Eating and Drinking

Sometimes Blythe acts like she's going to the store. She'll take her baby in her stroller and walk around the house and say she's going to get "Cheetos, cookies, and beer for Daddy". When I ask her what she's going to get for Mommy, she'll say "I'm gonna get wine for Mommy". Makes us sound like a bunch of alcoholics! Daddy drinks usually one beer each day when he gets home from work and me, maybe 1-2 glasses of wine a week. Today in Blythe's log at day care they wrote, "Blythe had a great day today...blah, blah, blah....she likes to talk about what Mommy and Daddy drink at home". Awesome.

One thing I do think I'm doing a pretty good job on is getting Ethan to eat anything. When Blythe was his age, we didn't know the difference between choking and gagging. So anytime she gagged on a food she didn't really like, we'd jump up, try to pull her from her high chair, and then realize she was fine. But we were so worked up about it, it was like "we're never giving that to her again!". So it's no wonder she's the pickiest eater on the planet. With Ethan, anytime he starts gagging, I just say, "No, no, no...don't give me that...you eat that". And presto, he's stops gagging and eats it. If only I knew when Blythe was a baby that that would work. Tonight Ethan tried cottage cheese for the first time. It's definitely a completely different taste than cereal, fruits, and veggies, so I knew he would gag. By the end he was liking it pretty well though.

Last night our neighborhood had a Halloween carnival. Considering we are such a small neighborhood, it was really a good party. There were all kinds of games for the kids, a haunted trail, and a showing of "It's a great pumpkin, Charlie Brown". Fortunately they did an "age 4 and under" haunted trail first (with no people that jump out at you). When Blythe was coming out of the trail, one of the neighbors was getting ready and had her mask on and Blythe freaked out and cried. That was the first time she's ever been afraid of a mask or Halloween thing. Usually everything is "cute". Blythe did win the "guess how many candy corn" game. It's a good thing Mom added 400 to her guess of "5". We were the closest, even though there were actually 710. Here she is with her prize:

And it looks like Princess Leia and the flower tied on the Halloween costume vote. I really love the Princess Leia costume, but she was actually that last year so not sure that we'll do that one this year. She'll dress up twice on Halloween, once at day care, and once for trick or treating. I think we'll go with flower and monkey, but it'll really be up to whatever she wants to wear. Hopefully it'll warm up here...tomorrow is supposed to be high of 40 and maybe a few snow flurries...yuck!