Kimber's Navy Family

Today as I was scraping ANOTHER plate of food into the trash can, I thought, "Why do I even make the toddlers plates of food?" So here we go! 10 reasons why I make our toddlers plates of food: 1. I worry that they have run out of things to throw and like to supply them with materials. 2. We like to "pretend" lunch. Oh, look, here is a plate of food for you to pretend to eat! Wasn't that fun? 3. It is a habit and old habits die hard. For some reason, I just can't stop setting out a plate for each of them that I then put food on. 4. I enjoy doing dishes. 5. I enjoy scrubbing mashed sweet potatoes out of the cracks of the high chairs. 6. I enjoy the after breakfast bath to get syrup from the "pancake hats" out of their hair. 7. The dog is hungry and the only way for him to eat is bite by bite from our toddlers' spoons. 8. I've run out of things to argue with them over and I like hearing myself tell them to "just try a...

 Granny trying to wrangle the great-grandchildren. Maryland March 2012 "Life is what happens to you while your busy making other plans." -John Lennon  After the husband and the Navy and the baby and then the cat and then the twins and finally the dog came along, my plans became fluid. When it was just W and I, we would make reservations for dinner, only to cancel them because of a fast cruise. Then the baby came along and nap times started becoming the decision maker in our house ("I can meet you after two..."). Then I needed to find someone to watch the cat so that we could go on vacation. The twins, yes, that really adjusted our schedule. Nap times didn't just decide when we would do things, but became a huge fixation in our house ("Did they take their morning nap?" actually means "Will they take their afternoon nap? Will we sleep tonight?"). And finally the dog. Having never been a dog owner-- not counting the cocker spani...