How to NOT eat.

Charlotte is quite talented at NOT eating all day...every day! I seriously don't know how she manages to not  eat and have the energy of the Energizer Bunny! I know I am exhausted just trying to keep up with her during the day and I DO eat...probably too much. Seriously baffling.

I decided to document this talent. So for one day I recorded everything she didn't eat. This day was chosen at random.

Step 1: Lick the frosting off your cereal. Do NOT eat actual cereal portion. Give cereal to big brother.

 

Step 2: Ask for more cereal.  Once wish is granted, mix cereal in milk cup until it is a big enough mess that mom takes it away.

 

Step 3: Repeatedly ask for snack until mom gives in. Eat one half graham cracker.  Then proceed to make another mess so mom takes it away.  Make sure to feed the baby her breakfast.  And ensure that she eats every last bite!

Step 4: Pick sausage off pizza and eat. Do not eat the rest of the pizza.  Eat the tips off half a dozen strawberries. But do not eat the entire strawberry!

 

Step 5: Beg for a snack when dinner is nearly ready and insist you can NOT wait 5 minutes to eat. Eat entire string cheese like a civilized toddler:)

Step 6: Completely ignore the big beautiful cheeseburger your dad grilled for you (the first of the season). Ignore the tator tots as well.  Devour the brown sugar laden squash.

Step 7: Spill milk everywhere essentially rendering yourself a big sopping mess and completely uninterested in anything other than a bath...

Step 8: After you are all clean and tucked in bed, repeat the words, "I am hung-gary" over and over again. Even though 5 minutes prior when your parents asked if you wanted a bedtime snack you denied any hunger!

Well of course you are hungry my dear...you managed to consume next to nothing! Her grand intake for the day included:

Frosting from cereal + a handful of cheerios
1/2 graham cracker + a sip of milk
Sausage + 6 strawberry tips
1 string cheese
Butternut squash

And a piece of bread in bed:) Because we aren't cruel.

A walk.

The girls and I walked Isaiah to school. It was sunny and 50 degrees outside...how could we resist? And it was a beautiful walk. We chatted as we walked and enjoyed each others company. On the way home we stopped at the playground for a little bit and all was well.

Until we got home. While I was changing Hannah's diaper Charlotte announces she has to go potty. "Go to the bathroom!" I instruct. She dances. Quickly I pick up a partially dressed Hannah and a wiggling Charlotte and dash to the bathroom. But it was too late. Charlotte pottied on herself, me, the playroom floor, the dining room floor, all down the hallway AND on the bathroom floor. And that is when she lost it.

She threw a fit all through me wiping her down and dressing her. She cried "I not tired" repeatedly as I laid her on her bed and 0.1 seconds later she was sound asleep.

Just when I thought I had it all together as a mom my 2 year old makes it glaringly obvious that I still have a long way to go! Thank you Charlotte. And yes, you is tired. Very very tired.

Story time

This girl was cracking me up during pre-nap story time. The thing is she likes to "read" to me by looking at the pictures. Her version of the Bible was quite unique...

"I was born to you. I am your son. Moses and his Ark."

"He was so sad that he had a tie. These are his friends. They are so angry."

"I am Jacob. I fell and died. I am so sad I died. "



We ended our story time with Dr Seuss' ABC Book.

"I can read it in Spanish too. {Loooooong pause as she thinks about what she just said.} I don't do Spanish!"

She then proceeded to quote most of the book! I was impressed. I didn't realize she had so much of it memorized.

Her final quote, "I am a good reader. Dada will say that's a good reader. Me."

Bed head