So, as we are finding out, we were generally spoiled with Alec when he was a baby, toddler, and boy with his eating habits. Alec would eat almost anything and would enjoy almost anything. There were (and still are) the normal struggles with veggies and such, but overall he has a very good appetite and variety of foods that he will eat. Aaron is a different story.
Aaron is ME as a child. That's right, my Mom is LAUGHING at me now because I have a child JUST like me when I was little. Aaron loves milk, pizza, yogurt, tortillas, fruit, pasta, hotdogs and on a good day, chicken nuggets and floutas. That is about it...except of course for SUGAR and SWEETS...he loves those. If none of the above mentioned foods are being served at any given meal he will simply skip it and wait for the next meal to see if it is any better for him. This is the reason I started giving him pediasure...just to make sure he had some kind of vitamins in him!
Well, Last night I made chicken fajitas for dinner with refried beans. Alec, Adam, myself and Ashley enjoyed our meal immensely. Aaron had a tortilla and mandarin oranges on his plate. Well, since everyone else was having "mini burritos" guess what Aaron wanted? A orange burrito! He took his little pile of mandarin oranges and placed them in the middle of the tortilla. He was trying to roll it up but Daddy ended up stepping in and helping him. As I was watching I was wondering just how many bites into it he would loose interest and I would have to again break out the pediasure drink for him. Believe it or not, HE ATE THE ENTIRE THING!! Seriously?? He won't eat the yummy food, but hey, give him a orange burrito and he is a happy camper! Sigh...
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Christmas concerts...
I mentioned in my Thursday post of last week that the boys had their Christmas programs coming up. Alec's was Thursday night and Aaron's was Friday morning. Both went very well, but they truly showed me what totally different kids these two boys are!!
This is Alec all dressed up getting ready to go to his concert. I took him down to Valencia High School Theater where it was being held. I turned him over to the Kindergarten teachers at the side of the theater as they had requested. I told Alec that I was heading back to the car and I would pick him up when it was done. You guessed it, I lied to him. BAD MOM! I actually went in and got a seat pretty near the back of the theater. About 20 minutes later Adam came with Aaron and Ashley in tow. The show was very cute and Alec's class actually performed near the end. Alec walked right up onto stage and did everything he was suppose to do! I was SO proud! When the show was over we headed up to the front to pick Alec up. He was so happy to see us and both Adam and I wondered if he was onto us, knowing that we actually did watch him. I guessed we were safe when he said to us, "So, how was it waiting in the car? I know you did not see me but I did so good!!"
The next morning was Aaron's preschool concert. I dropped him off at school just like a regular day and then we had to be back in the church by 10:30 for the performance. I had him dressed in his nicest pair of jeans as well as a cute brown plaid shirt. I thought it would be functional for playing in before the show but still look nice for the performance. Below is a little video of part of the performance. Aaron is the end kid on the bottom row. Notice what he is wearing...
This is Alec all dressed up getting ready to go to his concert. I took him down to Valencia High School Theater where it was being held. I turned him over to the Kindergarten teachers at the side of the theater as they had requested. I told Alec that I was heading back to the car and I would pick him up when it was done. You guessed it, I lied to him. BAD MOM! I actually went in and got a seat pretty near the back of the theater. About 20 minutes later Adam came with Aaron and Ashley in tow. The show was very cute and Alec's class actually performed near the end. Alec walked right up onto stage and did everything he was suppose to do! I was SO proud! When the show was over we headed up to the front to pick Alec up. He was so happy to see us and both Adam and I wondered if he was onto us, knowing that we actually did watch him. I guessed we were safe when he said to us, "So, how was it waiting in the car? I know you did not see me but I did so good!!" The next morning was Aaron's preschool concert. I dropped him off at school just like a regular day and then we had to be back in the church by 10:30 for the performance. I had him dressed in his nicest pair of jeans as well as a cute brown plaid shirt. I thought it would be functional for playing in before the show but still look nice for the performance. Below is a little video of part of the performance. Aaron is the end kid on the bottom row. Notice what he is wearing...
SWEATPANTS!!! WHAT?? Apparently Aaron went down the slide in the playground that morning and went right into a big puddle of water that was left from the rains the day before. They had to put him in emergency clothes. Sigh. Ok, beyond what he was wearing....how stinkin' cute was he?!?! For the first two songs of the performance he stood there and sang all the words and did all the hand motions. By the third song he switched to picking his nose the entire time. By the last two songs he was bored with the nose picking and decided to turn around and watch all the rest of the children singing. He did finally rejoin the group for a round of "We wish you a Merry Christmas" at the end.
It is amazing what a difference between Alec and Aaron there is in these performances!! Even in preschool Alec was holding back and not wanting to get up on the stage and perform. If he did finally get up there he would just stand there and certainly never sing. Apparently the problem was having Mom and Dad in the audience! Aaron does not care, he went right for it! Too funny!!
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Thursday 10 - All about the kids!
There have been so many times lately where I have wanted to blog something, but of course the holidays have just made us so busy this year. Here is a Thursday 10 to catch up on a few things...
