No more scrubbing to get the sand and dirt out of their scalp, no more bed head, no more crying while mommy combs the tangles out of your mop. Ben saw Jake’s new do and said, “I want a buzz, Mommy.”
Now I have to look twice to see who is who. A bit scary isn’t it?
So after the sad outcome of our little seedlings starts, we did a different kind of gardening project. This was no-fail and really fun!
I love to look at seed catalogs. Then I realized how fun it would be for the boys to look at them too, and incorporate a scissors and glue activity along with it. The boys had a great time planting their own gardens (after adding brown crayon garden soil of course) . Not sure what’s happening in the center of Jake’s plot.
The boys enjoyed popping seeds into this starting tray in anticipation of our spring garden. Tomatoes, broccoli, and some summer flowering annuals were started. Everything was sprouting and looking great. I put the trays out one afternoon to harden off the little seedlings. Then I forgot them outside overnight and they all wilted. Then I forgot them again during a hard rain, and one tray fell off its perch and the pods were scattered and soaked. Whoops! The lesson here is, this spring I have too many babies to be caring for baby plants too. Hopefully the seeds we put directly in the ground will fare better than this!
This morning while I was making lunch I handed Sam a piece of dried mango. He took it and went back over to the couch. A minute later, he brought it back- a common Sam practice. “Here, Mommy.” He hands me this squishy brown blob. Its a little too squishy. I pause and look over at Sam, who is now walking funny and has a wet spot on his jeans. Yes, it was a piece of poop that had fallen out of his pants, not a piece of dried mango. Nice.
This is not my best poop story however. No, the best one was about a year ago when I was trying to potty train Ben, and 3 or 4 of us were in the bathroom as a group (as we so often are!) and I was putting him on the potty, and suddenly Sam starts crying. I look over and he is standing there with a log of poop in his hand that had apparently fallen out of Ben’s pants in the potty transfer process. And he had taken a bite out of it.
I just figured out how to use Windows Live Writer to create blog posts. The things you can accomplish when you get up at 5 am! This is going to inject new life into this neglected blog I think. The old blogger posting interface was too frustrating for me to use, so this is going to make it easier and a lot more fun!
The pediatrician asked if I was reading to Abby. The answer is yes, yes. She’s following right along in our Sonlight Curriculum. Thanks doc.
I thought they could play outside while I cleaned the house inside. This is often how it goes with the three boys. The treadmill effect is still happening- work really hard, but you get nowhere. I’m happy they had fun though. Charlotte Mason would be proud I suppose.
