Homemade

Lacey loves to cook, and she happens to be very good at it (which has benefited me greatly over the last 10 years!). Tonight she prepared her first homemade food for Madeline - strained green beans. (The other foods Madeline has eaten so far - rice cereal and squash - have been store-bought.)

While hardly the most complicated dish she's ever made, I think Lacey got a warm feeling inside when Madeline gobbled down her dinner tonight. There's just something rewarding about making Madeline's food from scratch, just as Lacey enjoys making our dinners in the same fashion. It's one of the first opportunities for Lacey to share one of her passions with Madeline. It's like she's putting a little of herself into it. And it's satisfying to know exactly what Madeline is eating.