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February 3 2010|
While I know that Max and Jack have very different personalities,
I have a hard time articulating exactly how they differ.
(Wouldn't it be great if my much-more-observant other half would grace us with his presence on sirmaxalot?)
Here's a story to illustrate one difference: I was sickish on Monday and spent as much of the day as possible lying in bed.
Jack came into the bedroom and asked me if he could have something to eat ("I won nak Mama"),
and I said no for whatever reason.
Now if this were two year old Max, or four year old Max (or even, I would guess, < 13 year old Max),
there would have been whining and possibly a fit.
The whining would have alternated with cajoling
("I have a great idea Mama! Since I stopped whining, I get a snack!") until the next meal or snack time
(assuming some sort of consequence didn't intervene).
Now in this case, my sweet Jackie did do some whining of his own,
but his displeasure was expressed as he walked out of the bedroom. Easy right? Not so fast.
A few moments later Jack came back and shut the door to my room, immediately walking away again.
I thought that was odd, but it took me a few minutes to gather the "oomph" to get out of bed.
When I did finally emerge, I found Jack at the kitchen table with a plate and huge box of Goldfish, trying to pour himself a nice
little snack of tasty crackers.
So devious! He closed the door so I wouldn't hear him! And so smart!
Max would never ever do this. He will moan and groan about any 'no',
but he won't go against it (except in that really irritating not-quite-breaking-the-rule-but-getting-really-close sort of way).
It would never occur to Max to take something out of the cupboard without asking first, and certainly not after being told no.
Although we may have to start worrying about his little brother being a bad influence!
A really cute bad influence at least.
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on Wed 03rd Feb, 2010 05:14 pm CST Jenn said:
That's so funny because Jonah and Calvin are also like that!
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on Thu 04th Feb, 2010 07:41 pm CST Mom said:
From the beginning,Jack's disposition has reminded me of you as a little one. He's going to give you a run for your money!
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on Sun 07th Feb, 2010 04:35 am CST grandma Atilana said:
This too shall pass )-: good luck (-: Love to all.....grandma Atilana
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on Mon 08th Feb, 2010 11:17 am CST grandpa keith said:
Thank goodness Jack had not set his heart on oatmeal!! So thoughtful closing the door, so he wouldn't bother sick Mommy with the details of his initiative......yes, a run for your money!!
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January 31 2010|
Grandpa Keith, Max wrote this letter to you.
It was his idea, I just told him how to spell everything.
(He often draws pictures for people, but they don't often make it to the mail.)
Sean is weird.
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on Sun 31st Jan, 2010 02:45 pm CST lani said:
sooo cute! Max's letter looks alot like Sean's style at that age. I'll try to dig one up. Long day in the south. tomorrow to the north. at the cemetary. loveyous
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on Sun 31st Jan, 2010 10:17 pm CST grandpa keith said:
Yes, MAX, I have more Lungren Berry jelly in a very safe, secure place.....I will send more out tomorrow....the canes are already sending out leaves for next years crop....you may have to come out to help me pick, and bring Jack and Adie and any adult people hanging around your place. Telll me about the 3 bearded ones!!!
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January 29 2010|
It's kind of funny that we had to pay a "pet deposit" to rent this house...
Jack's been sick and let me just say that the variety of things that we've had to scrub off of the carpet
vastly outweighs any potential damage Puppy Love could do.
Adi is five months old! So crazy!
We finally pulled out our baby playmat, and she is learning to reach for the buggie.
We tried some rice cereal tonight, probably her one and only taste.
I think Max only had baby cereal once, and Jack never had any.
(Not a big philosophical objection, I just don't think it's necessary.
In general I am skeptical about the necessity of giving babies/kids fortified stuff.
They say breast-fed babies *need* the iron from cereal - so from the beginning of time,
babies have been iron-deficient??)
Can someone tell me why I can't just mush up some regular brown rice and give it to her, strongly diluted?
Even though the box says it's healthy and organic and all that, it sure doesn't look or smell like real rice.
If we're not going to do fortified cereal anyway, then regular rice won't hurt will it?? In any case,
Adi wasn't too interested in eating - although she did like the post-meal beat box serenade.
We also put together the exersaucer tonight. Adi can't really do anything with it yet, other than sit.
The boys were pretty impressed though.
Exersaucer + brothers= impending ADHD?
Sean has to go back to work on Monday. Boo!
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on Sat 30th Jan, 2010 04:19 am CST grandma Atilana said:
Adi is 5 months already???? Such beautiful facial expressions. Sorry to know jack is sick. Hugs to all of you. Love always, Grandma Atilana
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on Sat 30th Jan, 2010 11:26 am CST gretchen said:
that iron stuff kills me. babies should have stores of iron to last them until they are 6-9 months old. then they supposedly need to start getting iron from other sources - this is actually more true for formula fed than breast fed kiddos because while there is less iron in breast milk compared to formula, it is is much, much more absorbable. i constantly struggle with the iron thing too...so many messages saying they need fortified cereals but exactly as you say, we wouldn't exist today if babies were iron deficient from the dawn of time.
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on Sat 30th Jan, 2010 09:39 pm CST Sean said:
I iron Adi's clothes every day so she's good
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January 26 2010|
We're trying to make our unpacking theme be "ruthless". As in, ruthlessly get rid of things we don't need.
But it's haaaard!
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on Thu 28th Jan, 2010 10:05 am CST Sean said:
Oh I wish I was back in ol' CanadaA land that I never shall lampoonHow I pine for the ice covered lake ManitobaAnd the beauty that is Saskatoon
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