Our middle child, Daniel has a habit of sticking just a bit of his tongue out. It doesn't harm him or anyone else, but he looks like his tongue is swollen when he does it.
Last winter Patrick, my husband decided it was something to talk to the pediatrician about. The pediatrician ordered a very expensive sleep study. The result came back normal. Everyone was a little concerned why Daniel had this habit with his tongue. The doctor suggested we wait to see if he grows out of it. I personally thought it was cute.
Patrick's mother came to visit this summer and saw that Daniel and the habit and said immediately ,"Patrick used to do that as a kid too!"
Needless to say there was a lot of money down the drain on that one.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Reflections of Me
I have been working on staying home as much as possible lately. I'm not sure what is causing the need to be with my boys, but I have found I am the happiest making my boys happy.
Last week I took all 3 boys to the zoo by myself. Most would think I'm crazy to do this after reading this blog or meeting my children. They are full of energy and quite frankly, only hear what they want. Mark's excuse is he does have a small hearing problem.
While looking at the animals, riding the tram, visiting the petting zoo and having lunch I realized how much they reflect my husband and I.
Luke is the current me. He has strong emotions and he's not afraid to show them. Luke can go from crying to laughing to throwing a fit within a minute. I can also do that. Luke knows how to influence people to get his way. Apparently, I know how to do this as well.
Daniel is me in Kindergarten. I was very shy. I always listened and did as I was told in school. I also didn't like to be in front of the crowd, yet. Daniel is very quiet and hates to do things in front of a crowd. During t-ball he refused to do anything with the coach because people were watching him.
Mark is my performing self. He loves to make people laugh. He loves attention. He's only 2 and he's not afraid of anything when it comes to performing. He's hilarious. I used to perform and still do a little in churches and for operas. When you get in front of a large audience you either pretend there's no one there or you savor the feeling of all eyes on you. Mark and I savor the feeling.
It makes me curious about what traits my husband sees the boys have of himself.
Last week I took all 3 boys to the zoo by myself. Most would think I'm crazy to do this after reading this blog or meeting my children. They are full of energy and quite frankly, only hear what they want. Mark's excuse is he does have a small hearing problem.
While looking at the animals, riding the tram, visiting the petting zoo and having lunch I realized how much they reflect my husband and I.
Luke is the current me. He has strong emotions and he's not afraid to show them. Luke can go from crying to laughing to throwing a fit within a minute. I can also do that. Luke knows how to influence people to get his way. Apparently, I know how to do this as well.
Daniel is me in Kindergarten. I was very shy. I always listened and did as I was told in school. I also didn't like to be in front of the crowd, yet. Daniel is very quiet and hates to do things in front of a crowd. During t-ball he refused to do anything with the coach because people were watching him.
Mark is my performing self. He loves to make people laugh. He loves attention. He's only 2 and he's not afraid of anything when it comes to performing. He's hilarious. I used to perform and still do a little in churches and for operas. When you get in front of a large audience you either pretend there's no one there or you savor the feeling of all eyes on you. Mark and I savor the feeling.
It makes me curious about what traits my husband sees the boys have of himself.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Chocolate
Often the boys are home when I need to take a shower. When I do this I make clear rules about staying in the house, losing things if they fight, etc. Of course, I never cover every situation that might happen.
Today while I was showering the boys made their "favorite recipe." I came out of the bathroom to hear the boys working together to make chocolate orange juice. Here is the recipe:
One juice pitcher (usually full of juice in the fridge)
Bottle of Hershey's chocolate
2 servings of orange sunrise powder (only 5 calories per serving)
Lots of water
Directions:
Dump any juice out of the pitcher. Poor two packets of orange sunrise powder, a whole bottle of Hershey's chocolate into pitcher. Add water.
Try your favorite recipe and then decide you're going to get into trouble if anyone finds this. Dump everything out.
Put pitcher back in the fridge with just remnants of the chocolate left inside.
Don't tell mom.
Today while I was showering the boys made their "favorite recipe." I came out of the bathroom to hear the boys working together to make chocolate orange juice. Here is the recipe:
One juice pitcher (usually full of juice in the fridge)
Bottle of Hershey's chocolate
2 servings of orange sunrise powder (only 5 calories per serving)
Lots of water
Directions:
Dump any juice out of the pitcher. Poor two packets of orange sunrise powder, a whole bottle of Hershey's chocolate into pitcher. Add water.
Try your favorite recipe and then decide you're going to get into trouble if anyone finds this. Dump everything out.
Put pitcher back in the fridge with just remnants of the chocolate left inside.
Don't tell mom.
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