Neither twin was that into their cheeseburger last night. But I made them sit there all the same, giving it as valiant of an effort as I could to still feel good about myself as a mother and that I wasn't starving my children.
Well, long after OUR dinners were gone and Dave had left the table, I still sat and watched as Isaac decided that he didn't want the whole burger, but he DID want the bun with ketchup on it! Mmmmmm . . . . After he finished his, he went for Abby's. And Abby could have cared less because she had taken the first opportunity to jump ship and JUMPED . . . and was happily walking around the kitchen, singing and dancing and doing her own thing in Abby's literal La-La land.
At first, Isaac didn't want to eat Abby's because it had more ketchup on it . . . which meant he was getting his hands dirty. Every time he touched it, he put his hand out to me and said, "Help, please!" (meaning -- "Mom, my hand is dirty and I don't like it. Will you please clean it off?). Finally, I told him to lick it off. (Dave's BRILLIANT idea from a few weeks ago! Who would have thought that someone, somewhere probably TAUGHT you to lick your dirty fingers off when you eat?) And THAT was the beginning of a whole new level of excitement for eating this ketchup-covered bun, one dipped fingerful at a time!
While all of this is going on, Abby is running around, sometimes climbing up on Isaac's chair and talking to him or just climbing up and singing "The inny-weeny pider POUT! Rown iny wain an wosh-i OUT!"
The last time she climbed up, this is what I saw:
Abby: Isaac? Pocorn? Samich?
Isaac: Yeah - samich. CHEESE!
Abby: Cheeeese? (sing-song as always) Mmmm . . .YUMMY!!!!
Isaac: (quite pleased with his treasure) Yeah . . . YUMMY!
Abby: I aa sum?
Isaac: Uh-huh. Yeah.
He took his tiny little fingers and carefully pinched off a piece of cheese from off the hamburger patty, about the size of the tips of his fingers. Then he carefully put it over to Abby's EAGERLY-AWAITING mouth. He got it in her mouth and then, just before she closed her mouth and sucked it off, he pulled it out and put it in his mouth and then stared at her while he ate it. Now, if this had been Abby doing it, I would have said she was probably intentionally teasing him. Cuz she is the biggest tease EVER . . . watch out boys in about 14 years!!! However, the fact that it was Isaac and I could see his face, I know he was NOT teasing her. He genuinely thought that he was sharing with Abby and they were BOTH as happy about that little pinch of cheese he was getting off his finger as HE was.
This continued a few more times, and then Abby - frustrated, I am SURE at the tiny inkling of taste she got each time the cheese entered and LEFT her mouth - pulled herself up and grabbed the patty from Isaac and tore off a piece of cheese and then gave it back to him, the biggest smile covering her face as she ate it. And, this is how I know he wasn't teasing her, Isaac got the biggest smile on his face, they both started to laugh in absolute glee and continued to pass the patty back and forth until they had finished off every small pinch of that cheese!
It was seriously SO SWEET! The BEST they have done at sharing in a LONG, long, long time.
And moments like these not only make me sit back and watch and smile (sometimes laugh), feel for just a moment that something is making it through, realize that it's mostly their dispositions overriding their "terrible twos" egocentric moments, and just make it all seem so WORTH it!
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