We took a little family jaunt this week to a local carousel that’s closing down in a few weeks. Clare was fascinated with the carousel and couldn’t stop talking about the “pretty horses!” The carousel went a little fast (surprisingly fast!) but Clare rode it once on the horse and once on the “couch” (bench) snuggled next to me.
In the other late breaking news, Sam wonders where we’ve been hiding the rice cereal and mashed bananas all his life. I should get over being surprised by how different my children are, but it really makes me laugh at how Sam approached solid foods compared to Clare. We practically forced solids on Clare at seven months old, and she was very dubious about the whole solid food thing for a month or so. We’ve started Sam on solids because, well, he kept trying to take food from us. He tried to eat a cheerio from Clare, tried to get beans off J’s plate, and opens his mouth when I eat. So on a whim I grabbed some banana, mashed it up and fed it to him. He got really excited and started opening his mouth and waving his arms up and down. He’s had either bananas or rice cereal a few times now and has taken several enthusiastic bites. Adam even said that Sam seems disappointed when he gives him a bottle. Tonight I broke out the food processor and made up a big batch of pureed sweet potatoes for the freezer. It’s baby food time again in the McPherson house!
This morning Clare was drawing a picture, which is pretty typical, and telling us all about the “monster” and how he “had an owie on his knee.” I took a look at the picture and she actually drew something that looks like a person/monster.
