Family DInner

Decisions, Decisions! Mashed Potatoes in one hand and sippy cup in the other. What to choose!!

 Playing with food= FUN

 On the other hand though cup chewing is pretty good too~

Michael is just two days shy of eight months old. Not sure how that happened so fast, but it has. Now he enjoys sitting at the "big" table with everyone else at dinner time. Perhaps more for the attention he gets than actually for the dinner part.

 For some reason mommy thought she could convince him the cup is for drinking from, but he seemed to prefer the idea of it being something to chew on!

 Hey nana......look, look here at me!

I couldn't resist a side view of those chubby cheeks!

Watching him at the table tonight not only prompted me to get up from my dinner and grab the camera, but it also took me briefly back in time 21 years ago when I too put food on a high chair tray for his daddy. Michael will never know his grandpa, but tonight brought back a memory of him as well. The day I plopped applesauce on Michael's daddy's highchair tray, his own daddy stood there with a serene smile on his face just watching his son and me. I sat there looking at him as he said that was one of the things he loved about me. I responded with a what? He said most people would not want to be bothered with the mess this was going to cause. For me I just wanted our son to experience the texture, and feel of the food. Not only did I put spoonfuls of it on his high chair tray, I used my fingers to draw pictures and designs in it to get the baby's attention to it being all over his tray. It is strange how something so fleeting can come back to you to be relived briefly.

Grandchildren can keep fresh memories of days long gone while new memories are being made as well.