Cold Pizza

GMan is quite a capable kid.

As mentioned before

when he gets up early,

and I do not

(which, let's face it, is everyday)

he takes care of himself.

The most recent thing

is his willingness

to scrounge for a snack until breakfast

or just eat dry cereal for breakfast.

Well today he had other plans.

Last night we had pizza.

I put it away in the fridge,

on the bottom shelf

because

it was the only available shelf.

No biggie.

Until Little Man goes scrounging in the morning.

I walk out to this.

He was so pleased with himself

for finding cold pizza for breakfast

that I just laughed and relished in his delight.

Carrying On

The kids are still sick

and we have not left our house

in 4 days.

That promotes an air

of creativity

for a bored toddler.

I was in the office

(incidentally typing up a blog post)

and I hear commotion

come around the corner.

Miss L was laughing hysterically

GMan was shouting

"Mom look!

I am holding her

under her arm pits!

and beaming with pride

(he has been trying to

lift her up by her hands

so it's a lesson

we've been working on.)

Now I will just need

to make sure

that no one

ends up hurt

as we try to grow up.

Stubborn

Since Miss L

learned to sit up

she stopped napping.

For days

she would be in bed

(for hours)

but would never go to sleep.

Now

she's so exhausted

but still stubborn

that she is falling asleep,

or mostly asleep,

sitting up

and then

falling over.

Seriously,

I don't know

who she gets this from.

Pillow Fight

When your 3 year old

is standing on the table

yelling and kicking the pillows off

what does he tell you he's doing?

Having a

"Pillow Fight"

Get it?

He's fighting the pillows!

and of course

you have to

do it all over again.

Apparently, we need a dog

Baby girl loves to eat

but she is quite picky

about the food she will eat

and how she will eat it.

She will eat oranges, pears and peaches

anytime.

but those are like dessert.

Carrots and green beans will get eaten

as long as I don't cut them up.

She wants to hold the whole steamed carrot

or green bean

and take bites.

Fine, whatever.

Other foods like broccoli and tomatoes

are looked at

and then snubbed.

Well,

today I was feeding her

whole green beans

and she was eating.

After eating most of them,

she decided she was done.

Instead of waiting for me

to come clear her tray,

I found her hiding her green beans,

on her high chair.

Apparently

we need a dog,

to throw our food to.

Enjoying her food. Yum!

Look closely above her hand.

Yup, I watched her

purposely place that green bean

and then reach for another

to hide.

Close up.

Never letting go

This girl cracks me up.

Recently,

she puts things in her mouth

let's go with her hands

and holds them there in her mouth.

For a really long time.

(See previous french fries post)

This bottle was in her mouth

for 10 minutes before her bath,

through the entire bath,

getting dressed,

and 15 minutes after.

I am pretty sure she let go

only because she wanted her bottle.

She is going to have some

serious jaw muscles

Sickos

I HATE this winter.

We seem to be sick

All of the time.

I blame school.

This is the first year

That G has gone to preschool

and now our family

is a walking petri dish.

It only took me

almost

3 1/2 years

but my kid finally learned

to cough into his elbow.

Yeah!

It didn't prevent

his sister from getting his disease

But I am pretty sure

that's because

they are attached at the hip

whenever they are home

and awake.

At least he's sharing,

right?

We have also entered

that awkward smiling face stage.

Fantastic.

No one look at his face

in family photos

for the next few years. :)

Funny face or not

we still love this kid!