We recently explained to the kids, in their “speed”, about food giving you the energy to do things, i.e. play.  You know, parents try everything to get their kids to eat, to clean their plates, etc.  The bottom line is that they eat when they are hungry and you can’t make a kid eat.  We know it and still we bang our head against that wall.  Anyway, our explanation stuck; they get it. Sometimes for good and sometimes for mischief!  For example, if we ask Heidi to do something before she has had her breakfast, if she is tired or feeling particularly non-compliant, then she says, “I don’t have enough injury.”  If she is being a good eater and is trying to help her brother get motivated to do the same, she says, “I am getting a lot of injury!”  😉 Wouldn’t you know, it’s contagious!  Michael and I now accidentally say “injury” instead of “energy” in everyday conversation.  It will probably take another 3 months to fix that!

No Diva on Earth can top mine right now. Little Heidi is wearing sunglasses in the dark while watching the iPad because it is too bright. (Yes, I’ve dimmed it.) Poor boo has a doozy of a cold. Can’t breathe = can’t sleep = pitiful kiddo.

More outdoor potty etiquette needed: Heidi just said, “I’ll just use this leaf to wipe,” and did, before I could stop her. Here’s hoping she’s not allergic to Magnolias. I didn’t even authorize that outdoor pottying; she’s sneaky and fast, that one.

 

I made biscuits from scratch for the first time for the kids.  Heidi was not really interested, which is normal.  She’s not much on breads, cakes and the like. Wyatt, however, very much likes carbs.  Of these he said, “If I don’t get this, I will cry.”

In the three year old program at the kids’ school, they have a Grandparent’s Day.  Heidi’s YaYa and Granny came and enjoyed playing with the toys in the classroom, learning about a day in preschool and were treated to a presentation by the kids.  Of course, they left with parting gifts, a handmade pen holder and piece of art picturing what Heidi likes to do with each of her grandmothers.  We made sure to visit Wyatt on his playground, where we found him sitting with his best girl, Sarah.