Poor Appetite???

I took Jonathan to the doctor today. He is a petite 7 year old. He asked Jonathan how his appetite is, if he wants to eat much. Jonathan said he didn't feel like eating much. The doctor looked at me. I told him what Jonathan ate for lunch. 2 pieces of toast with white sauce with turkey in it on the toast, about 3/4 cup green beans and about 3/4 cup sweet potatoes. I smiled. I told him that Jonathan told me that he was still hungry and the doctors' eyebrows went up. I told him that the attachment therapist was having us do bottles with the kids so I made a milk mixture for Jonathan and he drank about 4 oz of that and then told me that he was full. He smiled at that. So, the poor boy just doesn't feel like eating much these days. He has been eating like this since he was a 2 year old and is still a skinny little guy. I have had a good chuckle over this all afternoon though. My little cutie pie.

Jonathan

Becca

Stephanie

Amazing Grace

Becca was trying to help Jonathan to learn how to play "Amazing Grace". Jonathan was reading the words and singing as SHE was playing. Did you know that God, "saved a witch like me?"

Nathan

Kids Again - lol

Becca was given the chore of emptying the dishwasher. When I checked on her job, I noticed that there were a LOT of bowls in the dishwasher. I questioned her and she said she had loaded the dirty dishes that were on the counter into the dishwasher. Later, I fixed some noodles for myself and looked for a bowl to put them in - NONE in the cupboard. I thought this was rather strange. She admits to not completely emptying the dishwasher. I tell her to take all the bowls out of the dishwasher and wash them. After she had washed awhile, she says, "the clean bowls are a lot easier to wash." No kidding - lol.

I decided that I needed to let the kids know what is important in life. I said, "I want upi to do what is RIGHT, I don't want you to get yourselves out of trouble." Jonathan looks up with a SHOCKED look and says, "YOU DON'T!!!" Oh, explaining again - lol.

Pediatric Nursing Book

Becca was on the playset reading my old nursing book. Someone (no one will admit who) hid it up there. I had to laugh but still need to confront the issue. Children with attachment disorder who are only 9 and 7, do not need to read about what would be in a college textbook about children. They might learn something that will help them to keep more contol of this house. They already are too good at that - lol.

Dinner

Becca cracked us up at dinner tonight. The kids have been on a restrictive diet since they were very little. Initially, the diet made a HUGE difference. In the last year or so, NOT. So, we have decided to just feed them "whatever" once in awhile in an attempt to work them into a regular diet without throwing them totally off.

Got majorly off topic up there. Anyway, tonight I made tacos. There were a few extras thrown in the meal. Becca took her first bite and got a strange look on her face. I really could not interpret what it meant - quite different! So I asked, "what do you think, Becca?" Her answer? "It's sour, I guess that is why it's called sour cream." We really enjoyed the newness of this experience with her.

Confessions of Two children

Oh the children are so funny! We were each putting a child to bed (about 8:30 pm)when hubby commands, "confession time." I am wondering what in the world is going on as I was just having a great conversation with sweet daughter about being brave enough to yell if she is being mistreated.

So, being the "submissive" wife that I have always been - lol - I in a confused manner tell sweet daughter to go to daddy. He has them do jumping jacks to aid confessions.

I mentioned that my $40 dollars is still missing and out comes information from Becca (9 years old). She confesses to hiding it under the kids computer table. Well, this really got my interest going. I go out to the computer, get down on my hands and knees and take a look. A whole 6 pack package of ice cream sandwiches!!! When we inquired about when she hid them there, she said while she was taking the garbages out. She took the garbages out about 2 pm). Apparently, she doesn't have any concept of how long until things melt?!?!

So, my $40 dollars in supposedly buried out in the yard somewhere by Jonathan (7 years old) who has been saying today that he is going to run away tonight. I say, "Good luck digging it up, son, in the dark and in the rain." I think he has been thinking about this - he had a flashlight hidden yesterday.

The reason my hubby decided it was "confession time?" There is a socket in the freezer and he wanted to know who put it there. Our kids are never boring and life has new twists and turns everyday. I laugh a lot at what they try to pull.

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Ultimate Control

Tonight we were watching a movie, Flicka. Jonathan told me that he wanted to sleep with us tonight. I asked why and he said that he was afraid to go to sleep because he might have bad dreams from the movie. I told him that he would be able to sleep, he takes medication to help him sleep. Then he told me that he could make me go to sleep. I laughed and said, "wow, that is the ultimate control, isn't is son?" After his little pouting session about "being laughed at", we talked about how we just enjoy him. He got the point and laughed at himself when I said, "can I MAKE you poop in your pants?"

Good Deed

My kids are horribly out of control but they can be pretty funny at times. Becca has spent the last 2-3 hours raging outside. Totally out of control. Daddy decided that she needed to come into the house when she put the hose in the mail slot to water the inside of the house. I saw her getting the hose out about an hour ago and gave her a bucket of soapy water. I said, as I put it out the door, "I don't know what you are planning to wash, but here is a bucket of soapy water for you." She immediately replied that she planned to wash the car. So, just a minute ago I asked her why she raged. Her response? She planned to rage so she could go outside because she planned to wash the car. We had to laugh at that one.