Connor Versus Baked Potatoes with Cheese - 06.04.2009

Connor loves baked potatoes with cheese from Wendy's. Usually he eats two potatoes plus a 5 piece order of chicken nuggets. Yesterday he decided to forgo the nuggets and have 3 baked potatoes. I didn't think that there was a chance in hell of him finishing all 3.



The challenge begins!


One potato down, two to go!


Two down, one left!


And the winner is... Connor!

What important lesson have I learned from this challenge? I've learned that at this rate I had better start saving my money now because Connor is going to eat us out of house and home when he's a teenager.

Conducting and Experiment, Thursday - 4.16.2009

On Thursday morning I decided to test the theory that cast iron is supposed to be non-stick. I use my cast iron skillet quite often but always season it with a little bit of olive oil first. To test the non-stickness of my skillet, I decided to fry and egg in the skillet without any oil.


This started off well enough, and i was able to flip the egg without breaking the yolk but it took a lot of effort to get it unstuck from the pan.


Here's what the pan looked like after the egg was removed. My cast iron skillet is clearly not non-stick.


My egg sandwich turned out great though - one fried egg with a slice of american cheese on a multi-grain english muffin.


Late lunch/early dinner with Connor while Ian was in speech therapy. It was a nice day so we decided to sit outside.


Connor had two baked potatoes with cheese, a few chicken nuggets, and a small frosty from Wendy's.

Ian is attending a summer reading program at this school this summer, and Thursday was the introduction meeting for the parents and kids. The school was kind enough to provide Flyer's pizza for dinner and Ian was kind enough to make a really weird face when I took his picture.