Things I Didn't Know My Kids Didn't Know

Carrots and Ice.

One day I came out of the kitchen and said something to Nathaniel about peeling carrots. He said, "Peeling carrots???" incredulously like he couldn't imagine why I would be doing such a thing. I had to explain to him that carrots don't always come small and peeled and washed and in nice little packages. Hmmm. Maybe I'd better plant carrots in my garden next year to show him!

Also since we've been here, both kids at different times have come into the kitchen while I've been in there doing stuff and asked what that was on the counter. "Ice trays," I said, "you put water in there and put it in the freezer to make ice." "Oh!"

You just don't think about some of the things our kids don't know because of all the conveniences we have!

What If?

For the last couple of months, almost daily and sometimes many many times during the day I have heard these words come out of Nathaniel's mouth.

WHAT IF.....

What if I could fly?
What if all the houses and everything was upside down?
What if the sky was green?
What if adults were children and children were adults?
What if everything was blue?
What if you ate everything in the whole world all at once?
What if I was as tall as the sky?
What if our cars could fly?

He has amazed me with his endless musings and wonderings. Nathaniel is growing so much - there are days I look at him and think, how did he get that tall? He is very articulate and a good thinker!!

So, when you are going about your day today, ponder WHAT IF... (you never know where your mind will take you!)

Nathaniel Turns 3!

Our sweet son turned 3 toward the end of May! We went to the beach for the weekend with Grandma and Pop and celebrated there just with the family. He kept telling me that he wanted a fire truck cake - even though he had one last year, too! I usually don't get a second shot at making these cakes, so it was kind of fun to work on improving from last year's (which I believe I accomplished). After a LOT of red food coloring, we finally got a red fire truck. I made it the night before, and I think it actually got redder overnight! Nathaniel was very excited when he saw the cake, and we had a very hard time keeping him from eating it all morning - it's a good thing we had planned the birthday stuff for after lunch instead of dinner for my sake! :)

Just a little help from his sister with blowing out the candles!

With a 3 year old, quantity of presents is really more important than quality, so instead of one big gift from us, I got him a bunch of small things. Grandma and Pop got him a fire station to add to his Thomas the Train set. I was really amazed - it seems like usually when the kids open presents on Christmas or birthdays when they get a number of them at once, they usually take to one or two right away and the others sit for a while. But after Nathaniel opened his presents he and Hannah Beth played with every single thing! It was fun to watch. He is growing and learning like crazy and we are so proud of our son!

Football Helmet Day

Just about every single day when we leave to take Hannah Beth to preschool Nathaniel has to take a toy with him. It is usually something small like a toy phone or a little animal or something like that. One day he decided that he needed to wear his football helmet and carry a baseball. Thankfully he got tired of wearing it before we got to the school and therefore didn't wear it inside! :)

Discovery

Yes, I found the wrapping paper! I found it the next day and would have posted sooner, but we had a busy weekend, and Hannah Beth got sick Saturday afternoon, so I haven't been sitting down at the computer much. And where did I find it??

I found it UNDER this dresser in Hannah Beth's room. I didn't even look there at first, because I didn't think a roll of wrapping paper could fit. The middle section of the dresser is just about touching the floor. My son had to have carefully pushed it through one of the side holes. It couldn't have just rolled under there. So.... do I still believe him that he didn't know where it was? Well, I am having more doubts, but it is hard to know with a 2-year-old!