interesting kid. She is the kid that won't eat nuggets, cheese/pepperoni pizza or PB&J. but loves her sushi, prime rib, White California pizza (or special), anything spicy, most fish dishes & bring on the veggies. She also doesn't like normal cake, for her birthday this year she had pumpkin whoopie pies. (pumpkin cakes with cream cheese filling) she made them with my mom.

We did a dessert exchange party for her b-day. Her party was 2 weeks before christmas.
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Me too! Sometimes reading posts here is as bad as watching food network. I think someone needs to start posting pictures of people working out to inspire me to do something else other then eat!
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I love "reading" the food threads. I actually do it a lot more when I'm fasting (3 days every 6 months) for 2 reasons.
  1. I can taste it in my memory
  2. I can't make my food look as pretty nor do I have the patience to do so.
Which = If I can't have what I want I want nothing.

Workout posts I can do that but it would be very boring. I'm a 2 hours a night 5-6 days a week. I can give you my plan it works.



I'm trying to tone up everything now so weight is the same but the size has gone down.

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Oh my gosh you look AMAZING! Perhaps I should adopt that idea since for sure I cannot make anything as nice looking as Disney does.
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My DD sounds like yours. She will be 4 in April, and she doesn't eat "kid food". I asked her what she wanted for dinner the other night and she said she wanted to go to Red Lobster for lobster and shrimp. Then at the grocery the other night she asked for steak and crab legs. I like when she plans dinner. However, my check book doesn't!
Her list is great. My DDs request is a Mickey Bar. That's really the only snack treat she will ask for. Oh and sometimes popcorn.
Where do you get the cupcakes in AK?
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