Monday, December 19, 2011
Friday, August 26, 2011
Wow
So I'm watching X Men cartoon with my boys.
Dad said, "you know what my super power is?"
William said, "what?"
"laying on the couch reading."
William said, "you know what your other power is? Boring people with your Buddhist talk."
Wow
Dad said, "you know what my super power is?"
William said, "what?"
"laying on the couch reading."
William said, "you know what your other power is? Boring people with your Buddhist talk."
Wow
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
update
William dreamt there was a pool inside my apartment. I asked him if it was a deep pool and he said, "I can swim in deep water, daddy."
Both of them have learned so much in swimming. Thank you Diana for signing them up for lessons and taking them swimming.
Andres can do cartwheels now too. He said Camilo taught him.
Both of them have learned so much in swimming. Thank you Diana for signing them up for lessons and taking them swimming.
Andres can do cartwheels now too. He said Camilo taught him.
Sunday, August 07, 2011
can't remember it all, stressed out from work
William has sometimes been a sass-squatch, back sassing at times.
The other day in the park he said to a kid, "I've got mad skills that you don't know about."
At Cliff's yesterday he said, when I asked him to turn down the volume on the game he was playing, "You've got volume, I've got volume."
William put his hands through my chest hair and called me a werewolf.
He said something like he's doing "man's business" when he was putting on his sandals, which made Alyssa laugh.
I can't remember the dreams William had, but one was that he went under water and he saw Atlantis. Another was that a shark bit off his hand. Needless to say we had a good time at the beach yesterday, and William is turning into a bit of a fish.
Poor Andres tripped and fell, and salt water got into his mouth, so he was a bit off the beach for a little while, but he had fun and later was dunking his head and later at swimming lessons he was dunking his head without holding onto the side, so he's made some really good progress too.
We made pizza again, but William wasn't into it. Supposedly he told his mom that he's going to take care of the baby while his wife cooks.
The boys are going to New Jersey to spend time with some cousins tomorrow, so I won't see them for a while. They're also going to Florida for a trip, too, at the end of summer.
William's Aniken tail is three fourths down his back.
We've watched Avatar, and Spiderman Unlimited on Netflix. Now we're watching Spectacular Spiderman
The other day in the park he said to a kid, "I've got mad skills that you don't know about."
At Cliff's yesterday he said, when I asked him to turn down the volume on the game he was playing, "You've got volume, I've got volume."
William put his hands through my chest hair and called me a werewolf.
He said something like he's doing "man's business" when he was putting on his sandals, which made Alyssa laugh.
I can't remember the dreams William had, but one was that he went under water and he saw Atlantis. Another was that a shark bit off his hand. Needless to say we had a good time at the beach yesterday, and William is turning into a bit of a fish.
Poor Andres tripped and fell, and salt water got into his mouth, so he was a bit off the beach for a little while, but he had fun and later was dunking his head and later at swimming lessons he was dunking his head without holding onto the side, so he's made some really good progress too.
We made pizza again, but William wasn't into it. Supposedly he told his mom that he's going to take care of the baby while his wife cooks.
The boys are going to New Jersey to spend time with some cousins tomorrow, so I won't see them for a while. They're also going to Florida for a trip, too, at the end of summer.
William's Aniken tail is three fourths down his back.
We've watched Avatar, and Spiderman Unlimited on Netflix. Now we're watching Spectacular Spiderman
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Sunday, July 24, 2011
William's deam
William had a dream that there was only junk food. I don't know which one, whether people got better or not, skinny or fat.
Saturday, July 23, 2011
dreams
William dreamed that, "food eats people. Corn, onions, apples, chicken and roast beef." Did you know roast beef is cows? "It was cooked and ate people. This woman was trying to cook the roast beef, but then the roast beef ate her head off."
"This man was, "curse these carrots," there was a whole army. His son had a collection of army guns and they shot carrots, and the carrots ate his body all over the place."
Was that really your dream?
"Yes."
"The woman was mommy and the man was daddy." "The food only at the mommies and daddies because they were bigger."
"They just cured the babies."
Andres, "I had 2 bad dreams and 3 good dreams."
"This man was, "curse these carrots," there was a whole army. His son had a collection of army guns and they shot carrots, and the carrots ate his body all over the place."
Was that really your dream?
"Yes."
"The woman was mommy and the man was daddy." "The food only at the mommies and daddies because they were bigger."
"They just cured the babies."
