Pukester Pete, a Little Pica, and Stickers All Around

Noah seems to be following in his brothers' footsteps. He likes to leave his mark everywhere we go with a some spit up.....um...barfs to put it more descriptively. His new nickname is Pukester Pete. He even does it when I don't notice. Maybe we should nick name him the ghost puker instead. Here's what I found the other day as I was getting into the car: I don't even know when he did that, but he definitely left his mark. The worst is when we are standing on a hard floor and we can hear it splatter as it hits the floor. GROSS!! I guess if I am trying to look at it positively, at least I will never get lost because I can just follow the barf splatters to find my way back home.

Matthew's bus drivers like to encourage good behavior on the bus. If Matthew has a great week he gets to pick a prize on Friday. This last Friday he picked some stickers. He was thoughtful enough to get enough stickers for all his brothers and sister to have one--even Noah. He came in through the door and Noah was the first one to get his sticker put on. Matthew put it on his hand. I left it on long enough for Matthew to see then took it off before Noah could suck it off his fist since he is an avid fist sucker.I guess I am not entertaining enough for Daniel. This morning he stopped talking to me and this is how I found him: I guess he was showing off his sweet contortionist moves. Thankfully, Noah didn't mind the loss of his foot space too much.

Today we had a picnic at the park. I must have not brought enough food for Sarah because she started eating the sand after her sandwich was gone. She was even more excited when she found a spoon because that meant it was easier to shovel the sand in her mouth. YUCK!! I am afraid she might be the kid who eats the glue/paste in school. At least I can say she definitely doesn't have a food texture problem. With her the more gritty it is, the better. A little pica, which is craving and eating of non nutritive things, never hurt anyone.....too much, anyway.Monkey see, monkey do. Sarah has seen her brothers ride their scooters all over and attempted to ride it when Daniel set his down. It did not end very well--she tipped over. However, I am sure she will keep trying because she is one determined little girl. She has also seen her brothers eating cereal for breakfast. When I am the one getting breakfast in the morning she gets a pop tart. However, the other morning I just couldn't get up because Noah was a stinker and kept me up a lot of the night so Josh got everyone breakfast that morning. That is how Sarah got cereal with milk. That was a fun mess to clean up! She was pretty happy about it, though.

Sarah is starting to recognize when she is dirty. The other day after filling her diaper she looked at me and pointed to her bum and said, "Poop." Oh I just can't face potty training right now....so I won't. Do kids have to be potty trained for kindergarten?--just joking. Anyway, she has found her happy place, though. If she turns up missing and she's not getting into mischief and I find her hiding behind her bedroom door, I know that a stinky diaper is lurking in my near future. Daniel loves his school shoes. He even keeps them under his pillow at night. Why? I have no idea, but at least he can find them whenever we need to go anywhere. I don't think that would make for a comfortable night's sleep, but who am I to say that? I am not the one who has to sleep on a very bumpy pillow. Maybe he wants to keep them close at hand because he did inform me the other day that they make him run faster. He even demonstrated his faster running ability for me. He is quite the comic relief in our family!