Almost Diaper Free

Kenzie has decided to potty train herself.  I’m game.  We have done nothing to encourage this behavior.  I don’t even remind her.  She tells me when she has to go and she goes…pee and poop.  This is amazing.

Cape May Zoo One Year Later

 

2006	2007

Conversation Complete

I strategically place phone calls. When I feel like I think the kids are occupied enough into something I make a run for it and place a call. They were playing happily together outside turning dirt into mud with the garden hose. Great, I made a call. Within 2 minutes they were not playing happily together. They were both still happy but Kenzie was now inside surveying the kitchen cabinets trying to make a decision on which kitchen appliance, utensil, or dish she wanted to experiment with first. As I strategically place phone calls, she strategically gets into mischief knowing I am occupied on the phone… smart girl. The large canister full of baking flour was her choice for today. I spotted her before she opened the canister. I quickly picked up the canister and placed it outside on the patio.

In my efforts to complete the conversation with my friend this is what Korben looked like shortly after the flour arrived on the patio. Oh, and I did finish my conversation.

What would you choose?

A tub of chocolate chip cookie dough had just been delivered to our house.  We had bought it from our neighbor to support her track team.  I love moments when the door bell rings and there you find an unexpected package, letter, or a person holding a tub of cookie dough.  I had totally forgotten that we had ordered these so it was a nice edible surprise.   We had just finished dinner when this delectable treat had arrived.  Perfect timing, I will make some cookies right away (although I would have made some right away no matter what time they had arrived).  It is not custom in our home for our kids to eat after dinner.  They go to bed early and it has just happened this way.

Anyway, I offered the kids a cookie and each accepted and then rejected.  Korben took one bite and was finished.  He was ready to take a bath.  Kenzie’s cookie never made it to her mouth. She pushed it away and instead began to eat string beans from the bowl that was still on the table from dinner.

I was utterly amazed.  Who would ever choose overcooked soggy string beans over warm chocolate chip cookies?  I like to think that this is something wonderful that I have done, like I have some kind of magic trick that I use to make my kids eat lots vegetables and push away the junk food.  This is not the case.  But whatever it is in them that makes them choose veggies over cookies does not come from me.