Too Cool to Drool

I came upon Joe wearing a radio headset and trying on his dad's safety glasses in front of the mirror. "Awesome, Dude"

Joe has a large Thomas the tank engine and a smaller one. He calls them “Thomas and Thomas’ daddy,” and he has the same thing with two different sized red racecars. He makes them talk to each other and play together, and he even turned the racecars over and pretended that the daddy was tickling racecar’s tummy and wrestling (his favorite thing to do with his daddy.)

Joe was violently rubbing his nose this morning saying “Stop, nose, stop!” Huh? I asked him what his nose was doing, to which he replied “It’s going [scrunches up his nose]” and “That’s NOT very nice, nose!” Apparently, Joe is getting the little sinus cold that the babies have. Our house is the Snot Spot this week.

In other news, the twins MUST be teething. They’re grouchy and super drooly. (note the wet spot on Patrick’s shirt) It’s gross.

Another thing on my mind lately: Getting five servings of vegetables down a picky toddler seems like a daunting task. He basically eats NO veggies. I recently realized that the recommendation is “five fruits and vegetables” Joe usually had 3 fruit servings by the end of breakfast – a full banana (counts as 2, right? He’s small…) and applesauce. He’s been horrible about eating veggies, except for carrots, but he’s a fruit nut – apples, oranges, pears, strawberries, plums, you name it. Of course veggies are good for him, but fruit will get us through this super-picky eating phase. And my conscience is clear. My kids are healthy enough eaters. Eating balanced meals is tough, too, but there is no law that you can’t eat your fruit at one meal, a lot of protein at another, and mostly dairy at another. It balances out, right? And ketchup counts as a vegetable, right? (“tomatoes” is the first ingredient listed…)