Meal Time

Jacob is getting to be a better and more independent eater. He still has a ways to go, but he really wants to feed himself now. Not with his hands he says, as he wants to use a fork or spoon just like his parents and big sister. If he doesn’t get to use a utensil, a tantrum you will see. He still does use his hands, but for rice and chicken and many other things, he wants to be a big boy. Of course, one of his new things is to sit on your lap and eat off of your plate too, or if you are having a dessert (cookies, muffins…) he REALLY enjoys grabbing bits and pieces of those. We don’t understand why, but it seems that Frankie is hanging around Jacob a lot more, especially when he is eating… ;)! Okay, so maybe we do know and we also know that she has always known where her bread is buttered… sometimes literally… ;)! Frankie is also surprisingly very tolerant of getting her tail pulled, patted and not petted although Jacob is very good at petting too, along with getting her leg(s) pulled out from under her. Frankie does get cornered on occasion and does get fed up, but for going on 15 years old, she is very tolerant of this new littler person in her life.