When it comes to food, Seth (4) is hard-core. This morning we were going to pick up Catherine at school. I brought a few fruit leathers for the kids to eat in the car, but I made the fatal error of not bringing all of the same flavor. I only brought one Apricot. I asked the boys which they wanted and Joseph (2) chose Apricot first. Seth didn’t want Grape or Strawberry. He only wanted Apricot.

The following conversation insued:

Seth: “I wanted Apricooooooottttt!!!!!!!”

Me: “I only had one and Joseph picked it first, Seth. I have more at the house; you can have one when we get home.”

Seth: “I don’t want to get one at home, I want one noooooowwwwww! I wish Joseph didn’t have one. (pause) I wish we didn’t have Joseph anymore. I want to take him back to the baby store.”

Me: “You want to take him back to the what?

Seth: “The baby store!”

Me: “Who would take him?” (Thinking, who would take him into their family)

Seth: “We would!!” (Meaning we would take him back to the store)

Me: “Who would buy him?”

*very long pause* (In fact, I thought he had decided to ignore the question)

Seth: “Aunt Naomi”

I’ll give him this: He has it all thought out. Last week he told me that he didn’t want baby Juliet anymore because I had refused to give him any of her juice. The kid is serious about his food choices.

She ate through one 4 oz jar of peaches.
Then she ate through one 4 oz jar of chicken (yum…..).
Then she ate through 6 oz of yogurt.
And she was still hungry!

Next she ate through 4 oz of juice.
Then she ate through 4 more oz of milk.

And she was still hungry!

Then she did some karate chop motions in hopes that someone would pay attention to her.

Seth was the same way. He would eat and eat and never get full. And still he’s not even on the growth chart. Except for the head one, of course. He’s got the head growth down pat.

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Let me tell you. If you’re in need of a self-esteem boost, Guitar Hero is for you. They cheer and scream and tell you that you rock. It’s AWESOME.

You’re kids will think you’re a rock star too. I played a couple of songs for Seth, so when Catherine got home from school he told her, “Caferine, Mom played Guitar Hero and she ROCKED!!”

Joseph is a guitar hog, though. I have to play when he’s sleeping. I see a bright future ahead of him:)