Britches

Last weekend, we were getting both boys in the car. Todd was working on Leo, and I was getting Henry all situated. Leo wanted to do something (?), and Todd told him he couldn't. So I caught his eye over the top of the car and whispered that I let him do that (whatever it was ?) during the week. Todd tells him he can do it (?), and we get in the car.

Todd: Why did you whisper?
Me: So Leo wouldn't know I contradicted what you told him.
Todd: Oh, I don't have any britches. I've accepted that fact.
Me: Yeah, but we don't want Leo to know that.

lol.

Henry and The Aquarium

Whenever Leo is gone from the house for a few minutes, Henry and I get out his favorite toy...The Aquarium. This is a hand-me-down from Leo, and Henry just lights up when I get it out. We can't use it when Leo's around b/c he takes the balls, throws them, loses them, bangs them together, and on and on. But when it's just the two of us, we get the aquarium down from the really high shelf and have a ball. Here are some pictures...and one of Henry falling over and the aftermath. And a little video.







And he starts to go backwards...


Evil mommy takes his picture...


Hugs...


From a different aquarium session...

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I have too much time on my hands

I get waaaaaaay too into my cooking. I almost titled this post "Weird Things I Cook." Lately, I have been obsessed with beans. You get a lot of them for not many WW points - so they're valuable to me. I've learned that you can cook them all day in the slow cooker and they are delicious. And my new find...thanks to my friend Carla...are Lentils. These are Lentil and Smoked Cheddar Burgers (or as we call them....BEAN PATTIES!) They are lots of work, so dorky Holly took a picture. I have to say, these were probably my best Bean Patties to date.





And my other new obsession...preparing cutesy Bento Box lunches for Leo (aka King Picky). Another little tidbit I picked up from an online mommy chat board. Turns out there's a whole little community of people who like to pack these cutesy lunches. For those who don't know...Leo is in the middle of a very PICKY EATING phase, and it's driving me nuts. He likes everything separate...no spices...blah, blah, blah, blah, blah! He doesn't know how lucky he is to have a mommy who cooks. But, anyway, I thought he would like this...and my first attempt was a huge success. Everything is cutesy and has its own little compartment. He said..."Thank you, Mommy, for making my lunch look like this." We have ordered Laptop Lunchboxes to help with this new obsession.

This is "faux sushi" (flattened bread and lunchmeat pinwheels), cheese cut with a cookie cutter, olives, pickle slices, wheat thins, and strawberries cut into hearts. All things I copied from other people. :)

Oh...and the olives...I have to share...just a glimpse into the machinations that I go through... Leo will tell you a million times that he DOESN'T LIKE GARLIC!!! He doesn't want to see me cutting it up to put in anything, tells me it stinks, blah, blah. But he loves these garlic-stuffed green olives. So one day he asked me what the white thing in the middle was. Being the super-quick thinker that I am, I said..."It's called 'filler.'" Now he'll say, "Oh, mommy, I just looooooove filler." I'm saving that story for a college graduation or something...when he's eating sushi and all kinds of foodie things that we've exposed him to...hopefully.

Swimming!

Here is a little video of Leo from his last day at swimming lessons this summer. His big accomplishments this summer are that he can jump off the diving board and (kind of...with assistance) swim to the side, tread water (kind of), and take a breath and keep going. It was a wonderful two weeks, but we're all glad it's over so we can get on to other activities that take up more time during the day. ;) The Leo must be occupied and have opportunity to go full throttle for more than just a 30-minute swim lesson.


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