Small Things 2-11-13
1. Hen doesn’t like the feeling of tears running down his face. In fact, actual tearful meltdowns rarely happen, because he has to stop tantrum-ing long enough to ask his onlooker to “brush away my tears?” (as his own hands, apparently, aren’t nearly so comforting in this capacity.
So it works out for us both. But how did he greet me this morning? With a sneeze, followed by, “Mommy, would you brush away my ‘bless you’?” Kid knows the word for sneeze, so I was left wondering if he knows how cutely disgusting he’s being, or if it’s just random. Whatev. I brushed away his ‘bless you’ with a tissue and we started our day.
2. Chicken nuggets have finally made an appearance in our house. Decided that soup 5 times a week was pushing my BPA-fearing mommy’s buttons too hard, so we needed options. Reminded him how much his friend loved ‘nuggies’, which word he found adorable at the time, and hilarious when uttered by mommy. Conclusion? Nuggies are in. Especially when accompanied by red bell peppers & broccoli.
3. Same friend has parents who own an outside storage facility near town. Boats, RVs, etc. Basically a big open field–with a lot of snow. Fortunately, they also own & use lots of snowmoving equipment, and his friend invited him over for the big “clear out the big field using a bulldozer” excitement.
OMG. Henry got to drive a bulldozer. He thinks knows he’s the luckiest little boy in the whole world.
4. Also? It’s really nice to be able to leave the house. This was a long snowbound weekend.
5. The library put on a wonderful Valentine’s Day party for the kids. The kids made Valentines, decorated and ate cookies, and they all received Valentines from the librarian. Hen also brought home his weight in books, so we’ll be having a good time reading for a few days before we get through all these. Best thing? Hen was entranced the whole time. Did all the activities, wanted to stay, waited until we were at home (and had read more than a few of his new books) before melting into a puddle of small, tired child.
(Although I’ll likely regret saying this, someday, I’m really looking forward to the day when naps are no longer so critical to our day.)
My son was able to drive in a trash truck when he was Hen’s age. Highlight of his then young life.
I’m back to being a slave to naps and while I cherish them in some respects, it certainly hinders my movement through my day.
Please write a post where you share your (and Hen’s) favorite children’s books! I’d love to know what you love to read …
George finally said that chicken wings are yummy. We get them from the butcher, they are meaty and tasty, each time we cook them with different flavours (garlic, Indian, plain crisp, etc) and it is so funny to see George trying to munch on one just like us.
And OMG, Hen got to drive a bulldozer!
Mega-awesome!
My in-laws, especially my MIL, proudly tell everyone how when my husband was little, around 4, he got very upset because they took his cousin to ride a locomotive and left him, their child, at home. It was not only a train ride, but a locomotive one. They still have no clue what they did to that little boy, they can’t see what they did wrong. They think they were and remain super parents. What was the reasoning behind taking her sister’s son and not their own to ride the freaking locomotive? Beats me. But they remember and still laugh how they teased and laughed at their son for being upset. Makes my blood boil, really.
If you ever have cause to visit Wisconsin, make sure you come in mid-September. A local quarry opens up to the community on one Saturday and has LOTS of fun stuff for little kids who love big, loud things. They can drive frontloaders and cranes and ride in the bed of the big CAT pickup trucks (filled with gravel so you can see over the edge). There are also fire trucks to sit in and Bobcats to climb on. There are “mining” areas, too, where kids and their grownups can dig for fools gold or prizes. There are also several huge piles of sand (as in several stories tall) for climbing up and sliding down. It’s a huge fundraiser for different charities each year and many businesses in the area sponsor different aspects of the event. It’s SO fun and only a few dollars per ticket. It’s called Quarry Quest and is in Neenah, WI. We took our kids last year for the first time and they’ve been talking about it ever since.