Weekend Kat Blogging: Kat and Psydney

Well, everyone knows Kat by now, but you haven’t yet met one of her best friends.

That would be Psydney, the Psychedelic Sheep. She is a psychedelic sheep because her lovely wool instead of being white or grey or brown or black like a plain old everyday sheep is yellow, lavender, green, red, and blue.

She is a very dear little creature, whom Kat has learned to hug, hold and kiss. Well, we call it kissing, anyway. I actually think it is more like biting, chewing and drooling. (Maybe Kat is gearing up for lamb chops; considering this family, that is likely.) But it all looks affectionate, so we call it kissing.

Psydney rattles and has a squeaker in her nose, so she is full of sound and furry, signifying fun.

May Shakespeare forgive me.

In other news, in the past couple of days, Kat has been showing interest in cooking aromas.

Last night, my fingers smelled of the curry I had been cooking (look for a post on it next week) and she kept sniffing them avidly.

Tonight, while I was cooking curry, Zak had her in a sling in the kitchen and they were supervising me.

As I ground spices, toasted rice and coconut and ground nuts, I held them up for her to sniff, and she was very interested. She leaned out of the sling, and stuck her nose into my ingredient bowls to smell what was in them and audibly sniffed!

And she smiled, with wide eyes!

I also noticed her staring at my stove this morning when I was brewing tea. She was staring at the pan and tea kettle in fascination, looking at the different colors of them.

I think that just as I grew up in my grandmothers’ kitchens, surrounded by the scents, colors and tastes of cooking, she is going to grow up in my kitchen, filled with the flavors, textures and aromas of the world.

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1. What a great post! You are sure raising her right.

   Comment by laughingrat — January 20, 2007 #

2. > …full of sound and furry, signifying…

   Bill simply has to forgive you. That is simply so funny. LOL.

   Kat is gorgeous. Thank you for sharing her with us.

   Comment by Dan Jenkins — January 20, 2007 #

3. So cute - look at those big, big eyes!!!

   I have heard that mothers who eat different things, or spices during pregancy have babies who like to eat these things. So no surprise you have a baby who likes curry, garlic and lovely lovely spices.

   Comment by Diane — January 20, 2007 #

4. I love the Kat blogging, she is adorable! I love that she is becoming a foodie already

   Comment by Emily — January 20, 2007 #

5. Kat seems food savvy, already. No wonder when I consider who her parents are. Keep us updated on Kat. You have lovely girls, Kat and Morganna. -Jill-

   Comment by Jill — January 20, 2007 #

6. I love that we never really know what is going to make an impression on them when their young. I’m always surprised at what my boys remember about an event compared to what I may remember.
   Beautiful time in the kitchen and smelling! Thanks for sharing it.

   Comment by tanna — January 21, 2007 #

7. Kat looks so adorable.
   Thank you for this wonderful story - it reminds me of my childhood and growing up in the kitchen and garden of my beloved grandpa.

   Greetings from austria - Astrid

   Comment by astrid — January 22, 2007 #

8. Growing up in the kitchen is growing up with love - of food, smells, tastes, and each other. Your girls are adorable.

   Comment by Maureen — January 22, 2007 #

9. hi Barbara, I felt as though it was high time I posted my first comment since I have been checking your blog religously for about 4 months now.:) I can’t tell you how much I enjoy hearing about your family and your reading your amazing prose. Even when I don’t have time to cook some nights(I’m in grad school) it makes me feel better to read your posts. My hunband simply can’t understand my addiction to curry!!! Thanks for fueling the fire.

   Comment by Lindsey — January 22, 2007 #

10. so sweet. may her path be full of wonderful smells and curries

    Comment by Isis — January 23, 2007 #

11. Thank you all for your kind words–and I am very glad people are enjoying hearing about Kat and Morganna. It is hard for a Mom not to write about her kids, especially when they are as wonderful as my girls are.

    Astrid–I have many, many memories of growing up in my grandmothers’ kitchens and my grandpa’s farm. He had vegetable gardens and fields of hay and cows, and chickens and pigs and a pond full of fish–so it is no wonder that food is a great part of memories of childhood. And, it is no surprise that I try to give that sort of upbringing to my own girls as well.

    Lindsey–it is good to meet you! I am glad you are enjoying the blog–and I am very glad to be helping you, in my own small way, get through grad school by providing entertaining food for thought as it were. (Non required reading is always such a pleasure in grad school–or at least, so I am told!)

    Diane–not only did Kat get curries and spices and garlic in the womb, she is getting it in the breast milk as well. as any dairy farmer will tell you, strong flavors from aromatic plants gets into the milk of any creature. I suspect that is very much the case for me; whenever I eat very garlicky or curried foods, the scent of them comes out in my perspiration.

    So, I think that it is not surprising that Kat has already taken an interest in spices–she has been eating them all along.

    BTW–night before last she tasted fresh ginger. Zak was holding a bowl of sliced ginger for her to smell, and she nearly face-planted into it. She licked her lips and lunged for it, so Zak let her tongue just barely touch one slice–her eyes lit up and widened and she smiled and laughed!

    And you should have seen her in the Indian market–she and Zak had a field day sniffing and looking at everything–much to the amusement of the proprietors. They especially thought it was cute when she sniffed the asafoetida and grinned.

    Comment by Barbara — January 24, 2007 #

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