Who says kids watching t.v. is a bad thing?

By watching Ratatouille Anika has come to like food I would never have dreamed she would.
1. a couple of weeks ago ~eating cheese she told me she has to have a strawberry with it to "give it the best nuttiest flavor" so we did and she likes it!
2. today while at the grocery store in the produce department she asked pointing to a big round thing, "what's this?"
I told her it is cabbage.
Anika: "CABBAGE YUM, I LOVE CABBAGE! Can we buy it?"
Me: "you've never had cabbage, I don't think we will buy a head of cabbage." of course I'm thinking she won't like it. This is the girl won't eat her dinner if she sees lettuce on her plate.
Anika: "We can make cabbage soup, it is the best!"
me: "We've never had cabbage soup.
Anika: "Like on Ratatouille!"
The cute produce clerk hears our little conversation and chimes in and asks her if she likes cole slaw, (which she of course says no because she doesn't know what cole slaw is) and then he tells me how I could make that and I rebuttal with, "I am not that adventurous to cut up a head of cabbage to make that!"
So he comes over and strips the outside leaves off and gives her a piece and says, "Here you try it and then you can see if you like it and your mom will know if she should buy it."
At first she is a little hesitant and I decide to go along with it as I just know she will spit it out all over his floor, (serves him right!) that is if she even tries it! Well, she takes a little nibble and then another and then she keeps going back for more and more leaves and "hmmmm, I like it!"
So, out we walked with a head of cabbage!
All night she has been reminding me we are going to make cabbage soup tomorrow. Anyone got a good recipe? I was thinking to do somethings like a cabbage roll soup- cabbage, hamburger, rice...mom didn't you use to make something like that?
All I know is it has too be good. Maybe I will have to watch Ratatouille tonight to get the rat's recipe!

Jared gets home and calls for Anika to come upstairs. (he doesn't know any of the days occurrences) Here she comes up the stairs with a head of cabbage in her hands. She is downstairs watching t.v. naughing away at her head of cabbage!!!!

Here she is a few days ago: got a cucumber out of the fridge and away she goes!

Oh the things they say

Jared was giving Anika a hard time (in a teasing way) about her still peeing the bed/ wearing a diaper at night (which she hates wearing a diaper- but I hate pee on the bed and washing sheets even more so I win this battle!) She was trying to be funny back and of course can't keep up with her dad so she comes out from the bathroom into our room with her hands an her hips and says, (quite boldly I might add) "Dad, Where is your love and compassion?!"
We couldn't stop laughing it was so funny as we never say this!
(Later in the day we found out from the kids it is from a Sponge Bob movie that somehow ended up in our house!)

Anika's conversation on the way to Grandma's house a couple of Sunday's ago:

"Mom, our brains really help us. They help us decide what dress to wear to church. Well MY brain wasn't working today because I didn't know which one to wear!!"