She eats...what we eat

We decided yesterday that the time had come to "Ferberize" A's diet/eating habits, just as we had with her sleep habits last winter. We were expecting at least 4 days worth of terrible mealtimes, with no food consumed by The Picky One. However, it has been surprisingly pleasant.

Yesterday night, we started with Spaghetti with Ragu and mini meatballs, and garlic texas toast. She ate some plain noodles, dipped her fingers in the spaghetti sauce (more than once!) and had a few bites of toast, buttered. It was absolutely amazing. This morning at breakfast, we both ate a bowl of cereal, but then the meal ended when she threw her breakfast bar on the floor. Which was okay, because I would have been scared, had the meal gone as smoothly as the night before. Then at snack, we both had a little plate with apple juice Knox blocks (jell0) and ranch bunny crackers. Lunchtime was the most impressive feat yet, since we had grilled cheese (I cut hers into stars), baby carrots, grapes, and applesauce. A ate all three of her star sandwiches, ignored the carrots (which was great that she didn't freak out, or throw them on the floor), ate all of her grapes (which she hasn't even tried for about a year), and then kept asking for more of my grapes. Wow.

We had a nice time in Madison, visiting my sister and brother-in-law. A is excited that Bridget has a baby on the way, and really seems to understand what's going on. It was really nice having my parents there also, because there were so many hands available to help with both kids. We plan on heading back to Madison when Bridget goes into labor, in mid-May.

Mike and I are going to play tennis this afternoon. My friend Danielle has offered to watch both kids, while we do something together as a couple, so we are dropping A and B off after A's nap, and we'll pick them up around 6:30 tonight! What a great break it will be...hopefully everyone will behave at Danielle's. A has so much fun playing with her two boys, or more like watching them, and checking out all of their toys that are different from hers.

I know I still haven't post pictures from A's birthday party- I plan on doing so in the near future.