My boys are silly (and apparently very tired)

Whenever the mister is eating fruit or yogurt J2 is right there, begging like a dog. He stares, bangs on the arm of the chair and makes vehement noises until he gets some food. Then he keeps opening his mouth like a baby bird until all the food is gone. Last night he also got some silly time with daddy.



D came over after her class yesterday and I tried to feed her dinner but apparently she is disgusted by my cooking! :) We had yummy chicken gyros with chicken marinated in Greek Seasoning from Penzey's. They have the best spices and, luckily for us, there is an actual store in Portland. The only problem is that I can't get out of there for less than about $30 which seems to be an exorbitant amount to spend on spices. If I went there more frequently, it would be less per trip, so that's something to keep in mind. It is actually less to buy a bag of basil there - less than $3 for a 1 oz. bag and we spent over $4 at Wal-Mart for .5 oz. of Spice Island. Maybe the other spices are less overall too.

Anyway, we went for a walk and J1 took his scooter. It is a Radio Flyer 3-wheeled one so he does pretty well on it. He looked like such a big kid with his helmet riding the scooter but unfortunately I didn't have my camera. He only rode less than 1/2 way around our normal circle and then actually wanted the mister to carry him. He did walk the rest of the way but without much enthusiasm. Turns out he was pretty tired since this is what happened a little later:


His hand was actually still in the bowl with the veggie booty curled in his fingers. The flip side to this was that he got up at 8 this morning instead of his normal 9 - 9:30 and J2 was up at 6:15. I plopped him back in bed when J1 got up so I could still have a bit of morning peace. J1 is watching the Land Before Time movie - one of his new favs. Thanks D for the set!

Yesterday I "put some stuff" in both boys' hair after their bath. J1 is always wanting me to put product in his hair so he can be just like me. Well, now he actually has a haircut that warrants it so he is pleased. I put some in J2's hair just to be silly - and gave him sort of a mohawk. He didn't notice or care but it made for cute pics and J1 said it was just like one of his friends at school so he liked it.



Oh, I have actual peas now, not just out-of-control huge plants. I even ate some the other day - delish! I remember my dad having peas growing on the side of his Aleutian Homes house when we were kids. I don't remember huge plants like mine so they must have been a different variety. I do remember eating them even though I didn't like peas. I actually didn't like regular peas (frozen or fresh are good but canned are still nasty) until a few years ago but it seems like my sissy always liked them. When did she eat them when we were growing up? Doesn't seem like something we would have in our cupboards or freezer. Was dad bitter that we ate all his peas?? I was too young to notice or care.