February 12th: oatmeal bars

We took O skiing today for the first time. She did amazingly well; after two trips down the bunny hill with our help, she insisted on going on her own, and by the time we were in line up for the fifth trip, she was crying because she wanted to do the big hill. When we finally got her on the big hill, she had a blast.

Skiing works up an appetite. As much as we would like to indulge in poutine and pop at the lodge, I packed a horde of food to keep us full so we wouldn't go down that path: apples, crackers, cheese, salami, water, hot chocolate and oatmeal bars from Cooking With My Kid. I'm not going to try this recipe again, but it definitely hit the spot when we were hungry and needed something filling and healthy to get us through a few more runs on the hill.