On Monday JSL’s teeth finally cut. I tried to get photos, but they were barely out. Plus he did not like me prying attempting to open his mouth and using the flashy thing.
Not to worry we found a solution!!!!!
Funny daddy made JSL laugh and I grabbed my camera and got some shots. Here are the ultra sharp pointy new teeth in JSL’s mouth as we were heading out into the cold today:
As you can see he did NOT liike when the hat went on:
*sigh* My baby is growing up way too quickly.
C’est Moi
Is it right to sneak fruits and especially veggies into the food your childen eat?
There is a lot of buzz-ing about this topic all over the media and especially the internet. My opinion, you do what you need to do when you have a picky toddler that will NOT eat veggies. With all of the talk about hiding things in food for your children, we have gotten into the act. The Sneaky Chef (which we own) and Deceptively Delicious really made us think about things. (Not going to touch the other controversy associated with these two books)
NHL, now 4, was an amazing veggie eater. How many kids do you know that would order broccoli and mushroom pizza? Unfortunately, this is not true anymore. Over the last year NHL has become very picky, especially with veggies, he still LOVES fruit and will gobble that up over almost anything. Just yesterday we had to stop him from eating all of the pomegranate seeds – he loved them!
Last week JL decided to make pancakes (a NHL favorite) and put in a secret ingredient. The reason behind this was pancakes are not the best option when doing Weight Watchers (lots of points). So there was lots of fibery bulk with the mystery ingredient.The mix itself was wholegrain. He tossed in chunks of banana (NHL likes those) and the following:
We were pleasantly surprised as adults with the results. We were full fast and had plenty of left overs. We even made NHL a special pancake with some chocolate chip tossed in. Here is the victim little guy trying them.
This week the plan is to try whole wheat pasta with special cheese sauce with veggies in it . . . .from The Sneaky Chef. It includes sweet potato or yams and carrots, as well as zucchini and cauliflower. We shall see how it goes.
C’est Moi
*Sigh*
At 12:40 I was heading out of the house with JSL to pick NHL up. As we were walking out the door my cell phone was ringing and it was his teacher. She said he had a splinter in his leg. So JSL and I went and found hysterical NHL there unable to walk or sit. We took him to the library since she said I needed to pull down his pants.
We got there and I was NOT ready for what I found. Staring me in the face was a 3 inch piece of wood basically sticking out of my son’s rear end!!!! He couldn’t sit obviously, but even walking was an issue. The wood was stuck right in the crease of the leg where it meets your butt cheek.
I took a deep breath and grabbed the wood and yanked it out. NHL was flipping out, for obvious reasons. His teacher then went to get an alcohol wipe and band-aid since it was bleeding.
I looked at it again now and am not able to tell if more is under the skin. It is so swollen and red from the puncture. JL called the doctor for instructions on what to do this weekend.
There are no photos of it until we got home, but I did take them because it was HUGE. I still do not understand how there is nothing on the pants.
This is a close up of the charming item:
Here are two that put the size in perspective:
One last picture:
Oy vey seems about all I can say.
C’est Moi
Get ready for a Wiggly picture display from the concert we went to the other night. As I was looking at the photos and debating which ones to put onto Flickr I checked out the ones from last year. It was at that point that I realized we saw them exactly a year before this . . . October 23, 2006.
Since I was dragging my feet on how to do this blog entry I finally made a decision.I opted to try a new Flickr Toy that I found thanks to Bethany Actually using it in a Swaparooni post. I had a blast combining photos into fun mosaics so I could put a bunch of photos into a smaller space. So here is the concert in picture form. Feel free to click on them to see them on Flickr where I will be adding more notes to them explaining things. Plus the larger sized versions of each individual photo are also there in my Wiggles Concert 2007 set of photos.
Now hang onto your seats and remember. . . if you happen to have front row seats Wiggles sweat flying your way when they dance and jump around is something that WILL happen (especially with Ben and Sam).
Here’s NHL the night before the concert when he was done making a bone for Wags. We also brought a rose for Dorothy. Later we all noticed that NHL had placed a Big Red Car onto his creation and never knew he had done it.
This is NHL looking at everything on the stage before the concert. Note he’s holding the Henry the Octopus that we bought for him since he was so cute about wanting it. Yup, we were suckers! Please excuse my boob which also happened to jump into the shot.
Here’s a mosaic of the stage before the show and when the Wiggly Dancer came one. The center shot of the Big Red Car was taken at the end when Sam drove it on for a few minutes before the concert was over.
