our day

This is either about how to get kids to eat their veggies or about how awesome my child is. Either way. After a morning of working and playing outside, we came in to get cleaned up. While Abraham was showering, I cut up some raw veggies, and then when it was my turn to shower, I told him his choices of things to do were to play with toys in his room or read books in the living room. He picked read books. And then I just casually mentioned, "Oh, if you need a snack before lunch, I put some veggies in a bowl on the table." He immediately replied, "I need them." Then when he looked in the bowl he said, "I love these!" Then he sat on the couch and looked at books and ate vegetables while I showered. Isn't that just every parent's dream??

Abraham's one-liners

To remember:

Throwing his arms around me, "We're best friends! We're super heroes!"

"Maybe your body is saying you need to eat more food, or maybe your body is saying you need to go outside and climb a tree."

After I mentioned something about healthy food, "Do you like sick food?"

In bed, trying to fall asleep, "Sp....sp....sp....spoon! Sp... sp.... spider. Spider. Spoon."

transcript

This is an example of Abraham's jokes....that you will only get if you live in our heads, but are really legitimately funny. In this case, you'll also get it if you've ever read If You Give a Moose a Muffin.

A: "I want to see the geysers!"

S: "Me too. And we can see some animals too."

A: "I want to see the hippos!"

S: "Well, I don't think they have hippos at Yellowstone."

A: "Oh, no."

S: "But they have buffalo."

A: "Buffalo?"

S: "And deer, and moose..."

A: "And muffins?"

Much laughter

I am not even kidding

Me: Since you're going to practice using the potty today, you need to drink a lot of things so that you'll make a lot of pee!

Abraham: Like milk?

Me: Yes, and juice and water.

Abraham: And seltzer with a twist of lime?

Me: ... yes...

storytelling

I asked Abraham to tell me a story. Here it is:

Once upon a time there was a old man, and a beast ate him. The end.

:)

miscommunication

All three of us are lying in bed and we accidentally play telephone. I say something to Abraham (who knows what it actually was), which Anderson interprets as "Don't touch my elbow." So he says to Abraham, "You can touch my elbow," which Abraham misunderstands and replies rather indignantly, "No, I don't want to touch your antelope!"

...Maybe you had to be there.

Seen Around Town

I want to start a new thing where I share here some articles, videos, blogs, etc that I run across that are interesting, inspiring, or otherwise amazing. I'm always reading fabulous things, and some I share over email or Facebook, but this would be a great way for me to keep track of them as well. So here it goes for this week!

Health and Nutrition

66 Things You Can Grow Without a Garden

Saving Food from the Fridge - Awesome article about beautifully un-refrigerating food

The Color Run - Fun, fun marathon coming to Nashville; all ages, no running skills needed - who's with me??

Fraudulent Olive Oil - This blog post summarizes a recent study on olive oil and links to a list of which ones passed the test and which ones were found to be impure (hint: most of them! even Whole Foods!). Also, this is a great blog overall for home-made, all-natural recipes for everything. 

Parenting

Why French Parents are Superior

Enable Me to Grow - Great Baha'i site/blog I found on teaching virtues to toddlers; currently sharing lots of wonderful Ayyam-i-Ha activities and ideas


Thoughts? Comments? Anything cool you want to share with me?