Dinner at our house on Jim’s work days is usually very low-key. I thought I’d give a little taste of what goes on… especially now that Haley is eating cereal like a champ. I have interspersed the videos with JT’s conversations. Basically, I have become the proverbial never-taste-food-hot parent, but I don’t mind. I take a bite, feed Haley a bite, and look at JT. Over and over and over…
I love this first video because it’s like she forgot what cereal tastes like and then remembers that she likes it.
At the end of that video…
JT: “What’s in this?” (We’re eating homemade turkey soup, yum. He’s holding a potato on his spoon.)
Me: “That’s a potato.”
JT: “Where is the rice?” (Because last time we had soup, I made it with rice.)
Me: “I didn’t put rice in this time. I used potatoes.”
JT: “What’s in potatoes?”
Me: “It’s just potatoes.”
Which bring us to Haley cruising along eating, and JT gives me a nice compliment….
This cracks me up because I make everything we eat. Maybe he hasn’t noticed. In case you didn’t catch it…
JT: “Did you make this?”
Me: “I did make it.”
JT: “Oh…. it’s yummy!”
Me: “Thanks, JT.”
…at which point I decide that he gets a turn on video.
After this, JT finishes his soup and starts on his pears. (We ate the biscuits first at JT’s suggestion because the soup was very hot, and he thought we should eat the hot-from-the-oven biscuits while we were waiting for the soup to cool off. Smart guy.) It’s during the next video that we have this conversation.
JT: “Where are the soft pears?”
Me: “They are out of season.”
JT: “But where is them?”
Me: “Where are they?”
JT: “Yeah.”
Me: “There aren’t any.”
JT: “So these are crunchy pears?”
Me: “Yes.”
JT: “I like the soft pears.”
Me: “Me too.”
When Haley’s done eating she gets to play with her BebePod toy while I finish eating. You can tell she’s in that phase where she is desperate to get anything in her mouth!
During this time, JT notices that our backyard neighbor has their TV on.
JT: “They have their TV on. They must not be eating. We don’t have our TV on because we are eating.” [Pause. He looks at me, holding the video camera.] “Actually, you’re not eating. I’m eating.”
Thanks for reminding me. 🙂
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