Corn Dracula

So I posted that we were all headed for some ice cream after the kids woke up. Not so much. Kailin declared that she wanted to go to the park. I told her we were planning to go for ice cream, but she was adamant about the park. I told her she could go to the park, but then there would be no ice cream (and I have a horrible admission to make here - I slanted the decision entirely toward the ice cream which is much to my horror. Instead of being ecstatic that I have a kid who would rather do something active than go for ice cream, I push her toward something entirely unhealthy. When is my Mom of the Year Award going to arrive??). She was fine with that. In the end, my wonderful husband ended up taking both kids to the park while I slept off my headache. I need to remember that one the next time I'm annoyed that he didn't clean up the dishes or remember to put jammies in the diaper bag for the kids. They showed up in time to make dinner and I learned that they had a fabulous time (Colby tried charcoal and sand - turns out neither is particularly appetizing....).

Last night we had what I'd like to call the "All American Supper". (Yes, I shamelessly ripped Denny's off there. If our family ate faster I'd have gone whole hog and called it a Slam.) We had hamburgers (on the grill), baked beans, cucumber salad (a summer favorite of mine) and corn on the cob. YUM!!!!!!!!!!!!

I gave Kailin her half cob and Colby was all over it. Pointing, shrieking...the whole 9 yards. I figured I'd let him give it a try and see what happened. To say that Colby loves corn on the cob would be the understatement of the century. The boy was all over it. He snarfed down his first half cob and then bellowed loudly anytime anyone else at the table had any. We gave him a second half cob and he shrieked something terrible when Steve took the EMPTY cob away from him. We've deemed him "Corn Dracula". Anytime Steve approached his chair with the corn, he would open his mouth like a little bird and then lunge forward for the corn before Steve could even get it anywhere near his mouth. It was hysterical to watch! If you visit us this summer, request that corn on the cob be on the menu. The dinner theater is worth having to pick your teeth for an hour afterwards!

Meanwhile....anytime you take a picture of Colby, Kailin will chime in.... "picture me!!" I was trying to "picture her" last night at dinner and all she would do is give me this cheesy grin showing ALL of her teeth. I tried to tell her to smile "regular" which then got me the non smile. Finally, in desperation, I made her laugh in hopes that I could get a "real smile." Third try's a charm, I guess!!