Everyday Moments: lunch!

Hi! My name is Jasper! This is my mommy's blog and she is normally the one who writes stuff on here, but today, I thought I would share my new discovery with you!

You see, this discovery has absolutely changed my life (and hence, my mommy's life) and I really wanted to share this epiphany with you all.

You see... back in my darkened days, before my mind was enlightened, I thought meals such as breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner, and snack were all just for eating. I would just sit in my chair, shove in my food, and pound it down as fast as humanly (or "toddler-ly") possible. I think most normal humans do this, too.

But guess what?!?!!??

I just recently discovered that meal time can actually be play time!! I can't believe I've been missing out all these months on all this extra play time! But let me tell ya, I've been making up for lost time. No longer do I simply eat. No way, Jose. That's boring. Now I magically transform ALL of my food into TOYS!!!!!! It's awesome!!

My mommy doesn't mind that mealtimes now take at least and hour and a half. She thinks it's pretty fun to watch me grow and develop a personality. Occasionally, though, she does get bored (because she finishes eating in 20 minutes!! can you believe that?!?). And when that happens, she either reads the Bible aloud to us or she gets out the camera and snaps pictures. Today, she did both. Since this "new and improved" meal time has rocked my world so much, I want to show you just how much fun lunch was today, so maybe you'll be motivated to play with your food for hours tomorrow, around noon, just like I will be!!!

First, I positively, absolutely cannot start eating before I line up all my cars to watch me eat.

It takes me a long time, because I can never decide if I want them horizontal or vertical, forward or backward. I have 4 cars total, and with each car, the decision is excruciating and I try various poses and angles before moving on to the next car. Eventually, though, I get it all figured out.

But wait!!! The cars are hungry and must eat hummus!!!! This is the only thing I can think about, talk about, or do: feeding my cars hummus.

Mommy tells me not to actually dip the cars in the hummus (after I did it a couple of times). I obey her, but I did get a smidgen of hummus on the red car, and I start freaking out. My mom is quick to assure me that it's ok, she knows it was an accident, but I still need lots and lots of hugs and kisses before we can move on.

After spending most of the 21st century feeding hummus to my cars, my mom decides to give me an orange! Wonder of all wonders! I can line the orange wedges up in a row! I do so. Many times. Many, many times in many, many places. It's the best. Lining up orange wedges is my favorite.

After lining them up time after time after time, I discover I can transform them into helicopter blades. Now I'm ~~obsessed~~ intent on making them spin and making loud helicopter noises with my lips. It was the bomb. Mom eventually makes me eat an orange wedge, and I'm happy to do so. But, honestly, playing with them was so much more fun!

Next we moved on to bread. This was my most favorite part of lunch because I discovered a new talent I didn't know I had! I can poke holes in bread!!! I had no idea this was doable (is it possible my mom was holding out on me??) but as I was trying to eat my bread, my finger popped through the bread and shocked the life outta me!! Seriously, I squealed with amazement and couldn't stop looking at my finger...sticking through the bread! It was so amazing that I did it again. and again. and again!!!!! I have a feeling this is going to be my new favorite activity!!

But then I got to thinking... why stop with fingers?? I mean, if I can poke my finger through my bread, what else can I poke through my bread?? My little brain searched and searched for the answer to that elusive question until.... ta da!!!!

MY STRAW!!

I worked and worked and worked on getting the straw through the bread, and then...

I did it!!!

I achieved the un-achievable!!!!

I drank my water through my straw that was poking through my bread!!!!

Really, it was way cool. You should really try it sometime b/c it's pretty amazing.

I did eventually eat my bread and I finished up my cheese and chicken, too, so I got a pretty filling lunch in addition to all the playing.

At multiple points throughout the lunch, I thought I may had possibly seen a bird fly past the window. I couldn't be sure, though, so I kept staring out the window and begging the bird (and airplanes, helicopters, and the mailman) to come past the window so I could see them. The mailman did actually walk by while we were eating and that was something new and exciting that I could talk about for the next half hour or so.