Lunch with Kelsey

Meal times with Kelsey are interesting these days. She eats really well for breakfast, ok for lunch, and not the greatest for supper it seems. Plus, she takes a very long time to eat. I am used to this though since I am a vey slow eater as well. Well lately, she pulls a few tricks to try to get out of eating. She says she needs to go to thw bathroom. Being potty trained, we don't want to risk her having an accident, so we of course take her and let her go. And she usually does go, so it is rightly justified. Then, she will say her belly hurts and she needs to lay on the couch. So, she will go lay down for about 2 minutes and then come back and say she is better. To try to keep her eating, we have been really trying to have good conversation at the table that keeps her wanting to stay seated. What does Kelsey love most? Princesses! So, she will ask us to tell her stories: Little Mermaid, Cinderella, Snow White, etc. If we tell them wrong, she will correct us and add the correct details. We also play a game called Colors. We will ask her what color certain objects are. We also throw in asking her how to spell her name, how old she is, where she lives, her phone number, etc. She is getting quite good at answering all these questions. Yesterday she asked me if I would ask her more questions. Thus, it turned into sort of an impromptu survey with her that went like this:

Favorite color: pink and purple
Favortite number: 2
Favortite cereal: Lucky Charms
Favorite food: Mac and Cheese
Favorite drink: Chocolate milk
Favorite movie: Beauty and the Beast
Favorite princess: Ariel (which by the way changes daily)
Favorite toy: Doctor's set
Favorite show: Super Why
Favorite book: Pinkalicious and Princess Encyclopedia
Favorite games: Memory and Yahtzee (played on a daily basis)
Favorite song: Old Macdonald

Other tidbits we talked about: She only likes bananas and watermelon for fruit. She likes corn, carrots, peas, and celery for veggies. She likes to talk on the phone to Grandma. She likes dance class and seeing her friends there. She does not like it when I wash her hair and have to get the soap out because it hurts her ears. She likes when Daddy dances with her and throws her up high. She likes smooth applesauce, not the chunky kind. She wants it to warm up so we can play outside and go to the park. She does not like ladybugs.

It was quite the lunch with her. I think we sat at the table for a good hour. And she even managed to eat all her food!