Life and Times of the B Family: June 2006

Monday, June 26, 2006

Food for thought

Dinnertime with the family is a lovely time for reflection.

Discuss current events. Plans. Hopes. The day.

Observe just how...uniquely...the kids react to italian dressing.

G, being her ever expressive self, declared that she didn't like salad. Table rules - ya gotta try everything. So a piece of lettuce with a dab of italian got the screwed-up yuk face. Ranch yielded slightly better reactions. ("Not as terrible", were her words if I remember correctly.)

C, at the wise old age of four, ate a bite of ranch without too much complaing. However, one lick of italian and declared he wasn't gonna touch the stuff. I insisted that he at least eat a bite and (no joke) the kid decided he'd rather gag it up and just about blew chunks on the table.

Score one for dad's wisdom on that call. <sigh>

Then there's J. The 2.5 year old. He not only dipped his lettuce in the italian and chewed enthusiastically...he fished the much masticated leaf OUT of his mouth so it could soak up even more vinegar goodness for a second go-round.

That's right.

Oh, it gets better.

He then asks mom if he can (get this) drink the dressing that was in his little dipping cup. (it was maybe a half a tablespoon)

By this point, our amazement was such that she gave him an affirmative. (while trying not to laugh in bemused, yet dumfounded, amazement.)

I hereby renounce any claim that I know anything about kids...