All the Broccoli Is Gone

In the middle of dinner tonight, the little dude announced "ALL THE BROCCOLI IS GONE." It wasn't... yet. He served himself all the remaining broccoli and polished it right off.

 The baby enjoyed her dinner, too.

I think he's about to grow, because he's been coming downstairs after bedtime asking for snacks.

Carbonara

After polishing off the leftover spaghetti at dinner, the little guy wanted applesauce while the baby was willing to try the carbonara I'd made for dinner.

She gave it a thumbs up (which was so cute with her sweet little thumb)!

Dreaming of a Cheeto Christmas

Santa brought Cheetos in the kids' stockings. (He usually brings a snack.) The kids woke up at 3am or so an we told them to get back in bed. The baby wrapped her little body around her bag of Cheetos and fell right back to sleep. Unfortunately, the little dude was bouncing around until well after 4am. Ugh.

We got yet another bag of Cheetos to split on the ride home. Here they are in all their absurd glory:

I also bought wet ones at the gas station to wash their hands and faces.

More Pizza!

We had a pizza picnic again tonight, and I ordered a large. We ate the whole thing (with help from my parents). The baby brought the empty box in and said "there's no more!"

Getting bigger!

The kids had physicals this week, and the baby is on the growth curve (yay!!). In related news, the three of us ate an entire medium pizza tonight!

I was planning on leftovers!

Nutella!

The baby and I both like a thick layer of Nutella on our biscuits. It's so, so, so good. I sure hope my face is cleaner than hers when I'm finished eating, though.

She's such a mess.

Awwwwwwww

Look at what the little guy drew! It says "To Mr Dad and to Mom I love you Mom and Dad" and he even signed his name and wrote 2014 (which looks like 20041 with assorted backwardness).

I worked a bit late (we split a sick day for the little dude today), so we had a quick breakfast for dinner (omelets, biscuits, fruit). The baby and I had Nutella on our biscuits. Yum!

Your Face

Some people wear their emotions on their faces... the baby wears her dinner on hers.

Tonight's special was pizza toast and chocolate ice cream!

The little guy set up the camera on the tripod and took two 15-minute videos of the last baseball game of the regular season. He filled up the entire memory card! We need to teach that kid about the wonders of a VCR!

Yogurt Face

The kids had yogurt and apple slices with peanut butter for dinner tonight (honey crisps are back in season-- hooray!). They both had yogurt-covered faces by the end of the meal.

Hers was definitely worse than his.

Anything You Can Do...

The baby wants to eat what her brother eats, go where her brother goes, and play with what her brother wants to play with. It's adorable and kind of heartbreaking all at the same time. Here they are both eating applesauce at breakfast today... applesauce with cinnamon on it!

After this, they had matching bowls of daddy's cereal.

Rainy Picnic

Eric had a softball game this evening, and we picked up some McD's on the way over. The kids had a great little picnic in the rain!

 Even after the little dude wandered off, the baby just sat in the wet grass and ate all six (SIX) of her chicken nuggets.

Celebratory Dinner?

My grandparents had a celebratory dinner last weekend-- it was great to see the whole family together! We discovered that the baby loves mac'n'cheese. The little dude hates it with a passion (which is absurd, but whatever) so I don't ever make it any more. She demolished a bowl of it for lunch AND another one for dinner on Saturday. Wowza!

The little guy had a long day of candle making and swimming, and this is what he did after eating his sandwich.

What an angel.

Nutritious?

We had odds and ends for dinner tonight, which is always one of my favorite meals. The little dude had pizza toast and popcorn.

The baby, on the other hand, had pop tarts and and pepperoni for dinner. Healthy!

It's an improvement over the cold breakfast sausage she had for a snack the other day, right?

Pizza, Pizza!

Eric had a softball game this evening, so the kids and I went out for pizza. One of the fun things about being close to a college campus is that we can get a pizza dinner for three people for less than five dollars. Hooray cheap-college-kid food!

The little guy ate his whole piece and half of the baby's. Color me impressed!

Ice?

Guess who had a blue-raspberry ice at the ballpark tonight?

Weirdos

Our kids are weird. The baby's new favorite snack is a piece of bread. No butter, no jam, no peanut butter-- just a slice of plain old whole wheat bread. Yum?

Meanwhile, this is what the little dude wore to school today (minus the football helmet catcher's mask). Can you tell that he's a baseball player?

Hungry Baby!

The baby ate her entire dinner (chicken parmesan and spaghetti noodles) in about the time it took me to eat my first bite. She cleaned her brother's plate, too, and even had a piece of cake for dessert. Somebody's getting bigger!

Fa la la la la

The kids started the morning by opening their stockings. Their stockings are filled with snacks (goldfish, applesauce, and a juice box), giving us time to get a little extra sleep (or at least a cup of coffee) before heading downstairs. The little guy was pumped about the rainbow colored goldfish in his stocking.

The baby was excited, too, although she had a different way of showing it.

When we started opening presents, she grabbed two, toddled off, and put both in the play oven. It took some convincing to get her to come back and hand over the presents.

It was a really great day. Hope yours was as well!

Rough-housing

The baby is finally sturdy enough to rough-house with the boys. What fun!

In other news, our entire family takes spaghetti seriously.

Yum.

Four

Now that the baby is turning into a toddler, I'm really feeling like a family of four. We have four toothbrushes in the bathroom, we buy extra cinnamon rolls for Sunday morning's breakfast, and we ran out of pizza tonight! The little guy helped me make the pizza-- he's really helping now.

The baby ate two whole slices! I had to supplement my dinner with chips…There are worse things.