Slowly going crazy

So this morning I had another one of those "I know why I am going crazy" moments. The other day I had bought some new cups for Alex just those cheap "take and toss" ones, to replace some of the ones that he had worn the lids out on. So this morning I made him some breakfast and had given him some "chocolate" milk (Carnation Instant Breakfast) in one of the new cups. I set it down in front of him and he came completely unglued. (Which shouldn't surprise me really Alex is completely obsessive when it comes to food.) So trying not to get mad I said "What is the matter?" and he picks up the cup and hands it to me and says "NOT PURPLE MILK!" Those of you who have had any interaction with Alex and food, know that when he sets his mind to something it's hard to change it. So counting to 10 in my head I said "It's not purple milk..." and thinking to myself "where did he get purple milk from..." I then said "It's chocolate milk" of course by this point Alex has built up a pretty good "freak out" so I sighed and took the lid off the cup and showed him: "See chocolate". He then says "Oh" and takes it from me and starts drinking. Honestly I don't know how I am going to have any shred of sanity left...

Here is another one of those jealous moments from Alex. He was insistent on sitting in Zach's stroller.

"His fingerprints are everywhere"

I was cleaning the kitchen yesterday and Shawn came in and got the camera and went back outside. I figured he was taking a picture of the cats because they are usually doing something crazy outside.

When I looked out the window I noticed he was pointing the camera over the fence so I had to go see what he was taking a picture of. This is what I saw...
It brought to mind the country song "I saw God today" by George Strait. Which if you haven't heard it is a really good song and worth a listen to: http://www.umgnashville.com/artist/releases/release.aspx?pid=1552&aid=8

Some times in our busy lives we need a reminder to stop and appreciate what Heavenly Father has given us.

How did this happen?!?!?

I swore I would never ever do this! I never did it when I was a child, Shawn says he never did it when he was a child! But I have started cutting the crusts of the bread for Alex. I don't know when or how it happened but he just stopped eating them. He got to the point that he would only take one bite of each square of bread because he doesn't want to get any crust. So I caved! Just by cutting that small piece off he will eat each piece he is given. So I guess for now, so he doesn't waist the entire piece of bread/sandwich, I will be a mom that cuts the crusts of the bread for her child.

Grandpa's Hat

We went up the canyon the other night with Grandma and Grandpa Anderson and while Zach was eating Shawn's dad put his hat on Zach and he loved it!

Later when Grandpa was holding him Zach was insistent on having Grandpa's hat on. Every time Grandpa tried to put his hat back on, Zach would grab it back from him. It was really cute, he absolutely loved that hat.

OH NO!

Yesterday morning Alex told me he wanted a juice pop* for breakfast. (*He calls Otter Pop's-juice pops because that's what they called the popsicles on one of the cartoon's he was watching one day and it has stuck with him ever since. He is so easily swayed by TV...but that is another blog!) Anyways I had forgotten to put more in the freezer the day before so I told him to eat his breakfast and I would go put some in the fridge so he could have some later. I ran downstairs to get some out of the box and before I even stepped into the basement I could see that something was wrong. The old carpet we had thrown down on the floor in Alex's "Playroom" looked wrong. My first thought was the cat's had peed on the carpet or something (which they never do so I don't know why I thought that.) So I carefully stepped around it and looked into the room further to realize that half of the room was soaked with water. I immediately called Shawn who was almost to work and he came home. We discovered that one of our sprinklers had broken! So we spent the day yesterday cleaning up and throwing away carpet. Thankfully it happened where it did because it was all Alex's toys that could be washed off and the only thing we lost was the old carpet!

Looking back at the situation I realized that I was prompted to go downstairs. I was in the middle of feeding Zach his breakfast and normally I would have just gone down later or would have forgotten until Alex asked for another juice pop. I don't know if I had gone down later if the carpet would have looked as wet or when the next time I would have gone into that room would have been.