D'Arcy Developments

D'Arcy and the bleoved were talking about catapaults last night, and D was trying to explain something to the beloved. He finally said to me, "can you get me some paper please? I need to draw him a picture". He drew the two catapaults pictured. The tiny one on the right was first, and then to elaborate, he drew the massive one, which seems to've ended up with only 3 wheels, but we get the idea. I like the cognitive leap to using a diagram to explain something to someone else, which is very new.

I also managed to fool him into eating a whole heap of vegies last night (but I don't think he'll be fooled for much longer) by making his favourite 'farty soup' ...

Method:
Fry up some alliums (onions, garlic, leeks) and some zingers (ginger and turmeric). Toss in as much chopped up brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, brussel sprouts) as will fit in the pot. Cook 'em down a bit, then add some good stock, and some salt and some garam masala (clove, cinnamon, cardamom, nutmeg, cumin , coriander, pepper) and cook until the brassicas are all soft. Blend until it's an unidentifiable mush (try to ignore the unappetising colour) and add some milk (or coconut milk) to thicken it up a bit. Serve it with yoghurt, fresh coriander, lime pickle, and sit back and wait for the results. Hell, if you were really sick you could add some Jerusalem Artichokes too.

Actually, it's not that farty, the name appeals to D'Arcy and if I told him what was in it, he'd never touch it.