family dinner

sometimes during the week, not every day, but some times, we watch some "peep and the big wide world" during dinner time in order to keep r in his seat. as many of you know, we are ALWAYS strategizing on how to get him to eat enough to maintain caloric intake. it is hard for him to sit still. today his KG had gone apple picking. a great activity to be sure. but for our kid who does not usually even touch apples, this mean being outside in the sunshine and eating even less lunch than usual. he proudly told us "twist, pull, and pluck" and brought home 3 squishy bruised apples. thanks sweetie! so offered masee pockets, pizza, and ham for dinner. k still has a cold too and was a little finicky about her food. she too was in good spirits, especially on the ride home from school. anyway, at dinner, we watched peep, chirp, and quack do their scientific-birdy things. one of the episodes we focused on quack trying to hatch an egg. at one point, a raccoon gives quack a baseball to sit on. and quack dutifully sits on the white leather egg. this cracked r up to no end. he started laughing immediately after having a drink. and of course, the result was that milk came gushing out of his nose. you would think that this deter him from wanting to take another sip. but no! r tried to take another sip to induce another eruption. the rest of dinner included much hilarity and eating.

the night before, we had a little rougher time sitting still. in my silliness, i started singing about r's rice "a ring of salt." the kids thought it was silly so they asked for the whole tune. well mom's rendition couldn't do the original song justice. so we had to put on johnny cash. of course, this did not make r sit still. k immediately started wiggling in her seat. she loves music. this time, r enjoyed it also. his favorites were "ring of fire" and "walk the line." good taste that kid. he also was a little taken aback by the lines "i killed a man just to watch him die." when i told him that "walk the line" was an expression, after listening the second time to the song, he said, "that it means follow the rules." yes son, it does.

both have been alternatively delightful and little manipulators. r especially wants to challenge us, practices passive resistance, and is mischievous. k usually listens and has been not feeling well for the last couple of days but is fine spirits. we have great banter. today she said that she is mom's daughter and dad's daughter. she and her dad are getting along better these days. they went bike riding yesterday while it was nice.
we are looking forward to watching uncle tom run a race saturday!
our favorite cheer:
run faster uncle tom!