Another birthday here and gone. You all know how much I LOVE having a birthday on Valentine's Day (can you read my sarcasm?) so this year we celebrated Valentine's Day on Sunday and planned on doing my birthday on Wednesday.
I met the boys at home and then we met Dad, Allyson, and GG at a restaurant in Concord. We had a nice dinner. Brax had fun putting the coasters on Grandaddy's head but other than that he sat and ate and was very well behaved. Since it was a school night and I turn into a pumpkin by 10 we hurried back to Dad's house for cake and ice cream and presents. Like always Dad made me the most beautiful cake and it was delicious too. One of the gifts I received was a neat cookbook for kids. Dad thought it would be fun for Brax and I to work through it together.
The next night Brandon fixed dinner and he knew Brax wouldn't eat what we were having so he used one of the ideas in the new cookbook. He made a hot dog look like an octopus. We had no trouble getting him to the table. Getting him to eat it AND not play with it was another story.
The next night Brandon fixed dinner and he knew Brax wouldn't eat what we were having so he used one of the ideas in the new cookbook. He made a hot dog look like an octopus. We had no trouble getting him to the table. Getting him to eat it AND not play with it was another story.
I had made the mistake of telling him (awhile ago) about how an octopus has eight arms (legs whatever) and it'll use them to wrap around you and squeeze you, like a hug. It was from one of my favorite movies when I was kid but Braxton remembered me telling him so when he wasn't picking it up showing us the "octopus" he was telling me it was going to squeeze him! I think he ate 2 or 3 bites and when I would go to cut one of the "legs" off so he'd eat, he would scream.
Maybe there is a reason we were told not to play with our food!
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