Thursday, January 24, 2008

Beets and a Big-Boy Bed

Every mother knows of the eternal struggle between children and veggies. Lately, much to my delight, Brandon has shown a liking for raw broccoli.

Tonight, he scarfed down FOUR (4) servings of a veggie disdained by every other member of the family....BEETS! Granted, they were topped with salt and butter, but hey, he's a skinny kid.

Finally, for his birthday, we bought him a big-boy bed, complete with drawers underneath and bedding from the movie, Cars. It's a little big for him now, as these two pictures show. Note that he fell asleep in this position.
Sweet dreams, my little one!

6 comments:

Bridget said...

Maybe all those beets were giving him heartburn and he had to elevate his chest a little bit. :)

Darilyn said...

That is a great picture. I love beets. Have you ever had them pickled? they are the best. If you want to try them let me know and I'll bring one over for you to try, i even canned them myself. Yummy!

mahina said...

that is so funny that he fell asleep with his nose in his sheets and his legs hanging off the bed! it amazes me some of the positions kids can sleep in!

i love beets! i don't like how they stain anything they come in contact with, but they are so yummy!!

i want to try some darilyn!!

Merilee said...

Darilyn and I were just saying how nice it is to have at least one non-picky kid in the house.
Boston has been begging me for those Cars sheets! Maybe he can have them when he gets his own big-boy bed.

RocketBox Boy said...

He was ready at a moments notice if he had to race out of his room. That's fire safety. So funny.

Lisa P said...

Maybe he didn't want to wrinkle his new sheets all up. Makes the bed so much easier to make in the morning too.
How do you fall asleep getting in to bed. What are you doing to this child?