...and this is about 2 minutes later:
So far he's liked pretty much everything except chicken and watermelon. I gave him a taste of watermelon today and he made a face and didn't want more, but about 15 minutes later I realized he still had it in his mouth. I guess he didn't know to spit it out if he didn't want it!
He's also learning to feed himself (not so much with the spoon yet) and he loves little crackers and cereal bites. But I learned that this new-found knowledge also requires more attention on my part - we had our first playgroup today with the American Women's Association and I happened to look at him just in time to see him pick up half a cracker off the floor and eat it...how thrilling.
Ben loves the pool! We have a nice pool at our complex here and I've met several other moms out there with their kids. The water is REALLY cold so I usually bribe ben with a cracker so we can hang out in the sun for a while and get hot before we brave the water. He's usually entertained for 10-15 minutes and I get some time to read and enjoy the sunshine before he wants to get in. After we swim we always feed the rest of the cracker to the koi in the pond here and he loves watching all the fish fight over it. I think there's some kind of law here that requires koi ponds everywhere to keep the mosquitos from breeding. Dengue fever is pretty bad here and it's spread by mosquitos so we've been really careful about keeping Ben away from bugs, but I've been really amazed that we see very few insects around here at all.
Our happy little swimmer...
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