Do Vegans Eat Animal Crackers?

Have you ever watched Babette's Feast? It is a strange, older movie that is basically about food and cooking. The eponymous feast basically changes the lives of the dinner guests. For someone who loves cooking as much as I do, it should have been a joy to watch - except that it actually shows the animals before and during preparation. Umm, no thanks. It was enough to make me seriously consider turning vegetarian.
Which brings us to the title of my post. How do vegans make sure they get enough calcium? At my daughter's most recent doctor's appointment, the doctor scolded me for not making sure my daughter gets enough calcium. Until recently, just about the only way I could get my daughter to drink milk was to serve them with bunny-shaped graham crackers. I will be getting her some multivitamins so she gets enough calcium, but I am also going to look for alternative sources of calcium.

(Not the)Swine Flu

This week I got sick. Fever sick. As you know, moms aren't allowed to get sick, so when they do all hell breaks loose. And so it was at our house. No clean diapers were to be found anywhere and hastily changed dirty diapers were everywhere else. Gross.

Fortunately, my illness only lasted 24 hours, but with everyone worried about the swine flu, I made sure to go to the doctor. They took a culture and advised me to wait until I had the results to resume my routine. So now we are self-imposed social pariahs and have to entertain ourselves in a way that doesn't pose a public health risk. With little ones that can be hard, so yesterday we went bird-watching. Yes, it is as boring as it sounds.

I have checked the symptoms of swine flu and we don't have most of them. The kids are sick, so I am guessing it's not a big deal. In the interest of keeping all the other moms well, I think today we will go on a hike today and just yell,"Unclean!" if we see anyone.