Budding Chef

Last weekend me and sean made the ginger bread house. This was our first real prject together and I didnt have my hopes up...sean always wants to help me with whatever I'm doing in the kitchen these days... so i thought this might be fun project to do...I assembled the shell of the house and put all the icing to cement his decorations. Initially he was trying to sneak a candy or two but soon he was engrossed in the decorating..i was very impressed...i did help him with the smaller candy..but its truly his work...here are the pictures of the iron chef in the making with his master piece...

Finger foods...Mmm..Mmm Good

Today evening I gave Rhea her first biter biscuit. Sean was not fond of these at the same age maybe because he didnt have any teeth...but Rhea already is the proud owner 2 pearly whites and she is always gnawing at everything she can get her hands on. So I figured she is ready for some biter treat...and Boy was i right...she was holding to it tight and going at it like it was crack..I'm convinced it is baby crack alright!!..and she sure is addicted. I had to finally almost steal it away from her after she downed almost three fourths of it...just because it is close to dinner time and so that she won't lose all her appetite. Hopefully we can force her to have some dinner tonight....I'll wait another hour to start that battle...

Here are some pictures...


Mom, You caught me!!

Mmmm...Mmm....this is sooo good.

Now lets see how much more I have..

The end result

She has also been getting sneak previews of other foods like tid bits of pasta, eggs etc during dinner time thanks to dada,mamma and cheta..

These are a few of my favorite things!

Yesterday on our way back home, I asked Sean what he had for lunch and he said 'Chocolate'. I knew he didn’t remember coz I'm sure he must have hardly ate any lunch. I had checked the lunch menu on our way out and knew it was 'Fish Sticks and tater tots'. Not one of his favs …

Anyways as we drove home I asked him,

Sean, what is your favorite food? and he said Chicken Nuggets!

Me: What else?
Suddenly he got very excited and said,
Sean: Chocolate!!
Me: What else?
Sean: Pink lemonade! and after a pause he shouted COKE!!

In my mind i kept thinking ...he loves all the junk food ...just like his mama :)

After a few moments he shouted Green Coke.

Me(puzzled: Green Coke?

Sean: Yeah! We have it at home...

I'm pretty sure he was referring to the ginger ale...maybe thats slightly better than coke i thought…with the ginger and all..it must be good for your tummy right?

Anyways as i was smiling at all his fav foods the scene from the movie ‘The Sound of Music’ came to mind when Julie Andrews asks the kids what their favorite things were and then breaks into the song 'Rain drops on roses and whiskers on kitten...these are a few of my favorite things!!'

I wish I could compose a song the same way with Sean’s list of favorite things...he would have enjoyed it so much! He loves music !!

Speaking of music...he is so in love with 'Little Einstein’s' now ...I like them too partly because they have lot of classical music in their shows and their theme song is catchy and I hum it all the time. We didn’t know the words till couple of days ago so I went online and found it and printed it for him and even though he cannot read he treasured that paper like it was his bible and kept asking me to sing it for him all the time. Its amazing that after just 1 day he picked up the lyrics and he knows the song all too well now.I need to record it soon...its verys ute to haer him sing- he's so proud of himself :)

So these days on our way home we sing the Little Einstein song and the he'll say,
Mama, sing the jingle bells song with me mama...

I love the way he asks me...so we both break into 'Jingle bells...Jingle Bells!!!'
Soon after he'll say lets sing the 'Nose song' .

The first time I didn’t have a clue but soon I knew...he wanted me to sing 'Rudolf the red nosed reindeer'...

I love our drive back home these days...i cant wait for Rhea to join us soon...I can tell she takes after her cheta...whenever a song comes on tv she goes very quiet and is glued to it...at the end of it she'll have a big smile on her face :)

Rhea is 9 months old!

Rhea is 9 months today. She had her 9 month appointment today. Here are the stats,

Height: 27 inches (50th percentile)
Weight: 19 lb 7 oz (70th percentile)
Head Circumference: Hmm..i dont remember ...but she is right on target and thats all that matters right!