Dinner and Music

Oh how I wish I had a video of tonight's dinner to share on this blog! Ds3 was being picky about what he wanted to eat... which has become the norm lately. Gone are the early days when he would eat just about everything we gave him. In Russia his specialty were eggs, and he continued to like them even upon his arrival here in the States. But all of a sudden it's as if a scrambled egg has become liverwurst or beets or something. I sit there surprised each time my son turns his head away and his little nose up at my attempts to get him to eat eggs. His favorite Gerber graduate is also a thing of the past. Hmmm....

So after he ate just a few bites of his former favorite pasta Gerber graduate food, I decided to break out the mashed chicken. Gosh, all I could think was "kid, this stuff is SO not better than that Gerber graduate." But he just smacked his lips together and nodded his head in anticipation. He ate the first bite and said "Yum yum!" lol! I can't imagine how it could be anything tasting yum-yum.... but hey, I'm not 2 yrs old!

Anyway, I had on some Frank Sinatra as dining music. The older boys had finished eating already and left the table, and Chris was working late. The song "Luck Be a Lady" came on from the musical Guys and Dolls. It's a jazzy sort of song, and I was being goofy as usual, dancing around and singing as I fed him. Well my little man must like jazz because he started snapping his fingers! I kid you not! The child was snapping his right hand fingers and dancing in his high chair! I SO badly wished someone was there to be video taping it! We need a new tape in the camcorder, and even if I tried to break it out the moment would have been lost, I just know it.

When Chris is home tomorrow evening, we are going to start video taping this little guy! These early childhood moments are fleeting!

Frank Sinatra's got nothing on these baby blues!