pre-Dinner Snack....

The best part of apple picking, is finding a fruit J will eat. Since departing from baby / toddler food to table food, J lost his love of fruit & veggies. As in I gave him some steamed carrots the other night & he filled his little fist, launching them full speed towards the floor after mistakenly grabbing one instead of the chicken.

With fruit, he will see other kiddos eating it - beg for it, then once chewing / tasting it realize "ick" and out it comes. What is so funny about this, is 2 seconds later he'll forget he doesn't like it and beg for more. Like he doesn't believe what we gave him is what they are eating...

If it wasn't so messy, it'd be adorable...

Ahem... Back to the topic at hand here... J LOVES apples. Not apple slices. Not pieces mommy bites off for him, but the whole apple.

So last night I gave him one to chew on while I was making his dinner...

What was so totally adorable was after getting a really juicy bite he'd look at me & get this big, proud of himself smile & say "Yum!"

Granted... If you look closely at his shirt (hint: by left hand) you will see, he's not such a fan of actually eating the whole apple either... :(

Although, I know he is getting more this way than if I just didn't feed him any at all...