Vinny Appleseed

Dear Vinny,

You are an avid fan of fruit. You loved your first taste of prunes, and you've loved any kind of fruit you've gotten your hands on. You've tried peaches, pears, apricots, and apples, and you've had grapes in the form of grape juice. A couple of weeks ago, when I was making baked apples, I let you try a piece of raw apple. It was a very thin shaving from the interior of the apple. You were crazy about it so I gave you some more.

Well, you can now identify an apple on sight, and you go absolutely crazy when I begin to eat one. Last weekend, I was eating an apple while you were sitting on my lap, and you were really interested in it. So at first I pulled off some chunks and fed them to you, but that was not enough for you. I let you bite some apple off the core for himself, and you loved that! I ate the entire outside of the apple, but you ate most of the (edible) interior.

Today, I got an apple from the bowl of fruit and you looked at me with excitement. You were very impatient as I washed it off, and you immediately wanted to bite into it yourself. But I told you that I had to eat the peel layer, but that you could eat from the interior. We sat down together and you immediately grabbed the wrist of the hand I was using to hold the apple with both your little hands. You tried to pull it towards yourself, and I had to move my head forward to sneak in a bite before you brought the apple to your own mouth. I turned it around to a part where you could eat, and let you take a bite. Periodically, when your mouth was sufficiently full, you would loosen your grip on my wrist and deign to allow me a bite of the apple. But when you wanted more, you pulled it right back!

I am glad that you are such an avid fruit eater, and I really enjoy sharing food with you!

Love,
Mommy