Eating....

okay so i have one child that is almost 4 and one child that is almost 1....seriously, the 1 year old eats a better variety of food than the 4 year old...we need to pick a day, set a goal and stick to it....Nick will eat what we offer him or he won't eat at all....it is time.....
emma has tried more new foods and actually eaten them in the last month than nick has in the last year.....it is soooo frustrating.....poor girl is having to do all that her brother wouldn't but she will be a better eater because of it....if we don't get it started before nick's 4th bday i would have to say that we will have to do it by his 4 year check with the pediatrician...i think i'm going to have her scare the crap out of him, insist that he has to try new foods....is that a cop out????? regardless, it has to happen....he eats and is healthy but will not try new things, sticks to just the staple foods he has agreed to eat and i'm tired of it, mike is tired of it and i'm sure nick is tired of the same shit every other day.....
OKAY - GOAL
on or before his 4 year check with dr. carillo we will switch to only offering nick the meal that is being cooked - no special meals, no cereal for dinner, no wendy's chix nugget runs except for special treats like thursdays when he goes to grammies house....this is it.....

Emma eating chix tender and celery :)

Mommy's girl....

Yeah, so what? She's mommy's girl....and I love it.....she is the sweetest baby I know and I am very grateful to have her in my life....

Messes and getting organized....

okay so mike took this picture of the playroom mid party when everyone was here for emma's baptism gathering......i sent everyone home without having anyone have their kids help clean up....as i sat down amongst all the mess and trust me it was 3 times worse than the pic when it was all said and done...anyway, my point is, am i crazy to want to put everything away myself? am i foolish for not letting the parents have their kids help clean up their mess? or is it really okay that I wanted to do the sorting and putting away so that i only had to do it one time...i have places for all the toys; bins with labels, i put common things together.....so does that make me crazy that i do this????
i think not...i think it is smart to keep order in a playroom as best you can...okay i've answered my own question...no i'm not crazy, i just like things a certain way, nothing wrong with that....