No Frills Attitude

I no baby... I a gull.

Believe it or not I'm a dainty, sweet, princess-loving, nail-polish wearing, sparkly fruity lipgloss-eating, best friend-hugging, cat wrangling, squealing, hairdo-obsessed, particular about wearing pink socks kinda gal.

After a long day I should be able to relax at home wearing what I want without any photos from mommy. Sheesh!

Carson's Quesadilla Cafe

Ever since I stole the show from celebrity chef Rocco DiSpirito this summer...

I've been VERY interested in cooking! Sissy loves this because she is VERY interested in eating! Now that I have a test audience, I want to go crazy in the kitchen!

Yesterday, it started out a slow lazy day, (as you can see by our dress code) and when mom asked if we'd help her make lunch Lauren and I said "SURE!"

Lauren took her position for assembly while I started by grating spicy jack cheese! Sounds like pirate cheese! Arrrrgh!

Sissy used a butter knife (her dream come true) to put margarine (but it's a butter knife...) in the pan. Sissy put in a tortilla. I added grated cheese (sans grated knuckles)

Mom turned the heat on low. She said "Careful!" over & Over & OVER! We heard you, Mom!

Sissy topped the quesadilla with another tortilla.

Cooking is a little dangerous because of the heavy duty chef's tools. But, I got to use them! I checked the tortilla's color with a spatula. Mommy used it to flip over the golden quesadilla. I used the pizza cutter to slice it!

Time to taste it! Sissy and I both gave it a thumbs up even though she didn't really follow our 1-bite rule for new foods.

As it turns out, Sissy's specialty isn't melting cheese it's melting down so she went straight to bed for naptime.

Mom and I are going to try to make Nigella's Ritzy Chicken Strips tonight! I'm ready for a Throwdown with Bobby Flay!

I now want to open a cafe called Carson's Cafe. Mom said we'd have to tighten up our operations as we broke several child labor laws and violated a few hygiene codes but it's a start! She also said if I know how too cook it'll help me get girls. I say girls, boys, doesn't matter! Whatever brings in more customers! And with the celebrity chefs I practice with, there's no way it could fail!

Red is the new Green!

I don't like vegetables, it's a well-known fact. I can't stand Salad (except for the salad at the Encounter restaurant). My mom makes me take a bite but I never like it. EVER! And Sissy is learning to be the same way... here she is not loving "dino trees".

I also don't like sauce. I'm the only kid who doesn't like mac-n-cheese or ketchup. I like pizza with no sauce, noodles with no sauce. NO SAUCE, YUK!!

So my mom has been on a mission to find a way to get me to eat veggies or something else besides my favorite meal of just plain pasta. The other night she got all creative in the kitchen and, although it smelled really great, I saw these red things mixed in with my noodles and got scared. She said "Just try them!" and I started sweating. Uncle Randy may love red-hot peppers, but not me. Was she trying to get back at me for arguing about taking a nap?

I took a bite and I LOVED IT! They were sweet red peppers! MORE PEPPERS PLEASE! Then we battled it out over my dino trees and after a long dinner full of UN style negotiations, we had some green Vitamin M to help us recover.

Mmmm... green MnMs, I LOVE those greens!

Thank you ALL for helping me raise money for my soccer team and my school with buying lots of goodies (I can't wait to hand out all the stuff soon!) and candy (Dad's been my best customer!).

We also recently did a walk to help raise money for a local Children's Hospital.

It was fun because it was at Disneyland and California Adventure! I didn't get to ride any rides, or shop in the stores, but we still saw lots of cool things along the way. See if you know who these people are...

Flotsam and Jetsum, the evil henchfish for Ursula from the Little Mermaid.

Mr. Incredible!

We walked the farthest I've ever walked! 3.1 miles (more if you count the walk from the parking lot to the starting line). Even Sissy walked some!

Next year my goal is to raise $100 for the cause, so I'll be in touch!

All this fun and fundraising leaves us really tired...

...and cranky...

...which left me with an echoing headache!

But after mom wins the argument or tricks me into taking a nap by telling me it's just to help Sissy fall asleep, then we're raring to go all over again!

See you next time!