May 7, 2010

• He’s On To Us!

  Ever since Jack was old enough to ask for whatever food we were having (so, around one year old), whenever Johnny and I have had something that Jack can’t have — such as a frappucino — we’ve fed Jack the line of, “Oh, you don’t want it. It’s yucky.” Then we’ll make a face, and Jack goes about his business. Sometimes he’ll whine for a second or two, but it works almost all the time. I thought we had him fooled, but I guess now he’s in on the joke.

  This morning, I ran several errands with the boys — quick appointment at the dentist’s to check on my implant, Costco run, trip to the garden supply store. On our last errand, I noticed that it was nearly noon and decided to pick up a nuggets Happy Meal for Jack. We keep Jack’s diet pretty healthy, but I just knew that by the time I got home and prepared him a lunch, Derek would be fussing for his food, and it would be cutting into naptime. Derek’s food is easy — just microwave a couple cubes of the purees in the freezer — and I usually munch on fruit or leftovers for lunch, so the rest of us were set. Anyway, we breezed through the drive-through, and Jack was delighted by the thought of having nuggets and fries.

  We got home, I set out Jack’s food, microwaved Derek’s lunch and sat down to feed Derek. At one point, Derek stared intently at Jack’s food, and Jack caught Derek’s eye. Jack then held a protective arm over his plate, looked right at Derek and said, “No, no, Derek. This is yucky. Ew, no eat this. Yucky!” And then he paused, looked at me, and added, “Right, Mommy? Right?” And I swear to you he winked. He can’t do it with one eye, but he deliberately blinked both eyes extra hard. I was just like, “Uh … ” I couldn’t think of a response! I wonder how long Jack’s been calling our bluff?!

  I guess now the frappucinos or whatever we don’t want Jack to have will really have to wait until he’s in bed! Or, better yet, we’ll just start telling him that certain food is only for Mommy and Daddy.

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