First time for Chinese Take Out

On our way home this bad of food smelled so amazing he wanted to know what it was.  I told him it was a new food and agreed it smelled really yummy.  But I also warned him it would't look like anything he'd eaten before and that he should think about trying it anyway since it smelled so good.  He liked the chicken fingers, but not the boneless pork.  Surprising cause it is really just candied beef.  And he LOVES candy of all kinds.

You have got to be kidding me.

This afternoon I had to stop at connivence store after picking Christopher up from school.  The standard practice is that he joins me and he purchases a candy bar of his choice by himself.  Today they had a bucket of small packages of pretzels with Halloween designs on them.  Orange and black packages.  Though I told him he wouldn't like them he insisted on the Orange package so I gave him the quarter and he purchased the package.  Upon opening it for him he became disappointed and decided he now wanted the black one. So again I hand to him a quarter and he proudly makes his purchase.  Again I open the package for him to which he responds with his head hung low and his little hand at his forehead saying "You have got to be kidding me!"

Next he selected a yummy ice cream treat from the freezer box.  Totally worth the 50 cents and the additional $1.95 for ice cream to hear such an appropriate statement of disappointment.

   

Big brother to the rescue!

Christopher pounding down popcorn - begins to choke!  5 good Heimlich's a shade of purple and Big Brother saves the day.  Thank God,  all is returned to normal.  I am so proud of his calm, straight level head in a very stressful situation.  

Eating and stuff.

Eating a variety is a challenge.

Eating enough has been my worry.

But  . . . . this past week or so Christopher has told me when he is hungry, and asks for lunch.  So with that I know he is feeling and recognizing his hunger.  Yeah!

Tonight has been busy - so I haven't had a chance to eat yet - while putting him to bed my stomach rumbled loud and he said - " Mommy you are hungry, you need lunch."

Trying new foods . . .

Trying new foods has been a significant issue.  We are currently stuck on a diet of less then 10 items.  So we recently saw a nutritionist but thats a different post all together.  Soon I will write more on that.

Last night the family, excluding Christopher, enjoyed a special treat.  Take out Chinese.  So tonight he spotted the left over fortune cookies on the center island.  I offered to open one for him.  I broke it open to show him that it has a surprise note inside for him.  He found pleasure in that.  And to my ultimate surprise he even put a piece into his mouth to try it.  Standing there at the center island up on the stool he immediately spit it out.  Oh - well so he didn't like it - BUT he tried it!!

His first fortune cookie ever read:  "You are a bundle of energy, always on the go."  Geeze ain't that the truth!