Experiementing

It is summer vacation and, in the name of science, I am keeping the education going by experimenting on my children--mainly with new foods (and occasionally with rocket launchers--what?).

In response to this culinary expansion Ella and Madison have perfected a new taste testing protocol. If they put something in their mouth and don't like it (goat cheese went over like a lead balloon) they take it out and hand it to me--along with what ever portion of the offending food remains on their plate. If that doesn't work they "accidentally/on purpose" drop it on the floor for Cooper.

This is what I have learned in the past few weeks:

1. Ella and Madison will eat shredded carrots but not cut up carrots--Cooper will not eat a carrot in any form.
2. Cooper IS a big fan of cheerios but not grapes.
3. The Dyson is excellent for solid foods but not so good for paste like foods (enter said goat cheese).
4. Beige carpet can hide most stains--with the exception of smashed and ground in mandarin oranges.
5. Apricots only taste good if cut in half but not in chunks.
6. Tortellini can be ingested on a Monday but not a Wednesday or a Friday.
7. Once Daddy lets you eat dinner while sitting on a barstool there is no going back to your regular ways of mundane highchair dining.