Joe bought me a macaroni and cheese cookbook for Christmas (pretty sure that was a strong hint). Today, we tried out a macaroni cheese shepherd's pie recipe. Joe loved it. I thought it was just ok. I wasn't a fan of the cream sauce for the macaroni and cheese. A bonus though was that it enabled us to sneak veggies to Mac.
The other night we had breakfast wraps and Nora discovered a deep love of playing with the bag that holds the tortillas. She sat on the counter while we got dinner together. Mac also joined to read her a story on the counter. We are trying to work on Nora eating non-pureed foods and it is not going very well for us. She just can't do it without choking noises. The food will literally be at the front of her mouth and she is doing choking noises. Not really sure what to do....
That same night we made breakfast wraps, Joe and Mac headed to soccer. I stayed behind with the cranky girl. I got her in the sleeping position and gave her a bottle with a blanket over her head then BAM. She was passed out during her bottle. I always feel successful when this happens. Please note that this was NOT the case tonight. Tonight, Joe couldn't get her asleep upstairs in her bedroom so he just stuck her in her crib awake and she put herself to sleep. She does a good job doing that!
Yesterday, Mac brought down the giant pile of dirty laundry that was in our room. It was seriously huge. I have no idea why I let it get so big. I should probably be embarrassed. Anyway, so Mac brought down the giant pile and sorted it and loaded the wash and started the wash. Slave labor at its finest! Because he did that, we gave him a giant pile of coins to put in his moose bank. He wants to buy an "ipad" with his coins. He thinks that any technology is an ipad. We have already bought him a leapfrog for his birthday.
Mac was really good today (he is sleeping through the night and taking naps again, thank you Melatonin). Joe promised him that we would go to the bookstore if he was good so the Cash family went to the bookstore after dinner. He played with the train table. I got some books. I picked out a book for his birthday. Nora watched him play. Joe did what Joe does (aka he went off to try to find superhero comics for Mac's birthday party but was not successful). Mac picked out a Jake and the Neverland Pirates book/toy set thing. Generally we have a giant battle with him when it is time to leave but not this time. He picked out his book and then informed us that it was time to go home. My mind was blown! No tantrum!
Today has been a good day!
