Feed me, Seymour!

My son loves food.
He's a lot like his dad that way. He's always been very good at breastfeeding, and he likes to get a variety of flavors. And so begins the epic of learning to feed the baby solid foods.

At the end of March, my husband took me out to eat at RollUp Crepes. Very tasty. Because my son wasn't quite sitting yet, but loves to be included at family meals, I put him on my lap, pinned him with the table, and ate over his head. His nose started sniffing, his tongue started licking, and his drool started dripping. So my husband gave him a taste of pesto sauce. Baby goes crazy with this flavor explosion! He seeks out new flavors and bold new combinations- barbeque sauce, cranberry sauce, salad dressing... and to my delight and surprise, shows no signs of food allergies. So I propped him in his chair and fed him bananas and whipped cream last week ...

 He's not very messy. He likes the food to go in his belly, not on his face. He reminds me of his uncle...

So now that he's sitting up on his own, the feeding will begin.

And these pictures were just too cute to pass up.

Books

I love books, so here are a few that I'd like to remember for later.

The Thieves of Ostia: Roman Mysteries #1
I've been reading this children's series about 4 children in ancient Rome. The series has surprisingly depth of character and illustrates Roman times very well.

The Marvelous Misadventures of Sebastian
Reminiscent of The Whipping Boy, this rollicking adventure would be a great read aloud for all ages. Suspenseful and funny.

The Princess and the Unicorn by
In modern times, fairies still live in the woods, each guarded by a unicorn. When the unicorn leaves the forest, it begins to die. The princess finds the unicorn and takes it away, and a young fairy must rescue the unicorn and her beloved forest. Cute.

The Silver Bowl by
The royal family is cursed, and only the little girl who polishes the silver knows why. Can she conquer the curses before the royal family is dead?

Dragon's Milk, Sign of the Dove, Flight of the Dragon Kyn, Ancient Strange and Lovely by
4 tales chronicling the demise of the dragons from this world. One is set in a post apocalyptic future, where they discover that dragons are the key to restoring the earth.

Yesterday's Doll (or The Doll) by Cora Taylor
I read this book when I was very young. A young girl is sick and must recover at her grandmother's house. Her grandmother gives her a special doll. Every time she falls asleep, she is whisked back in time to a pioneer era. Will her actions change the past?