20 Questions
Or maybe just 10.

You might be asking:
1) Sweet Lawdy, what happened to Lulu?
Lulu was up multiple times during the night with her cold. Luckily, I’ve trained both girls to call “Daddy, Daddy!” in the middle of the night and sometimes I take sleep aids. Unfortunately, Daddy looked worse than Lulu this morning.
2) What are they drinking?
Strawberry banana smoothies. Duh. Give me a hard one.
3) What are they watching?
Due to Lulu sitting on the remote at some point during the morning, Sesame Street got turned into a little telenovela action.


Ay yi yi! Dios mio!
4) The Pink Princess is back? What happened to the banana?
Gigi informed me that the witch turned the banana into a princess. She really is a nice witch. But somehow the banana returned, only to ride off into the sunset.

She must really be concentrating hard.
5) But what did YOU have for breakfast?

I snacked on a bi-Kashial bowl of cereal (1/2 Kashi Go Lean, 1/2 Kashi Go Lean Crunch) while sipping my coffee and checking my email in my sweaty workout clothes. That’s right, I ran two miles…in a row. Ain’t no thang.
After a bit I was still hungry, so I had a pear.

I call this breakfast: Pear Crisp Deconstructed. I’m going to win Top Chef next season. You’ll see.
6) How did your kids stay active today?

I was informed that this was “Pilates.” Cripes, that’s what I was doing wrong. I foolishly completely omitted “stick ponies” from the equation. Note that the cat is unphased. Also note that Gigi has no fear in showing her midriff thanks to her Pilates training. I could take a page out of her book.
7. Was your lunch worth mentioning?
Hardly.

I had a cup of Pacific Foods Cashew Carrot Ginger soup and a salad with spinach, cabbage, broccoli, pickles, tahini dressing and almonds.
8. Did you go anywhere today?
We did, and we played “I Spy” all the way there.

Lulu just said, “I spay-uh, wif my widdle eye-uh, somefing BWOWN!”
Note she is looking RIGHT at her brown shoes and Gigi is pointing right at them as well. Still, when Gigi asked, “Is it your shoes?” Lulu responded, “YAAAYUH!” in utter disbelief.
We went to Costco and bra shopping. Well, we tried to go bra shopping at Costco (don’t judge) but they didn’t have my size. They weren’t sold out or anything, they just don’t carry bras THAT SMALL. Ouch.
So I got to chase two runny nosed toddlers around the lingerie section of a department store. Gigi picked up something in a D cup and said, “Mommy, buy these BOOBS!” If only I could, honey, if only I could.
9. Can you stop talking about your boobs and just give us a recipe or something?
Indeed, I can. I got home late this evening because I had an appointment to get my haircut. I’d show you a picture, but it was just a trim AND I think if I had to look at another picture of my hair on this blog, I’d unsubscribe to myself.
I’ve been craving chickpeas all day…and Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, a bottle of red wine and Twilight on DVD. I went with the chickpeas.
Pumpkin Spice Roasted Chickpeas
1 can of chickpeas, rinsed, drained and patted dry
2 T. maple syrup
1 t. canola oil (or oil of your choice)
1 t. apple cider vinegar
1/8 t. salt
1/4 t. nutmeg
1/4 t. ginger
3/4 t. cinnamon
Preheat oven to 350. Combine all ingredients in a large mixing bowl until evenly coated.

Spread chickpeas on a cookie sheet sprayed with cooking spray.

Bake for 25 minutes. Stir chickpeas every ten minutes to ensure even crisping.

I could have eaten the whole batch, but I didn’t.
Instead, I threw some on a salad that I ate alongside some kabocha fries.

10. Are you done with this stupid question thing yet?
Yup.
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about 9 months ago
omg they are just adorable!
You are talking about my boobs, right Ang?
about 9 months ago
I used to watch those telenovelas when I was wee, too!
Congratulations on being cleared to work out… two straight miles must feel so good! I’m so happy for you.
I brought roasted spiced chickpeas to work once and all of the other waiters thought I was a weirdo… but they kept comin’ back for more!
about 9 months ago
poor little lulu. hope the pea family feels better asap!
the chickpeas look glorious- thank you for the recipe
have a great night!
about 9 months ago
So glad you are back! Now that I am pregnant I need to start writing your veggie tips for kids down! You better not disappear again!
about 9 months ago
Roasted chipeas are SO. GOOD. I used to make those all the time but had completely forgotten about them. Thanks for the reminder!
about 9 months ago
I feel Lulu’s pain…I am dying of a cold right now. Okay, so maybe that was a little exaggeration for ya. Lulu looks a lot better than me when I wake with a cold!
about 9 months ago
So I just saved that recipe in my computer “recipe box,” and I am so pumped to try it out!
about 9 months ago
OH WOW – Going to make those chickpeas soon!!
about 9 months ago
I came here via Kath’s site. I just had to get that chickpea recipe. I will make them tomorrow. Absolutely loved your post. I chuckled all the way through. My kind of humor!
about 9 months ago
Oh wow what an awesome recipe. I just found your blog through Kath’s and am so excited to make these chickpeas. I love that I have everything necessary
about 8 months ago
Im making these chickpeas tonight!!!!!!!!!!! YES MAMA!
about 8 months ago
I just saw Angela on OSG make your chick peas and I had a bunch of them cooking in the crockpot so I made my cheapy hummus and your chickpeas.
The whole house smells yummy! We can’t wait to eat them.
about 8 months ago
I made your chickpeas last night and loved them! Thanks for the fab recipe!
about 8 months ago
I can’t wait to try these chickpeas!! Looks delish & easy, which is great for me since I can’t manage to boil noodles without messing it up.
about 8 months ago
I’ve bookmarked this recipe to make this week, finally. I love chickpeas
about 6 months ago
I can’t stop thinking how cute Gigi would be doing the “banana phone” song in her banana outfit. Just an idea
about 4 months ago
I’m making these tonight! Then will you follow me on Twitter? I’ll have Chris add the little Twitter bar to my blog. Thanks for reminding me.