Friday, October 2, 2009

Builder Buddies



My family got to spend a wonderful afternoon picking apples with the (very pregnant) Red and her children last week. Like B-Mama, this is one of my favorite activities, and it is great fun to share it with good friends. The funniest part was these two little guys, born three weeks apart, both of whom toddled through the orchard without complaint and happily munched on apples.

I suspect that they were having a (non-verbal) man-to-man chat -- Leo attempted to prepare his friend for being "not quiet the baby." It is not so bad -- once mom is distracted with nursing, you can sneak into the pantry and eat brown sugar to your heart's content. Also, since the first bite of the apple is the best, just eat that, and put it back in the bowl. She won't catch on for a few days. You can demand juice at all times. Once there is another baby in the house, she will give you anything just to get you to be quiet for a few minutes. The best part, though, is that if you hug and kiss the baby they will think you are the cutest thing going. This is a much better way to get their attention than hitting, which will wind you right back in your crib alone. If you can, try to have the baby's name be one of your first words, or better yet, garble the name, and the little one will be saddled with that nickname for life. Most of all, don't worry about a thing: when it comes to family, the love only gets bigger and better.
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6 comments:

Kat said...

Oh my, they are the cutest little guys, I love it :) Thanks for sharing, and for the beautiful thoughts about family life...Encouraging and uplifting, as always.

AWOL Mommy said...

That is a lot of blond curl and apple drool for one orchard. Just think if they figured out how delicious the stolen brown sugar could be on those bites of apple from the fruit bowl. Toddler culinary awareness.

Right Said Red said...

Love those toddler tips ;-)

My favorite part of our trip was watching these two guys do the same things. They are both adorable!

I hope my little guy adjusts as well as yours would to the new baby...we shall see.

kathy said...

Love the advice! Seems sound to me...

Juris Mater said...

What a sweet post, MaryAlice. I especially love the ending!

Two adorable older brother toddlers there.

texas mommy said...

So sweet! But I do have to say the boys are dressed like they are going on a polar expedition! We were swimming a few days ago! Wish our baby J could join in the blonde haired boy fun!