Saturday, September 15, 2007

Chocolate and Vanilla

Dylan looked in the cabinet earlier this evening and found the container of cocoa powder I had just bought. He pulled it out and made a motion like he was going to eat some of it. My initial inclination was to let him try it--he'll only do that once. I told him and his sister though the story of when I had tried baker's chocolate as a kid. Stefanie and I both suggested that they should try vanilla extract as well...as you can imagine, hilarity ensued. The culprits:

Down the hatch with about a half a teaspoon of cocoa:

Sofia only touched her tongue to the cocoa, but Dylan went for first prize. Immediate reactions:

Contemplating the vanilla immediately post-cocoa:

Vanilla reaction:

The "we're never going to do that again" pose:

5 comments:

Suzanne Earley said...

Great pictures. I'm not sure which is my favorite, but it might be the picture of Dylan gagging on the vanilla.

Sofia looks way too grown-up. Yikes.

David S. said...

My favorite is the one where he has his head thrown back after just tasting the cocoa. Speaks a great deal to their personalities--Sofia is much more cautious than her brother, unless you get her on a horse. All bets are off then. She's very shy when it comes to dealing with adults--Dylan is the polar opposite. At some point I'll have to figure out how to upload the short video of him playing his air guitar at the beach hotel we went to over labor day.

And yes, way too grown-up, I agree. I'm almost to the point where I'm going to start denying they are mine. I went to a parent-teacher meeting today in Dylan's class. I decided that I am definitely far too young to be the "parent" in "parent-teacher".

Deb Ellsworth said...

Yikes, I feel like I haven't seen a picture of them in ages. I hardly recognize either of them! Did they just have a massive growth spurt.

These pictures are hilarious. Such a great idea letting them give that stuff a try.

Mary Ann said...

I have the 5&1/2 cutest, cleverest, sweetest grandkids on the planet! Even with their mouths full of cocoa. I remember having a bite of a whole clove one time. I think it was accidental.

Stefanie said...

the worst is going out for indian food and chomping down on the whole cardamom pod :)