Super Swell Slacker

Yes that's ME! So now I have a week of blogging to catch up on, since I was unable to get my butt to the computer to write it down.

On my previous post, I said that I would be waking at 5:30am to workout. I got many kudos for this. I wish I could say that I deserved them and that I got up every morning like I said I was going to. But I didn't. I start every day with good intentions, but they seemed to get lost in the shuffle. Gavin decided he was going to get up every night last week and just hang out for a couple of hours. Laughing, talking, basically goofing off. And being the light sleeper I am, I heard every giggle, and coo…for 2 hours. Kinda hard to get up at 5:30 when you have been awake from 2-4am.

Tuesday was a rainy day. What to do. So I decided to let the kids do finger painting with pudding. Luke helped me make and tint the vanilla pudding into several different colors. They had a ball eating and "painting" with pudding.



mmmm…pudding


Wednesday, I decided to take the boys to the MOMS club social. What a nightmare! There are only a few things in the church social room that are off limits to the kids. Gavin is ripping the grass out of the fake tree pots, trying to remove the fire extinguisher from the wall, I see Luke reach up and try to pull the fire alarm…AHHHH. THAT'S IT! We are out of here. I've had all the fun I can handle.

Thursday, I went to a healthy eating seminar. Luke's super picky eating is really starting to get to me. I know I shouldn't let it, but it frustrates me. He won't even TRY anything. The kid has been eating yogurt every night for the last year because he refuses to eat the family meal and I am NOT a short order cook. It was given by a woman who is just a mom, passionate about healthy eating. She had many good tips about trying to "jazz" up food to make it appealing for kids to try. (like using a cookie cutter to cut a sandwich into shapes.) And when all else fails, get sneaky. (like slipping vegetable purees into tomato sauce etc.) Check out The Sneaky Chef for ideas. We all wrote down one food that our child will eat. Someone wrote down french fries. Luke is a big french fry eater. This is the only way he will eat potato. Not mashed, baked or roasted. She suggested serving sweet potato fries instead. I decided to give this a try. It was the first thing he picked up to eat and ate every one, then asked for more. I couldn't believe it. Another suggestion was to substitute half of your white pasta for whole wheat. I also gave this a go when I made Mac and cheese this week. Another success. He ate it all. I even fooled Mike with it! I'm feeling confident about making more "changes" and having success.

Friday morning, Luke had a play date at the house with a friend. It went very well, until the friend bit Gavin, hard. His mom stepped right in, and when Gavin was done crying, he got a big hug and "I'm sorry for biting you, Gabin", from his friend. The rest of the play date went without incident.

In the afternoon, I took the boys grocery shopping…GRRRR. This is a trip I typically loathe. But this week's trip was even more "trying" than usual. Let me start off by saying that if you ONLY have ONE child shopping with you, can you PLEASE leave the large shopping carts with TWO seats for those of us with MORE than one child? Really, it is just a courtesy, since many stores only have a FEW of these.

So I finally get a shopping cart. Luke and Gavin start fighting over who is going to sit where. Really? We're at THAT point already? Apparently so. I get them strapped in and we are 2 aisles into the trip and they start kicking each other. Apparently, we are at that point too. I get them to stop. Then they start screaming at each other at the top of their lungs. Not because they are fighting, but because they think it is funny. So there they are, giggling and screaming at each other. I try to get them to stop, but all I can think is "hurry up and get the heck out of here!" I fill my cart in 30 minutes. I get to check out and it is packed. We are going to be here awhile. I start rummaging through my bag looking for toys to entertain the kids. I suddenly realize that I have FORGOTTEN MY WALLET. Are you freakin' kidding me right now?!?! I get out of line and head over to costumer service. I explain that I forgot my wallet. She says to leave my cart here and that I have one hour to get back before they put all my stuff away. Super. Let me just book it home with 2 kids and book it back. Could this trip get any suckier? I make it back in 30 min., pay for my stuff and get home to cook dinner. I need a drink and a nap at this point.

But instead I catch this on video. Hard to believe they were kicking each other a few hours ago.
Enjoy!