It is very important to me that we eat dinner as a family! We eat together every night at the dinner table NOT in front of the television. Now, don't get me wrong we go out to eat - one of our very favorite things to do, but we sit down together and eat dinner TOGETHER!
Looking back, this is how I was brought up as a child. We had a set time for dinner and that's just the way it was. We were all gathered around the table together.
Now, I didn't say it's a peaceful quiet dinner. By no means is that the case. My daughter is one of the s l o w e s t eaters ever. She gets side-tracked so easily and she talks non-stop. It absolutely drives me insane. Brian and I are finished eating after about 15 minutes, but NO, not our Emma she's just chatting away and has barely touched her food. I seriously just want to scream "SHUT UP and EAT for crying out loud!" It's not that she's a picky eater. That is NOT the case at all...she's just slow and talks. She usually ends up eating everything on her plate. Thank goodness for that I guess.
Well, tonight was one of those nights, she was completely doing her thing. Tonight she just had to have her baby "Shanna" at the table with us. I opposed to it because seriously did we NEED another distraction? Well, my husband caved (as he usually does)and allowed her to go and get the damn doll!
She began feeding the doll her food beer can chicken and mashed potatoes! All of a sudden she came running over to her Daddy SCREAMING "There's food stuck in Shanna's mouth, GET IT OUT GET IT OUT!" Brian's says to her "it's okay, she'll just chew it up it's no big deal." Well, my friends it was a big deal it was a VERY BIG deal! Emma frantically says to Brian, "Babies don't have teeth. She can't chew it up! Get the food out now!"
You may wonder what in the world am I doing at this point...well, that's quite simple LAUGHING hysterically. I couldn't stop either. Emma is screaming...she seriously thinks this doll is REAL and is going to die if her Daddy doesn't get the food out and quick. I was laughing so hard at my daughter's reaction to this food stuck in this doll's mouth that I was seriously crying.
WHEW - Daddy to the rescue. The food came out of Shanna's mouth. Emma took Shanna back over to her chair and tells us "Well, that's enough food for Shanna, I am going to nurse her" and that's just what she did! Emma began to "nurse" her baby! Yes, I said it she was "nursing" her baby!
Shanna's ALIVE and all is well!
Ow sweet jesus, that was so funny! I too have always felt that family dinners were very important. I can remember when the girls were baby's and putting them in their carriers on the table while we ate. I end up eating super fast, James is forever annoyed b/c Paige never actually eats, and the mess is like nothing you have ever seen before, but we do it! We don't have a Shaina but we have a "Baby Five" (baby alive) and she is always naked but goes with us everywhere.
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