Andres, "I had 2 bad dreams and 3 good dreams."
Adventures is cooking with small children
I got a family cook book in the mail, because with my mother's leadership, I'm trying to cook more with my children, ages 7 and 5. So I skimmed Lynn Fredericks' book and she says, "don't worry about the mess." OK, I'll try. She gives a rationalization, but making my brain work that way might not work, I'll admit there is so much more than rationality.
So William promptly cracks an egg onto my rug. Yeesh. Andres has actually had practice opening eggs, so when it was his turn he did better, so actually that just shows that experience does matter, and that William will improve just like Andres the younger one, has.
We made an egg sandwich for Andres, which he later disavowed, "it's too bumpy." I thought he didn't like the grainy bread I got, but I think he didn't like the yoke. I'll ask him next time if he wants egg whites only. I just asked him, he said he doesn't like the yoke. I told him that's probably healthier in the long run.
I remember in nutritional science class in college, when I learned that your body makes cholesterol, and that the amount your body takes in is correlated to the amount you make, but there is not direct causation. Less cholesterol doesn't exactly translate to less production the same way as your intake. But that they're related is enough, you do what you have to to decrease it whether it's direct causation or related.
They liked stirring the pancake mix. I used to get the kind that didn't need egg and milk, but I wanted to do that. So that's why William was cracking an egg, he wanted pancakes. So we got the mixing going and pouring more milk into the mix. Andres wants to pour, and while I'm pretty scared of that, I let him mix some in. They fought to mix the stuff. Cute but not cute. I don't like the fighting, I think that's the most stressful part of parenting for me at the moment.
I think I was OK in teaching them to cook a little today. They really got into it, and I'm glad I didn't freak out. I gain confidence as they gain confidence.
So William promptly cracks an egg onto my rug. Yeesh. Andres has actually had practice opening eggs, so when it was his turn he did better, so actually that just shows that experience does matter, and that William will improve just like Andres the younger one, has.
We made an egg sandwich for Andres, which he later disavowed, "it's too bumpy." I thought he didn't like the grainy bread I got, but I think he didn't like the yoke. I'll ask him next time if he wants egg whites only. I just asked him, he said he doesn't like the yoke. I told him that's probably healthier in the long run.
I remember in nutritional science class in college, when I learned that your body makes cholesterol, and that the amount your body takes in is correlated to the amount you make, but there is not direct causation. Less cholesterol doesn't exactly translate to less production the same way as your intake. But that they're related is enough, you do what you have to to decrease it whether it's direct causation or related.
They liked stirring the pancake mix. I used to get the kind that didn't need egg and milk, but I wanted to do that. So that's why William was cracking an egg, he wanted pancakes. So we got the mixing going and pouring more milk into the mix. Andres wants to pour, and while I'm pretty scared of that, I let him mix some in. They fought to mix the stuff. Cute but not cute. I don't like the fighting, I think that's the most stressful part of parenting for me at the moment.
I think I was OK in teaching them to cook a little today. They really got into it, and I'm glad I didn't freak out. I gain confidence as they gain confidence.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
William's Dream
"We got sucked into a big hole, and chewed up and then spit out in this big ocean that took us 5 hours to get home." How were you sucked into the hole? "Paddling too much we got sucked in." We are going on a raft trip on the Rio Grande today.
One a few days ago was that the world was just robots.
One a few days ago was that the world was just robots.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Jamie Oliver's TED talk on his food revolution
And a bonus: do kids know what fresh food looks like?
Monday, July 11, 2011
William quote
"See andres, when people get older they like food and eat for like 10 hours," said William.
evolving rules
Santa Fe rules for William and Andres
1. Eat fruits and vegetables every day.
2. Use "please" and "thank you".
3. Balls and sports equipment outside.
4. Shut the door when you come in and out.
5. Brush your teeth twice a day.
6. Write in your journal and read every day.
7. Start going to bed at 8pm.
8. Napkin in lap at dinner time, no playing at dinner table.
9. Look both ways before crossing the street.
1. Eat fruits and vegetables every day.
2. Use "please" and "thank you".
3. Balls and sports equipment outside.
4. Shut the door when you come in and out.
5. Brush your teeth twice a day.
6. Write in your journal and read every day.
7. Start going to bed at 8pm.
8. Napkin in lap at dinner time, no playing at dinner table.
9. Look both ways before crossing the street.
Sunday, July 10, 2011
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