A quick post

Here are updated pictures of the boys in the only setting in which it seems I am ever able to capture them sitting semi-still--the bathtub! A couple of weeks ago Julian lost his other top front tooth, so he's got that fun snaggle-tooth look going on. His hair is coming along nicely on the grow-out plan too. He is doing great in school this year and making us even prouder than usual! His last progress report was so good revealing that he is ahead of grade level finally on reading and math! And even though he complains about the daily reading for Book-It, he does enjoy his free pizzas from Pizza Hut and it's helping him to improve his reading speed and skills.

Kieran is evermore a picky eater and it seems to worsen with each new day instead of improving. We are standing our ground and telling him he gets what he gets and if he doesn't eat it, maybe he will be hungry for the next meal. He is still a very lovey boy and very attached to mama. His nanny has taught him most of the letters of the alphabet and now they are working on learning about the days of the week and the calendar.

I realized the other day that my kids, like many other kids, REALLY enjoy eating foods that are special shapes. Being offered a sandwich that has been cut into a shape increases the likelihood that Kieran will even eat it. This thought, combined with the recent recollection of the Goldfish commercial where the family is driving through the car wash and the little girl is swimming her Golfish-shaped bread around the car made me think, "Why don't I cut some buns out with our big cookie cutters for sandwiches for the boys?" I've been just using large round cutters to make our buns, but why not other shapes too? So I did it. Here they are baking.

Here are the finished buns on the cooling rack. Both boys ate peanut butter and jelly sandwiches the day after I made these buns and they were pretty excited about it. I think I need to be on the lookout for some new giant cookie cutters so I can make more new shapes in the future!