1. Alec's Christmas program is tonight. He has informed us that we are not allowed to go to it. He told us that we can drop him off, go back to our car, and listen to "Do you hear what I hear?" from the CD in the car (that is the song that they are singing) and then come back in and pick him up when it is over. He does not want us to watch him performing. We told him we would do just that. Yeah, we are sneaking in the back and watching. It is in a dark theater, there is NO way he is going to see us! Little weirdo!
2. Aaron's Christmas performance is tomorrow. This is the first time he has done anything like this so it will be interesting to see how he does. I really don't anticipate any issues. He is much more comfortable in front of people than Alec ever was.
3. Alec got the chance to go to Target after school today and pick out a gift for his 8th grade buddy, Brian. I was trying to encourage him to pick out an ornament but he knew exactly what he wanted to get him. I let him lead me and we went right to the star wars section. He wanted to get him a light saber since he did not have one. Who am I to argue with a 5 year old about what he wants to get his friend for Christmas? :) Very cute.
4. Aaron learned his Pledge of Allegiance!! I am still not exactly sure where or from whom he learned it, but he recites the entire thing! It is too stinkin' cute when he says it and I MUST get it on video and download it to here. SO funny!
5. Ashley is SO scared of Santa!!! Santa and Mrs. Claus came by our neighborhood Christmas party that we hosted last Saturday to talk to the kids and give some small gifts to them. Each child got a chance to sit on santa's lap and talk to him. When it came to Ashley's turn I went to go set her up there and she freaked out! She had a death grip on me and would not let go. She usually likes older men so I think the issue was his white gloves. She freaks out over gloves...hates them. Let's see, that puts her scared tally at Santa, brooms, vacuums, hairdryers, and moving/singing dolls. Interesting!
6. When Alec was in his first year of preschool they did a little hand print at thanksgiving and on it the teachers wrote what each child was thankful for. Alec was thankful for Baby Brooklyn (she was just born the month before) Aaron has Alec's same teachers so they did the same activity with him this year. What is Aaron thankful for? Firetrucks. hehehe!!
7. Ashley STILL won't walk. Almost 15 months old and won't take a single step without holding on to something or someone. Lazy bone jones!
8. When Alec was at school on Tuesday, Aaron, Ashley and myself were at home doing laundry all day. At one point we were in Ashley's room playing on the floor. Aaron got up, went and got his little case that holds his coloring pens and his sippy cup full of milk and said to me, "Ok Mommy, I am going to work, I wuv you!!!" He disappeared into his bedroom. About 5 minutes later he came back saying, "I'm home Mommy!" I asked him what he did at work and he said, "I got bad guys and put them in the back of my police car!!" Daddy was SO proud!
9. Alec wanted a snack after school the other day and asked if he could make it himself. I said sure, as long as it was something healthy, and he headed to the kitchen. I of course followed and hid around the corner to watch what he would do. He went to the refrigerator, opened it, stared into it for a while and then finally took out some leftover pasta from the night before. He went over to where the plates are in the cupboard, crawled up onto the counter and got a plate down. He then got a fork and proceeded to put some of the pasta on the plate from the tupperware. He closed the container and put it back in the fridge. He then took his plate and went over to the microwave, crawled up on the counter again and put his plate in the microwave (it is quite high so it was difficult for him to reach.) He stared at the microwave for a minute and then punched in 5 minutes and pushed start. I went in and stopped the microwave at 2 minutes but other than me doing that, he did the entire thing completely on his own!! What a little chef I have on my hands!!
10. What I want for Christmas...
Alec - Millennium Falcon and toys for the kids whose houses burned down.
Aaron - An airplane.
Ashley - She would be happy with just a unending bottle full of milk! :) Easy to please!
1. Alec's Christmas program is tonight. He has informed us that we are not allowed to go to it. He told us that we can drop him off, go back to our car, and listen to "Do you hear what I hear?" from the CD in the car (that is the song that they are singing) and then come back in and pick him up when it is over. He does not want us to watch him performing. We told him we would do just that. Yeah, we are sneaking in the back and watching. It is in a dark theater, there is NO way he is going to see us! Little weirdo!
2. Aaron's Christmas performance is tomorrow. This is the first time he has done anything like this so it will be interesting to see how he does. I really don't anticipate any issues. He is much more comfortable in front of people than Alec ever was.
3. Alec got the chance to go to Target after school today and pick out a gift for his 8th grade buddy, Brian. I was trying to encourage him to pick out an ornament but he knew exactly what he wanted to get him. I let him lead me and we went right to the star wars section. He wanted to get him a light saber since he did not have one. Who am I to argue with a 5 year old about what he wants to get his friend for Christmas? :) Very cute.
4. Aaron learned his Pledge of Allegiance!! I am still not exactly sure where or from whom he learned it, but he recites the entire thing! It is too stinkin' cute when he says it and I MUST get it on video and download it to here. SO funny!
