Parenting Lesson Learned

Tonight I learned that this is what happens when you give an almost 2 year old the bag of cereal while you run to the bathroom:

(He actually was standing in the mess holding the empty bag waiting for my reaction.) He started eating the cereal when I went to get the camera and broom.

Asking an almost 2 year old to clean up his mess only seems to make matters worse:

Once he saw what I was doing with the hand broom and dust pan, he took the dust pan that goes with the big broom and tried to get the cereal in the dust pan. He didn't get the idea of using the broom and ended up pushing the cereal until he got bright and picked up the cereal with his hands and put it in the dust pan. I was impressed...then he started walking with the dust pan to the garbage and most of the cereal that he had put in the dust pan had fallen out before he made it to the garbage!

I honestly was more concerned with the cleanliness of his hands (he's been wiping his nose with the back of his hand today) entering the bag of cereal that it didn't even dawn on me that he'd dump out the cereal! And Oh's are a favorite of mine!

Quality Time

Following my nap yesterday, I came down to the basement and this is what I found:

2 sick boys napping

Panty Man

Gerrit was upstairs with Adam on this particular day and I was in the basement. Gerrit made his way down to the basement and stood in front of me smiling and looking like this:

I couldn't resist and had to take a picture. It irritates Adam and I just laugh. Later I asked Adam if he helped him with this look and of course he said no. Gerrit did it all his own and frequently has this look, especially in the morning when we are getting ready for the day.

Adam fears Gerrit will become a wrestler and his wrestling name will be 'Panty Man'. He will be known for entering the ring with panties around his neck!

Sparty Sighting

Last night we were watching MSU women vs Duke in the women's tournament when Gerrit looked at the TV and said "party" (translation: Sparty). He pointed to the corner of the TV where Sparty was dancing because the girls beat Duke! Can you say he bleeds green and white?


PS - when I figure out how to get my pics from the new camera to the computer, I'll post some! (on the to do list this weekend....stay tuned.)

Pathetic Parenting

Tonight after dinner it was obvious Gerrit needed his diaper changed (if you know what I mean). Adam had wanted to take a nap so I said fine, but he had to change the diaper first. Then I mentioned wanting to see Slumdog Millionaire at the Theater across the street tonight. He didn't really want to see it and quickly said I could go if I changed the diaper! So, I did diaper duty, Adam is taking his nap and I will be leaving shortly to see the movie....hopefully Gerrit doesn't feel that is parents use him to barter with each other! :)

A Poor Girl's Dream

We were pretty excited that MSU drew MN for the 1st 2 rounds of the tourney. It has always been a dream of mine to go to the big dance so we immediately looked into getting tickets and our bubble was burst when tickets were a minimum of $100. With the games being in the Metrodome, we knew the seats would be bad so we decided not to get tickets and just watch the games from the comforts of home.

That didn't stop us from seeing the Spartans. Another dream of mine was to see a Spartan practice and that dream came true when we went to the open practice sessions tonight (which was free!). Luckily Adam had a meeting canceled so we were able to go as a family and it was worth the 40 min. session. We had great seats and happened to be next to the hallway they Spartans came out from. I hi fived Sutan and Grey, just to name a few, while I tried taking a few pictures. Gerrit did OK as long as he had his popcorn. The Spartans ended with 2 minutes of slam dunks! Man can those boys jump! I won't bore you and go into details about the practice session, I'll just say, Dad you missed out! Following the session we stopped by the souvenir stand and picked up a basketball for Gerrit. (We are suckers but it was cheaper than buying tickets!)

Here is a snapshot from our evening....(click on the pictures to enlarge)


The evening ended with dinner at Punch...what a great night! The only way it would've been a better night is if I gotten my new camera.

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