Growing up and branching out...

Really?  Did I just hallucinate dinnertime with the family?  Surely my kids did NOT both eat chili for dinner...

For Corey, it is remarkable because of his autistic sensory issues with food.  Since he was a preschooler, he has been refusing anything too soft, creamy, squishy, and instead going for finger food type stuff...  No mashed potatoes, ice cream, etc - nothing that would require a bowl and/or spoon.  All of this stuff was declared yucky, gross, etc.  Until recently, he was NOT willing to branch out in this arena.  Now, with some prodding, he has enjoyed beef stew recently and now, home made GFCF (etc,) chili.  Wow.  The progress we are seeing in him these days is just amazing.  In the wonderful world of autism, these small things are BIG things!

With Mia, the idea of her eating chili is laughable.  She has always had "Minnesota" taste buds, reporting that anything even called "mild" is WAY too spicy, even things that most people don't even think about being remotely spicy.  Now, all of the sudden, she is LOVING chili.  What the?  When I asked her about it, she simply reminded me, "I'm ALMOST 6, now, you know..."

Wow - my babies are growing up.