Feed Me! I'm Yours.

Rhombus graciously passed down her copy of this lovely book she used to feed Auntie Snags and me.

Full of tips to get your little ones eating properly {ie: ants on a log, adding honey to rice cereal} the book has helped me transition Van to whole milk.

This little stinker:

Was refusing milk. We kept trying and he kept pushing away the cup after one sip.

Feed Me! I'm Yours suggested adding a tiny drop of chocolate syrup to the milk. 

Brilliant!

Van chugged the entire sippy cup after his first taste. 

{Now we are slowly weaning him off the chocolate syrup...sneaky Van!}

Don't you love his mini-sized "Van" chair? It has been a great birthday present from G-Mommy and G-Diddy. Van climbs on it constantly!

I have raker's elbow this morning. My next door neighbor told me that when her children {all 4 of them} were little, they would beg the previous owners of our house to let them rake up all of their leaves {courtesy of our two enormous maple and oak trees out front} so they could play in the enormous leaf piles.

Unfortunately for us, all of her children are now grown up and realize raking is not exactly a fun chore.  Maybe we should invest in a leaf blower, but for now, its a nice playground for Van & Soph-Linda {who gets mad zoomies in the fall leaves!}

Van is all over the place right now. He is covered in bumps and bruises from tumbling over pretty often, but he's loving the freedom:

Lastly, here is one of my faves from Auntie Snags. Have a read!