oatmeal day oasis

violet's weekday mornings have been a little rocky these past two weeks. more than a few tears have been shed at daycare drop-off, but her teachers assure me that she perks up about 30 seconds after i'm out the door. it's still pretty hard on both of us, though, when i have to pry her fingers from my hair as she screams. it's probably harder on her in the moment, but at least she's onto other things while i'm still trying to shake it off en route to my desk.

luckily both of us have oatmeal days to look forward to. "hot cereal" is served at daycare once a week on tuesdays, thursdays or fridays, but as previously noted, it's never hot when we get there, which i have to imagine is part of the reason violet so fiercely rejects it. thus we've turned this hated day of the week into an increasingly happy tradition (and an excuse for croissants). here we are at bottega louie last thursday:




signing for more:



and then again yesterday:



changing it up with chocolate:



(that's a banana "smoothie" pouch nearby. nutrients aren't always overlooked.)

(and i know violet needs longer pants, but she's so freaking skinny that nothing ever fits right!)

i ate the vast majority of the chocolate section, but i did save a piece to give her in the car, to make the last eight minutes of the drive easy on myself. (she has taken to writhing and screaming "all done" as we try to strap her in.) not sixty seconds after inhaling the bite, she started giggling and kind of singing to herself while waving her arms around. considering how much chocolate i consumed while she was in the womb, it's not too surprising that she's a junkie already.