Taste Buds

Ooooh for the days when Javin was first learning to eat solid foods. He loved everything he tried. If it was food he couldn't get enough of it. Then he turned two. I don't know who coined the phrase "terrible twos" but I think I want to shoot them. They have cursed us all to suffer through it because we expect it and therefore our children oblige and are well,for lack of a better word terrible. Javin is now one of the pickiest eater I have ever known...Yes Carrie, even more picky than I.
This morning he was in rare form. Nothing we put in front of him was what he wanted. First we tried peaches. Javin usually loves peaches, but oh no not today they made him angry. Then Aaron tried chips, what little kid wouldn't want chips for breakfast, apparently that would be Javin. Then we tried Quakes(those rice snack things with cheddar flavor), he didn't want them in the same time zone as he was. We gave him a glass of milk that didn't work, a glass of apple juice that too was shot down, he even pushed away ginger ale. There was a dry cereal attempt and a even Hawaiian BBQ chips course, all were pushed away with loud and frustrated No's yelled for all to hear. I gave up on breakfast after all that. It was nearly lunch time and we were headed out to get the picnic food soon anyway.
We got all dressed in our shorts and sandals, packed the diaper bag, changed Orissa and Javin's diapers, grabbed the IPod and headed out for Manito Park (the most beautiful park in this part of the state).
As we were driving Javin found the Poppy that the cute little old Veteran's gave him. After looking at it for sometime, he decided that it looked pretty tasty. First he popped the plastic green center off and started chewing on it. We assumed he would get tired of chewing on plastic and spit it out, you know what assuming does, and this time was no different. He did not in fact get tired of it. That part was so yummy he just had to give the polyester pedal a go. Before we thought do anything about it he had consumed all but the wire stem and attached note. If only I had known that plastic and polyester were going to be his new favorite foods, I would have hung on to all those empty water bottles and my dad's old Elvis style jumpsuits!