Posts Tagged "The Boy"
When you’re only three feet tall…
Rain is going through a phase where he says he doesn’t love Aaron – mostly for being too hairy. We know it’s not true of course but sometimes it still hurts Aaron’s feelings. The other day after I said “I love dad” Rain got competitive “No, I love dad!” I thought, “Here’s an opportunity to make Aaron feel good by stoking the competition a bit.” So we argued back and forth about who loved dad and then I said “prove it!” Rain, of course, says “you prove it.” I got up and went over to where Aaron was doing dishes and hugged his back. Rain ran over, squeezed between us and kissed Aaron and shouted “There! I proved it dad – I kissed your...
Read MoreThe Bee Movie
Sometimes I use really big words when I talk to my three year old. Sometimes I can be a little long-winded for a preschooler. The Bee Movie made a huge impression on Rain. He thinks his striped pj’s are a pollen jock suit. One of the villians is Ken, Vanessa’s boyfriend and Barry the Bee’s rival. He is one angry fella and there’s a scene where he tries to flush Barry down the toilet. Rain was terrorized by this, screaming, shaking, crying. Yikes. After that, whenever we watched the movie, we had to skip every single scene with Ken, even the tamer ones. My mom explained to Rain that the reason Ken didn’t like bees was because he was allergic. This was true and I told her “that would have be a lot easier than what I told Rain.” Mom: Why? What did you tell him? Me: Uh. I said that Ken was really selfish and all he ever did was think about himself and as a result he had no friends and that made him very lonely and angry. Too...
Read MoreAt bedtime…
Rain: Where’s dad? Me: He’s gone to a meeting. Rain: What kind of meeting? Me: It’s for Lush Valley. Rain: You mean the meeting about being nice to your kids? Me: Oh, does dad need to go to that meeting? Rain: Yes.
Read MorePotty Humour II
I was trying to get Rain to do something and he decided to take arguing to the next level: “Mom, that fart means NO!” I thought that was funny enough but then I posted it as my status on Facebook and my 80 year old grandpa (who uses FB!) commented “It’s good to see he’s already learning a second language!”
Read MoreJam Sweethearts
Rain started preschool in January and, much to my delight, was given a Scholastic book order form that dredged up fond memories from my school days. We sat down together and chose several books. One of the books was a cookbook for kids published by DK books, one of my favourite publishers. Rain has always liked to help in the kitchen and for his 3rd Birthday we got him an apron from Natural Pod. He also took a cooking class at the community centre in the fall where they made spaghetti & meatballs, apple crisp, salad with creamy dressing, banana muffins, witches finger cookies and other tasty treats. They were given the recipes at the end of the session and the meatballs are now part of our regular repertoire. Besides a delicious smoothie made from pineapple, coconut milk and ice cream, we also made these delicious cookies just in time for Valentine’s...
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