Mutiny

Austen began swimming lessons this week. He is enthusiastic and enjoys himself. Swimming is, as we all know, excellent exercise. What we don't all know is that it is useless for weight loss because it increases one's appetite. I have seen this in action. Austen's food intake has esentially doubled. I am trying to keep up with his appetite and feed him lots of healthy and filling goodies. One of the foods I fed him to keep up with his ever-increasing appetite was strawberries. My normally picky eater has devoured everything I have set in front of him. I took advantage of this by setting something in front of him that he normally would not eat. He ate them and knowing it is a fresh healthy fruit, claimed that it had made him stronger immediately after consuming it. He proved this by flexing his muscles. I explained to him that not only do strawberries make his muscles stronger, they make his immunity stronger. He asked me what that meant. I explained to him that when he is around something that could make him sick, he will be able to stay healthy because he has strong immunity. He disagreed. "Nope, it makes me strong like this" (again flexed his muscles) Oh well. I guess 4-year-olds don't need to understand the basics of their immune systems. I thought he had moved on. Wrong. The next time he ate the berries he asked me: "Mom, why do strawberries have mutiny in them?"
That I don't know.

6

1. I hate chain letters and e mails and refuse to perpetuate any similar nonsense.
2. I HATE nonsense
3. I am not a baby factory.
4. I AM 5'4''.
5. I like the cookie part of twix, not the caramel.
6. I am tired of being consoled, I AM happy we are having a boy.
7. (optional) I am in kind of a bad mood.

words

Henry is 2. Sometimes he doesn't know what the names of things are. Things he uses all the time. Like the buckle on his carseat. So he calls it a 'duh'. Similarly, he did not know what to call a band-aid. He asked me about 10 times for a skateboard while pointing to his skinned knuckles before I figured it out. Skateboard=band-aid.

Henry's top 5

Me: "Tomorrow you get to go to Mrs. Taylor's class."
Henry: "Mrs. Taylor is my best friend."
Me: "I thought Nate was your best friend."
Henry: "Nate is my best friend and Mrs. Taylor and Mrs. Pinne and Austen and Dr. Stephens"

Anudder Brudder

See Baby Peter, our 4th boy:

Austen's Electrical Incident

He should know better but he draped the chain of the tub plug over the prongs to the tv plug. Then he plugged it in. From across the room I saw a spark and a puff of smoke. Then Austen turned around, looked at me, and with eyes as big as quarters said, "I am sorry, mommy." The cord did not appear to work anymore so I was on my way downstairs to switch the fuse when he blocked me from leaving the room. He wanted me to aknowledge his apology and to hug me. The fuse was blown and upon switching it everything was in working order again. It is hard to stay mad sometimes.

Sneak Peek

This is one of Henry's "3 year-old pictures"
(2 months early)























Aaron Mark, age 1
AND THERE'S MORE WHERE THESE CAME FROM!












Photographs courtsesy of Kristie Stone (you are the best!)