Here’s the newest Wiggle, Sam. He was SO much better this year. His voice was stronger and he really seemed to be enjoying his time on stage. He was so great waving to kids, reading signs in the audience, and even posing for a photo. Yes, he actually posed for JL to take a photo. The second photo on the right was the one JL took.
Next up is Anthony, the ring-master of sorts. Anthony does an amazing job keeping the adults in the audience laughing. He has a great time on stage with Captain Feathersword and Ben (Wiggly Dancer). He truly is a clown and joy to watch.
Now it’s time to play the Guitar with Murray, the red Wiggle. Murray was in front of us most of the evening since his guitar stand was on our side of the stage. NHL waved to him several time and he waved back. Here’s our photo tribute to Murray.
And last but not lease is the purple Wiggle –> WAKE UP JEFF!!! Those of you would be pleasantly surprised to find out that we only had to wake Jeff up twice. Here are the photos JL took of Jeff. There will be more about Jeff momentarily and what he did to Murray (well – the Murray balloon really).
Soon after this all of the characters were brought onto stage. JL and I have a fondness for the quirky nature of Captain Feathersword. He’s an amazing character who is next to impossible to get a photo of. Last year almost none of them came out since he’s constantly zipping, dancing, jumping, flying, or skating across the stage. This year the challenge to JL was to get some decent shots of Captain. I am happy to report JL passed this test! *** Please note Captain Feathersword and his rather large banana! Sorry I just had to go there – LOL!
Here are the rest of the Wiggles – Dorothy the Dinosaur, Wags the Dog and Henry the Octopus. Soon after this they went around collecting the bones for Wags and roses for Dorothy. Sam’s wife (one of the Wiggly Dancer who is from the US) came over and collected the ones from NHL. She was so sweet and talked to him for a few seconds before moving on.
Here are some photos of all different Wiggles and the Wiggly Dancers.
While Henry was on stage, NHL’s absolute favorite they cued up the bubble machines that we had noticed near our seats. Quickly it looked like we were under the sea with Henry. Please note what NHL was more interested in doing. I kid you not, all of the kids close to the stage were doing this rather than watching the Wiggles. 
Now for a funny – well at least for adults with SICK -er I mean creative minds. Just look at the sequence of events below on the left involving Jeff. . . then check out his reaction on the right. Pay special attention to where his head and hands are. LOL!!!
During the show Captain Feathersword is invited out to show off his new ballet moves. The other Wiggles mention they are nervous because they had not seen this before he performs it. Before you know it he comes flying through the air on a rope right into the Murray balloon. Here’s the sequence of events. Please note his nifty black tutu!
The last mosaic is to show how well the Wiggles make kids laugh. They had a sketch leading into their famous song. Out walks Captain Feathersword in a duck outfit with two other ducks and Anthony. You already know this is going to be good. Captain is trying to convince Anthony that he is a duck, but he can’t quack. All he does is say cock-a-doodle-doo. . . he just can’t spell it. Here are a few shots from their little act and NHL’s reaction (he was in hysterics several times).
Then an hour and a half after they began (no intermission) the show was over, the Big Red Car was out and the Wiggles were heading off the stage.
It was a wonderful time had by all three of us. It was well worth the money. This morning (now two days after the concert) NHL was chatting with me in the car about favorite things from this week. He said the following to me "Mommy we need to have front row seats from now on – they were really good!" LOL
C’est Moi
NHL had a BIG day at school. In addition to being the day after the Wiggles, there were a lot of special things at school today. Wednesday is normally Gym day. In addition to this, they also started swim lessons. Yes, they have a pool where he goes to school and they get lessons for 6 weeks now and again later on. Then today was also the first show-and-tell. They started the letter A this week, so they had to bring in something for A.
Last night after the Wiggles we gathered all of the things together for swimming and then sat to figure out an A item. We finally figured it out. A is for Anthony Wiggle! We made a little paper of pictures of Anthony from the concert last night. He was so thrilled to share with everyone today.
When I picked NHL up today he was SO happy. He LOVED swimming and kept chattering all about what he had done today. Man what a difference a school makes! It is so nice to pick him up and get a great report. Tomorrow I need to talk to Miss S to see how he was in the pool. I am really toying with signing him up for more swim lessons in addition to what they have with school.
I am off to sleep now. Long day with a 5 month old that would not settle all day and 4 year old that was still sleepy from last night and everything today. Tomorrow I hope to finish cropping the Wiggle photos and get them blogged.
C’est Moi
