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Then and Now – MEME

Posted on January 22, 2008 9:01 pm by TheAngelForever

I was tagged by Renee over at Life With My Special K’s for the Then and Now MEME. It seemed like fun so here is mine to show just how much my two little guys have grown in a short amount of time.

This is NHL "Then and Now":

NHL Now . . . January 2007

This is JSL "Then and Now":

It really is hard to believe how quickly they grow. . . makes me so glad that I am home this year to really watch JSL during this time.

I now tag:

Sandy at Welcome to My So-Called Life
Laura (Madame Squishy Yarn Guru) at My 3 Ring Circus of a Life
Nancy at It’s All About Me
Kim at • ancora imparo •
Anyone else that wants to (too many to mention). Please do NOT be insulted if I do not tag you. Once tagged please come back here and link up so we can share our Then & Nows.

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Night out with our big boy

Posted on January 18, 2008 5:25 pm by TheAngelForever

Last night I went out on a date with my two oldest boys . . . you know my hubby and 4 year old. The little guys stayed with Nana and Papa so we could do something special with the big boy.

We let NHL decide where he wanted to go for dinner. I told him about a new place that we had never been to that had a place to play games near it. He liked the sound of that since there were no costumes. Once JL was home we dropped JSL off and went to Old Chicago for dinner.

We had a nice relaxing dinner that involved trying to keep NHL from falling asleep. We managed by taking him to the game room to see what we would do after he ate his dinner. This helped since he saw there was a bowling game that he was anxious to try out. Our meal was good, but not something I would likely go back to soon (although I do want to try their lunch special one day).

After our meal was done NHL quickly pulled us to the game room. We bought a card with points on it to play. As you will see NHL really liked the bowling. It was sort of like candlestick bowling (small balls), but regular scoring, and only 5 frames. Here are some photos of the little guy testing out the game.

It was so cute to watch NHL grab JL’s hand the first few times he was playing (by the third game later on he was a pro).

At first he wanted to roll the ball down by putting it between his legs this way (front view):

It worked nicely this way (front view below), but later he realized that with the balls being small he could toss them other ways.

Too bad he never really liked it.

The suspense was just too much while waiting for the ball to head down the alley and knock over pins.

He even tried to ~~yell~~ persuade the ball to move in another direction.

Oh well, maybe next time it will work!

Each time he would check and count to see how many were knocked over.

Making sure how many were knocked over.

And this pose just made me laugh. Cute, n’est pas?!?!

We had a great time and went to pick up JSL afterward. He was very happy to see his ~~milk jugs~~ mommy. . . daddy and big brother too. Thanks again to Nana and Papa for making this fun evening possible. Love you guys!

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My strange child

Posted on January 12, 2008 10:36 am by TheAngelForever

JL and I are trying to be good and do our unofficial WW again. Since counting points is difficult to do we have been trying to come up with more snacks that are decent. JL decided he wanted to get some celery for the crunch factor. One day he decided to make ants on a log with peanut butter. I suggested to him to try cream cheese since it was lower in points and would be something good from my childhood.

NHL was lurking at snack time that day. He decided to try the red ants on a log (cream cheese log with dried cranberries). Soon after he decided that as much as he liked that, he preferred the celery all alone. So here is my strange 4 year old eating his dessert of celery the other night.

Not the best photo, but shows the huge hunk of celery that he selected over other desert choices.

He kept telling me that this was tasty. Plain? I do not think so, but whatever floats your boat kiddo!

Trying to hide his mouth behind the celery so I could not see him laughing and smiling.

Mind you I should not be surprised that my child is strange, after all I am the weirdo that does not really like chocolate. Go figure, right? No need to worry though, he received the dominant chocolate eating gene from his daddy!

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Bithday party fun & future request

Posted on January 10, 2008 11:28 am by TheAngelForever

Saturday morning NHL was invited to a birthday party for one of his classmates. The party was going to be at a local place that is similar to Chuck E Cheese. He had not been there in over 2 years when Laura had her son’s party there. On that day he was very overwhelmed by the place. Thanks to this we were a bit afraid of how he would react. We made sure to talk very positively about the place and let him no that there would NOT be a costume (please see recent Chuck E Cheese "fun" here and here).

Wow, were we surprised! From the moment he walked into the place he was ready to go. He was so excited to go on all of the rides (except the roller coaster), climb with Daddy, and play games. It was funny watching NHL grabbing his friend to go on everything with him. He also proved that he is my boy. He loved the fast moving ride that went forward and then backward. The party included unlimited rides for two hours, 50 game points, and one of the extra exhibits (NHL wanted to feed the "parrots"). Here are some photos from the fun:

The real test of the day came when we had to try to remove him from the party. He did not want to leave after almost three hours. NHL has also asked to go back with us and has requested to have his 5th birthday party at this location as well. I guess we need to start thinking about this even though it is seven months away!

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Baby review of applesauce

Posted on January 8, 2008 5:33 pm by TheAngelForever

While we were visiting my in-laws I decided to try some natural applesauce with JSL. He is 7 1/2 month old and we have been increasing his food repertoire. He had only been given bananas, veggies, and several cereals up to this point.

JL and I both recalled NHL’s reaction the first time he had apple sauce. Here it is from March 30, 2004 when he was 7 1/2 months old:

As you can see he was not really a fan. When we tasted it, we agreed it was pretty tart for a little guy who had never really had much flavor.

So fast forward to January 1, 2008 when JSL is the same age and trying some natural apple sauce that Bubbe had in her house. Note – thanks to NHL’s reaction we had our camera ready for this:

Pretty obvious that this little money did not like this either.

*sigh*

When we mixed it with a little oatmeal he was able to eat it without the agonizing look from the second photo on the top. In addition to this he stopped gagging. Since that time he has been gobbling up applesauce that we have at home with his oatmeal for dinner.

Thank goodness NHL also changed his mine. He loves to go apple picking and eat anything and everything with apples in it.