Feelin' the Green Thing

You may recall that I served peas to the kids for dinner last week. I got their second exposure to peas in last night. Both Natty and Jack rolled their eyes - I can understand Natty but Jack? Come on pal. Anyway, I had also baked some rolls which they all quite liked and wanted more of. I never let a strong desire for a roll go to waste so eating peas became the requirement. I heard the complaints and Natty negotiated a couple of things but ultimately the peas were once again eaten. Some happened to be eaten a little different then others. Jack didn't like the texture of the pea skin so he suck the green mushy part out of each pea and discarded the skin. Yeah, I got a picture of it. Had to.



Andy is a pretty good eater. I think it has a lot to do with his Head Start program at SUU. He gets to try a lot of things there and doesn't give me too much grief. Anyhow, he got done with his peas in a hurry yesterday and was outside playing. While I was cleaning I noticed him playing on the rope swings. Here is a pic I liked when he got a little caught up. It was fun to watch him out running around.



As mentioned Natty Sue was working all kinds of negotiations on those peas. She did end up eating them - mainly because you cannot mess with The Pork Chop Express. Both of these pics are Andy's handy work again. There were only 79 pics after I let him play with the camera last night. What a nut.





Only a few more meals that include peas and they should be solid pea eaters. Maybe I need a good casserole with peas mixed in. Mmmm, that would be delicious I am sure. Wait, cream of tuna on toast with peas on top. Wow, that was perhaps the worst all time meal growing up. Thanks mom. Always loved it when the folks would go out to eat cause you knew it was either Mac and Cheese with hot dogs or a the aforementioned cream of tuna on toast. Quite fortunate that it was Mac and Cheese on most of those occasions. Maybe I will skip the casserole thing.

The kids received a St. Patricks Day gift box from their mom today. It came with several green items and to my utter displeasure included a nasty substance known as Colored Bubbles. Each of the kids got one and though it is washable it makes one heck (hell, for those of you in South Africa) of a mess. Washable is rather prominent on the bottle but what it doesn't say is that your child might remain a slight shade of green and that the carpet will require a spot removing solution to get it out... you know, important stuff. Hope it doesn't do anything internally because Jack was getting into it just a little.



Both the boys were all about their bubble blowing and body painting. They were simply having a ball. Andy was the master at catching them, Jack was great at blowing them. I think it might have had to do with the fact that he practically swallowed the bubble wand. Delicious I am sure.





Natty blew a few bubbles and then found a bike ride to be a little bit of a cleaner activity.



I guess the important thing is that the kids had fun and that they did. I find plenty of joy in doing what I seem to do best lately... cleaning. Look I have proof - Andy caught me on film. He's got my back.