A boy and his food

Have you ever seen a kid who is a born eater? Meet my son :) The kid can eat. So the other night I was feeding him some (very appetizing) peas and rice cereal, and he was eating it vigorously and happily as usual:
He was happy until it was gone. Really, never mess with a kid who loves his food. The minute I stopped spooning food into his mouth this was the reaction:


I am constantly amazed at the different eating personalities my kids have. They are like polar opposites. Emma didn't care that much about food, whereas Ben doesn't want it to be gone :) Either way it does make our life interesting!

A budding tree hugger

Because Emma is 2, she is not known to listen too well the first time. This is often very evident as we walk from our front door to the car. She is greatly distracted by the many things around her on the walk to the car. Lately it's been the snow, but yesterday her interest changed.

There is a small tree between our house and the car and Emma has taken a particular liking to it. Yesterday I turned around to find her with her arms wrapped around the tree. I asked her what she was doing and she said "Mommy, I'm giving the tree a hug". I had to stifle my laughter. I brushed it off until today when we were getting ready to leave again. As soon as I opened the front door she yelled "Mommy! I need to go hug the tree!" At that point I grabbed my camera and followed her out. Sure enough I was able to snap this picture:

The love of a sibling...

Today Ben noticed Emma. I mean really noticed her. I was holding him in my lap and she was sitting next to me. He looked at her and she looked at him. She said "Hi Ben" and he smiled. He then reached out both hands and put them on her cheeks and let out a belly laugh. What a sweet moment. A first in our house, hopefully to be followed by many many more. For every day I get frustrated when the double team me, I will remember moments like these where I can see just why I wanted two kids, and imagine the wonderful relationship they'll have as they grow up!

The first post

Interesting title right? Here it is...my first blog post. I'm finding a moment in the busyness of life to sit down and create this blog and write on it. Emma is napping and Ben is happily jumping in his jumper. A brief break in the madness :)
I am amazed at how quickly these kids are growing up. Emma really soaks everything up like a sponge. The other night my husband went upstairs to soothe Ben, and Emma saw him walk past her room. She wanted his attention, and this is what I heard:
"Daddy" (silence)
"DADDDY" (more silence)
"Brian?" (silence again)
"HOOOOOONNNNN!!"

I guess I call my husband Hon too much, because that is what Emma has picked up on. She really is too funny.