carnivore

We found a meat that Dennis will eat rather consistently. He loves steak! This isn't a cheap habit to indulge him in, but since we had lots of steak for the people that didn't come to the dinner party last night, we grilled again tonight. We had steak for supper and have two more meals of it to go! Good, tender steak, too. Dennis ate every bite on his plate both last night and tonight. He didn't care at all for the lima beans. We'll be spending the next two weeks trying to find vegetables he likes (other than corn)--we grocery shopped today and have a freezer full of yummy veggies to tempt his palate.

I'm also pleased to report that he loves grapes and was more excited about the grapes than the chocolate cake last night. I hope it's not a bad review of my cake, but I'm very pleased that he showed such a preference for the fruit. He seems to love every fruit he's tried, but we aren't having near as much luck in the vegetable department.

He likes to explain things to me now, things I already know of course, but I like hearing him narrate our activities. Today it was "Daddy go outside be right back" or "Daddy works be right back" or "Honey outside play with cat". On our walk tonight, he pointed out every mailbox, every cow, several trees, red flowers, white flowers, yellow flowers; said "hey, bird" to every flying friend that went by. He talks non-stop. He talks to his toys and makes them talk to each other. And today, his "Mickey cheese" (snack cheese cut like mouse ears--the cheapest selection last time we were at the store) talked to the other foods on his plate--"hey grapes, hey bread" and they responded "hey grapes". I enjoy his chatter. It's my daily dose of cute.