::more on sand::

Just a little more evidence of how tidy my little Sand is. I really hadn't noticed it until after the birthday cake.

Any moms out there ever given their kids these gross things?

(Can you see his worried look? He's afraid that I'm not going to actually give him the food, but just take pictures all night.)

These things are gross. I usually don't buy these types of things because they are expensive and he eats them so darn fast. But I was at Target today and feeling generous--or just overwhelmed by all the merchandise--and I got this tub. I was actually thinking it was the cheetos type things. Anyway, I got home and got them out and realized they were the gross huge wagon wheels.
Sandy didn't care though, he was ready for them.

"Give me the DARN FOOD!!"

I got these things for Max one time and that was the last. He made such a soggy slobbery slimy mess out of them. So I was rather dreading it tonight.

Here's Sandy post first wagon wheel.

Looks perfectly clean to me really. A little on the bib, but nothing else.

And 2nd wheel:




And there he is with the leftovers--at some point he decided the wheel was kind of gross on his own. He thought real dinner sounded better.

Anyway, such a funny boy. And the differences and similarities between the two brothers is hilarious to me.

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Some of the "fruits" of my visit to the grocery store earlier today. And this doesn't show the grapes, carrots, strawberries and bananas.
We've been trying to eat better as a family for the last long while. We're doing pretty well now. I used to buy fruit and just end up throwing it away. Now we eat it all. It just takes a bit of an adjustment--if we want a snack we try to reach for fruit now. And seriously, oranges are so delicious.
I'm proud of our improvements. And I'm glad that my little boy is a fruit lover.

(max feb 2007 enjoying a pear at the dining room table in our old house in kansas city. we miss that house.)