Celebrity Pregnancy: Taye Diggs and Idina Menzel Baby Gender Announcement

Private Practice star Taye Diggs, 38, and his wife, Broadway star, Idina Menzel, 37, are expecting their first child, and they've announced that it's a boy!

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Does it Feel Like Summer?

Alexandria "Alex" with her pet caterpillar!

Oooh, these sunny warm days and photos of old tricycles and bowl cuts are reminding me of those carefree days of summer when I was a kid. I used to live for summers…playing outside from dawn to dusk…until the chorus of crickets meant your name was going to get called for dinner. I loved lightning bugs, big, fat, furry caterpillers, the heavy stillness of the night air, and feeling sleepy and finally a little cool as the moon rose to put me to bed.

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Are You Sneaky Around Your Picky Eaters?

The Sneaky Chef: Simple Strategies for Hiding Healthy Foods in Kids' Favorite Meals (Paperback) by Missy Chase Lapine

I was always the picky eater in my family. Looking back, I honestly don’t know how my mom dealt! I never liked anything my parents put in front of me, especially vegetables (well, OK, I would eat Mac ‘n Cheese – but that was about it!). If I had it my way, it would have been cereal for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
As I begin to think about having kids of my own, as well as watching friends and family raise their own picky eaters, I’m beginning to wonder how on earth I’m going to deal with a child who won’t eat what I put in front of them: Will I use the “3 bite” rule? Will I make them sit at the table until they finish (or at least try) what I’ve given them? I can’t imagine I’d just fix them something else? What will I do?!?
My friends don’t seem to be having much luck themselves, except, Sarah, who’s doing the hide-the-nutritional-stuff-in-their-food trick. There is actually a cook book out by Jerry Seinfeld’s wife, Jessica, on doing just this. How fantastic! The book is called “Deceptively Delicious” and has an array of kid-friendly recipes that hide the “good for you” in regular food, like Mac ‘n Cheese and Brownies! There is another book I’ve seen called “The Sneaky Chef” with the same idea. For some reason, though, Cauliflower Eggs doesn’t sound that appetizing…
What have been your tricks to get your picky eaters to gobble down your Chef-tastic meals? Have you tried any of these books, and do their recipes really help?! Let us know, and by all means, PLEASE share your Picky Eater Recipes!

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