Thursday, June 12, 2008

are these MY children????

let me explain...troy has become the pickiest eater ever. his diet consisted of cheerios, gold fish, yogurt and bananas. that was about all i could get him to eat, until wednesday night. i had a can of black beans in my pantry and thought "what the heck, why not try." he ate them like he hadn't had anything to eat in a month, but he has done this before. the real test is the second try.....amazingly the same thing. third try...and this is what he looked like...





he couldn't get enough. and to top that off, he ate spaghetti for dinner. we have tried several times to no avail. now i will stop with troy before i jinx myself.

on to caleb...the kid hates to clean, doesn't see the need nor does he care that he can't find the floor in his bedroom (yes, it gets that bad). he has taken up to 3 days for him to clean his room, no tv, no computer, only food and water. and yes he was in there the entire time....anyway, earlier today he came to me and said "mommy, i want to vaccum the floor." first of all, he hates the vaccum (it hurts his ears) and secondly (see above explanation). i was on the phone with brandon and i told him what caleb said. then brandon said "maybe he is trying to earn more minutes to play the xbox?" surprisingly, NO, he just wanted "the floor to be smooth". so here he is in action....



he went down the hall and everything. what???? is this really my child????

are these MY children? this is a good thing but will it last? i'll have to wait and see.....

11 comments:

Katie and Josh Johnson said...

It's so great when they suprise you like that!

Brooke said...

i can't wait until you guys get here!

Melodie said...

When are you guys getting here I can't wait to see these funny boys.

Charity said...

Mmmm Black Beans. I love them, but they don't love me. My kids will ask to help out sometimes too. Auburn asks to help with the dishes, but she mysteriously dissappear before too long.

Summer said...

hey mel..we will be there on wednesday!! can't wait to see everyone...

Bethany M said...

I hope the happiness continues!! :)

Anonymous said...

Riley loves to vaccum...dont' know who he gets it from...lol....maybe this good luck will continue..love you....

Chad~Nicole said...

That black bean picture is funny. Does Caleb want to do my floors next?

amanda said...

Alabama=Bugs.
Anyway, I wish my kid would like to smooth out the carpet. Oh, he does, but by sliding. Regardless of who might be standing on that carpet. Jacob is 9 weeks, (and everything finaaly went normal during this pregnancy)since you asked. Sam starts school this year. Can't wait (most days). It's a good thing that Cooper isn't three. I would be very tempted to send him to preschool.

Tressa said...

Funny! I love it when they do something good out of nowhere.

Cathy said...

you have the darn cutest boys. your stories are so funny too. I will definately be posting all the time instead of stalking you!
oh, and i LOVE playing volleyball with you and Brandon. I laugh so darn hard with you guys, almost tinkling in my pannies!