Today, Xander melted my heart when he informed me that I know everything! He asked me what something was outside of his bedroom window, but when I replied that I didn't know what it was, he said:
"But mommmmy, you know everything!"
Isn't it great how at the age of 5, he still thinks that mommy & daddy are "know-it-alls?" I am willing to bet though that in about 10 years, mommy & daddy will know NOTHING! SO... Xander, if you read this post when you're a teenager, remember that today, if never again, you admitted that mommy knows everything! LOVE YOU, SON!
Funny Story:
Every afternoon, the babies nap and the big boys have "quiet rest time". During that time, the boys can play in their room- as long as it's quietly. OR they can nap if they choose to. I tell them that if they want to nap, then they'll get to stay up a little later than everyone else (which, really, only means til around 8 instead of 730...but for a 3 & 5 year old, that's "late"). Anyways...when I went into their room to tell them they could come out, Xander and Asher were standing in the window sill. Each had 1/2 of a plastic Easter egg in hand. Each child was spitting in the egg half, then pouring it out on the window. When I asked what on EARTH they were doing, Xander said:
"We're washing the windows, Mommy!"
Um...NO! I had to explain how nice it was that they were trying to "clean," while it was DISGUSTING to pour out their saliva on the window!!
BOYS!!! UGH!
This pic is of Asher and his new haircut... he's so handsome!
Fun recipe for today:
Spaghetti Hot Dogs
"But mommmmy, you know everything!"
Isn't it great how at the age of 5, he still thinks that mommy & daddy are "know-it-alls?" I am willing to bet though that in about 10 years, mommy & daddy will know NOTHING! SO... Xander, if you read this post when you're a teenager, remember that today, if never again, you admitted that mommy knows everything! LOVE YOU, SON!
Funny Story:
Every afternoon, the babies nap and the big boys have "quiet rest time". During that time, the boys can play in their room- as long as it's quietly. OR they can nap if they choose to. I tell them that if they want to nap, then they'll get to stay up a little later than everyone else (which, really, only means til around 8 instead of 730...but for a 3 & 5 year old, that's "late"). Anyways...when I went into their room to tell them they could come out, Xander and Asher were standing in the window sill. Each had 1/2 of a plastic Easter egg in hand. Each child was spitting in the egg half, then pouring it out on the window. When I asked what on EARTH they were doing, Xander said:
"We're washing the windows, Mommy!"
Um...NO! I had to explain how nice it was that they were trying to "clean," while it was DISGUSTING to pour out their saliva on the window!!
BOYS!!! UGH!
This pic is of Asher and his new haircut... he's so handsome!
Fun recipe for today:
Spaghetti Hot Dogs
Personally I call them Octopus Dogs...
Pretty cool lunch idea that my kids LOVED!!
First, you cut the hot dogs into thirds.
Then, using uncooked spaghetti noodles, spear each of the hot dog pieces- use at least 4 noodles per hot dog piece:
After you spear each hot dog as shown above, put them in a pot of boiling water, and cook according to the spaghetti cooking directions
(approx 8-9 minutes)...
When they're done cooking, they look like this:
Tim made it for the kids while I was sleeping today! When I woke up, it was the first thing that Xander wanted to tell me:
"I had hot dogs with spaghetti in it! And it didn't have spaghetti sauce either; daddy gave me ketchup instead!"
You can serve it plain, or with ketchup, or it's also good tossed with butter & parmesan cheese! Any way you serve it, it's fun!
Pretty cool lunch idea that my kids LOVED!!
First, you cut the hot dogs into thirds.
Then, using uncooked spaghetti noodles, spear each of the hot dog pieces- use at least 4 noodles per hot dog piece:
After you spear each hot dog as shown above, put them in a pot of boiling water, and cook according to the spaghetti cooking directions
(approx 8-9 minutes)...
When they're done cooking, they look like this:
Tim made it for the kids while I was sleeping today! When I woke up, it was the first thing that Xander wanted to tell me:
"I had hot dogs with spaghetti in it! And it didn't have spaghetti sauce either; daddy gave me ketchup instead!"
You can serve it plain, or with ketchup, or it's also good tossed with butter & parmesan cheese! Any way you serve it, it's fun!
Okay so the whole wording of "spaghetti hot dog" frightened me...however - it may just be the next tool in my arsenal to get Bean to actually eat something! He's so picky and this just may be the trick. :D
ReplyDeletevery creative! Mine wouldn't touch that right now (they are really weird about textures) but I know in a few years they will think its "super cool" and be dying to eat them! Thanks for the ideas even if I can't use them for a while. And thanks for the new home-made window cleaner recipe HEHE....does it work well? HAHAHA
ReplyDeletewell that is something I've never seen before nor thought to try. Mine would probably like it just as well uncooked, they have a thing for dry pasta :) oh and I have a theory that kids will eat anything if they can put it on a stick (toothpick)
ReplyDeleteHeck, grownups will eat anything on a stick too, have you been to the fair lately? lol
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