So we did have
chicken fingers for dinner last night, but the kids didn't help with them at all. In fact their dad made dinner last night, so that was great!
I forgot to mention that Saturday Kenton and I went out, just the two of us, to go get a few things that we needed, as well as look for a birthday present for a party we went to yesterday. It was nice to have some just me and Kenton time, and he behaved really well in the stores. We quickly found a great gift, which he helped carry around the store since it had a handle. But, he was very upset when we got home and he found out it wasn't for him! Oh, well. He did find some Thomas stuff that I couldn't find a good reason to say no to in the last store we visited. It was cheap, it made him happy, he had been a good boy and since it was a pack of valentines, I knew it would make others happy too!
Yesterday we went to a first birthday party for a special little "Beastie" girl. I apologize that K kept trying to open the presents. And stealing B's toys from her, and eating everything, and running around, and terrorizing the birds... maybe we need more practice at this birthday party attending thing. Who's next!?
Today is going good so far. I got up early so I could get my shower and breakfast in before the kids get up. I hate waking up early, but I have to remind myself that I'm less stressed during the day when I do, since I get some of this stuff out of the way right away, and am not trying to fit it in with both kids awake.
After T got up and ate a ton, played, and then ate some more, he fell back asleep so K and I made another batch of muffin mix muffins. Carrot (bran, I think) this time. Today he was much more in the mood to help out, and we counted the cups into the tins, 1... 2... 3... 4... 5... 4... 6... wait... try again... And I showed him how they go into the oven, and made sure he was there when they came out. He was very good about staying away from the "Hot" oven, and was excited about his muffins. Then I made us lunch, plain old macaroni and tomatoes today, but I hope to have something more exciting planned for tomorrow.
I mopped up after our lunch, and K even helped wipe the "Mess" off the table. Then I decided we'd do some finger painting with the new paints I got him on Saturday since we were already at the table and his shirt had to come off anyways, there was tomato juice all over him! So we went through the colours, and he told me which ones he wanted and where on the paper to put them. It was pretty funny, cause he'd never finger painted before and didn't really like getting his hands dirty, so only used his fingertips! But, we did manage a nice painting (okay, I helped) which is now drying on the fridge. My plan is to let it dry, then we'll cut out hearts and make valentine cards with them for friends and family. Some days I feel so smart! No pictures though, the camera card is full and we still haven't figured out the problem so we can start uploading them onto the computer again.
Well, I think we've had a decent break from lunchtime, so it's muffin time then (at least I hope) naptime for K.
