Green beans and other randomness...

The other night, to get Nathan to eat his green beans, I bribed him with a peppermint patty. It worked. I am not sure if I won or lost that battle. Maybe both. I really don't know what I am doing. There are so many times during the day I wish someone would pop in and tell me, "you just made the right decision" or "no, don't do that, do this instead." For (another) example, I should not be allowed to buy vegetables at the grocery. Here is a picture of some potatoes growing in my pantry. When I am at the grocery I always imagine great dinners I am going to make when I get home. I know- make a list, right? I do! But then I get all these ideas of other things I can make. I come home, put things in the pantry for a few months and voila, my potatoes grow these neat flower things. If vegetables are not frozen or in cans, they will rot in my house. Right now, Nathan has a fever and he is really fussy. I think it is all from his teeth coming in. He walks around with his whole hand in his mouth and he hasn't had an appetite all day. We brought the T.V. into the living room and let him watch Thomas all day. Hopefully we will make it peacefully through the night. Nope, I just got up to help him get settled. He is so uncomfortable. Hopefully the ibuprofen will help. For some reason it gives him really bad gas. I am thankful to God for helping us through each moment, for random hugs and kisses from Nathan, even for Thomas the tank engine who never learns how to just settle down and do his job, oh, and for my sweet (most of the time) husband who is just awesome. Here he is sleeping in a polka dot blanket- he he. Okay, time for bed...