My intentions are good as I write tonight, but you will have to forgive me as my brain has turned to mush after a long day. So just a few facts and it's light out. Lawson will cruise, do squats, dance holding a wall, but the Boy refuses to let go and walk on his own. It's still OK with me because once he does start walking, he will have his hands free to grab and smash things at will. He was feeling blah for several days after the stomach bug, but after watch him slam 3 large pieces of pizza last night it is safe to say the child is feeling better. We had rotisserie chicken this evening and as I was cutting it up I literally could not keep food on his high chair fast enough to make him happy. So much for thinking I was cutting expenses when he quit the formula. We are going to have start hitting the kids eat free buffet lines and just pull his chair up to the serving station and let him go to town.
As much as we try not to have sugar and sweets around the house, we have gotten in the habit of bribing the kids with treats to finish the dinner. We are miles away from the days when it was just Lily and we could stick to our ideals. When I see new parents now and how determined they are to raise their kids a certain way to do this and not do that.....well I just have to laugh. I still believe in all those things, but the little devils have a way of beating you down. Anyway, we promised the kids a cookie when they finished their dinner and we generally wait until everybody is finished to pass out said cookies. If Lily isn't pleased with the menu items, then she tends to take her sweet time finishing dinner as was the case this particular evening. The cookie had actually motivated Chloe and Abby to finish their meals, and as you have heard, Lawson does not need encouragement to eat. Chloe was not too pleased with Lily's progress and felt she was holding up the show, so with a hint of encouragement and a hint of rage in her voice she yells, "Lily, finish you dinner, NOW!"
I can't remember if I wrote about this or not, but Abby and Chloe's newest phrase is, "Daddy, you hurt my feelings. Don't hurt my feelings." It has really become a catch all phrase for anything they are not pleased with. Should I scold them for something then I have hurt their feelings. Should I pass the cookie out to one child before the other, then I have hurt their feelings. Should I not respond to their 10,000th demand of the day in a timely fashion, then I have hurt their feelings. Safe to say, with 4 women in our household and my propensity at times to not be in tune with others feelings, there are a lot of hurt feelings around here.
Lily has caught her bus every day this week.
Jeff, Kasey, Lily, Abby, Chloe, and the Bottomless Pit
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