William and Andres' Wonder Years: July 2011

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."

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.

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.

Old video of William, which is very cute

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.