Leaves
Near the end of dinner last Wednesday, Jason looks at my plate and says, "Mommy eat leaves." He follows this with a great big laugh. Joe also bursts out laughing. I look at Jason and say, "Mommy is eating lettuce. It's called 'salad'." Jason throws his head back and says loudly,"Salad!" Then he laughs a great big belly laugh. Followed by, "Mommy eats salad." This went on for a good 5 minutes. The laughing and the "Salad!" comments. Yes it was funny. We all laughed. But I also thought the boys would be somewhere around age 5 before they started to mock me. 2 seems a bit early.
Duh
Last night, Jason went to the corner behind his crib and started to pick up and move the small rocking chair that sits there. He was having difficulty and I said,"Wait and Mommy will move the rocking chair for you." So I take it from him and say, "Tell me where you want me to put it." Jason replies,"On the floor."
Joe starts laughing and says to me,"You know, we know he's smart but does he have to rub it in? On the floor, Mommy. Duh."
Kevin and a frog
Greetings
Kevin is a terrific greeter. Yesterday we took the boys for a spin around the block in their new wagon. We head out and Joe is going to catch up with us. As we walk along, I turn and see Joe headed toward us. I say,"Hey! Who is coming?" The boys turn around and see Joe. Kevin shouts,"DADDYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! YAAAAAAAAAAAY!" The funny thing is that Kevin does this every time he greets someone. Very effusive. Very cute.
Jason and his hornChanges
We took the boys to the playground on Saturday. They had a great time. Jason showed us that he's really maturing. He took off at a full run towards the school and was more than half a football field away from me before he turned around. I waved at him and he continued running around. He didn't seem concerned at all about the distance betweeen us or that he'd gone so far and I had not followed. He ran back and forth between me and the school 2 more times and seemed to gain confidence with each trip.
Both boys climbed on all of the playground equipment. They both went down the big slides (a major accomplishment as they are reluctant to go down our "big" slide at home).
Dinner
We eat dinner together every night at 6:30. On Friday night I made spaghetti, meatballs and garlic bread. Jason ate a few bites of meatball and pushed the rest away. Actually, he picked up each individual piece and handed it back to me. When I passed him his bowl of spaghetti, he shook his head and said,"No." I offered him some of the other items on the table. He shook his head no to each offer. He pointed to the cabinet and said,"Hot dogs." I replied,"No. We're having spaghetti and meatballs." He whined a bit and started a tantrum. I replied, "No whining. This is our dinner. I'm not making you another meal." He waited a minute and then sweetly said, "Mommy, make me a meal." So very adorable, but I didn't make him another meal.
On the weekends, we eat dinner at 6. The boys are typically hungrier earlier as we spend a lot of time outside running around and they build up a big appetite. Last night, Kevin came in doing his jogging in place dance and started saying "chair chair ready ready". Interpret that as, "I'm hungry woman. Feed me!" He danced/jogged in and out of the kitchen several times. I'd gotten a late start on the enchiladas so Sunday night dinner was at 6:30 and Kevin was barely able to make it. When we finally sat, Kevin was first in his chair and already had a handful of chicken in his mouth. He saw his bowl of rice and started yelling, "Rice! Rice! Rice!" I responded,"Not until you finish your chicken." Suddenly he grabbed fistfuls of chicken and started shoving the chicken into his mouth. Afterwards, he wiped his hands across his tray and yelled, "All finsh. All finish. Clean clean clean. Rice rice rice." Translation: "The chicken is gone. Clean my tray and bring on the rice!" He ate 2 bowls of rice (a personal best). He also ate a cup of strawberries, some corn, some green peppers and 6 Ritz crackers. That was after he said, "Ritz crackers please." I thought he said rice crackers. He corrected me with, "RITZ CRACKERS!!! PLEEEEEASE!" Funny guy. Where did he put all that food?
Requests
Over the past 3 weeks both boys have requested: cupcakes, Oswald cupcakes, Thomas cupcakes, pudding, ice cream cones, dip(ketchup), dip dip(pancake syrup), ice cups(italian ice), tacos, peppers, strawberries, apple, pear and a variety of cereals. They do have a varied palate. Weird things that they eat: Kevin: tomatoes, ice (if he can get his hands on any) Jason: meat - any kind of.
The Thomas Cupcake Story
One night just before bedtime, Kevin and I are cuddling, rocking and reading a Thomas the Tank Engine book. Having finished the story, I close the book. We sit looking at the cover just sharing a quiet moment. Kevin quietly says,"Cupcakes. Oswald cupcakes" I say, "Yes, Mommy made Oswald cupcakes for your birthday." Then he looks up at me, "Thomas cupcakes." Get it? Got it. Good.
Oh, I forgot to mention, that in between fistfuls of chicken during last night's dinner, Kevin kept saying "yummy yummy yummy". After the initial loud outbursts, he settled down and then in between handfuls of rice, he quietly said "yummy yummy yummy" You could see his lips moving but just barely hear him.
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