How old is she again? If I remember correctly our daughters are about the same age. I get really bored with the kids books too, which is why I embellish, come up with crazy voices for the characters and ad lib almost all of the narrative, using the illustrations as guides. She prefers my version of the stories anyways... at least for now.

You live in more of a "city" than I do so being outside might be more difficult for you but we make a point to spend as much waking time outside as we can. Let's face it, it's more fun for us too, not just the kids. It's hard though because inevitably you are trying to work, study etc while trying to raise a child and time isn't always available for going to the park, museum, picnic etc.

Have you tried foods that most kids will eat no matter what, like yogurt or even pudding or ice-cream? I know it's not ideal, but it will definitely give her calories and once you are through this rough patch you can phase them out.

Good luck cgod. They don't come with manuals do they? :-)