Hello friends, it has been a while. Almost an entire month in fact and in that time, we moved, decorated for Christmas, surpassed the critical 32 week point of my pregnancy (!) and were without Internet access for almost three weeks. It has been busy and we are anything but settled into our new home, but have already had guests, are hosting family and friends for Christmas and are enjoying making our house a home.
I’m currently sitting at the island in my beautiful new kitchen listening to holiday music, avoiding my very lengthy To Do list and thinking back on a week of some pretty big milestones for Lucas:
Milestone #1 For the first time EVER, Lucas ate what we ate for dinner!
Before becoming a parent I always said I would never be a short order cook, serving up a separate meal for my child, but having such a picky eater that was not the case in the least bit and until last Tuesday, that’s just what we did.
Tuesday he enjoyed pesto pasta with chicken and broccoli.
This is huge!
No separate meal.
I know it won’t happen every night, but we are headed in the right (and way more convenient) direction.
Milestone #2 While out to dinner on Saturday evening, Lucas asked to use the men’s restroom (gulp), which led to me sending this tweet while I waited (and worries):
I don’t know what the appropriate age is to let your son use the restroom by himself, but I know that I won’t be doing it again unless it is a another single stall situation.
Milestone #3 There are very few things in my life that I have had to have. These shoes purchased long before Lucas was even born were one of those things.
I completely fell in love with this New Balance sneaker, size 12(!) decked out with Oscar the Grouch, complete with several pesky flies. On the bottom of the sole, it says: “Have a yucky day!”. Having grown up watching Sesame Street, I just had to get them!
We bought them while in Old Town Pasadena in the Spring of 2009 and never thought our little boy would ever be able to wear them.
At 4 1/2 years old, Lucas’s tiny feet grew and grew are finally big enough to wear them!
Be still my heart, my little boy is no longer so little.
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That is great that ate the same meal as you! YAY! I have a picky one too and she basically only eats carbs and fruit. *sigh*
And my boys started going to the bathroom by themselves around 6.
Aw, I love the shoes! My kids feet grow slowly, too, but my 4yo is in 10s still, I think. In fact, I think my 6yo wears 11s…
I can just imagine you waiting outside that restroom! I make the kids come with me, unless it’s a single stall and I can wait outside. But, that’s rare since there are usually several of us that need to go. 🙂
Yay for Christmas music in a new kitchen!!
Wow to all those milestones!
We have a picky eater in the family as well and he’s 12 now… sometimes I still cook something separate, but now he’s at the age where I’m gonna make it cook himself soon. So either way – it does end 🙂
If they have those Oscar New Balance in a size 9, they’re officially on my Christmas wish list!
If you’re tall enough to reach the urinal, you’re old enough to go solo in the men’s bathroom. The Christmas carols, though, should continue until age 10.
Yay for eating the same meal and fitting into those adorable shoes!!!
Glad you’re moved and well into your 3rd trimester. So happy for you. xo
the pic of those little shoes just made me weepy.
you’re an amazing mom, Tonya.
and i love that you’re not a short order cook. piper has some issues with textures of food, we think, and she won’t get near meat. she flat out refuses things. as per her team of therapists, i put one new food on her plate at every meal. at this point? if she tolerates it on her plate w/o throwing it or handing it back to me, it’s a victory. every once in a blue moon she will put something in her mouth or lick it.
it’s very slow going.
you give me hope.
xo
Oh hey! Eddie is a size 12 shoe too! And how CUTE are those shoes on him!!! The days when I make ONE meal and don’t have to bribe the kids to eat all the bites? I sort of feel like throwing confetti in the air.
32 weeks??? HOLY CATS!
OOH the bathroom thing is a toughie!
I could totally relate to so much of this. The bathroom thing is a big deal. My boy is almost 9 and I let him go in all by himself all the time now. I still silently cringe each time.
I have had the same thing happen with clothes I have put away – thinking they will “never grow into these.” And then they do. How does that happen?
Love those sneakers! They are so cute.
I hope he continues these good eating habits into the new year! No more McDonalds runs for that little dude! 🙂