two down

It's painful to watch the kids poke, corner and stab at their food, attempting to cajole meals onto their ever-elusive forks. They never eat much dinner, most nights it seems to be out of pure exhaustion. Tonight was no different. We were having lasagna and saw them starting to abandon their efforts. On a whim, I gave Kate my knife and showed her how it could help get food up onto her fork. It took 30 seconds and she had it. As always, Elliott had to have whatever Kate did. He took about five seconds and bingo, they were both eating, fork and knife in-hand. Even more amazing was that they both cleaned their plates.  Maybe it was the excitement at having graduated to big person cutlery, or maybe they were ravenous from not having eaten a complete dinner in a couple of years. Either way, though a simple feat, it was quite thrilling. Good job guys.

 One down...

two down...

one to go.

TGIF.
Happy weekend.
CAKE