You want me to eat that?! YES!!!

Our oldest son is very particular when it comes to what food he allows to enter his body. Is it because he is keenly aware of his health? Maybe...not! Gratefully he is very healthy and growing like the handsome weed he is. While being particular regarding his food intake, he was positively influenced at school during a recent world food week where the kids were able to taste foods from different cultures. Some he tried, others he didn't. One of the foods he surprised us with trying was sushi. Now before you think he completely turned the corner on food choice, he did let us know that he took out all the veggies and anything else that he found other than the rice and seaweed "wrapper". He was so proud of himself, and truly, we were too!! Because of this we recently went out for sushi and made a special request for our oldest son--a rice and seaweed roll. We did have to explain it a few times and motion to our son for them to actually make it, but without waiting too long a dish of "special sushi" was sitting in front of him. Now I don't know if this actually counts as being sushi, but we were thrilled that he was eating food similar to what we were eating. We tried not to make too big of a deal of it until after he had eaten, but we did have to get at least one picture to commemorate the event. We've talked about traveling to other countries and that has always brought up the fact that we will be eating the food of the country that we are traveling in. While our oldest is very interested in other countries, eating food of that country has always slammed the brakes on the discussion. We consider this to be a big step!! Yea for progress!!