New Food: Banana Slices

When Paul didn't want the banana with a door in it,* Mommy sliced it up and put some in a bowl for Joss. And Joss dove on them like they were Wonka's last golden ticket. . .

Joss can pick the slices up. . .

. . .and eat them all by himself!

Argh! The one that got away!

Paul already knows his brother is bananas.

from Jan 3, 2011

*Paul does not like "dirty bananas," bananas with any bruising, or even any brown on the peel. He only wants "clean bananas." When he asked for a banana, and the only banana left had a very small bruise, Mommy thought she'd be clever and cut out the bruised part, and give the rest of the unblemished fruit to Paul. Paul asked about the cut-out part, and Mommy thought she'd be even more cleverer and say that it was a door, isn't that neat-o. Paul was not amused, and began to tantrum that he didn't want the banana with a door, that he only wanted a clean banana without a door. *sigh* Finally, after Mommy sliced the top "doored" half of the banana for Joss, Paul decided that he could eat the other "un-doored" half, and peace was once again restored in the kingdom.