A Big Deal

I think all moms try to get their kids to like healthy food, or at least sneak it into their diet somehow.  The other day I was pretty clever and mixed some of William's pureed baby food with our spaghetti sauce!  Ok, my secret is out, just don't tell my kids :)  I try and try to offer Laura Cate carrots and cucumber.  Her big brother loves them...he would eat them at every meal, but she will not touch them. The other day she started to actually lick the cucumber, which I am not even sure I would want to do, but I told her she could not be excused from the table and get a brownie until she tried one bite of each.   She finally took one very, very small bite of each, and swalled it. Success!! We were so excited and applauded her for trying and then we had a very funny dialogue. Me: "Laura Cate, you did take a little bite of your food and that is a big, big deal. We are so proud of you."  Laura Cate: "I took a tiny, tiny bite, and its a big, big deal, so I get a big, big brownie!!!" Kids say the funniest things.   I don't really like to applaud efforts with sweets, but this time was worth it!

I'm back

So I have had some computer/ blogger/ user error problems for a while because I had two blogs, but was really only using one. Some things got lost, but I am determined to keep up.

Weddings

I just love weddings. Celebrating two people united in the Lord is so much fun. Yesterday we got to attend a local friend's wedding. We, the whole family, took a two hour train, which Cameron and Laura Cate loved, to our old city. It was fun being back and thinking about where the Lord has brought us since 2009 when we left. I still miss that city, but I know we are where we need to be. Cameron was the ring bearer and he did a fabulous job! He looked like a little man in his tuxedo with tails. Of course it was his third wedding he's been in and he has one more in a couple of weeks. He did ask why was he the ring bearer if he didn't have to carry a ring or the pillow...maybe because he is just too cute! By the way, he still has his loose teeth and he keeps pulling at them. I told him please don't pull it out until after the weddings :) I guess it wouldn't be the worse thing that happened at a wedding. Oh by the way, William just started crawling! Babies and kids really do grow up way too fast.