Dinner with the Bartons

Due to Layla's past eating issues, we always try to have FUN when we eat. On today's menu- tater tot casserole with a side of class for Mommy and Daddy and plain Ramon noodles, Life cereal, yogurt covered raisins and a few Veggie Straws for Layla. What a nutritious bunch of nutters we are.

Layla was doing her typical "I don't want to eat" business so Bryan told that he would help her take 5 more bites of noodles and she could have a peanut M&M. Why my 2 year old will eat a peanut M&M but not a strawberry is beyond me but if it gets her to eat, I don't care if it is a chocolate covered cheeseburger.

What started out as a simple Daddy feeding baby Layla game quickly turned into Layla pretending that she is blind and trying to eat from a ferris wheel holding a spoon full of dangling noodles game. I took a video for your viewing pleasure:

She took her 5 bites and then it was M&M time! Since she didn't whine or scream about it...she got 2! Here she is thanking Daddy for her candy:

And here she is trying to wink at the camera. LOL

And here she is having a "Mommy moment". That is trying to wink at the camera and she fell off her chair.

So after she fell off her chair it was time to show off. First we decided to ask her what her name was...then we decided to ask her to sing her ABC's. She decides to combine the two and sing "Layla Barton" to the tune of ABC's at one point. I love this girl:

And just so everyone knows, we have a new routine in this house. Layla is back to sitting in her own chair (there for awhile ALL she wanted to do was sit on one of our laps UGH) but now we have to have the monkey sit with us.

And now it is bath time...and you don't even want to know what kind of wild things we do for bath! Haha!