Lunch is usually chaos at our house.
Example #1: last week, Butterfly decided to pull the turkey slices out of her sandwich. Long story short, she fashioned them into a bed for her "baby" which looked suspiciously like a grape. She even rocked it, sang to it and kissed it before tucking it into bed, wrapping the turkey blanket over it and tucking in its teddybear (more commonly identified as a goldfish cracker). This was very sweet and cute but I couldn't help wondering what would happen, so I reached over and popped the grape into my mouth. You think she would be upset. She gasped and then with a wickedly evil grin, grabbed more grapes and devoured them with exaggerated chomping noises. little bit scary actually.
Example #2: Ladybug was sitting on grandma's lap today "helping" her eat the pudding. She insisted on holding the spoon and managed to get the first three bites in with admirable success. But then realizing a faster method, shoved her whole hand into the pudding cup and then into her mouth. Pudding goo flew everywhere. Grandma tried to catch it and got a significant amount of goo on her hand. Ladybug lunged right in and began licking grandma's hand. I think this was a fourteen-wipe clean up.
Example #3: I learned early that using a cookie cutter can magically make an ordinary sandwich become magically irresistible to small children. Unless it's shaped like a dinosaur. Then it tromps around the table and growls at the baby.
Example #4: finger painting with yogurt. Also makes for a good facial.
Example #5: my children have unusual taste buds for their age. Butterfly loves steak, all fruit, cucumbers, olives, pancakes, bacon, sour cream, pudding and popsicles. Ladybug loves Cheerios, all fruit (esp. grapes and watermelon), rice, yogurt, chicken nuggets and corn on the cob. They regularly eat Indian food and Mexican food. But under no circumstances will Butterfly eat hotdogs, easy mac, eggs or asparagus. Ladybug will not eat red meat.
Example #6: Butterfly loves the Little Mermaid. Despite having not seen it in a few months, she still insists on using her fork as a "dinglehopper". usually with food on it.
etc, etc, etc...
Singing a lullaby to a string cheese or grape baby could be construed as a stall tactic by some -- me I see it as the Butterfly's amazing abstract imagination. (That usually comes at 1st or 2nd grades)
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