Kassie 2 days

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I don't care what he calls it!

Vegetables are an interesting thing in our house. Ben only likes a few of them and they don't coincide well with what the kids like. I tend to like more of a variety than anyone else, but end up serving something that will hopefully please the majority. Tonight I was preparing everyone's dinner plates and bracing myself for the battle with Timothy over how much he would have to eat. So I was pleasantly surprised (ok, amazed!) when Timothy ate all his vegetables FIRST and then said "More peas please!" I happily served him more vegetables while Ben looked at me quizzically. I was not about to disrupt a child's voluntary eating of vegetables to tell him that he was actually eating:

because we all know Timothy doesn't like corn!

Vegetable Soup Treasure Hunt

Timothy has never liked soup, so I assumed that soup must not be a "kid-friendly food" and didn't think much about it. Well Kassie has shown me the error of my ways! She LOVES soup and always eats a good bit of mine when I have it. So the other day I decided to give them vegetable soup for lunch. Kassie dug right in and was happy as can be. Timothy looked at it, wrinkled his nose and announced "I don't like corn!" I said, "Fine, don't eat the corn." He continued to examine his soup and suddenly perked up "I DO like peas!" So he ate all the peas. He then picked up a piece of celery and asked me what it was. When I told him it was celery, he asked "Do I like celery?" After I told him that yes, he did like celery (how was I supposed to know if he liked it or not? :), he ate all the celery. Lunch continued on like that with him eating his soup piece by piece and finally declaring that he did not like the "soup" (aka: broth). Fine with me, he ate all the vegetables...except of course the corn!

Ingenious and Incredibly Sweet

While the kids ate lunch today I was trying to get dinner ready to go into the crock-pot. It was fast approaching nap time and Kassie had had quite enough of sitting in her high chair. I told her she would have to wait until I was done and she really should eat her apple slice anyway. Timothy, in a moment of brotherly love, asked "Kassie, you need your apple cut?" To which she replied "Yeah!" After a quick glance at the table to make sure I hadn't accidentally left a knife out (I hadn't), I watched to see how this was going to happen. My way-too-smart-for-MY-own-good boy took Kassie's apple and proceeded to use his Club cracker as a knife! And guess what? IT WORKED! He was actually able to saw off a couple of chunks of apple and hand them to his very appreciative sister. MacGyver doesn't have anything on Timmy!

Happy Boy!

Timothy started asking for a bike a year ago, when he saw some of his friends riding around. We put him off, thinking 2 was just too young, and said "When you're 3". Well, this poor kid's birthday is in October. The END of October. Given the size of our apartment, it just didn't make sense to buy a bike that he wouldn't even get to ride for 6 months. So again, he was put off. This year, as soon as the neighborhood bikes made an appearance, all we heard was "NOW, can I get a bike?" Off we went to the store to look for bikes that would fit our (still rather small) 3 1/2 year old and this was what we came home with. He loves it and is really getting the hang of starting and stopping on command. Unfortunately, it snowed (twice!) the week after we got it and he hasn't been able to practice lately. Looks like another Timmy milestone has been reached...where does the time go

We eat this?!

I just finished teaching Timothy's preschool about plants and gardens and things that grow. One of the experiments I came across was to put popcorn kernels in a plastic bag with some dirt and a little water and then tape them to a sunny window. The idea was to be able to watch the root system develop. I don't know if we left them up there too long or what, but this is what we ended up with after 2 weeks. Now remember, these are just regular popcorn kernels, straight from the Orville Redenbacher bag...I don't know what the kids expected, but I was amazed!

18 Month Old Princess

My name is Kassie and I'm 18 months old (at least I was when this was taken, Mom's slow!). Here are a few fun things about me:

Height: 29 inches
Weight: 18 lbs., 10 oz
Nicknames: Kass-a-frass, Frassin' Rose, Kass, Kassie Rose
Favorite Things: Timothy!, "blanks", books
Least Favorite Things: vegetables, being told no

Mommy got this dress as a present when I was born (thanks, Sarah!) and knew right away I would wear it to my first day of nursery...and I did! I love being pretty and will twirl so you can see me being pretty. I can melt Daddy's heart with one kiss or smile and have the whole world wrapped around my finger.


No doubt who I belong to...I look just like my mom!

Love you!