Last Monday, I went to Arkansas with my friends Wynne and Kristi. On the way back home we decided to stop by a roadside stand and buy some sweet corn. Kristi mentioned that I should boil the corn in sugar water. It was so yummy!
Cole & Audrey both helped me shuck the corn. Audrey especially enjoyed ripping off as much as she could. She also enjoyed eating it more than any of us, too. She ate 1 1/2 ears all by herself. The cutest part was that she insisted on putting the salt and butter on without our help. She looked so big!
While she was eating, I remembered a few pictures of her that were taken when she was much younger and eating her first ear of corn. It was like watching Goofy eat corn typewriter style. Too cute! But only cute when you are little.
Audrey ~ Age: 1 1/2
(She looks so different without a bow in and long hair!)
I told John that eating corn was so messy that I don’t like eating it in public. That quickly turned into a discussion about foods that should only be eaten in private and included foods like corn, ribs, fried chicken, etc.
It must be nice to be able to enjoy corn so freely without giving a single thought to the fact that you are squirting people in the face while having greasy butter from ear to ear, not to mention corn stuck between each and every tooth. I believe this is why my parents always said not to be in such a hurry to grow up. It couldn’t have been the bills, the laundry, the day to day mundane tasks that adults are faced with, but simply the inability to care what people think and the lack of self-consciousness to worry about how you look when you are enjoying something so thoroughly.
If only Audrey and Cole wouldn’t grow up so quickly.
(However, I’m pretty sure Cole has reached this stage as he wouldn’t dare let me take a picture of him eating his corn.)
Loving this one! It's even better since you have a pic of her at 1 1/2 eating corn too! How fun.
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