One BIG step for mankind

My son is a picky eater. Vance will only eats a handful of foods -- breaded chix nuggets, Mac & cheese, peeled & sliced apples, bananas, Danimal yogurt, Tillmook French Vanilla yogurt, bread, peanut butter and nutella. That is about it.

While on the way home from Nebraska, he gobbled a Beyer's yogurt with oreo cookie crumbs.

Today, he said he wanted a sandwich like Zoie. She has butter and jelly. He elected for peanut butter & jelly. "Strawberry" he shouted. After making Zoie's sandwich, I asked him to come in and help me make the sandwich. God only knows if I would have made it, it would have been wrong and he would have gotten mad.

So, he tried to put the peanut butter on the bread. He let me help. Then, I set aside that piece of bread and got another slice for the jelly. "No" he says. He puts the 2nd slice on top of the other slice and spoons on the jelly. I chuckled to myself, but it was his way. While spooning the jelly he had to taste it. "This is good" he said with a smile. I was so excited -- this may be the beginning of new foods. He always studies "new" food, but politely says "no thank you".

I made sure there was jelly touching all of the bread (including the corners) before I handed it to him and sent him back to the big table.

I kept an eye on him. Sure enough, he gobbled the sandwich while watching Oswold. Zoie, the growing 6 year old, had her sandwich done before Vance started and needed a 2nd one.

I thought to myself "How will I put that type of sandwich in a container for him to take to school without messing it up?"

Arya is always in the action! She too wanted a sandwich after Vance was done. She nearly stuck her head in the jar trying to lick the peanut butter.