Funky Panties

First of all, here's some new super healthy, super yummy recipes I made up...

Chicken Swiss Wrap
Take one whole wheat tortilla. Spread one wedge of The Laughing Cow Light Swiss Cheese on the tortilla. Take three slices of shaved chicken lunch meat and place on top of the cheese.
*You can add reduced fat bacon to give it some crunch.
*I also like to add some Paul Prudhomme's Poultry Magic seasoning in leu of salt for added flavor.
*Try other varieties of The Laughing Cow Light cheeses. French Onion is also great in this wrap.
Wrap it up and enjoy! It also keeps in the fridge really well.

Banana Wrap
This is really good for breakfast.
Take one whole wheat tortilla. Take a spoonful of low fat peanut butter and one spoonful of honey. Microwave the pb and honey for about 10 - 15 seconds, just to make it more spreadable. Spread it on the tortilla. Cut up one whole banana into bitesize pieces, like you're going to put it on your cereal. Soak in lemon juice to keep the banana pieces fresh, and to add flavor. Let it soak for about a minute. Drain the lemon juice off and put the banana pieces on your tortilla and wrap it up like a burrito. This is great to eat right away or you can keep it in the fridge too.

More recipes to come!


Okay, now for the Funky Panties story...
So, I took Natalie to the mall last Weds to buy her mom something for Mother's Day. Natalie was having "Funky Sock Friday" at school, so after I bought her the funkiest socks we could find, she decided that was exactly what her mom needed was a pair of funky socks. I couldn't agree more.
We left the tweenie-bopper store we were in, and went to the nearest department store. I figured the socks would be near the underwear. We went walking past the bras and panties, and I didn't even notice the mannequin dressed in a sexy bra/panty set, but you can bet Natalie did. I noticed she wasn't standing right beside me, so I looked behind me and sure enough, she was still standing in front of the mannequin, staring up at her purple lace and see-through outfit. You could just see the question mark forming on her small forehead as she tilted her curly-haired head slightly to the side the way Moose does when I am talking to him.
"Did you see any funky socks over here?" I ask her. Without taking her eyes off the purple lacey thong, she pointed to the frills on the hips and whispered "Aunt Choody, What are those things for?".
Well, what am I supposed to say? Overcompensation? Your husband's birthday? Stripper attire? I had to think quickly. I knelt down to her level and said, "Well, Noodle, it's kinda like your socks. You know how we went to buy you some funky socks, and you're really excited about them? And even if you wore tennis shoes and no one else could see them, you'd know they were there and that would make you feel a little extra funky?" She nodded her head, still staring at the frills. "Well, those are like the same thing. Some women like to wear them, even though no one else will see them, they know they are there and it makes them feel a little extra funky."
"Funky panties?" she asked.
"Yes, Noodle. Those are funky panties", I said, taking her hand and leading her away to the socks.
About a minute later, she softly said "Aunt Choody?"
"Yes, My Noodle" We always call her that.
"Does my mama wear funky panties?"
I had to bite my lip to keep from laughing.
"No, Noodle. Not since the last time I saw your mama's underwear."
"Do you?" she whispered, so not to embarass me.
"No, I don't. I'm funky enough without them." My eyes were welling up with tears of laughter. I was about to bust.
She pulled my hand down so she could whisper to me "Me neither!!" and then she giggled. We both giggled. And then we ran, hand in hand to the socks counter.
Little girls are so much fun!

As a side note, Natalie said "I want Mama's socks to have hearts on them because I love her". We found some obviously left-over valentine's socks and she pointed at them and said "Those! that's the ones!". No arguement from me. We got the socks and headed to the dollar store in the mall to pick out a gift bag. She pointed to the obviously left-over valentine's gift bag that said "I love you" with roses on it and hearts on it. "That one!" she said, "Because I love her!" So Lavinia had a very Valentinish Mother's Day. When I explained the hearts on the socks and the bag, Lavinia just smiled and said "I couldn't love anything more!"
My family is so awesome. :)