Dane Loves His Food!

I remember the first time I met Katie's boyfriend, Tom. We were talking about eating and he said, "I am not really a big eater." I thought to myself, "Boy are you going to be surprised by us. This family LOVES to eat." It seems that no matter what we do we involve food in some way. It just seems to make it more fun!

Well Dane seems to have been born into the right family. He LOVES his food! There really hasn't been anything that I have given him that he hasn't eaten.

Taco meat and peas

This is a picture of him eating neatly.

It doesn't happen much or for long.

He does use his spoon every once in a while,

but usually just holds it.

Ravioli and carrots
Pizza

Pasta and mixed veggies

This picture was taken right after he decided the plate wasn't

needed anymore and turned it upside down on his tray.

Today Dane went down the street to his friend's house so he could hang out with Mykayla (his high school babysitter and her mom, Grace) for a few hours while I did some deep cleaning. I had packed Dane a nice lunch of bologna, cheese, crackers, and applesauce. Mykayla said he ate great and was then sitting there hanging out while her and her mom ate lunch. He reached over and grabbed pineapple right out of Grace's hand as she was eating her lunch. She said was worried because she didn't know if he could have it, but he LOVED it. Then Grace was holding him while she dished up some banana pudding for her kids and Dane reached right into the bowl with his hand and scooped up a big handful and shoved it in his mouth.

So he LOVES to eat, but we need to work on his manners!