5. Ashley is SO scared of Santa!!! Santa and Mrs. Claus came by our neighborhood Christmas party that we hosted last Saturday to talk to the kids and give some small gifts to them. Each child got a chance to sit on santa's lap and talk to him. When it came to Ashley's turn I went to go set her up there and she freaked out! She had a death grip on me and would not let go. She usually likes older men so I think the issue was his white gloves. She freaks out over gloves...hates them. Let's see, that puts her scared tally at Santa, brooms, vacuums, hairdryers, and moving/singing dolls. Interesting!
6. When Alec was in his first year of preschool they did a little hand print at thanksgiving and on it the teachers wrote what each child was thankful for. Alec was thankful for Baby Brooklyn (she was just born the month before) Aaron has Alec's same teachers so they did the same activity with him this year. What is Aaron thankful for? Firetrucks. hehehe!!
7. Ashley STILL won't walk. Almost 15 months old and won't take a single step without holding on to something or someone. Lazy bone jones!
8. When Alec was at school on Tuesday, Aaron, Ashley and myself were at home doing laundry all day. At one point we were in Ashley's room playing on the floor. Aaron got up, went and got his little case that holds his coloring pens and his sippy cup full of milk and said to me, "Ok Mommy, I am going to work, I wuv you!!!" He disappeared into his bedroom. About 5 minutes later he came back saying, "I'm home Mommy!" I asked him what he did at work and he said, "I got bad guys and put them in the back of my police car!!" Daddy was SO proud!
9. Alec wanted a snack after school the other day and asked if he could make it himself. I said sure, as long as it was something healthy, and he headed to the kitchen. I of course followed and hid around the corner to watch what he would do. He went to the refrigerator, opened it, stared into it for a while and then finally took out some leftover pasta from the night before. He went over to where the plates are in the cupboard, crawled up onto the counter and got a plate down. He then got a fork and proceeded to put some of the pasta on the plate from the tupperware. He closed the container and put it back in the fridge. He then took his plate and went over to the microwave, crawled up on the counter again and put his plate in the microwave (it is quite high so it was difficult for him to reach.) He stared at the microwave for a minute and then punched in 5 minutes and pushed start. I went in and stopped the microwave at 2 minutes but other than me doing that, he did the entire thing completely on his own!! What a little chef I have on my hands!!
10. What I want for Christmas...
Alec - Millennium Falcon and toys for the kids whose houses burned down.
Aaron - An airplane.
Ashley - She would be happy with just a unending bottle full of milk! :) Easy to please!
Sunday, December 07, 2008
Happy Family
Ok, so I am spoiling the surprise for anyone on here who will be getting a Christmas card from us, but here is our family picture we took last weekend with Sipper Photography. There are a TON more, but since the files are so big I can only upload one at a time on a post. I still CAN'T believe that we got all three children looking at the camera and smiling! Amazing!! I love my family!!!Wednesday, December 03, 2008
Shhhh....
Ok, I am going to share this with you, but you CAN'T tell Alec...
I got a call from the secretary at St. Joseph School yesterday. As every mom does, I am sure, my heart sank. I immediately thought, "Is Alec ok? Did he throw up? What did he do? He LOVES school! OMG!!" Immediately after those thoughts ran thru my mind the secretary said, "First of all, everything is fine with Alec, but we wanted to call you and let you know that he has been chosen as student of the month for December! We would like to invite you to a special assembly on Friday where Mrs. Knapp will introduce him, say a few things about him and give him his award. This is a surprise, so don't let him know about it!"
YEA!!! I am SO excited for him!! I am going to have to figure out a way to sneak in the back of the hall so that he does not see me otherwise we will have a repeat of the Thanksgiving Prayer Service fiasco. Oh, did not blog about that one? Must do that. Pretty darn funny! Anyway, just wanted to brag quickly on here about my WONDERFUL son and how PROUD I am of him and his accomplishments in kindergarten. Do I get one of those obnoxious stickers for the bumper of my car? Let's hope not cause I would HAVE to put it on. ;)
I got a call from the secretary at St. Joseph School yesterday. As every mom does, I am sure, my heart sank. I immediately thought, "Is Alec ok? Did he throw up? What did he do? He LOVES school! OMG!!" Immediately after those thoughts ran thru my mind the secretary said, "First of all, everything is fine with Alec, but we wanted to call you and let you know that he has been chosen as student of the month for December! We would like to invite you to a special assembly on Friday where Mrs. Knapp will introduce him, say a few things about him and give him his award. This is a surprise, so don't let him know about it!"
YEA!!! I am SO excited for him!! I am going to have to figure out a way to sneak in the back of the hall so that he does not see me otherwise we will have a repeat of the Thanksgiving Prayer Service fiasco. Oh, did not blog about that one? Must do that. Pretty darn funny! Anyway, just wanted to brag quickly on here about my WONDERFUL son and how PROUD I am of him and his accomplishments in kindergarten. Do I get one of those obnoxious stickers for the bumper of my car? Let's hope not cause I would HAVE to put it on. ;)
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