Sam I Am

Tonight for dinner we had Tacos. Of course in the true Grace manner of doing things, she turned her nose up at it and said, "I don't like that." I told her she had to at least try it. After nibbling a few little bits she exclaimed, "I like it, I like it!" I could see that she was excited and I asked, "Are you Frances trying a new food?" (Side note: Grace loves to pretend to be different characters from books she reads. Frances is the title character in Bread and Jam for Frances which is about a little animal who will only eat bread and jam, but finally realizes she is missing out on all kinds of other yummy food.) Grace responded, "No...I am Sam I Am!" (The creature from Green Eggs and Ham that finally persuades his friend to eat the bizarre dish.) She continued to eat her taco, but insisted that she have her copy of Green Eggs and Ham open at the table so that she could look at "Sam I Am" while she ate!

Eve also did something pretty funny tonight. I watched her move a chair from the kitchen table over to her high chair. She then climbed up onto the chair, then up onto the high chair tray, and into the seat of it and sat herself down. I guess that was her way of saying, "I'm hungry and would like to eat now." Also, as you can see from the picture, she is improving on her fork skills!

By the way, things with the new house are going well. We are moving in next Wednesday!