The Ketchup King

It seems that John's little taste buds are going through some changes...one day he really loves something, and the next day he seems to turn his nose up at it. I started thinking about some of the things he wasn't liking and broccoli was one of them. I had just been buying frozen broccoli since it still holds all the nutrients of fresh broccoli but makes it easier to serve since I can pour out a little bit and heat it up in the microwave. Well, I realized I was feeding him something that would taste pretty bland to me too...so I put a little salt on there and then thought about the wonderful condiment of ketchup. He has REALLY been enjoying ketchup on his bocas so I thought a little ketchup with the veggies might be quite tasty too. Well, that boy devoured all his broccoli! Once the dipping began, it never stopped until the pile of broccoli was gone..it was so fun to watch. He would dip carefully and then eat...and then after the "careful" dipping began, that went away very quickly...he started rubbing his hands all through it as he would "dip" and then eat a bite. By the end of dinner, he had ketchup everywhere...just look at the pictures for confirmation. :) I even realized that ketchup makes a pretty fabulous hair gel! There was one point after dinner that I swooped him up really quick to check the "blood" that was all over the back of his head...as mommy began to feel her heart rate kick up a notch, I then realized the stench of tomatoes was coming from his head..and I've never smelled blood like that, so my rapidly rising heart rate quickly subdued and I began to laugh, my boy had ketchup all over his head! I believe this occurred somewhere in the middle of eating when I saw him stretching his arms back behind his head...I just thought he was stretching out for an intensive continuation of ketchup eating...but he was in fact using it as shampoo!! :)