The Raich's Big Adventure: Back to the grind

Well, the festivities are over and the presents opened. Alas we have all gone back to the mundane - Mia is in school, Andrea is at work, and I too have returned to work. I don't know about anyone else, but I am ready for a break. I know that we only worked four days this week and in actuality I really did not even put in full days, but the few hours that I did work must mean that I deserve some time off.

At any rate, there were a few pictures that I wanted to post that were left over from the holidays.

In case you don't recognise the person behind the lion paint, it's Mia. Its hard to be too scared by her little face.

Okay, so admittedly not the best picture of Mia, but it shows her starting to enjoy her Christmas pudding. This is a mince pie (it does not contain meat, so don't worry, Mia has not gone over to the other side... the meat side). Really, as amazing as anything Andrea and I have ever seen is Mia's ability to distinguish between sweets and anything else. For instance, the above is a good example of this ability. Mia has never seen a Christmas pudding before but was more then willing to take a huge bite. Now give her a selection of veg that looks EXACTLY the same and she will flat out refuse with a huge pout and hands in the air waving NO.

This picture is for Kayo. You will see that Mia is starting to enjoy Nori, otherwise known as seaweed. But she likes to have it in a special way - with jelly. MMMMMMMmmmmm!