I tried to get him saying it on video... not so much. So I'll just have to say it for us all.
As Sarah beat me to the blog punch (despite my nice - subtle - reminder email last week) I am now old news, but it is G-ma & Papa's 35th wedding anniversary.
If I had them scanned, I'd post for all to see the terrible pictures the boys and I took 10 years ago! As Sarah also points out, the 35th anniversary gift is coral. I say, take the afternoon and go to the aquarium!
We love you both and wouldn't be here without you!
Monday, March 30, 2009
Thursday, March 26, 2009
That doesn't taste like chicken?!
There have been several food-related emails going back and forth among the Cecchins today - just reminiscing about some of the classic meals of our childhood. Exchanging recipes for "breaded steak" and "Cecchin tacos" (with ketchup) has made me hungry. The polenta reference made my cheek hurt!
All this and Marco's post earlier in the week reminded me that I hadn't posted this yet.
Tommy has officially eaten fish! Something neither of his parents will eat or can even stand the smell of! Nevertheless we bucked up and with some help from Trader Joe introduced the childhood staple - fish sticks. Please enjoy the photo play-by-play:
"Ooh yummy, chicken nuggets - my favorite!"
"Hmmm - these taste a little strange"
"There's something fishy going on here...."
"I'm not really sure how to proceed here. But there's ketchup on my plate, so I'll keep dipping"
"Here goes!"
And...he proceeded to clean his plate. Incredible! Thank you Trader Joe. What else can we bread and dip in ketchup to get him to eat? Suggestions?
All this and Marco's post earlier in the week reminded me that I hadn't posted this yet.
Tommy has officially eaten fish! Something neither of his parents will eat or can even stand the smell of! Nevertheless we bucked up and with some help from Trader Joe introduced the childhood staple - fish sticks. Please enjoy the photo play-by-play:
"Ooh yummy, chicken nuggets - my favorite!"
"Hmmm - these taste a little strange"
"There's something fishy going on here...."
"I'm not really sure how to proceed here. But there's ketchup on my plate, so I'll keep dipping"
"Here goes!"
And...he proceeded to clean his plate. Incredible! Thank you Trader Joe. What else can we bread and dip in ketchup to get him to eat? Suggestions?
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Dad's Little Leprechaun
Though I (Meredith) don't approve of gang violence (i.e. assaulting people for not wearing the right colors) here are the lads this morning.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Recent Videos
Well we were home with an ear infection & cough today so I had a little time. Here are some recent videos that show of Tommy's newest skills.
Skill #1 Singing/Reciting Nursery Rhymes. I added subtitles the second time in case you didn't catch it. (This also tells you what he really does with the potty 99.9% of the time.)
Skill #2 Mimicking whatever we say. This was after watching Talladega Nights. "Au revoir Ricky Bobby" (I didn't take French)
Skill #3 - Letter Recognition/Keyboard Proficiency - a little set up for this one. Once again, the good people at Fisher Price are taking care of educating and entertaining the boy. Best invention ever right here! The game he is playing drops letters and if you press the right one it drops it in a bucket. Level one is uppercase, he's doing that when the video starts. When level 2 starts it is lowercase letters and he doesn't know all of those yet so it takes him a little longer. But if you listen closely, once the computer says the letter he usually finds it right away! He's had this toy only a WEEK! Seriously incredible though he's totally addicted to it. Wonder where he got the example that people should sit behind laptops all day? This one runs a little longer, but you'll probably get a kick out of him anyway!
Skill #1 Singing/Reciting Nursery Rhymes. I added subtitles the second time in case you didn't catch it. (This also tells you what he really does with the potty 99.9% of the time.)
Skill #2 Mimicking whatever we say. This was after watching Talladega Nights. "Au revoir Ricky Bobby" (I didn't take French)
Skill #3 - Letter Recognition/Keyboard Proficiency - a little set up for this one. Once again, the good people at Fisher Price are taking care of educating and entertaining the boy. Best invention ever right here! The game he is playing drops letters and if you press the right one it drops it in a bucket. Level one is uppercase, he's doing that when the video starts. When level 2 starts it is lowercase letters and he doesn't know all of those yet so it takes him a little longer. But if you listen closely, once the computer says the letter he usually finds it right away! He's had this toy only a WEEK! Seriously incredible though he's totally addicted to it. Wonder where he got the example that people should sit behind laptops all day? This one runs a little longer, but you'll probably get a kick out of him anyway!
