Martin, green beans, directions

I'm going to replay the tape of part of our family's conversation at dinner tonight.

Caden: "We sang a song about Martin today."
Mom: "You sang about Martin Luther King?"
Caden: "yeah!"
Dad: "Who is Martin Luther King?"
Caden: "a king"
Mom: "No, he wasn't a king. King is his last name, like Livesay is our last name. Do you know anything about Martin Luther King?"
Caden: "No, I forgot."
Dad: "Is he white?"
Caden: "No, he's brown."
{insert some chuckles from mom and dad}
Mom: "Well, actually he's an African-American, Do you know what Martin Luther King did?"
Caden: "died." (totally deadpan serious; sorry for the pun there!)
{insert a few more chuckles from mom and dad}
Dad: "That's right, but do you know why he's famous? Why is he special?"
Caden: "I don't know. The song didn't talk about that. And actually, Mrs. Kirtley hasn't said anything about him yet."

OK, then. End of that particular conversation. If Mrs. Kirtley hasn't talked about it, then it mustn't be so.
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We had steamed green beans for dinner. They were yummy. Caden certainly thought so. He scarfed through his dinner, just so he could get seconds on green beans. As his mom, I love that he loves his veggies so much, but as a former child (and sometimes current adult) veggie hater, I also think it's kind of weird.
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After dinner, Caden got out a police car that was a Christmas gift yet to be taken from the box and used his child safety scissors to destroy the box and retrieve the car. As he freed the car, he immediately tossed me the folded up package of directions and said, "I don't need those. They're just the instructions."  Doug leans over to me with a huge grin and obvious pride in his voice and says, "He's getting to be a man. Look at my boy, throwing away the directions already! Way to go, buddy!"  Insert my eye roll and suppressed giggle, already recognizing how true that is. Caden has already learned so much about what it means to be a "man".

divo

Caden didn't use to like the camera much at all, but now whenever we have it out all we were hear is, "Take me a picture!" Which cracks us up! And all we see is a mostly goofy, sometimes cute, sometimes very sweet little guy! Which cracks us up too! But, we oblige with his penchant for hamming it up, nonetheless, because those green eyes and smile are just too much! All this posing and goofing had Doug calling Caden a "divo" tonight!

 

12 in 12 {2011} update #1

1. got off track, but am catching up and getting back on track
2. haven't made my list of topics with verses to match, but hope to this week.
3. posted twice this week, maybe not the best since there were no pictures, but it's something
4. yes! treadmill walked at least 45 minutes 3 times this week and did a 70 minute Zumba class
5. about halfway through my first January book, The Echo from Dealey Plaza; interesting, especially for a JFK Assassination buff and have  stack of books on my nightstand to get me through March, maybe April if I only get 2 read per month
6. haven't tried any new ones yet
7. we kept our house clean this week and it was so nice not having to spend the weekend doing a marathon cleaning session!!!  we'll be sticking to this chore chart we made!
8. no progress
9. no photos taken this week :(
10. bought the materials for my first craft! excited and a little nervous to start, but am hoping to get started this week
11. haven't had a good idea for this yet
12. asked my friend Melissa to join me for the Emma Creek Classic in April; baby steps on this one

long, hard week

Last week was a long, hard week. Hard to get up early, especially when I didn't sleep well or at all some nights. Hard to get back into the routine of work and school after Christmas Break. Hard to get back into the routine of chores. Hard to get a certain little person out of bed every morning.

But there were some bright spots in the week: trying my first Zumba class; spontaneous Friday night with friends; a super sweet and affectionate little man; and sticking to or making progress towards many of my 12 for 12 {2011} (update coming soon); a mostly positive progress report for Caden.

Hoping for an easier week coming up, starting with a yummy beef stew dinner that is smelling delicious in the crock pot right now and a prayer for the forecasted snow to skip over us.