Taking After Mama and Grandma Connie

Rowan definitely likes chocolate. Until now, we've been living in that blissful time before children understand the difference between regular old food and treats. Now, Rowan is starting to realize that brownies and chocolate cake = yum. So we're having to be more careful about eating treats ourselves, which isn't too hard since we rarely have sugar around here (except for my homemade brownies;-).

Grandma Michelle (who's not so much a chocolate lover, but a great baker) made a wonderful homemade chocolate cake when we went up north after Thanksgiving. It had lots of high-quality French chocolate in it (and other wonderful ingredients). Yum! After a few bites, Rowan was practically howling at the moon. I guess he was making up for eating NONE of his vanilla birthday cupcake.



Maddox, unfortunately, was still too young to partake. Poor kid! You'll get there someday, I promise!

Of course, we don't plan on feeding Rowan chocolate all the time, but the occasional homemade cake or brownie is a wonderful treat! And he really is still too young to whine or ask for treats, so we're lucky there. As long as he'll still eat blueberries and yogurt, I'll be happy to let him indulge from time to time (Lord knows I will). I found a recipe for healthy brownies that contain frozen spinach. Maybe we'll have to give those a try. I'll let you know how that turns out.