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Pants on Fire & Picky Eating
Our little boy is becoming a big fat liar. I mean you can ask him any question and he'll say yes. He's said "yes" when Tom's asked him such questions as, "Did you see aliens at Paula's house today?" "Did you fight the aliens off with a ray gun?" that sort of thing. So we have fun with that and make him agree to funny things because we're messed up parents. That kind of thing is cute.
But he's actually taken to creating his own stories now. Many know that if you ask Tommy how his day was and what he did at Paula's the conversation goes like this... EVERYDAY!
Us: Tommy what did you do today at Paula's?
Tommy: Played Legos!
Us: Who did you play legos with? (he doesn't respond when I say "With whom did you play legos?")
Tommy: Ella!
Us: What did you build with the legos?
Tommy: I build big house!
So that's cute, but I doubt he does that every single day, you know?
Well his latest charade is the most egregious. For the last 2 weeks he's told us that he's had "Chicken Soup" for lunch at Paula's. Now, Paula does in fact make homemade chicken soup for the kids but to my knowledge Tommy had never eaten it. After a few days of his Chicken Soup for Lunch bit, I asked Paula if he'd finally tried her soup. You should have seen the look on her face as she said "NO!" Hilarious. Poor thing, she tries so hard to get him to eat and then still makes him something special for lunch. I don't think I could convince the woman to let him go hungry as they suggest for combating picky eaters. She'd never do it! So he lies to us everyday about what he has for lunch. Paula says he's still eating the same things as he was in September when we had to make a list for her of what he'd eat:
Peanut Butter Sandwich
Cheese Sandwich
Hot Dog
Chicken Nuggets (hey, they're breaded in whole grain! - thank you Costco)
Mac n Cheese
Those are, of course, the same things we feed him for dinner with the addition of pasta. Tommy's salvation seems to be that he loves fruit (though perhaps not as much as Clara). His diet seems to be working for the time being. We do grind up food still sometimes and hide it in grilled cheese. I feel like such a hypocrite!
Now we just have to get the fibbing under control. Note to babysitters, don't believe a word the kid says! He's crafty.
But he's actually taken to creating his own stories now. Many know that if you ask Tommy how his day was and what he did at Paula's the conversation goes like this... EVERYDAY!
Us: Tommy what did you do today at Paula's?
Tommy: Played Legos!
Us: Who did you play legos with? (he doesn't respond when I say "With whom did you play legos?")
Tommy: Ella!
Us: What did you build with the legos?
Tommy: I build big house!
So that's cute, but I doubt he does that every single day, you know?
Well his latest charade is the most egregious. For the last 2 weeks he's told us that he's had "Chicken Soup" for lunch at Paula's. Now, Paula does in fact make homemade chicken soup for the kids but to my knowledge Tommy had never eaten it. After a few days of his Chicken Soup for Lunch bit, I asked Paula if he'd finally tried her soup. You should have seen the look on her face as she said "NO!" Hilarious. Poor thing, she tries so hard to get him to eat and then still makes him something special for lunch. I don't think I could convince the woman to let him go hungry as they suggest for combating picky eaters. She'd never do it! So he lies to us everyday about what he has for lunch. Paula says he's still eating the same things as he was in September when we had to make a list for her of what he'd eat:
Peanut Butter Sandwich
Cheese Sandwich
Hot Dog
Chicken Nuggets (hey, they're breaded in whole grain! - thank you Costco)
Mac n Cheese
Those are, of course, the same things we feed him for dinner with the addition of pasta. Tommy's salvation seems to be that he loves fruit (though perhaps not as much as Clara). His diet seems to be working for the time being. We do grind up food still sometimes and hide it in grilled cheese. I feel like such a hypocrite!
Now we just have to get the fibbing under control. Note to babysitters, don't believe a word the kid says! He's crafty.
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