When we went for Justin's annual doctor appt back in June, the whole family went, so Sarah was with us. The doctor asked about his eating and all that. I said how he was picky and didn't eat a meal mommy would make, but he ate a ton of veggies and fruits.
Doctor: Well, now that you're getting older you're going to need to start taking some of what I call "No Thank you" bites. That means you try a bite and if you don't like it you just say "no thank you." Do you think you can do that?
Justin: (not so happy?)
Me: Sarah, did you hear that?
Sarah: Never! I'm never going to do that!
Me to the doctor: Yeah, she's the one I am more worried about!
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Sunday, August 08, 2010
Too much to remember
There are so many things this summer that I wish I could blog to remember but I don't and then I forget it all. Bummer.
Sarah is now swimming so much better. So swimmies. But only her head is up. Her body and legs are still so far down. But she is doing it. And she loves it.
Both kids got to do Lazer Tag for the first time this summer and they loved it!
Sarah, of course, has always hated the sprinkler. We went to Ciera's party yesterday which was a pool party and it had a lot of sprinklers and a fun water slide. At first she was so nervous and didn't look like she was going to go do any of the stuff. But eventually she tried it all and loved it! I was so proud of her!
Justin watched Ed and Chris Budd fish today and now he wants a fishing pole. Yikes.
Today we had the Budds and Washocks up to my parents to swim. At the end of the day Sarah and Andrea had gotten dressed and gone downstairs to play with the toys. When they came back outside, (and it was almost time to leave), Sarah saw that Kiersten, Ashley and Justin were still in the pool. She asked me to put on her suit. I said "no, it's almost time to go home." She looked at me "I know where my suit is and I am getting it!" Well!!! A few minutes later she came out of the house and I nearly died. We all nearly died. She had put the suit on backwards. And with most suits it might not matter, but this suit had cut-outs in the back. Thus, her nipples both showed. OMG! None of us could stop laughing. She had no idea and just marched right over to the pool and got in. I did feel bad later though b/c she was upset that people were laughing at her. I explained that she had her suit on wrong, etc. She was all sad and said she couldn't get it on the other way. (But, really, she still pulls up she shorts wrong most of the time too. Dressing is just not her thing yet.) Anyway - poor girl - she showed us alright!
I guess we won't be going canoing anytime soon.
While we were in Maine, Mick asked us if we could all go canoing in the back streams next summer.
Sarah's answer: (with lots of anger)
Why? That's boring? You just sit there and do nothing. Why would anyone want to go canoing? There's nothing to do?
She went on and on.
And, funnier yet, I was telling the story to my mom and Ian and Ian's response was "she's right. It is boring. I hate it. There's nothing to do!" lol
One of Justin's favorite things in Maine this year was playing in the tide pools. The beach had changed shape this year and the tide pools were huge. He loved playing in them and actually got to play with his boat. He even convinced Grampy to buy a new boat for both him and Sarah.
But, of course, his favorite thing was jumping the waves. He just loves to go out into the waves. He would hold my hand and jump with me. And as he was laughing and smiling, he'd yell to me "This is so much more fun than playing in the hotel room!" lol Poor kid - everytime we were in the room, he was content to stay there and play. Then he'd get out and have a blast.
Sarah made a friend our last full day in Maine. Her name was Gabi. We had been talking to her mom all week but this was the first time Sarah and her had gotten to play. They made sandcastles, boats, and used the boogie boards together. Sarah had a lot of fun. Then the rest of the trip she talked about Gabi non-stop. It was so funny.
Justin is totally into the older kid shows now. He fell in love with The Suite Life with Zack and Cody before we went to Maine. Now he wants to watch that and all the tween shows.
Sarah is now swimming so much better. So swimmies. But only her head is up. Her body and legs are still so far down. But she is doing it. And she loves it.
Both kids got to do Lazer Tag for the first time this summer and they loved it!
Sarah, of course, has always hated the sprinkler. We went to Ciera's party yesterday which was a pool party and it had a lot of sprinklers and a fun water slide. At first she was so nervous and didn't look like she was going to go do any of the stuff. But eventually she tried it all and loved it! I was so proud of her!
Justin watched Ed and Chris Budd fish today and now he wants a fishing pole. Yikes.
Today we had the Budds and Washocks up to my parents to swim. At the end of the day Sarah and Andrea had gotten dressed and gone downstairs to play with the toys. When they came back outside, (and it was almost time to leave), Sarah saw that Kiersten, Ashley and Justin were still in the pool. She asked me to put on her suit. I said "no, it's almost time to go home." She looked at me "I know where my suit is and I am getting it!" Well!!! A few minutes later she came out of the house and I nearly died. We all nearly died. She had put the suit on backwards. And with most suits it might not matter, but this suit had cut-outs in the back. Thus, her nipples both showed. OMG! None of us could stop laughing. She had no idea and just marched right over to the pool and got in. I did feel bad later though b/c she was upset that people were laughing at her. I explained that she had her suit on wrong, etc. She was all sad and said she couldn't get it on the other way. (But, really, she still pulls up she shorts wrong most of the time too. Dressing is just not her thing yet.) Anyway - poor girl - she showed us alright!
I guess we won't be going canoing anytime soon.
While we were in Maine, Mick asked us if we could all go canoing in the back streams next summer.
Sarah's answer: (with lots of anger)
Why? That's boring? You just sit there and do nothing. Why would anyone want to go canoing? There's nothing to do?
She went on and on.
And, funnier yet, I was telling the story to my mom and Ian and Ian's response was "she's right. It is boring. I hate it. There's nothing to do!" lol
One of Justin's favorite things in Maine this year was playing in the tide pools. The beach had changed shape this year and the tide pools were huge. He loved playing in them and actually got to play with his boat. He even convinced Grampy to buy a new boat for both him and Sarah.
But, of course, his favorite thing was jumping the waves. He just loves to go out into the waves. He would hold my hand and jump with me. And as he was laughing and smiling, he'd yell to me "This is so much more fun than playing in the hotel room!" lol Poor kid - everytime we were in the room, he was content to stay there and play. Then he'd get out and have a blast.
Sarah made a friend our last full day in Maine. Her name was Gabi. We had been talking to her mom all week but this was the first time Sarah and her had gotten to play. They made sandcastles, boats, and used the boogie boards together. Sarah had a lot of fun. Then the rest of the trip she talked about Gabi non-stop. It was so funny.
Justin is totally into the older kid shows now. He fell in love with The Suite Life with Zack and Cody before we went to Maine. Now he wants to watch that and all the tween shows.
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