Progress

It's no secret that Jack is a picky eater and that's a huge understatement.  It's been the source of thousands of fights and tears.  But maybe, just maybe, he's growing up a little and becoming a little more open to new things.  A few weeks ago, he ate two chicken nuggets from McDonald's, then a few days later he ate three.  Then last week he told me that if we stopped at McDonald's he would eat FIVE, game on.  I bought the 20 piece intending to have plenty left over for Wesley later, but Avery ate six and Jack finished the rest!  FOURTEEN chicken nuggets! 

For Mother's Day, Brad bought me the blender I've been coveting to make smoothies.  Jack and Avery helped me make the first one by choosing the ingredients.  They picked banana, raspberries, blackberries, mango, spinach, and orange juice (and they don't normally eat any of those things except occasionally spinach).  And they tried it!  Jack had three sips and decided he didn't like the seeds, but I was still totally happy with that.  And yesterday I made a vanilla protein shake and Jack had 10 drinks before deciding it tasted too much like the frosting on animal cookies :)

I'm really so proud of him for trying new things.  In our world, this is a big deal!