I went in to the boys' room at 7am and Caleb was so excited that he had slept 'til 7 again. It's so cute to see his smiling face when he says that. :-) Colin chose to have Cheerios this morning for breakfast; when I asked Caleb what he wanted, he asked me what Colin was having and when I told him, he said that he wanted Cheerios, too. He ate two bowls and then had half a banana before he had some more Cheerios. Benjamin ate well this morning, too - he had two good sized bowls of Cheerios and half a jar of fruit. He drank some milk out of his cup - I am not even putting milk in a bottle anymore because he just wasn't interested in drinking from it.
Colin and I played a little game of "Polar Express 2" before we had to go to the bus (of course, Caleb HAD to join us in the game :-) Colin and I have some interesting discussions while we are at the bus stop. Today's was about Mommy's and how hard they work. Colin said that Daddy went to work and he and Caleb went to work (school), but Mommy didn't work. Of course, I set him straight and told him that Mommy had the hardest job in the world and that she worked while Daddy and they worked and then had to work after they all had finished work. He told me that she got to play a little with him and I said that yes she did, but then she had to get supper ready and do the dishes and help them get ready for bed.
Caleb asked me to play with him when he was ready for school. We played pirates and he had some ideas about what I was and was not allowed to do. I had to laugh when he told me that there was no swimming in this game (he had taken away my boats and so what was I to do? <haha>). He was a little taken aback when I brought a chipmunk into the game, but he soon figured out how to take care of that - he went and got another chipmunk who he informed me was a bad chipmunk. :-) Caleb learned about winter birds today at school and they brought in snow for the sensory table. They were asking parents to register them for the next term. I asked Mrs. Brusch to register Caleb - I told her you were out of town and that you would be back Saturday, but that I was sure you wanted Caleb to continue coming to school.
After we dropped him off at school and returned home, I put Benjamin down for his nap. It's so easy now - he just seems to know that when I take him into his room and change his diaper and then turn off the light and put the garbage can in front of the door (to keep it dark in the room), that it's time to lay down on me and we rock for a bit. I have also taken to singing him 'his song' a couple of times through while we rock (glide). He goes down so easily now - I just put him in the crib making sure that the second soother is near his head and then turn around and walk out the door closing it behind me. What a difference from when he used to scream the place down.
We gave Colin a tuna sandwich today because we had run out of salami and hadn't had a chance to go to the store to buy anymore. When it was lunch time for Caleb, I told him it was tuna - he said he didn't want tuna, but wanted grilled cheese. I told him that if he took one bite of a tuna sandwich, I would make him a grilled cheese sandwich. I made a half a sandwich and gave Caleb one quarter and gave Benjamin the other quarter. Caleb took one bite and asked for the grilled cheese - I asked him to eat the quarter and then asked Pa to make him the grilled cheese - he then asked Pa for some more tuna sandwich! So, he had half a tuna and half a grilled cheese sandwich! I told him that when his daddy got back, he would be able to eat a tuna sandwich with his dad. He said to me "When Daddy gets home, he's going to say 'You ate a tuna sandwich!'" and then proceeded to show us what Daddy would do (see pic below). It was so adorable! :-)
Benjamin ate a jar of sweet potatoes, a quarter of a tuna sandwich and ten grapes (green ones which I cut in four). He seems to be a very happy camper when his tummy is full. :-) I put him down at 1:30pm and he's been up there talking for about 25 minutes. Dad said he seemed tired although his eyelids weren't red like they usually are when he's tired. He made a few moaning sounds when I first put him down - I am hoping that he goes to sleep soon. (Later) Benjamin actually talked to himself for over half an hour before falling asleep - it was really good to see him being able to do that.
Colin was so exhausted when he got off the bus today that he asked me to carry him home. I carried him most of the way home, but asked him to walk across the road so that I could hold both his and Caleb's hand. Caleb had asked me if he could come and get Colin at the bus stop with me. When we got home, I asked the boys to help me clean up the playroom as it was a total mess and there was nowhere for the kids to play in there without sitting on some toys. Colin was great (a little reticent at times, but he really worked hard to help out). Caleb started helping, but then had to go to the bathroom. He was taking so long that I asked Dad to go and check it out. It turns out that he unwound the toilet paper onto the floor while he was sitting on the toilet. :-) I told Colin that since he had worked so hard helping with the tidying, that I would play with him for an hour after dinner.
It turned out that we couldn't play for an hour just because it took longer for everyone to eat dinner (actually Colin was quick, but Caleb and Benjamin took ages). Anyway, we got to play the 'real' Polar Express (so I was told that I was not able to make anything up, that I had to do the 'real' story :-) and we played for about 45 minutes before it was time for me to put Benjamin down and to then continue the saga of Erwin and Al with the boys. It's a good thing that I have a good imagination with having to come up with a different story every night. :-)
Face Daddy will make when he hears Caleb ate a tuna sandwich
Benjamins face after being told 'No'
Benjamin eating a plain ice-cream cone
Play room after big clean-up
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