I cannot stand listening to people eat. You’d be surprised how many people can’t close their mouths when they eat and they make the most disgusting noises. I used to sit near a guy and I’d have to jam my headphones into my ears just to keep from getting sick. Sounded like hippos chewing taffy while sloshing around in the mud. Gross.
The one time I don’t much mind it is when the kids eat spaghetti. Andrew and I have gone to Briggs Corner a few times because he loves their spaghetti and meatballs. We went tonight to celebrate Allison’s birthday, belatedly. She and I split a surf and turf dinner that was pretty tasty. We all split some wings which worked out great because Eva and I eat the drumsticks and Allison and Andrew like the wings. 8 wings split down the middle, perfect. The kids split a plate of spaghetti and some meatballs. Andrew is getting the hang of slurping up the strands of spaghetti and right now, it is cute. He kept taking big piles of the spaghetti and saying, “Oh this is way too much” and then taking a huge bite. We did get some laughter from his little antics. He’s a funny kid.
When we went to Santa’s Village Andrew used his money to buy a shovel. He wanted his own shovel to use when the snow falls this Winter. Today it snowed about an inch or so and he was excited to get outside and shovel for a bit. Eva was also happy to get out and shovel with us as well. She’s had her own small shovel for years, it is a bit too small for her now. I shoveled around the sidewalks and some of the back patio. When I was done the kids came out and “helped”. Help from a 7 year old and a 3 year old is more like snow being thrown all over the place, but they had fun.
Today was Andrew’s first swimming lesson after a while. I think he was just turning two when we had our last one. The lesson went pretty well overall. He wants to go everywhere but he won’t let go of me and if he does get separated from me he sinks with his mouth wide open. He refused to blow bubbles and do blast offs but he had no fear jumping way out into the water to my arms. However, holding on to the side of the pool and his arm being 4 inches from mine he started screaming. It was the first lesson, he’ll get more confidence.
